From the Trenches World Report

Care 2 – by Kevin Matthews

Everyone knows water and sunlight are essential to gardening, but what’s a farmer in a drought-struck area to do? Amazingly, some farmers have found a way to grow crops without the H2O and the results are remarkably tasty.

As NPR reports, the technique is known as dry farming. Dry farmers intentionally limit the amount of water they provide to their crops. Though some water is needed in the first few weeks to get the plants going, after that, the farmers cut the supply off entirely.   Continue reading “Farming Without Water? It’s Possible and Tasty”

Daily Mail – by STUART WOLEDGE

The National Lottery’s ‘It Could Be You’ advertising campaign was one of the most recognizable of its time, where a cloud formed the shape of a hand and pointed to an unsuspecting winner.

The cloud’s over Fort William in Scotland came up with their own take on the idea, when they formed the shape of a hand and made the sort of gesture that suggested its photographer, Jamie O’Connell, probably need not bother buying a ticket this week.   Continue reading “There’s a message in there somewhere! Dog-walker snaps amazing photo of cloud formation giving him the FINGER”

New York Post – by Emily Miller

No one has done more for gun rights in the past two years than Mayor Bloomberg.

Oh, he didn’t mean to. Bloomberg has used his political clout and a significant amount of his fortune to try to chip away at the Second Amendment. He is never more self-righteous and condescending than when he talks about guns.   Continue reading “Mayor Bloomberg is the best friend of 2nd Amendment advocates”

The Organic Prepper

The USDA has just approved a new generation of GMOs for use with more deadly herbicides than the toxic glyphosate that currently taints farms across America.

You won’t hear about this on the mainstream though – it was all done very quietly in the hopes that no one would notice.

Bayer has developed a soybean that can withstand applications of the toxin isoxaflutole (IFT).   Continue reading “Move Over, Round-up: USDA Approves 2nd Generation GMOs That Can Withstand Even Deadlier Herbicide”

Time Swampland – by Jay Newton-Small

Nearly 1,500 are dead in the worst chemical attack in the 21^st Century, including hundreds of children. A red line has been crossed and America’s prestige and credibility at stake, not just in Syria but for any rogue nation looking to challenge the United States: Iran, North Korea, Venezuela. But getting Congress to approve even limited action in Syria, as President Obama asked them to do today, is going to be tough.

Here are three reasons why:   Continue reading “Three Reasons Congress May Not Approve War In Syria”

Paul Craig Roberts

While still claiming dictatorial powers to start a war on his own authority, Obama put his unilateral attack on Syria on hold when he received a letter from more than 160 members of the House of Representatives reminding him that to take the country to war without congressional approval is an impeachable offense and when he saw that no country that could serve as cover for a war crime, not even the puppet British government and the NATO puppet states, would support America’s announced military aggression against Syria.   Continue reading “Obama Has Decided That It Is Safer To Buy Congress Than To Go It Alone”

Natural News – by Nate Curtis

Food irradiation was implemented to eradicate potentially harmful substances that pose health risks to consumers. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has long ago approved irradiation for products including meats, fruits and vegetables. While eliminating dangerous bacteria sounds like a step in the right direction, the research behind food irradiation is highly flawed.   Continue reading “Harmful if swallowed – The dangers of food irradiation”

Natural News – by Mike Adams

At the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear power plant, radiation isn’t the only thing leaking out. Each week, it seems there’s another small leak of the truth that has been deliberately hidden from the public. Yesterday, TEPCO finally admitted it has been downplaying the ongoing radiation release levels by a factor of almost twenty.    Continue reading “TEPCO admits deliberately using radiation detectors that give deceptively low readings; radiation leaks far worse than reported”

Before It’s News

Secrecy was paramount.

Britain’s imperial general staff knew there would be outrage if it became known that the government was intending to use its secret stockpile of chemical weapons.

