From the Trenches World Report

Beyond the debtors’ prisons now springing up in the United States of America, many cities are making those arrested and jailed pay for his/her own daily incarceration.  In an article published in National Law Journal by Joshua Michtom the concept of paying for one’s own incarceration is addressed [1]

His lengthy and well-referenced article brings to light the old saying of ‘three hots and a cot’ for any person who served in the U.S. Armed Forces or held prisoner.  Sadly, this saying is no longer valid.  Traditionally, what this statement has implied is that if a person were to go to join the U.S. Military or end up in jail, at bare minimum, that person would be able to obtain three hot meals and a bed to sleep in.  Throw in heat, free medical care, showers, and clothes, it might sound pretty good to a homeless person as well.  Correct?  Continue reading “The Price of Paying for One’s Own Incarceration”

Business Week – by Patrick Donahue and Jonathan Tirone

Vice President Joseph Biden said Syrian President Bashar al-Assad must relinquish power, as a top diplomat said the United Nations has to step into an expanding conflict that the warring parties can’t resolve.

“President Assad, a tyrant hellbent on clinging to power, is no longer fit to lead the Syrian people and he must go,” the U.S. vice president told an audience today at the Munich Security Conference in the Bavarian capital. UN special envoy Lakhdar Brahimi told the conference late yesterday that the world body is the only institution that can end the conflict. Continue reading “Biden Says Syria’s Assad ‘Hellbent’ on Power, Must Go”

Continue reading “Iran rolls out bold design for homemade fighter jets”

There is a lot of talk out here in cyberspace, with some putting forth the notion that our Republic can be restored without having to fight.  Every American national is absolutely entitled to their opinion, but I would put forth the following.  For the past twenty years, a majority of our people have been living within the delusion that we the people were in control of our government via the ballot box and the jury box, and this quite simply was not true, as our courts had been taken over and our elections defrauded.

Twenty years ago, when those of us who were paying attention pointed these facts out, we were called conspiracy theorists.  And of course there were those very self important people who were so much more intelligent than we, who not only refused to acknowledge what was then obvious and take measures to correct, but actually perpetuated the problem via their empty minded, thoughtless participation.  Continue reading “The Passive Resistance Pipe Dream”

Reuters – by Seltem Iyigun and Nick Tattersall

A Turkish leftist group claimed responsibility on Saturday for a suicide bomb attack on the U.S. embassy and accused Washington of using Turkey as its “slave”, according to a statement posted on the internet.

The Revolutionary People’s Liberation Army-Front (DHKP-C) said it carried out Friday’s attack, in which a suicide bomber detonated explosives strapped to his body at the embassy in Ankara, killing himself and a Turkish security guard. Continue reading “Turkish leftist group claims U.S. embassy bombing: website”

Cop Block – by Davy V.

What do you do when you shoot a man being evicted from his home for owing back rent?

Well, when you’re the Rochester, NY Police department, you immediately go into damage control mode, spin, twist, and change your story in order to justify using deadly force against a man holding a bottle of bleach.

In other words, you LIE.

That’s exactly what Rochester, NY Police Chief James Sheppard and his thugs with badges down at the Public Safety building did, after Rochester, NY Police officers Antonio Gonzalez and James Ott shot Timothy Powell, a former homeless man being evicted from his downtown Rochester apartment. Continue reading “Rochester, NY Police Change their Story after officers Shoot Man being Evicted from his Apartment”

AmmoLand

Charlotte, NC –-(Ammoland.com)- Now that the 2013 session of the Missouri General Assembly has convened, your NRA-ILA has learned of some disturbing anti-gun bills that have been introduced.  These bills are designed to infringe upon the rights of law-abiding citizens and would do nothing to address criminal activity. Continue reading “Missouri: Bills Introduced to Restrict Your Gun Rights”

AmmoLand – by Awr Hawkins

Washington DC – -(Ammoland.com)- A Jan. 30 column in The Washington Times sent a clear message to those who’ve somehow failed to put two-and-two together in the current gun control debate–gun grabbing politicians want to take our guns away, but leave their guns in place.

