From the Trenches World Report

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?”

World Events and the Bible

WEB Notes: We will basically repeat what we said when the Senate passed this in a test vote… The death of America draws nigh. The passage of this amnesty bill for roughly “11 million illegal immigrants” will be the death stroke of America. Make note those “11 million” will bring all of their family members aboard the nation formerly known as the United States.   Continue reading “TREASON: U.S. Senate Passes Amnesty Bill in 68 to 32 Vote”

IntelliHub – by Cassius Methyl

In Early June, on 2 nights a few days apart, unknown people calculatedly destroyed 6500 genetically modified (GMO) sugar beet plants, toxic products of Monsanto and Sygenta, Genetically Modified not to have a higher quality or provide more yield, but simply to withstand higher doses of Monsanto’s poison “Roundup”, to benefit the company at the expense of he people.   Continue reading “40 Tons of GMO Sugar Beets Destroyed by Unknown Movement in Oregon”

AmmoLand

Manasquan, NJ –(Ammoland.com)- Anti second amendment advocates, LUCINDA M. FINLEY and JOHN G. CULHANE recently wrote an opinion piece in the New York Times, titled “Make Gun Companies Pay Blood Money“, promoting that people exercising their constitutional right to keep and bear arms be made to pay a tax, that could then be used to pay victims of gun violence.   Continue reading “Latest Gun Grabber Taxation Scheme Wants Gun Owners to Pay for Victims of Violence”

AmmoLand

BELLEVUE, WA –(Ammoland.com)- The Second Amendment Foundation today has filed a Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) request with the City of New York for all records relating to Michael Bloomberg’s Mayors Against Illegal Guns, after newspaper allegations that city resources have been used for MAIG’s gun control efforts.

SAF is being joined in the request by the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms, and Tom Gresham, host of the nationally-syndicated “Gun Talk.”   Continue reading “SAF Asks For All Bloomberg-Mayors Against Illegal Guns Records From NYC After Revelations”

Reuters – by Francesca Trianni

The New York City Council passed two measures to restrain police powers early on Thursday in direct defiance of Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who has defended procedures such as “stop and frisk” as necessary to fight crime.

One creates an independent inspector general to monitor the New York Police Department (NYPD) over a seven-year period and make recommendations on how it could be improved. The other expands the definition of racial profiling and allows people who believe they have been profiled to sue police in state court.   Continue reading “In rebuff to Bloomberg, New York City Council curbs police power”

AOL – by Dan Fastenberg

When it comes to discussing religion orpolitics in the office, of course, tact is required. But just how tight-lipped should you be? Clive Hunt, a 58-year old IT consultant in Manchester, England, confronted this question head on earlier this month, when he offered to pick up “bacon sandwiches” during a meeting with a new client. That reportedly offended a Muslim co-worker – and soon after, Hunt says he was told he lost the job. According to a report in the Manchester Evening News, Hunt says a manager told him the decision was made because of his “racist remark.”   Continue reading “IT Worker Allegedly Fired For Offering Bacon Sandwich To Muslim Co-Worker”

Who What Why – by Dave Lindorff 

Would you be shocked to learn that the FBI apparently knew that some organization, perhaps even a law enforcement agency or private security outfit, had contingency plans to assassinate peaceful protestors in a major American city — and did nothing to intervene?

Would you be surprised to learn that this intelligence comes not from a shadowy whistle-blower but from the FBI itself – specifically, from a document obtained from Houston FBI office last December, as part of a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request filed by the Washington, DC-based Partnership for Civil Justice Fund?   Continue reading “FBI Document—“[DELETED]” Plots To Kill Occupy Leaders “If Deemed Necessary””

NBC News – by Pete Williams and Andrew Rafferty

A grand jury has indicted Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on charges of using weapons of mass destruction and killing four people, federal prosecutors announced Thursday.

Tsarnaev, 19, has been accused of setting off bombs near the finish line of the city’s annual race on April 15 with the help of his brother Tamerlan. The blasts killed three people, and investigators believe the brothers killed a university police officer in the days after the attack while attempting to evade capture.   Continue reading “Dzhokhar Tsarnaev faces 30-count indictment in Boston Marathon bombing”

GOP USA – by Doug Patton

As I listened to the convoluted legal gobbledygook passing for erudite Constitutional expertise from the United States Supreme Court as they attempted to justify same sex marriage, my mind was flooded with the haunting words of some of the great men of history.

I thought of Aristotle, who said, “Political society exists for the sake of noble living,” a sentiment chiseled into the edifice of many a public building, including the south face of the state capitol building in Lincoln, Nebraska.   Continue reading “America Has Ceased to be Great or Good”

Infowars – by Steve Watson

A stark example of how dangerous and invasive drone technology can be was provided when a small hobbyist drone was recently found to have buzzed around Florida capturing images of people’s apartment windows and even a bikini clad sunbather, before dropping out of the sky and crashing into a tree.   Continue reading “Drone Spies On Sunbathing Woman, Looks Through Apartment Windows, Then Falls Out Of The Sky”

Center for Investigative Reporting – by Ali Winston

When the city of San Leandro, Calif., purchased a license-plate reader for its police department in 2008, computer security consultant Michael Katz-Lacabe asked the city for a record of every time the scanners had photographed his car.

The results shocked him.   Continue reading “License-plate readers let police collect millions of records on drivers”

Lone Star Watchdog

The establishment is circling the wagons on all fronts because they are trying to make excuses why they are violating our rights. I would watch NCIS on CBS. A suspect would be taken in. Instead of talking to Special Agent Gibbs. The accused  would say ” I want my lawyer” The Navy cop would say” I am invoking the Patriot Act putting you on a plane to Gitmo if you do not talk”   Continue reading “The Bill of Rights and the Constitution is Still the Law of the Land! Any Questions?”

Survival Prepping For Hard Times – by Sorbet Gummer

What happens when the apocalypse doesn’t end in fire and brimstone?  What if the apocalypse looks more like a hyperinflation scenario where a shave and a haircut costs decidedly more than the proverbial “two bits”?  Or maybe “your two silver bits” are too valuable to waste on a $500 3-pack of disposable razors.   Continue reading “Shaving After The Apocalypse: How To Prepare For Your $900 Shave And Haircut”

Breitbart – by Wynton Hall

General Motors Co. (GM) announced on Wednesday that it will spend $691 million to build and expand its factories in Mexico.

GM Mexico President Ernest Hernandez said the move will boost Mexican employment and development.   Continue reading “GM to Invest $691 Million in Mexico”