But Winston Churchill, then secretary of state for war, brushed aside their concerns. As a long-term advocate of chemical warfare, he was determined to use them against the Russian Bolsheviks. In the summer of 1919, 94 years before the devastating strike in Syria, Churchill planned and executed a sustained chemical attack on northern Russia.   Continue reading “Nothing New…In the Summer of 1919, Long Before the Chemical Strike In Syria, Winston Churchill Executed A Sustained Chemical Attack On Northern Russia.”

Lew Rockwell – by Mike Holmes

One point that needs to be made, but rarely if ever mentioned, is that in the supposed rationale for US attack on Syria to avenge/prevent claimed civilian deaths by government gas attacks, the US government itself has used similar weapons openly as recently as the FBI/ATF attack on the Branch Davidian compound near Waco Texas in the spring of 1993.

76 men, women and children died in this senseless military style assault which used highly lethal military CS gas as a primary weapon. CS is not a nerve agent and it doesn’t in normal concentrations cause immediate death. But it is highly flammable, persistent and designed to incapacitate targets by causing massive biological reactions including inability to breathe, massive tearing in the eyes, nose bleeds, etc.   Continue reading “The US Uses Gas To Kill Civilians”

The Liberty Crier

Are we witnessing the beginnings of a new military member internet meme?

Military members are donning their uniforms and posting pictures of themselves with signs covering their faces that read, “I didn’t join the [military service branch name] to fight for Al-Quaeda in a Syrian civil war.”

The first image surfaced on the internet a few days ago and now another military member has made their own version.   Continue reading “Military Members Speak Out Against Syrian War Through Anonymous Meme”

21st Century Screenshots

Although I did my own personal “final physical relocation for sanity, spirituality and safety’s sake” into the untamed wilds many years ago, for many American city dwellers who are raising kids [ or raising their kids’ kids ], 2013 might present the last opportunity to get out of the big city before life in America takes yet another tick downward on the socio-economic and personal safety scale.

If you have been praying on this issue, or just doing alot of deep thought, with calculator in hand, there’s a list at the end of this post that might help you make up your mind. You might not yet be sure of exactly where you are going, but you can at least know where NOT to go if you choose to relocate.   Continue reading “Is It Time to Relocate? Top 100 Most Dangerous Cities in the USA in 2013”

The Last Resistance – by Philip Hodges

A few days ago, a couple of armed thugs tried to rob two college students in Virginia. As they probably quickly found out, they picked on the wrong guys. And yes, one of the attackers was black. The other appeared to be Latino. And I have no idea what race the victims were. I can guess that since their race is not being reported in the media, that they were probably white. It’s usually portrayed as racist when the media point out that white people are often victims of black attackers.   Continue reading “Police: If You’re Being Attacked, Don’t Try to Defend Yourself”

Bastion of Liberty

Late breaking news informs us that our esteemed Leader will “consult” with Congress when it reconvenes after the holiday weekend on how to proceed against Syria over that nation’s alleged use of chemical weapons within its own borders.

“The chart is a spin-off of the most amazing letter to the editor ever written, which appeared in Thursday’s Financial Times. It also explained the entire Middle East, in a few short sentences. Here they are:   Continue reading “Complete Idiot’s Guide to Understanding the Middle East”

Newser – by Ruth Brown

New tests at Fukushima have found radiation levels around its tanks are up to 18 times worse than previously thought—high enough to kill someone within four hours of exposure, reports the BBC. What’s caused the alarming spike? More accurate measuring equipment, says plant operator TEPCO. The previous equipment could only read up to 100 millisieverts an hour. Its estimation of the radiation level at the time? 100 millisieverts an hour. The new equipment recorded readings of up to 1,800 millisieverts an hour.   Continue reading “Radiation Soars to Lethal Levels at Fukushima”

In Washington DC:

About 100 anti-war protesters and some 50 supporters of the Syrian opposition faced off outside the White House Saturday as President Barack Obama weighed a strike against the Damascus regime.

Police on horseback intervened to separate the two groups who for several minutes appeared on the verge of coming to blows.   Continue reading “Anti-War Protests Across the Country”

Before It’s News – by Live Free or Die