From the Trenches World Report

RT News

Members of the House Intelligence Committee accepted amendments to the controversial Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act Wednesday, voting to include the new provisions by an 18-2 margin after a closed door meeting.

Members of the House Intelligence Committee accepted amendments to the controversial Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act Wednesday, voting to include the new provisions by an 18-2 margin after a closed door meeting. It puts the bill back on the table for consideration after failing last year.   Continue reading “Amended CISPA moves to House after closed-door vote”

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An Arkansas state attorney general has announced that the ExxonMobil pipeline rupture that has leaked thousands of barrels of oil in central Arkansas is “substantially larger” than initially believed, but that the size of the leak still remains unknown.

Cleanup crews have already recovered about 28,200 barrels of ‘oily water’ and 2,000 cubic yards of contaminated soil and debris, but may still have a long way to go before all of the 22 residents evacuated from Mayflower, Arkansas, can return to their homes.   Continue reading “Arkansas ExxonMobil oil spill even worse than thought”

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A trove of leaked classified reports has confirmed what many had suspected – US drone kills in Pakistan are not the precision strikes against top-level al-Qaeda terrorists they are portrayed as by the Obama administration.

Instead, many of the attacks are aimed at suspected low-level tribal militants, who may pose no direct danger to the United States – and for many there appears to be little evidence to justify the assassinations.   Continue reading “Leaked report: Nearly half of US drone strikes in Pakistan not against al-Qaeda”

Sixteen Republicans split with their party leaders and voted Thursday to end the GOP filibuster of gun control legislation and begin what will be a contentious Senate debate on the issue.

The final vote was 68-31.

The 16 GOP senators that voted to stop the gun control filibuster were:   Continue reading “16 GOP Senators agreed to participate in Sedition”

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A North Korean missile launcher has moved into the firing position with rockets facing skyward, Kyodo reports, citing a Japan defense official.

The Japanese government is on high alert, citing indications that Pyongyang might soon launch ballistic missiles at its island neighbor.   Continue reading “N. Korean missile launchpad moved into firing position – report”

Mail.com

AMSTERDAM (AP) — If you’ve worked in an office, you’re probably familiar with the soft glow of fluorescent tubes drifting from the ceiling. If Europe’s Philips brand is right, those lamps could soon be history.

Royal Philips NV, the Dutch consumer appliances giant, said Thursday that it has developed an LED light that will soon be far more efficient than the best fluorescents on the market. That should make it cheaper and greener, as well.   Continue reading “Goodbye fluorescent bulb? Philips says yes.”

Middletown, CT Patch – by Cassandra Day

OUTSIDE HARTFORD, CT — A city student was subdued Wednesday morning with a Taser by Middletown Police outside Woodrow Wilson Middle School.

Middletown Police student resource and patrol officers “were called to the school today to assist the staff,” according to Lt. Heather Desmond.    Continue reading “Taser Used on Middle School Student”

The Organic Prepper

As a parent, sometimes I’ve asked my kids to do things they don’t want to do.  (Haven’t we all?)  The biggest key to their success in the endeavour is their attitude.

Scenario #1:

Me: Kiddo, it’s time to swap your winter clothes for your spring clothes. Please go through your closet, sort through your winter clothes and get rid of the stuff that’s too small or that you don’t want anymore.   Continue reading “Cheap by Choice: When Frugality Means Freedom”

World Truth TV

A breakthrough report on the nutritional density of genetically-modified (GM) corn crops demolishes all existing claims that GMOs are “substantially equivalent” to non-GMOs. Entitled 2012 Nutritional Analysis: Comparison of GMO Corn versus Non-GMO Corn, the paper reveals not only that GMO corn is greatly lacking in vitamins and minerals compared to non-GMO corn, but also that it is highly toxic and filled with deadly crop chemicals like glyphosate (Roundup).   Continue reading “Genetically Modified Corn contains practically no nutrients but is loaded with Chemical Poisons”

Before It’s News – by Mort Amsel

TRANSLATED:

Arrived at the port of Puerto Cabello, Venezuela, from Russia, mobile system components long range anti-aircraft missile S-300VM Antey-2500 , according to local newspaper Notitarde . In the images that illustrate the note, there are trucks transporting on trailers, launch tubes for missiles 9M82M . The newspaper counted at least twelve tubes and precisely who came on board in June Socol.   Continue reading “Russian Missiles Arrive In Venezuela”

Town Hall – by Heather Ginsberg

The legislation to curb gun violence is now heading to the floor of the Senate for debate after there was a lot of talk of a potential filibuster from GOP senators. The Senate voted 68 to 31 to proceed with debate on the new legislation. This will be the beginning of what many believe will be a several week argument of what kind of action to take on gun control.

Sixteen Republicans joined with 52 Democrats to approve the motion to proceed to debate. And only two Democrats joined 29 Republicans opposing the motion.   Continue reading “Gun Debate Moving Forward: Filibuster Fails”

AOL – by Claire Gordon

As K-12 education in America has tumbled in global rankings, states have responded: more focus on math and science, more teacher accountability, more testing, and more standardized lesson plans. But one history teacher’s resignation letter, posted two weeks ago on Facebook, reads like a last cry from the old guard. The new system, retiring teacher Gerald Conti writes, “seeks only conformity” and “zombie-like adherence.” The profession of teaching, Conti says, “no longer exists.”   Continue reading “Teacher’s Epic Resignation Letter: Profession ‘No Longer Exists’”

Voting American

Politicians are the only people in the world who Create Problems and then Campaign Against them.

Have you ever wondered, if both the Democrats and the Republicans are against deficits, WHY do we have deficits?   Continue reading “Time to Clean House and Fire Them All…545 Politicians vs 300 Million Americans”

The Blaze – by Billy Hallowell

There’s an investigation unfolding in Missouri after it was revealed that the Missouri State Highway Patrol handed over concealed carry data to federal authorities. On at least two occasions – the latest of which was January — weapons data was delivered to the feds, according to an article published in the Columbia Daily Tribune.

In looking into the matter, officials noted that in Nov. 2011 and this past January, the patrol asked for the entire list of 185,000 concealed carry residents from the state’s Division of Motor Vehicle and Driver Licensing. Then, this information was apparently shared beyond the state’s boundaries.   Continue reading “Investigation Reveals: MO Highway Patrol Gave Feds Confidential List of Concealed Carry Gun Permit Holders”

The Hill – by Brendan Sasso

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has claimed that agents do not need warrants to read people’s emails, text messages and other private electronic communications, according to internal agency documents.

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), which obtained the documents through a Freedom of Information Act request, released the information on Wednesday.   Continue reading “IRS: We can read emails without warrant”

Guerrillamerica – by John Mosby

Resistance movements generally begin with the desire of individuals or small groups of individuals to remove intolerable conditions imposed by an unpopular regime. Opposition towards the regime and hatred of existing conditions that conflict with the individual’s or the group’s values, interests, and way of life spread from the individual (or group of individuals comprising the group) to family, close friends, and neighbors. This can result in an entire community cohering in an obsessive hatred for an established regime.   Continue reading “The Formation and Organization of Resistance Movements”

Guerrillamerica – by John Mosby

“Technology is a product of human ingenuity. If one man can imagine something, I guarantee you that another man, somewhere, can imagine a way to f**k it up.”  –SSG John Mosby, U.S. Army Special Forces, northern Afghanistan, 2002

Bob Owens

The bloody-shirt waving fascist in the White House is going to make the United States more dangerous with the unconstitutional gun control he’s pushing on Capitol Hill.

Don’t take my word for it.   Continue reading “Cops: Obama’s gun control fetish will make America more dangerous”