From the Trenches World Report

Campaign for Liberty

Small business owner Justin Krauss explains how the National Internet Sales Tax Mandate burdens small businesses:

Each of this country’s 10,000 different taxing jurisdictions has its own laws for applying sales tax to all sorts of goods — including food, prescription drugs, non-prescription drugs, software, clothes and much more. Plus, within the same zip code, even on the same street, different tax rates can apply. I manually downloaded and printed the sales tax rates by zip code for all of the states. It’s over 38,000 lines long and 811 printed pages.   Continue reading “Internet Sales Taxes: a headache for small business owners”

Stop the Drug War – by Phillip Smith

Twisted Sifter

In our ongoing quest for cell phone coverage and network access at all times, companies must erect cell phone towers across the land. While their presence often signifies coverage for our beloved phones, some people see them as eyesores that painfully stick out and ruin landscapes. To combat this, some companies have attempted to ‘disguise’ cell phone towers to better blend in with their surroundings. This initiative has resulted in varying levels of success.   Continue reading “25 Examples of Cell Phone Tower Disguises”

Freedom Outpost – by Leon Puissegur

“We cannot expect the Americans to jump from capitalism to Communism, but we can assist their elected leaders in giving Americans small doses of socialism until they suddenly awake to find they have Communism.”

– Soviet Leader Nikita Khrushchev, 1959.   Continue reading “Rep Cummings & Americans For Democratic Action Push Us Towards Communism”

End of the American Dream – by Michael

There seems to be a lot of confusion about what the NSA is actually doing.  Are they reading our emails?  Are they listening to our telephone calls?  Do they target American citizens or is it only foreigners that they are targeting?  Unfortunately, the truth is that we aren’t going to get straight answers from our leaders about this.  The folks running the NSA have already shown that they are willing to flat out lie to Congress, and Barack Obama doesn’t exactly have the greatest track record when it comes to telling the truth.  These are men that play word games and tell lies for a living.    Continue reading “21 Facts About NSA Snooping That Every American Should Know”

The Captain’s Journal – by Herschel Smith

Via David Codrea, N.C. Sheriffs on purchasing weapons:

The North Carolina Sheriffs’ Association (NCSA) is pressuring both House Speaker Thom Tillis(R, Mecklenburg, GRNC ****)  and NC Governor Pat McCrory (R, GRNC-***) to oppose GRNC’s repeal of the antiquated pistol purchase permit system that has been in place since 1919. Continue reading “North Carolina Sheriffs On Purchasing And Carrying Weapons”

CBS New York

Authorities are investigating an alleged arson at the Palisades Mall parking lot in Rockland County.

It appears two American flags attached to a 2003 Dodge Ram pickup truck were set on fire around 11 p.m. Monday night, police said.   Continue reading “Police: Car Fire At Palisades Mall Caused By Burning American Flags”

Global Research – by Dr. Paul Craig Roberts

In the 21st century the two hundred year-old propaganda that the American people control their government has been completely shattered.  Both the Bush and Obama regimes have made it unmistakenly clear that the American people don’t even influence, much less control, the government.  As far as Washington is concerned, the people are nothing but chaff in the wind.   Continue reading “Fake WMD “Intelligence” and Orwellian Double-speak : Washington Is Insane”

The Economic Collapse – by Michael

All over the United States, frustrated homeowners are banding together, arming themselves and patrolling their own streets.  One of the primary reasons this is happening is because police budgets all over the nation are being slashed at a time when violent crime rates in the United States are increasing and many our our largest cities are being transformed into crime-infested war zones.  So instead of waiting for government to come up with a solution, many Americans are taking matters into their own hands.    Continue reading ““This Is A Glock Block” – Frustrated Homeowners All Over America Are Taking Matters Into Their Own Hands”

Global Research – by Larry Chin

The US government is a criminal syndicate, openly committing atrocities on a global scale. The rule of law is a memory, buried in the rubble left by the false flag terror attack of 9/11, the manufactured “war on terrorism”, and the monstrosity of the Patriot Act.

 The legacy of the 9/11 crime—the greatest intelligence success in history (not an intelligence “failure”)—is a permanent state of emergency, a criminal military-intelligence-war apparatus (exemplified by the CIA, the NSA) of unimaginable scope and unlimited power, and endless war.   Continue reading “9/11 and the Military-Intelligence-Security Machine: Towards a Permanent State of Emergency in America”

Gothamist – by Christopher Robbins

Ernest Hemingway kept a submachine gun in his 38-foot fishing boat in case he came across a German U-boat or an armed marlin, so it’s likely that he would appreciate the utter lack of nuance displayed by the members of the NYPD’s Queens Warrant Squad who wear his words. A tipster passes along this “disturbing” photo taken outside Queens Criminal Court showing members of the squad on-duty, shortly after escorting a woman into court for a misdemeanor charge.

Aside from taking a moronic view of public service culled straight from The Running Man, the shirts appear to violate department policy. NYPD Interim Order P.G. 203-06, “Performance on Duty – Prohibited Conduct,” which was obtained by DNAinfo’s Murray Weiss last year, prohibits NYPD employees from wearing   Continue reading “NYPD Officers Caught Wearing T-Shirts Professing Their Love For “Hunting Of Man””

AOL – by Pete Bigelow

Imagine this grisly scenario: You’re driving down the interstate with the cruise control set at the speed limit. Without warning, your car accelerates. The speedometer pushes past 100 miles per hour. Suddenly, the car turns left and crashes into the concrete median.

If you are lucky enough to survive, you emerge from your wrecked vehicle and see crashes all along the highway. Hundreds of identical, high-speed accidents have taken place at the same time.   Continue reading “The Scary Truth Of How Terrorists Could Crash Your Car”

Huffington Post

As nationwide protests continue in Brazil, local news media estimated that approximately 240,000 people took to the streets Monday to voice their frustration over issues ranging from poor access to services and the high cost of the upcoming World Cup, to heavy-handed policing.

While many of the protests were peaceful, a few in Rio de Janeiro and Belo Horizonte on Monday were marred by looting and clashes with police. Images from the protests have proliferated on social media, making headlines around the world. One particularly jarring photo has defined the protests for an international audience.   Continue reading “Brazilian Military Police Officer Pepper-Sprays Woman During Rio De Janeiro Protests”

CBS New York

A man has been arrested in connection with the gruesome murder of a livery cab driver in Brooklyn.

Brooklyn resident Shamel Allen, 28, was charged with manslaughter and criminal possession of a weapon in the death of Uro Ama Orji.   Continue reading “Arrest Made In Case Of Livery Cab Driver Fatally Stabbed With Umbrella”

News Forage

A frantic 911 call is shedding light on a police mistake that turned a lunch date into a showdown with officers.

A judge recently ruled that the ugly incident in March 2010 in City Heights was sparked by an illegal action by police.

In the 911 call, which is part of court filings, Shannon Robinson is heard talking to a 911 operator. She placed the call from inside a parked Pontiac Sunfire as she sat with her fiancé Dante Harrell and a friend.   Continue reading “911 Call Captures Escalation of Traffic Stop Based on Cop’s Mistake. Motorist Eventually Gets Pepper Sprayed and Repeatedly Tasered”