In other words, the places in which they live and breath and conduct their business will remain under heavy guard–from police, armed agents, helicopter flyovers, and snipers at various points–while “the little people,” i.e., average American citizens, are expected to get along as best they can without any means to defend life or liberty. Continue reading “Washington Times: Gun Free Zones Are Only For ‘The Little People’”

Survival and Prosperity – by Christopher E. Hill

By the time I started this blog back in November 2010, I already had a pretty good idea I’d eventually be leaving the city of Chicago to reside someplace else. And every once in a while, I’d query the “best places” to live in America- should TSHTF or not. While the area of southeastern Wisconsin I’m looking at moving to in a few years is probably not “ideal” (even less so the suburbs of Chicago) from a prepper’s perspective, practitioners of modern survivalism would probably see more positives than negatives with the location. Keeping in mind that not only do I envision a certain lifestyle for myself down the road, but I also think I have a pretty good idea of what will be required to “survive and prosper” in America in the coming years, this part of the Midwest really appears to be a nice fit not only for me but my girlfriend as well. Here’s hoping it is. Continue reading “Project Prepper: Why Wisconsin?”

Sandy Hook Shooting Research – by Sherrie Questioning All

Sandy Hook Questions.. Where are hospital survivor interviews?  Where are the 9/11 Calls from the school itself?  Where are pictures of the glass broken?

These are just a few of the unanswered questions that normally the media is all over the information after a big event. Continue reading “More unanswered Sandy Hook Questions”

End the Lie – by Madison Rupert

Some 600 police departments and sheriff’s offices in Georgia have joined the many law enforcement agencies nationwide using military-grade equipment, once again raising concerns around local law enforcement’s need for such heavy duty weaponry.

As I reported in 2011, the Pentagon gives away military equipment to law enforcement agencies under the 1033 program in addition to military robots provided by the Department of Defense, police use of armored surveillance vehicles provided for nearly nothing by corporations, law enforcement use of tanks and armored personnel carriers and drones. Continue reading “Georgia police acquired $200 million worth of military-grade vehicles and weapons through DoD”

Natural News – by Ethan A. Huff

Two American researchers whose efforts to deliberately re-engineer the H5N1 avian flu virus to be more virulent and deadly to humans are now asking that a government-advised moratorium on their controversial research be lifted. According to TIME, the duo alleges that precise details about how it developed the deadly flu strain must be made public, and that its controversial research be allowed to continue for the sake of “public health.” Continue reading “U.S. virologists intentionally engineer super-deadly pandemic flu virus”

Infowars

The Obama administration’s Department of Agriculture has released nutrition standards for “competitive” foods and has outlawed snacks considered unhealthy by the nanny state federal government.

“Regular soda is out, though high-schoolers may have access to diet versions,” The Hill reports.

That’s right – the government is recommending our kids drink soda laden with the deadly neurotoxin aspartame. Continue reading “Obama Pushing Aspartame on Grade Schoolers”

UT Sandiego – by Bradley J. Fikes

Monsanto Corp. has acquired part of a La Jolla agricultural biotech in a deal that gives the St. Louis food giant a presence in San Diego for the first time.

Monsanto purchased crop-boosting microbial technology from Agradis, a spinoff of Synthetic Genomics, the companies said Wednesday. Monsanto also made an equity investment in Synthetic Genomics and signed a research agreement with the company. Terms were not disclosed. Continue reading “Monsanto Partners with Synthetic Genomics”

Huffington Post

WASHINGTON, Feb 1 (Reuters) – The most extensive study yet by the U.S. government on suicide among military veterans shows more veterans are killing themselves than previously thought, with 22 deaths a day – or one every 65 minutes, on average.

The study released on Friday by the Department of Veterans Affairs covered suicides from 1999 to 2010 and compared with a previous, less precise VA estimate that there were roughly 18 veteran deaths a day in the United States. Continue reading “Military Suicides: One U.S. Veteran Dies Every 65 Minutes”

Lone Star Watchdog

What is the definition of Insurrection?

Here it is: The act or an instance of open revolt against civil authority or a constituted government.

Does it define the present state we are in? It is not always the people in revolt. It is the Federal Government defying the Constitution and the rule of law. Using the end justifies the means, breaking the law all the way. President Barrack Obama’s actions have been an act of war against the American people. He swore an oath to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution. Everything he has done has been to undermine the Constitution. He sees himself as a law unto himself. He is acting as a dictator or a king making edicts or decrees. Continue reading “Is Our Government Involved in Insurrection Against the People? This is Why They Hate the Second Amendment.”

AOL – by Pete Bigalow

Pride yourself on being a safe driver? You might be paying a penalty for that distinction.

The country’s largest auto insurers often charge safe drivers more money for their annual insurance premiums than their more reckless counterparts, according to a study released Monday by the Consumer Federation Of America. Continue reading “Poor People Pay More For Car Insurance, Study Finds”

Slate – by Ryan Gallagher