From the Trenches World Report

Times of India

WASHINGTON: The US is moving ahead with plans to deliver four F-16s to Egypt despite the ongoing debate about the military’s overthrow of President Mohamed Morsi and whether it legally constitutes a coup that could shut off aid to the country.

Defense officials say senior administration leaders discussed the delivery and decided to let it continue. The fighters are part of a $1.3 billion package approved in 2010 that included 20 F-16s and some M1A1 Abrams tank kits. About half of the aid package has been dispersed, officials said.   Continue reading “US still plans to send F-16s to Egypt in coming weeks”

Jim Stone Freelance

There are too many anomalies surrounding the San Francisco crash of the 777 from Hong Kong. First of all, that plane would have been the most likely one to have been carrying Snowden if it was supposed to have instead been en route to Mexico City before refueling and continuing it’s flight. Whether or not they were is irrelevant from the perspective of an electronic hijacking, with the precedent of what happened with the Bolivian President’s plane already. Taking hostile action against aircraft that “could” have Snowden aboard is going to be the status quo, and any crashes or disasters that were unwarranted will be written off as collateral damage. Let’s look at the anomalies surrounding this crash.   Continue reading “Why is no one talking about the plane crash”

Think Progress – by Rebecca Leber

A conservative mogul worth $43 billion says he knows the secret to helping poor people. According to Charles Koch, the U.S. needs to get rid of the minimum wage, which he counts as a major obstacle to economic growth.

On Wednesday, the Charles Koch Foundation launched a $200,000 media campaign in Wichita, Kansas, with a hint of expanding it elsewhere. It is the Kochs’ biggest media buy since they promised to do more to “persuade politicians” after suffering losses in the 2012 election.   Continue reading “Billionaire Koch Brother Says Eliminating The Minimum Wage Will Help The Poor”

Wake Up America – by Susan Duclos

QStarNews claims that eyewitnesses are reporting that the New Black Panther party is busing in mobs of people to riot if George Zimmerman is found not guilty of 2nd degree murder in the death of Trayvon Martin.   Continue reading “Claim: NBPP Busing Mobs To Florida For Zimmerman Riots”

Breitbart – by William Bigelow

On Monday, the Californian State Senate passed legislation AB817 that would allow non-citizens to help voters when they cast their ballots. Assemblyman Rob Bonta, D-Alameda sponsored the bill, which would permit as many as five permanent residents who entered the U.S. legally to help voters at polling places.

Sen. Norma Torres, D-Pomona, who placed Bonta’s bill before the Senate, said that the non-citizens could help the 2.6 million Californians whose English skills are limited: “These individuals have the absolute right to make fully informed voting decisions on Election Day,” she said.   Continue reading “CA Senate Passes Bill Permitting Non-Citizen Poll Workers”

Political Outcast – by Dave Jolly

The number one goal of the United Nations is to become the political entity that rules all nations or in other words, the one world government.  To accomplish that goal, they have to continue to exert their authority and power over individual countries and they have been quite successful at doing this in recent years.

One of the key pieces of international law that needs to be in place before the UN can take over the world is to control all weapons, including handguns, rifles, shotguns, semi-automatic and automatic weapons and ammunition.  Over the past few years, the UN has been pushing one treaty that will help to accomplish that goal.  It is the UN Arms Trade Treaty.   Continue reading “Obama Commits to Signing UN Arms Treaty While Congress at Summer Recess”

Washington Post – by Trishula Patel and Justin Jouvenal

Police searched the Northern Virginia home of activist Adam Kokesh Tuesday evening and took him into custody on a charge of being in possession of hallucinogenic mushrooms while also having a gun, authorities said.

Kokesh, a former Marine, was held overnight at the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center, charged with possession of schedule I or II drugs while in possession of a firearm, said Lt. Steve Elbert, a spokesman for the Fairfax County Sheriff’s Office.   Continue reading “Adam Kokesh charged with possessing hallucinogenic mushrooms”

New York Times – by JESSE McKINLEY

ALBANY — Hoping to find support and money among country music fans, a group of gun rights supporters and other grass-roots organizations in New York have announced a new addition to the summer festival circuit: Freedompalooza.

News Max – by Tom Topousis

A secretive branch of the U.S. Department of Justice was deployed to South Florida in the aftermath of the Trayvon Martin shooting to help organize rallies, including one headlined by the Rev. Al Sharpton, calling for the arrest and prosecution of George Zimmerman.

Records obtained by the watchdog group Judicial Watch, under the Freedom of Information Act, showed that members of the Justice Department’s Community Relations Service were sent to South Florida in March and April of 2012 to help manage protests, The Daily Caller reported Wednesday.   Continue reading “Report: Justice Dept. Backed Trayvon Martin Rallies”

Washington’s Blog

Big Banks Move Into Uranium Mining, Petroleum Products, Aluminum, Ownership and Operation Of Airports, Toll Roads, and Ports, and Electricity

Top economists, financial experts and bankers say that the big banks are too large … and their very size is threatening the economy.   Continue reading “Giant Banks Take Over Real Economy As Well As Financial System … Enabling Manipulation On a Vast Scale”

Barnaby is Right

I found it.

As predicted. Apologies it took so long.

Unsurprisingly, the evidence was fairly well buried. Naturally, the government does not want you to know what they are doing.   Continue reading “Australia Plans Cyprus-Style “Bail-In” Of Banks In 2013-14 Budget”

The Organic Prepper

An article in the UK Daily Mail yesterday pointed out that American birthrates are at the lowest point since 2007.  Birth rates have been steadily declining and many analysts are blaming this on the economy.   Continue reading “US Birthrates Plummet by 310,000 Babies: Responsible Economic Planning or Shadow Depopulation?”

P.A.N.D.A.

What’s the greatest way to derail a movement?

While there are many ways, from discrediting the leadership to jailing the participants, there is one nearly surefire way to kill a political movement.

Pretend you fixed the problem.

On June 26th, 2013, Alaska Governor Sean Parnell signed HB69, a bill that, according to some, would “nullify” the detention provisions in the NDAA. It does nothing of the sort. Although it seems to demonstrate Alaska’s will to stand up for the liberty of its citizens, and tries to take on gun control as well, this law does nothing to protect the inalienable rights of the people.   Continue reading “Alaska Defeats NDAA?”

RT News

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, alleged Boston Marathon bomber, is about to make his first public appearance in court to have his 30 criminal charges read out to him. More than half of them potentially imply the death penalty for the 19-year-old.

Tsarnaev’s first public appearance in a courtroom comes two weeks after a Massachusetts federal grand jury returned a 30-count indictment against him. The charges include using weapons of massive destruction, killing three Boston Marathon spectators, and also shooting a police officer to death.    Continue reading “Accused Boston Marathon bomber first court appearance”

RT News

Though biotech companies like Monsanto spent many millions creating and inserting genes that would make corn plants poisonous to the corn rootworm but harmless to other creatures, the pest has begun to develop an immunity.

Though the use of chemical pesticides has always been a source of contention, the advent of corn hybrid plants by biotech companies like Monsanto allowed farmers to cut back on their use. These new hybrids had been specifically designed using genes from a bacteria called Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt), which provided a formidable defense against corn rootworm.    Continue reading “Farmers falling back on chemical pesticides as GMO seeds falter”

LATimes – by Dan Weikel, Ralph Vartabedian and Laura J. Nelson

SAN FRANCISCO — The pilots flying the Asiana Airlines jetliner that crashed in San Francisco told federal investigators that an automatic throttle — a system akin to a car’s cruise control — had failed to keep the jetliner at the proper speed for landing.