From the Trenches World Report

UPI

WASHINGTON, June 29 (UPI) — Security officials said U.S. police should be on the alert for bombs made from July Fourth fireworks during the upcoming holiday week.

ABC News said the Department of Homeland Security and the FBI sent out a nationwide notice to law enforcement agencies reminding officers and agents a lot of fireworks are sold in July, and some could end up in the wrong hands.   Continue reading “U.S. on alert for possible fireworks bombs”

Alt Headlines

People looking at the future of payment systems are noting that mobile payments and biometric information are becoming increasingly important in financial systems around the world. Many are concerned that in the not-too-distant future, we will live in a cashless society: physical national currencies will disappear, and digital payments will be the only way to buy goods or services.   Continue reading “Cashless Society Leap Forward with Biometrics”

Haveeru

MOSCOW, June 29, 2013 (AFP) – Russia on Friday accused Washington of putting it in a “tough spot” by claiming it had failed to disclose revoking the passport of fugitive US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden prior to his arrival in Moscow from Hong Kong.

The diplomatic rhetoric around the explosive case of the 30-year-old former National Security Agency (NSA) contractor escalated when Washington blamed Hong Kong’s government of acting in bad faith by letting Snowden out in the first place.   Continue reading “Russia says US put it in ‘tough spot’ over Snowden”

The Best Years In Life – by Tony Isaacs

Each year, 1.5 million heart attacks occur in the United States resulting in over 500,000 deaths. Another common, though usually less fatal, cardiovascular problem is irregular heart beat. Though irregular heart beats are not as serious as heart attacks in most instances, they can lead to serious complications if not treated. The good news is that nature has a potent herbal solution for each condition which will usually stop them in their tracks in short order.   Continue reading “How to stop heart attacks and irregular heart beats in their tracks”

My SA

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A police officer aiding in a probation check near South Los Angeles was shot in the face and the gunman barricaded himself inside a home, authorities said.

The officer was hospitalized in stable condition Tuesday night and will require surgery, according to Los Angeles Police Cmdr. Andy Smith. Television footage from the scene showed the victim awake and sitting up as he was loaded into an ambulance following the shooting on 117th Street in the Willowbrook area.   Continue reading “Police officer shot in face in Willowbrook”

NOLA – by Paul Purpura

Proponents of federal legislation that wouldexpand background checks on people buying firearms brought their nationwide bus tour to New Orleans on Saturday, thanking U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., for supporting the measure and reading names of victims of gun violence. Speakers at the sparsely attended press conference in the shadow of New Orleans’ City Hall included Neil Heslin, whose 6-year-old son Jesse Lewis was among the 20 first graders and six teachers who were slain by a gunman at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Conn., last year.   Continue reading “Gun background check supporters hold rally in New Orleans”

RT News

A massive nitrogen leak at an Arizona Intel plant caused the hospitalization of at least 11 people, with a further 46 needing medical treatment on Saturday morning. The severity of the injuries of those hospitalized is yet to be confirmed.

“This is not over,” Tom Dwiggins, spokesman for the Chandler Fire Department, told local news teams standing outside the facility where the leak began.   Continue reading “At least 57 treated after nitrogen leak at Intel plant in Arizona”

Washington’s Blog- by Carl Herman

Credit to Josey Wales on Obama fact sheet: since becoming president, Barack Obama has… It’s all here!

Along with War Crimes and economic looting that kill millions, harm billions, and loot trillions of our dollars, following is an impressively comprehensive list of what’s been happening in America since Democratic “leadership” delivered “change” from Republican “leadership” in just 2009.   Continue reading “200+ crimes & dishonorable acts since 2009 demanding US leadership arrests”

Freedom Formula

Monticello, December 26, 1825

Dear Sir,

—I wrote you a letter yesterday, of which you will be free to make what use you please. This will contain matters not intended for the public eye. I see, as you do, and with the deepest affliction, the rapid strides with which the federal branch of our government is advancing towards the usurpation of all the rights reserved to the States, and the consolidation in itself of all powers, foreign and domestic; and that, too, by constructions which, if legitimate, leave no limits to their power. Continue reading “Jefferson to William B. Giles 12/26/1825”

The Oregonian – by Elizabeth Case

As the estimate of dead bees rose to 50,000, the Oregon Department of Agriculture confirmed the insecticide Safari caused the deaths in a Wilsonville earlier this week. A landscaping company sprayed 55 linden trees in a Target parking lot to control for aphids, said Dan Hilburn, the plants division director at the department of agriculture. They bees have been dropping from trees since the spraying on Saturday.    Continue reading “Bee deaths a result of pesticide Safari; count upped to 50,000 dead insects”

News Doors

A report by Jeremy Scahill in The Nation revealed that the largest mercenary army in the world, Blackwater (now called Xe Services) clandestine intelligence services was sold to the multinational Monsanto. Blackwater was renamed in 2009 after becoming famous in the world with numerous reports of abuses in Iraq, including massacres of civilians. It remains the largest private contractor of the U.S. Department of State “security services,” that practices state terrorism by giving the government the opportunity to deny it.   Continue reading “Yes, Monsanto Actually DID Buy the BLACKWATER Mercenary Group!”

France24

A security guard shot and killed a Jewish Israeli man on Friday at one of Judaism’s holiest sites in Jerusalem, the Western Wall, which was immediately shut to visitors, police said.

The guard opened fire after the man, in an adjacent restroom, was heard shouting “Allahu Akbar,” Arabic for “God is greatest”, police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said.   Continue reading “Jewish man shot by security at Jerusalem’s Western Wall”

Idiocracy or Enlightenment

Pondering on the “Where’s Snowdo?” situation, I wondered “Why Iceland?”, Iceland was the first place Snowden originally wanted safe haven. One might look at the events below, and be inspired that peaceful solutions can actually exist.

In an age where a farmer in Africa can hold in his hand more information access than Ronald Reagan had in the Situation Room, would you believe the worlds 13th most developed nation and one of humanities oldest Democracies could have a revolution, oust the parliament, bring up their Prime Minister on criminal charges, then crowd source their new constitution to ALL the people over the internet; and you haven’t heard about it for 4 years? Well it is in process, right now and it began in 2008.  I’m betting (like me) you never heard about it either… get a load of this:   Continue reading “Why [no] Iceland? They’re Having a Revolution!”

Century Link – by JULIE PACE – Associated Press

PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — One element of President Barack Obama’s Africa policy is to encourage a free press, although he offered repeated reminders for U.S. reporters traveling with him on the continent to be on their best behavior.

“Americans, behave yourselves,” he needled as a contingent of U.S. and South African media was pulled from a quick photo-op Saturday with President Jacob Zuma.   Continue reading “WHITE HOUSE NOTEBOOK: Obama to US media: ‘Behave’”