Bloomberg – by Joshua Brustein

Cisco Systems Inc. applied for about 3,000 H-1B visas in fiscal 2016, intending to hire people to work at its sprawling, utilitarian campus in suburban San Jose. These were good jobs — many of them for management-level logisticians and operations research analysts — and they paid well. The average annual salary was about $120,000. At the upper end, the company planned to pay a “senior corporate strategy director” $197,000 a year.   Continue reading “The Secret Way Silicon Valley Uses the H-1B Program”

Yahoo News

NEW YORK (AP) — A crackdown on illegal immigration under President Donald Trump has driven some poor people to take a drastic step: opt out of federal food assistance because they are fearful of deportation, activists and immigrants say.

People who are not legal residents of the U.S. are not eligible to take part in what is formally known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.   Continue reading “Fear of deportation drives people off food stamps in US”

Sent to us by the author, Sophie Mangal.

Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Egypt, Yemen, Libya, Maldives and Mauritania announced on Monday an extraordinary step of cutting off diplomatic ties with the State of Qatar. In this regard, the command of Saudi-led coalition has already decided to exclude Qatar from the members of the alliance, which is fighting the Hussites now in Yemen.   Continue reading “What is Behind the Diplomatic Demarche of Gulf States and Syria?”

Just wanted to let the Trenchers know that KOYOTE had a night of seizures again so he will not be commenting until he is recovered.  We ask that anyone who prays in the name of Jesus to please pray for him.

Jill in Alabama

USA Today – by David Andreatta

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — An embattled City Court judge was escorted Monday from judicial chambers in handcuffs.

Rochester court deputies and city police officers executed a bench warrant issued for Judge Leticia Astacio’s arrest last week after she missed a Tuesday court appearance related to an August drunken-driving conviction.   Continue reading “New York judge arrested, led from courthouse in handcuffs”

Yahoo News

WASHINGTON — President Trump announced Monday he would push to privatize the nation’s air traffic control system as part of a broader plan to pump more funding into American infrastructure.

In an East Room ceremony, Trump said he would ask Congress to transfer control of air traffic control operations from the Federal Aviation Administration to a private, nonprofit entity. The corporation’s board would be made up of airline, government and union personnel. He argued that this would increase the efficiency of an antiquated system.  Continue reading “Trump rolls out plan to privatize U.S. air traffic control system”

Sent to us by Bob from Wisconsin.

I just got back from Grafton Wisconsin, today June 5th 2017 @12:15 pm. I met with the director of the USS Liberty Memorial Public Library.

The same director that said I could set up a table in the Memorial room two weeks ago.

Now he says I can’t do that. The excuse being he would only allow information from certain parties, coincidentally not the ones I have information from. That’s what I figured would happen.   Continue reading “Not allowed a table at USS Liberty Memorial Public Library”

ABC News

President Trump is expected to announce Monday that he will move to privatize the nation’s air traffic control system as part of an infrastructure reform push this week.

A White House official confirmed to ABC News that, as first reported by the Washington Post, the administration will hold multiple events next week related to rebuilding the nation’s infrastructure.   Continue reading “Trump to announce plan to privatize air traffic control system”

Yahoo News

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Multiple people are dead after a shooting inside a business in an industrial park on Monday. Authorities converged on the area and announced that the situation has been contained.

Shelley Adams said her sister, Sheila McIntyre, called her from the company’s bathroom during the shooting and was very upset.   Continue reading “Multiple deaths in shooting near Orlando, Florida”

KOIN

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Thousands of people with diametrically opposing views of President Donald Trump exercised their constitutionally protected right to free speech in downtown Portland Sunday, just days after a man on a racist tirade stabbed 3 people on a MAX train.

A heavy police presence worked diligently to keep the events peaceful, and at least 3 people were arrested early in the day for agitating people from other groups.   Continue reading “14 arrested as protesters, police clash in Portland”

Breitbart – by Bob Price

An armed murder suspect allegedly opened fire, shooting three Laredo, Texas, police officers and injuring a fourth. The suspect is reported to be dead.

