From the Trenches World Report

Light from the Right

I admit it. I’ve copped this directly from Dan Mitchell but it’s so good that I hope you’ll forgive me. I’ve tidied some of it up a little bit for your reading pleasure:

A cowboy named Bud was overseeing his herd in a remote mountainous pasture in Nevada when suddenly a brand-new BMW approached him out of a cloud of dust.   Continue reading “We need a little humor now and then. This will do nicely.”

Syrian Arab News Agency

PRAGUE, (SANA)- Ex-CNN reporter Amber Lyon revealed that during her work for the channel she received orders to send false news and exclude some others which the US administration did not favor with the aim to create a public opinion in favor of launching an aggression on Iran and Syria.

Lyon was quoted by the Slovak main news website as saying that the mainstream US media outlets intentionally work to create a propaganda against Iran to garner public opinion’s support for a military invasion against it.   Continue reading “Ex-CNN Reporter: I Received Orders to Manipulate News to Demonize Syria and Iran”

Dr. Eric Edmond

This morning Sky reported that the levy on balances over 100k€ had now increased to 60% as per my prediction that it would increase from the 40% to 50%. It just shows you should never underestimate the insensitivity of the Eurocrats to the plight of ordinary people.

Also on cue the human interest story appears in todays DT Money headlined , “Cyprus Grabs Family’s Fortune”. The sold their villa on the island but now cannot bring the 200000€ back to Britain. I warned abou the inverse of this two days ago for would be purchasers. It works both ways as funds are held in Cyprus lawyers accounts with a Cyprus bank will be aggregated in the client escrow account and so subject to the full 60% theft.   Continue reading “Cyprus just got worse”

The Survivalist Blog – by P. Magnum

I consider myself a homesteader. I live on a small developing farm with my husband. Like many people, we have little cash and every bit that we do have goes back into making us more self-sufficient.

Living on a developing farm and having lots of goals/needs and being short on cash have made me much more creative when it comes to obtaining what we need for our farm. One thing that has worked surprisingly well for me is bartering – an exchange of goods and/or services that is beneficial to all parties involved. Bartering amongst community members is satisfying on so many levels.   Continue reading “The Benefits of Bartering and the Rules to Being Successful”

New York Times – by ISABEL KERSHNER

JERUSALEM — Israel has revealed very little about the man known as Prisoner X, an Australian-Israeli who was jailed here in 2010 after apparently getting caught in a web of espionage and intrigue, other than how he died: alone, by asphyxiation, after hanging himself in the shower of his cell.

Huffington Post – Reuters

NEW YORK (Reuters) – A judge on Friday dismissed a “substantial portion” of claims facing a number of banks in a barrage of lawsuits accusing them of interest-rate rigging.

U.S. District Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald in Manhattan ruled for the banks, which include Bank of America Corp , JPMorgan Chase & Co and others, of allegedly manipulating the London Interbank Offered Rate, commonly known as Libor.   Continue reading “Judge Dismisses Most Claims In Libor Lawsuits, Ruling In Favor Of Big Banks”

RT News

Dozens of federal agents scoured the family property of YouTube celebrity Kyle ‘FPSRussia’ Myers while searching for illegal explosives and possibly weapons, but left empty-handed.

The noise made by popular YouTube channel FPSRussia – famous for destroying man-made mechanisms with the most advanced firearms – has finally been heard in federal quarters. On Wednesday, Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) agents accompanied by FBI agents launched an operation at two locations in Georgia, looking for illegal explosives allegedly used by FPSRussia to produce its YouTube clips.   Continue reading “FPSRussia compound raid leaves 40-plus ATF, FBI agents empty-handed”

RT News

Law enforcement intelligence-processing fusion centers have long come under attack for spying on Americans. The Arkansas director wanted to clarify the truth: centers only spies on some Americans – those who appear to be a threat to the government.

In trying to clear up the ‘misconceptions’ about the conduct of fusion centers, Arkansas State Fusion Center Director Richard Davis simply confirmed Americans’ fears: the center does in fact spy on Americans – but only on those who are suspected to be ‘anti-government’.   Continue reading “Fusion center director: We don’t spy on Americans, just anti-government Americans”

Infowars – by Steve Watson

A thirteen year old girl was suspended from a Boston school this week for bringing a butter knife with her to cut up a pear for lunch, in the latest crackdown on kids taking anything vaguely resembling a weapon to school with them.

As reported by Fox Boston, Morgan LaPlaume, a Wamsutta Middle School student, was suspended for a day over the incident. The girl needed the knife to cut up the fruit because she has braces and cannot eat the fruit whole.   Continue reading “Middle School Girl Suspended Over Butter Knife”

Who Forted – by Greg Newkirk

These supremely weird, coiled cloud formations were recently captured by a satellite scoping out the Prince Edward Islands. No, not the one in Canada, the ones in the south Indian Ocean. Are they the product of a fast moving craft? The infamous HAARP program? A government weather machine spinning up? Or something else?   Continue reading “Highly Bizarre “Cloud Coils” Photographed Over Prince Edward Islands”

TMS Worldwide – by Jeff Moran

The Final United Nations (UN) Conference on the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) failed to reach an agreement by consensus yesterday.  And this hardly comes as any surprise.  Going into the Conference, this author estimated the probability of not reaching consensus to be 75%.  The reasons for this were detailed in a pre-conference Executive Brief published on Amazon.com.  Here is a model to help illustrate how things could and have played out:   Continue reading “Arms Trade Treaty Conference Fails to Reach Consensus, Final Draft Goes to UN General Assembly for Vote”

Freedom Outpost – by Tim Brown

Ammunition is in short supply. The demand has increased dramatically which takes its toll on the market. However, the Department of Homeland Security doesn’t seem to be affected by the demand at all. In fact, it’s got over $37 million of tax payer money to spend on brass and lead for fiscal year 2013 and it’s soliciting again for nearly 90,000 round in various calibers. This is in addition to their own claims of having more than 260 million rounds of ammunition back in November 2012.   Continue reading “DHS Solicits For More Various Caliber Ammunition”

Before It’s News

The moves of the U.S. imperialists to violate the sovereignty of the DPRK and encroach upon its supreme interests have entered an extremely grave phase. Under this situation, the dear respected Marshal Kim Jong Un, brilliant commander of Mt. Paektu, convened an urgent operation meeting on the performance of duty of the Strategic Rocket Force of the Korean People’s Army for firepower strike and finally examined and ratified a plan for firepower strike.   Continue reading “North Korea’s Full War Declaration Statement”

Before It’s News – by Barracuda

China’s ‘surprise’ naval exercise in the South China Sea

• President Putin orders short-notice ‘rapid response’ exercise

• Tensions continue to grow between North Korea and the United States   Continue reading “China And Russia Conduct ‘Surprise’ Military Exercises”

STOP TAXING US – by Richard Rider

I write about and compare California with other states.  While I cover many aspects, most have to do with monetary issues — taxes, regulation, litigation, utility costs, education funding, etc.

But we should also look at a broader index that includes not only the issues I highlight, but also compares the personal freedom factors among states.  For years the Mercatus Center has done exactly that — comparing states on a more fundamental “freedom” level.  They incorporate most of my concerns, while factoring in personal freedoms.   Continue reading “Californians live in the least free state in the nation — except for NY”