From the Trenches World Report

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BELLEVUE, WA – -(Ammoland.com)- Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn evidently believes someone elected him emperor of the Prairie State, considering his meddling with the state’s concealed carry legislation today, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said in reaction.

Gov. Quinn, using his amendatory veto authority, inserted his own gun control provisions in legislation adopted last month, including limiting the places where someone may carry, the number of cartridges someone can have in a defensive firearm and the level of concealment one must exercise, all in excess of the legislation passed by the State Legislature last month.   Continue reading “Il Gov. Quinn Plays Emperor With Citizens’ Civil Rights”

AllGov – by Noel Brinkerhoff

While the Obama administration decides whether to approve the controversial Keystone XL pipeline project, Americans have no way to find out exactly where more than a thousand miles of pipe would be laid.

That’s because neither the U.S. government nor the Canadian company pushing the pipeline will reveal the proposed route.

What is known is that the pipeline would travel about 1,700 miles while crossing six states: Montana, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas.   Continue reading “The Mysterious Route of the Keystone Pipeline”

The Burning Platform – by Jim Quinn

Our interventionist foreign policy is the gift that keeps on giving. Is there any Middle Eastern country that we haven’t screwed up yet? Oh yeah – Iran. Give Obama and McCain time. That will be the clusterf#@k that destroys the world.   Continue reading “Egyptians Love Us For Our Freedoms”

21st Century Wire – by Thierry Meyssan

While the world focuses on Washington’s pursuit of NSA whistleblower Ed Snowden, another much more high ranking member of the US power structure has been indicted for espionage this week…

US General James Cartwright was regarded by Washington insiders as ‘Obama’s General’, and now he’s facing prosecution for blowing the whistle on ‘Operation Olympic Games’ which planted the Stuxnet and Flame viruses in Iranian nuclear facilities in order derail Iran’s civilian nuclear program. At closer examination, it appears that Cartwright’s revelations didn’t so much harm US interests per say, but they hindered Israeli ambitions towards a war with Iran.   Continue reading “Beyond Snowden: US General Cartwright has been indicted for espionage”

Cerebral Industrial Complex – by Josh Wiley

Guardian

China will join Russia later this week for its largest-ever naval drills with a foreign partner, underlining deepening ties between the former cold war rivals along with Beijing’s desire for closer links with regional militaries.

China has long been a key customer for Russian military hardware, but only in the last decade have their militaries begun taking part in joint exercises.   Continue reading “China to join Russia for largest naval drills with foreign partner”

PhantomReport – by telegrafist – Translated

A senior source in the Air Force of Russia reported to telegrapher , that Russia has plans to bomb the Gulf monarchies – Qatar and Saudi Arabia.

“It is absolutely no secret, such plans were developed in the USSR, since they have slightly changed by replacing the landing in a friendly at the time Iraq to refuel in the air above the Caspian Sea,” – said the officer.   Continue reading “Russia has plans to bomb Qatar and Saudi Arabia”

Anti-War – by Jason Ditz

Recent revelations about the NSA’s broad surveillance of German phone and Internet communications have fueled major concerns in the country, as Federal Prosecutors say they are preparing criminal charges against US and British spies involved.

Hessian prosecutors were the first to receive complaints about the matter, but that is likely to grow precipitously after German media outlets reported the US surveillance has collected more than half a billion phone calls and emails per month in Germany alone.   Continue reading “German Prosecutors May File Charges Over US, British Surveillance”

Guardian – by Miriam Elder

Edward Snowden has withdrawn his request for political asylum from Russia, the Kremlin said on Tuesday, further adding to the uncertainty over the US whistleblower’s future.

A spokesman for Russian president Vladimir Putin said Snowden withdrew the request after Putin’s statement making clear that he would be welcome only if he stopped “his work aimed at bringing harm” to the United States.   Continue reading “Edward Snowden withdraws Russian asylum request”

PJ Media – by Roger L Simon

As we approach July 4, 2013, is America in a pre-revolutionary state? Are we headed for a Tahrir Square of our own with the attendant mammoth social turmoil, possibly even violence.

Could it happen here?

We are two-thirds of the way into the most incompetent presidency in our history. People everywhere are fed up. Even many of the so-called liberals who propelled Barack Obama into office have stopped defending him in the face of an unprecedented number of scandals coming at us one after the other like hideous monsters in some non-stop computer game.   Continue reading “Is America in a Pre-Revolutionary State this July 4th?”

The Federal Observer – by Neal Ross

In recent news two scandals have caused a certain degree of embarrassment for the Obama administration and also caused some people to begin questioning some of the things our government is doing; specifically the fact that the IRS has targeted certain conservative groups who applied for tax exempt status, and the fact that the government is data mining all our phone calls and other electronic signals such as e mail and Facebook posts. These scandals, while disturbing, are nothing new, our government, to some extent, has been doing these kinds of things for a long time now.   Continue reading “Ross: Why Aren’t You Fighting Mad Yet?”

Common Dreams – by Edward Snowden

The following is the full text of a letter by Edward Snowden to the President of Ecuador, Rafael Correa. Written in Spanish, it was obtained and translated by the Press Association in London.

There are few world leaders who would risk standing for the human rights of an individual against the most powerful government on earth, and the bravery of Ecuador and its people is an example to the world.   Continue reading “Letter to the President and People of Ecuador”

RT News

When General David Petraeus begins his stint as adjunct professor at a New York university later this year the former CIA Director will be paid $150,000 annually – about six times the salary of a first-time teacher without access to state secrets.

In April of this year the City University of New York announced that Petraeus would teach public policy at Macaulay Honors College, located in Manhattan. In a statement released at the time Petraeus said he was excited to lead a seminar “that examines the developments that could position the United States – and our North American partners – to lead the world out of the current global economic slowdown.”    Continue reading “Disgraced general Petraeus to earn $150K teaching at New York public college”

RT News

A Russian Proton-M rocket carrying three GLONASS navigation satellites crashed soon after takeoff from Kazakhstan’s Baikonur cosmodrome.

Seventeen seconds after takeoff, the rocket swerved to one side, tried to correct itself, but instead veered in the opposite direction. It then flew horizontally and started to come apart with its engines in full thrust.   Continue reading “Russian Proton-M rocket crashes, erupts in ball of fire”