From the Trenches World Report

Think Progress – by Andrea Peterson

Much of the initial coverage of last week’s leaks about the National Security Agency (NSA) online snooping focused on a content gathering program called PRISM. But buried in the Washington Post’s original coverage were a few tantalizing details about another program code-named BLARNEY that bears a striking resemblance to the one alleged in a prominent court case over the existence of a dragnet online surveillance program.   Continue reading “The Massive Online Surveillance Program No One Is Talking About”

Before It’s News – by Ambrose

After hearing President Obama assure us that the NSA employees monitoring our phone conversations are lovers of the U.S. Constitution, I released a great sigh of relief.  It is good to know that the people spying on us cherish our liberties.

This caused me to reflect on the many other ways our government is now acting to keep us safe.  I believe we can all come together as Americans and gratefully acknowledge the many government programs designed to promote and preserve individual liberty while protecting our lives.  After all, we wouldn’t want to lose any of our precious freedoms to evil terrorists, would we?   Continue reading “23 Reasons Why I Feel Safer Today In America”

The Daily Sheeple – by Chris Carrington

John Rogers PhD and his team work out of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. They, along with other teams at Tufts are developing transient electronics, tiny micro-thin chips that dissolve when they have served their purpose.

On April 8th this year their research paper was presented to the American Chemical Society at their annual National meeting, this year it was held in New Orleans.    Continue reading “Dissolving Micro-Chip Will Tell Big Brother Your Every Move”

SHTF Plan – by Mac Slavo

“The total influence – economic, political, even spiritual – is felt in every city, every state house, every office of the federal government. We must be alert to the … danger that public policy could itself become the captive of a scientific technological elite.”   Continue reading “Twenty TRILLION Phone Calls: “They’ve Been Collecting Data About ALL Domestic Calls Since October 2001″”

Max Velocity Tactical

Max Velocity Tactical offers tactical self-defense training for citizens concerned about potential societal collapse and ensuing lawlessness. Training is available in combat proven light infantry, close protection and unconventional warfare TTPs; this includes any of the tactics, techniques and procedures covered in the books ‘Contact!‘, ‘Patriot Dawn’ and ‘Rapid Fire!’.

We currently offer open enrollment weekend tactical self-defense training packages and also private group courses tailoring the content, duration and location of the training to suit your needs. Please contact us with your requirements.   Continue reading “Max Velocity Tactical Training Services”

Wired – by KEVIN POULSEN

What’s in Edward Snowden’s 41-slide PowerPoint deck that’s so hot that nobody dare publish it?

Now that Snowden has revealed himself to the world as the NSA whistleblower, details about his interaction with the press are surfacing. And at the center of the drama is a still mostly unpublished 41-slide presentation, classified top secret, that Snowden gave to the Washington Post and the Guardian to expose the NSA’s internet spying operation “PRISM.”   Continue reading “What’s in the Rest of the Top-Secret NSA PowerPoint Deck?”

The Hoss USMC

Recently I published several videos on my Youtube site talking about Tourniquets. I wanted to do a write up on the four most popular, or at least the four I recommend most, to have a more in depth view of them.   Continue reading “Four Popular Tourniquets”

Breitbart

Organic supermarket chain Whole Foods is experiencing a local crisis in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where a local leftist organization, ProgressNow New Mexico, is blasting the organization for supposedly prohibiting employees from speaking Spanish. ““Whole Foods Market’s commitment to organic and natural foods has made it a national leader in responsible food choice,” said Progress Now New Mexico. “[B]ut their policies prohibiting employees from speaking their own language or organizing to overturn these anti-diversity policies directly contradict their commitment to ‘team member excellence and happiness.’”   Continue reading “Whole Foods Under Fire for English-Only Policy”

Arabian Money

You need to have some imagination to understand the bull market case for gold and silver. Not very much imagination, a little will do. The bears do tend to be traders rather than economists though we were saddened to see that Nouriel Roubini is about to trash his good name again by joining them (click here).

Perhaps in his case an innately pessimistic nature has just fastened onto the wrong negative. He thinks inflation is beaten and gold is no therefore no longer needed as a hedge. The Fed can print money until the end of time without any meaningful consequences. He will look right, of course, until he is hopelessly wrong.   Continue reading “When the bond markets crash then gold and silver prices will go ballistic”

The Commentator

America’s ambassador to the United Nations Human Rights Council, Eileen Chamberlain Donahoe, called for the resignation of UN rapporteur Richard Falk this Friday.

Falk was recently criticised for attempting to “justify” the Boston bombings and has been noted as a long-standing “anti-Israel” activist and 9/11 “truther” (those who believe 9/11 was an “inside job”).   Continue reading “U.S. wants resignation of “anti-Israel” United Nations representative”

WND – by Gina Loudon

President Obama has said the outrage over the federal government’s decision to monitor citizens’ phone activity is all “hype.”

He might want to share his opinion with the U.S. Air Force, which is ordering members of the service not to look at news stories about it.   Continue reading “Military told not to read Obama-Scandal news”

CBS News

CBS News has uncovered documents that show the State Department may have covered up allegations of illegal and inappropriate behavior within their ranks.

The Diplomatic Security Service, or the DSS, is the State Department’s security force, charged with protecting the secretary of state and U.S. ambassadors overseas and with investigating any cases of misconduct on the part of the 70,000 State Department employees worldwide.   Continue reading “State Department memo reveals possible cover-ups, halted investigations”

Daily Camera – by Joe Rubino

Boulder residents who intentionally leave their doors open, may unintentionally be inviting a Boulder police officer in for a visit.

Chrissy Smiley learned this fact in surprising fashion on Thursday afternoon when she returned to her south Boulder condo after a 40-minute walk with her dogs to find a card from a Boulder police officer sitting on her dining room table.   Continue reading “Boulder woman disturbed by police policy to enter unsecured residences”

Activist Post – by Stephen Lendman

It shouldn’t surprise. It’s longstanding policy. Post-9/11, it escalated. Previous articles said Big Brother is real. It’s no longer fiction.

Mass surveillance is official US policy. It’s not for national security. It’s not about discovering terror or other threats. None whatever exist. Claiming otherwise doesn’t wash. Big Lies substitute for vital truths.   Continue reading “Mass Surveillance in America”