From the Trenches World Report

The New American – by Joe Wolverton, II, J.D.

The annual renewal of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) is underway on Capitol Hill.

On June 14, by a vote of 315-108, the House of Representatives passed the Fiscal Year 2014 version of the NDAA (HR 1960). Several amendments to the defense spending legislation were proposed, many of which were approved either by voice vote or en bloc. The first method of voting requires no report on how individual members voted, while the second method aggregates amendments, allowing them to be voted on in groups.   Continue reading “House Passes 2014 NDAA; NSA Surveillance Will Lead to Indefinite Detention”

RT News

Russia’s Defense Ministry said in a press release that civilian contractors continue to work at the Tartus navy base and blasted media reports about total evacuation as “extremely incorrect.”

“The Russian Defense Ministry really has no military servicemen at the navy base in the Syrian port of Tartus, because the base is being serviced only by Russian civilian personnel” reads the statement distributed by the ministry’s press service on Thursday.  Continue reading “Russian Defense Ministry refutes reports of Syria evacuation”

Press TV

The former second ranking officer in the US military is reportedly under investigation by the Justice Department for allegedly revealing details of the Stuxnet computer virus, which targeted Iran’s nuclear energy facilities.

NBC News cited legal sources as saying that retired Marine Gen. James Cartwright, 63, is being probed for allegedly leaking classified information about the covert Stuxnet operation.    Continue reading “Ex-Pentagon general probed over leak of cyber attack on Iran: Report”

Before It’s News

Funny how Public Relations works: Inside the U.S. Ed Snowden is a traitor, whistle-blowers (now a BAD thing to be when up to very recently, the authorities routinely “called for witnesses to come forward” in a crime situation) and a criminal who of course should be treated like Manning and locked up naked in solitary.   Continue reading “Obama on Snowden “I’m Not Going to Scramble Jets to get a 29-Year-Old Hacker.” That’s What He Says in Africa…”

The Lone Star Watchdog

This sounds like history repeating itself. The first whistle blower protection law was passed after sailors with the continental Navy was concerned about the commander using the tactics of torture and other inhumane means to coarse British Prisoners of war. To the shock of a few sailors committed mutiny to stop the immoral acts by relieving the officer of duty.

Even though the Captain arrested and criminally charged the sailors for doing their duty exposing torture. This is why Congress passed the first whistle blower protection law with no one objecting. I wish these whistle blower laws were taken just as serious when Abu Grab was exposed that not only low level people by Lindy England went to jail. The chain of command should have shared a prison block with her..   Continue reading “The First Whistle Blower Protection Law was passed in 1777. A very good story”

AmmoLand

Pueblo, CO – -(Ammoland.com)- Pueblo Grass Roots Group Makes More State History* With Successful Recall Effort

Pueblo Freedom and Rights, www.pueblofreedomandrights.org, a Colorado grassroots group reports the Secretary of States’ certified 12,548 signatures in petitions to recall anti-2nd Amendment state senator (11,285 were needed).   Continue reading “Recall of Second Anti-Gun Senator in Colorado Certified to Proceed”

WND – by Jeff Knox

Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely – so said Lord Acton. We’ve also been told that money is power, and that money is the root of all sorts of evil. When you add all of those bits of wisdom together, it paints a picture of the current mayor of New York City, Michael Bloomberg.

Bloomberg is one of the wealthiest men in the world. He has used his billions to buy and hold his office as mayor of NYC, where he has instituted policies and practices completely beyond the scope of lawful government and in direct opposition to the restrictions of the U.S. Constitution. Not only has Bloomberg decreed that his subjects may not purchase large soda drinks and that his Pretorian Guard may “stop and frisk” anyone they choose – at any time, for any reason or for no particular reason – he has also used the power of his office and apparently the city’s taxpayers’ money to advance his own dream of restrictive firearm laws across the nation.   Continue reading “The Most Dangerous Man In America”

Mondoweis – by Alice Rothchild

Beit Sahour

Iyad Rishmawi appears to be an older respectable kind of gentleman, balding, neatly dressed, but the guy clearly has a sense of humor. He wants to talk about the First Intifada from the point of view of the people rather than the politicians, but first he wants to show us a documentary film, “The Wanted Eighteen.”   Continue reading “A true story of bovine resistance”

UALR Public Radio – by MALCOLM GLOVER

Advocates encouraging state and federal officials to support what they call “sensible gun laws” held a rally in downtown Little Rock Thursday.

The attendees included area residents, faith leaders, survivors of gun violence, and the family members of victims killed during the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Connecticut.   Continue reading “Group Calls on Pryor to Drop Opposition To Expanding Background Checks For Guns”

Activist Post – Stephen Lendman

America represents the worst of rogue governance. So does Israel. They menace humanity. They persecute their best. They honor their worst.

Peacemakers are scorned. Waging war on humanity’s rewarded. On March 21, Obama received Israel’s Medal of Distinction. It’s also called the President’s Medal.

It’s Israel’s highest civil award. It’s for individuals “who have made an outstanding contribution to the State of Israel or to humanity, through their talents, services, or in any other form.”   Continue reading “Another Israeli War Criminal of the Year Award”

Every Citizen Soldier

“Out of a hundred men, ten shouldn’t be there and 80 are just targets.  Nine are the real fighters, and we are thankful for them because they make the battle.  But the one, the one is a warrior and he brings the others back.”
-Heraclites

That quote from 500bc is as true now as it was then.  Think back and realize, this was the time of the Greek citizen soldier, the height of hoplite warfare.  The city states of Greece were defended by their citizens who drilled in the summer time and engaged in brief campaigns against their neighbors.  If you took 100 modern American civilians I would imagine a similar ratio.  The Spartans, still citizen soldiers, took their soldiering seriously.  Through dedication and training they upped the ratio of real fighters and warriors and were able to clean house.   Continue reading “The Combat Triad”

Western Rifle Shooters Association

From the latest Woodpile Report:

Violation

Jon Rappoport

The NSA is spying on everybody.

That includes a major, major, prime target: Congress.

So imagine this conversation taking place, in a car, on a lonely road outside Washington, late at night. The speakers are Congressman X and a private operative representing a covert unit inside the NSA:  Continue reading “Snowden, NSA, blackmail, and the boys in the back room”

Digital Journal – by Ralph Lopez

The Obama administration and the NSA have gone into full spin mode trumpeting its victories in the plots that didn’t happen while conveniently ignoring the one that did.

Not only did the “don’t worry if you’ve done nothing wrong” Big Brother government not stop the Boston Marathon suspects, it knew who they were. It knew where they lived (190 Norfolk Street, Cambridge.) If they didn’t know, they could have asked me, and I’d have looked it up for them in public court records from Tamerlan’s 2009 domestic violence charge.   Continue reading “The big question: Why didn’t NSA spying stop the Boston bombing?”