Police were searching for 55-year-old Antonio Gerado Rodriguez in connection to the shooting death of his girlfriend, according to a report by KSAT ABC12 in San Antonio. The shootout between the suspect and the police happened at a Stripes convenience store. Police reports identified the murder victim as Reyna Gonzalez Zamora, 50.   Continue reading “Three Texas Border City Cops Shot, 1 Injured, Suspect Dead”

Reason – by Damon Root

In 2002 the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit said that the lawful use of deadly force by the police may be ruled unlawful if the police themselves “created the need to use force” by acting in an illegal manner. “Where an officer intentionally or recklessly provokes a violent confrontation, if the provocation is an independent Fourth Amendment violation,” the 9th Circuit held in Billington v. Smith, the officer “may be held liable for his otherwise defensive use of deadly force.” Otherwise known as the “provocation doctrine,” this legal standard has served as an important check on overreaching law enforcement tactics. Today, by a vote of 8-0, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected the 9th Circuit’s reasoning and wiped the provocation doctrine off the books.   Continue reading “Supreme Court Rules 8-0 for Police in Major Fourth Amendment Case”

Fox News

A 31-year-old man died after he reportedly ignored warnings about swimming after getting a new tattoo and contracted a flesh-eating bacteria infection in the Gulf of Mexico. The unidentified man, whose case was detailed in the British Medical Journal, had gotten a tattoo on his right calf five days prior to swimming, Metro reported.

The man had chosen a crucifix and pair of praying hands for his latest ink, and began suffering from fever, chills and a rash close to the tattoo after swimming, the news outlet reported. He reportedly developed sepsis in his right calf, which had turned purple by the time he was admitted to the hospital.   Continue reading “Man dies from flesh-eating bacteria after swimming with new tattoo”

ABC News

South Sudan’s government says 15 young children have died in a botched measles vaccination campaign that saw people as young as 12 years old administering the vaccines.

The health ministry on Friday blamed the deaths on human error. One syringe was used for all the children, and the vaccine was not stored properly.   Continue reading “South Sudan: 15 children die in botched vaccine campaign”

Fox News

After days of drama and suspense, President Trump announced Thursday that his administration will exit the Paris climate agreement.

“So we’re getting out,” Trump said. “The Paris accord is very unfair at the highest level to the United States.”

His decision fulfills a campaign promise and satisfies strong Republican opposition to the global climate deal but isolates the U.S. and is certain to bring condemnation from world leaders and critics in the scientific community.    Continue reading “Paris Agreement on climate change: US withdraws as Trump calls it ‘unfair’”

Fox News

DEVELOPING: Dozens of people are reportedly injured after gunfire erupted in a Philippines resort early Friday morning, the resort said.

“Resorts World Manila is currently on lockdown following reports of gunfire from unidentified men,” the resort wrote on Twitter.    Continue reading “Resorts World Manila in Philippines on ‘lockdown’ over reports of gunfire, hotel says”

NBC News

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed a waiver Thursday delaying the move of the U.S. embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.

“While President Donald J. Trump signed the waiver under the Jerusalem Embassy Act and delayed moving the U.S. Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, no one should consider this step to be in any way a retreat from the President’s strong support for Israel and for the United States-Israel alliance,” the White House said in a statement.   Continue reading “Trump Signs Waiver to Keep Embassy in Tel Aviv”

Houston Chronicle – by James Osborne

WASHINGTON – The United States’ future as a leader in international efforts to slow climate change teetered on the edge Wednesday, as reports emerged from the White House that President Donald Trump was preparing to announce he would withdraw the country from the Paris accord.

The development fanned a debate within the U.S. oil and gas industry over whether the country was unwisely sacrificing its leadership role on a global pact that threatens to reduce the consumption of fossil fuels for decades to come in favor of less carbon-intensive forms of energy. The debate has largely pitted major oil companies that do business around the world against smaller firms already struggling with low oil and gas prices and increased regulations – a split so sharp that the American Petroleum Institute, which represents a wide range of oil and gas companies, has not taken a position on the pact.   Continue reading “Small US oil firms at odds with oil majors over Paris climate deal”