From the Trenches World Report

The Economic Collapse – by Michael

Would you be willing to give up what Edward Snowden has given up?  He has given up his high paying job, his home, his girlfriend, his family, his future and his freedom just to expose the monolithic spy machinery that the U.S. government has been secretly building to the world.  He says that he does not want to live in a world where there isn’t any privacy.  He says that he does not want to live in a world where everything that he says and does is recorded.    Continue reading “27 Edward Snowden Quotes About U.S. Government Spying That Should Send A Chill Up Your Spine”

Biz Journals – by James Jeffrey

Hotels will have to adequately notify guests of gun restrictions or face penalties if a bill becomes law.

House Bill 333, authored by State Rep.Ryan Guillen, D-Rio Grande City, requires hotels that restrict the possession, storage or transporting of firearms to notify guests of such policies on their websites or when confirming reservations. Failure to comply will be a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of up to $100.   Continue reading “Hotels may have to inform guests of gun-restriction policies”

After being appointed by President Bush as head of the DHS, Tom Ridge formally resigned as Pennsylvania’s governor on October 5, 2001.

Tom Ridge began his duties as DHS director on October 8, 2001.

The Department of Homeland Security was not established until November 25, 2002, by the Homeland Security Act of 2002.   Continue reading “Nationwide Rail Projects”

NBC DFW – by Stefan Gorman

North Texas resident and “Star Wars” Chewbacca actor Peter Mayhew had a dust-up with Transportation Security Administration agents in Denver when they attempted to confiscate his light saber-shaped cane.

Mayhew was returning to Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport from an appearance at Denver ComicCon when TSA agents refused to let Chewie board his plane with his one-of-a-kind cane.   Continue reading “Chewbacca Actor Battles TSA Over Light Saber Cane”

New York Post – by BETH DEFALCO

ALBANY — Them’s fightin’ words!

Texas Gov. Rick Perry is looking to lasso some East Coast business for his low-tax Lone Star State with a new $1 million ad campaign and trip next week to the Big Apple and Connecticut.

Perry has already begun airing ads on NY1 ahead of his June 16 visit.   Continue reading “Texas Gov. Rick Perry launches ad campaign to poach jobs from New York, Connecticut”

Daily Censored – by Stephan Lendman

He’s Obama’s FBI director choice. He’ll replace current rogue head Robert Mueller. In September, he’ll step down.

He’s run the agency since September 4, 2001. He succeeded acting head Thomas Pickering. He assumed office days before 9/11.   Continue reading “New FBI Head James Comey: Police State America is “In Good Hands””

Investment Watchblog

Princeton University evacuates after bomb threat from ‘known caller’

Princeton University evacuated its campus at 10:30am this morning after receiving a bomb threat to multiple buildings on its sprawling New Jersey property, according to the school’s Twitter page.   Continue reading “Bomb threats at Princeton University, Morristown High School, Southwest Airlines, Atlanta airport, Richmond airport, etc…”

News Press – by Melanie Payne and Dick Hogan

Gun store owner W. Alec Dean says he was badly treated at a Staples store in Fort Myers because of the company logo on his shirt and what he calls the office supply company’s anti-gun policy. And, he said, a social media backlash against Staples supports his claim.

Experts say retail stores are often the scene of culture war flare-ups that don’t go away quickly these days – rather, they’re sometimes magnified into national stories by pervasive social media.    Continue reading “Gun store owner rips Staples office supply store”

Jon Rappoport

The great obsession of the 20^th century was organization, and it continues.

Form a goal, put people together, and give them separate tasks that add up to forwarding the goal. Yes, it’s a strategy as old as the hills, but in the last hundred years the drive to expand the numbers has taken over.   Continue reading “The creative versus the machine”

Northwest Watchdog – by Shelby Sebens

Four Oregon lobbyists in Salem have registered as working for New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s gun control advocacy group, Mayors Against Illegal Guns.

According to the Oregon Government Ethics Commission, the group spent a whopping $781.59 during the first quarter of this year (January through March). The second quarter reports won’t be available until July. Bloomberg’s group reportedly is spending money in capitals across the country, pushing gun control initiatives.   Continue reading “Meet Bloomberg’s anti-gun lobbyists in Oregon”

The Daily Meal – by Elizabeth Licata

The world needs a public service campaign to discourage kids from eating or drinking things on dares. It almost never ends well, and sometimes it can have extremely dangerous or life-threatening results.

A teenager in Virginia recently drank an entire quart of soy sauce on a dare, and the excess of salt in his body put him in a coma and nearly killed him.   Continue reading “Soy Sauce Overdose Puts Teen In Coma”

Washington Examiner – by Byron York

In a Spanish-language interview Sunday with the network Univision, Sen. Marco Rubio, the leading Republican on the Gang of Eight comprehensive immigration reform group, made his strongest statement yet that legalization of the nation’s estimated 11 million illegal immigrants must happen before any new border security or internal enforcement measures are in place, and will in no way be conditional on any security requirements.   Continue reading “Marco Rubio: In immigration reform, legalization comes first — ‘It is not conditional’”

The Blaze – by Wayne Allyn Root

My life has crossed paths with President Obama on multiple occasions. According to Obama, we were Columbia University classmates, both Pre Law and Political Science majors in the Class of ’83. I also ran against Obama in 2008 on the Libertarian Party Presidential ticket. What are the odds?

But something about “the Obama at Columbia story” has always bothered me. Earlier in the week right here at The Blaze I wrote about having just returned from New York, where I attended my 30^th Columbia University reunion. I celebrated with my esteemed classmates. Everyone except Barack Obama. As usual- he wasn’t there. Not a trace. Not a video greeting. Not a letter. I could not find any classmates who knew him.   Continue reading “Ghost of Columbia – Part II: Legendary Columbia Professor Never Heard of Obama”

The Daily Sheeple – by Chris Carrington

According to reports from the BBC, Edward Snowden has vanished from his Hong Kong hotel room. Ex-CIA employee Snowden, 29, was not expected to check out and the move has taken many by surprise. His whereabouts are unknown and thus far he has not made contact with anyone as to his plans.   Continue reading “Edward Snowden Vanishes From His Hong Kong Hotel Room”

Another example, from 2010 that shows how far and deep this government intrusion goes.

Wired – by RYAN SINGEL, 09/27/10

The FBI now wants to require all encrypted communications systems to have back doors for surveillance, according to a New York Times report, and to the nation’s top crypto experts it sounds like a battle they’ve fought before.   Continue reading “FBI Drive for Encryption Backdoors Is Déjà Vu for Security Experts”