From the Trenches World Report

Ingenious Press – WMAL News

OWINGS, MD — The father of a middle schooler in Calvert County, Md. says his 11-year-old son was suspended for 10 days for merely talking about guns on the bus ride home.

Bruce Henkelman of Huntingtown says his son, a sixth grader at Northern Middle School in Owings, was talking with friends about the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre when the bus driver hauled him back to school to be questioned by the principal, Darrel Prioleau.   Continue reading “11-Year-Old Suspended From School For Merely TALKING About Guns”

Refreshing News

There have been a lot of news stories recently about young children being punished for talking about guns, making toy guns, owning toy guns, and drawing guns. This new story takes the cake: a group of students from Chase Lake Elementary School in Edmonds, Washington, asked their teacher if they could bring Nerf guns to school. The teacher gave permission, but the school punished the children with suspension anyway.   Continue reading “Teacher: Kids, bring your Nerf guns to school. I have a fun experiment planned. School: Kids, we have a zero-tolerance policy when it comes to toy guns. You’re all suspended”

He’s either a right-wing extremist, a knee-jerk liberal, a yuppie, a gun nut, a Jesus freak, a redneck, a soccer mom, a welfare queen, or possibly even a conspiracy theorist, but regardless of what he actually thinks or feels, he falls into one of many media-defined categories, and without ever speaking to him, you’re fairly certain that you already know his opinions on all political issues. And just as every army teaches its soldiers to use derogatory names for their enemy, you’ve been taught a derogatory name to describe most of the people around you, and there are corresponding television characters that give you examples of how they think, so you never really have to talk to them at all.    Continue reading “I know your neighbor….”

RT News

Some of US President Barack Obama’s high-ranked political appointees are using secret government email accounts, which they say are necessary to prevent their inboxes from being overwhelmed with unwanted messages and spam.

The scale of secret email use across the government remains unknown, as most US agencies have failed to provide lists of political appointees’ email addresses, which AP requested under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) over three months ago.      Continue reading “Obama’s top appointees use secret email accounts – AP”

RT News, June 4, 2013

The United States Department of Justice has responded to allegations that Attorney General Eric Holder lied to Congress, but lawmakers on Capitol Hill aren’t impressed.

Mr. Holder’s reputation within the Justice Department has been tarnished in recent weeks in the wake of a number of DoJ scandals, including his office’s investigation of journalists with the Associated Press and Fox News.   Continue reading “Congress gives Holder one more day to answer allegations of perjury”

RT News

The state of Connecticut has become the first to successfully enact a law requiring food containing genetically modified ingredients to be labeled as such, though it comes with the unusual requirement that four other states must pass similar legislation.

Though supporters of GMO product labeling will likely laud the state legislature’s approval of the new bill, it represents a significant weakening of the initial proposal with the introduction of a bipartisan ‘compromise’ requiring that four additional states, one of which must border Connecticut, pass labeling laws as well. An additional requirement is that the aggregate population of any combination of such states exceed 20 million people.    Continue reading “Connecticut passes first GMO food labeling law in US”

Mail.com

WARRENSBURG, Mo. (AP) — Ziyad Abid was a Missouri college student aspiring to become a pilot like his father back home in Saudi Arabia when he was accused of paying his roommate to kill a local bar owner. The judge set bond at $2 million, completely out of reach for his family — but not for the Saudi government.    Continue reading “Saudi remains behind bars after $2M bond posted”

New York Times – by MARK LANDLER

WASHINGTON — In a major shakeup of President Obama’s foreign-policy inner circle, Tom Donilon, the national security adviser, is resigning and will be replaced by Susan E. Rice, the American ambassador to the United Nations, White House officials said late Tuesday.

Information Clearinghouse – by Marjorie Cohn

Although whistleblower Bradley Manning pled guilty to 10 offenses that will garner him 20 years in custody, military prosecutors are pursuing further charges – aiding the enemy and violation of the Espionage Act – that carry life in prison.

The court-martial of Bradley Manning, the most significant whistleblower case since Daniel Ellsberg leaked the Pentagon Papers, has begun. Although Manning pled guilty earlier this year to 10 offenses that will garner him 20 years in custody, military prosecutors insist on pursuing charges of aiding the enemy and violation of the Espionage Act, carrying life in prison.   Continue reading “Bradley Manning’s Legal Duty to Expose War Crimes”

Yahoo News – Reuters

TOKYO (Reuters) – The operator of the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant said it had found another leak of contaminated water on Wednesday, piling pressure on the utility to curb the problem as it seeks permission to release water to the sea.

The Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power plant was hit by a 9.0 magnitude earthquake and tsunami more than two years ago, triggering nuclear reactor meltdowns and explosions.   Continue reading “Another contaminated water leak at Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant”

Continue reading “Huge Mystery Blob on Weather Radars over Military’s Redstone Arsenal in Alabama Still Unexplained”

Press TV

Syria’s state television reports that Syrian forces have regained full control of the strategic city of Qusayr following three weeks of fighting with the militants in the region.

The Syrian military forces dismantled the terrorist network of the militants in the strategic area, which borders Lebanon.    Continue reading “Syrian forces regain full control of Qusayr area: Syrian TV”

Before It’s News – by Barracuda

Just about everyone knows someone who has died from cancer.What would you say if I told you that we are all being lied to, that natural cures for cancer already exist and those cures are being deliberately with held from the public.Well, It’s all true.

The FDA and the Pharmaceutical company are in bed together.There is simply to much money being made for these scoundrels to come clean and tell us the truth. Billions and billions of dollars are being made off the pain and suffering of so many cancer patients.It’s very disturbing when I think about how this continues, chemotherapy is worthless, it destroys the body along with the cancer, it is a death sentence!   Continue reading “Profiteering Cancer Industry Ripped Wide Open By Explosive Documentary ‘Cut, Poison, Burn’”

Guns Save Lives

The owner of a gift shop in New York City might be ran out of business by the vehemently anti gun government of Mayor Michael Bloomberg. The shop owner was apparently unaware of the ridiculous NYC law which makes the selling of toy guns, even tiny novelty gun shaped cigarette lighters, a serious crime, punishable by massive fines that easily put small business owners out of business.   Continue reading “Bloomberg’s NYC Government Fining Gift Shop Owner $60,000 For Selling Tiny, Gun Shaped Lighters”

AlterNet – by Alex Kane

The recent revelation that the Central Intelligence Agency has handed tens of millions of dollars over to the offices of the president of Afghanistan should come as no surprise. The CIA has a long history of this sort of activity. And most importantly, it’s the latest reminder of how America’s global “war on terror” has been forged through backroom deals, cold hard cash and the fostering of corruption.   Continue reading “Dirty Wars, Filthy Hands: Five Unsavory Ways America Conducts Its “Global War on Terror””

Citizens for Legit Government

Christie Criticized for Cost and Timing of Senate Election  Gov. Chris Christie (R) announced on Tuesday a highly unusual special election that was immediately criticized for costing the state $24 million and setting up a schedule that was likely to confuse the voting public.

Voters will go to the polls on a Wednesday in October to cast ballots for a new senator, then return just three weeks later for the regularly scheduled general election, in which Mr. Christie will stand for a second term. Continue reading “Christie Criticized for Cost and Timing of Senate Election”