From the Trenches World Report
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Breitbart – by ILDEFONSO ORTIZ
A Mexican farmer demanding justice set himself on fire outside of a government building in yet another chapter of the daily protests that taint the image of a perfect nation that the Mexican government tries to portray. Continue reading “Man Sets Himself on Fire to Protest Mexican Government”
On Friday, conservative talk radio host Laura Ingraham called out top House GOP leaders for wanting to give permanent legal status to nearly all of the country’s illegal immigrants even after an election in which Republicans took back Congress because Americans disapproved of President Barack Obama and Democrats on illegal immigration and amnesty.
On The Laura Ingraham Show, Ingraham, whose relentless campaign against former House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) because of his pro-amnesty positions not only helped oust him in a shocking June primary but also derailed whatever chance an amnesty bill had of passing in the last Congress, simply asked, “What is the point of having a Republican Congress?” Continue reading “Laura Ingraham: House GOP Leadership Putting Out ‘Welcome Mat’ for Illegals”
AUSTIN, Texas — Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi announced on Friday that Florida would be joining the lawsuit filed by Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott against the Obama administration for the President’s executive immigration actions to grant amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants.
As Breitbart Texas reported on Wednesday, Abbott, joined by seventeen other states, filed a complaint in the United States District Court in the Southern District of Texas, alleging that Obama’s executive action violates the Take Care Clause of Article II, § 3, clause 5 of the United States Constitution and the Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. §§551 et seq. Continue reading “Florida Joins Texas-Led Lawsuit Against Obama’s Executive Amnesty”
Consider it a brutal lesson in government math.
Friday’s turbocharged jobs headline came thanks to seasonal adjustments and other wizardry at the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which reported that U.S. job growth hit 321,000 even as the unemployment rate held steady at 5.8 percent.
Those numbers, courtesy of establishment survey estimates, sound nice on the surface, and they certainly present reasons if not for unbridled optimism then at least confidence that the job market continues to mend and is on a pretty steady trajectory higher. Continue reading “Hold on: Jobs report wasn’t so great after all”
The labor force participation rate remained at a 36-year low of 62.8 percent in November, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The participation rate, which is the percentage of the civilian noninstitutional population who participated in the labor force by either having a job during the month or actively seeking one, was 62.8 percent in November which matches the percentage since March 1978. Continue reading “Labor Force Participation Remains at 36-Year Low”
National Review – by Joel Gehrke
Senator Jeff Sessions (R., Ala.) seized on a White House admission that beneficiaries of President Obama’s immigration orders will receive tax credits, a sign that the orders amount to more than an exercise of prosecutorial discretion.
“This is yet one more illustration of the enormous cost inflicted by the President’s illegal action,” Sessions told National Review Online in a statement. “He has now launched a new $100 million facility and staffing operation to provide illegal immigrants with the exact benefits rejected by Congress – including work permits, Social Security and Medicare. These credits will cost American taxpayers billions every year and represent an enormous cash transfer from American workers to lower-wage illegal workers. These tax credits are not refunds, but a direct cash payment from the Treasury to illegal immigrants – at a time when the Treasury is running huge deficits.” Continue reading “Jeff Sessions: Obama Is Giving Cash Benefits to Illegal Immigrants”
The Telegraph – by Justin Huggler
Germany’s far-Left party has returned to power in a state government for the first time since the Berlin Wall fell 25 years ago, stoking heated debate about its communist roots.
The Left Party, widely seen as the successor to the Socialist Unity Party (SED) that once ruled East Germany, will head the government of Thuringia after the state parliament narrowly voted to approve a new coalition.
Continue reading “East German communists return to power 25 years after fall of Berlin Wall”
One billion barrels of oil have officially been produced from the Eagle Ford shale formation.
More than 70 percent of the production from the shale has occurred during the last two years alone, according to the Houston Chronicle.
The good news, however, comes as the future of Texas’ gas and oil industry looks somewhat bleak. As Saudi Arabia continues to inundate the U.S. with cheap oil, some Texas producers could be pushed out of the global energy market. The Saudis’ recent efforts have already wiped “hundreds of billions of dollars in equity value from the market capitalization of U.S.-traded securities,” the Dallas Morning News reported. Continue reading “1 Billion Barrels of Oil Produced from Texas’ Eagle Ford Shale”
Breitbart – by ILDEFONSO ORTIZ
Gruesome cartel massacres continue in Mexico despite the many promises made by that country’s government about putting an end to the security crisis that has plagued its image.
Authorities found five torched bodies on Saturday evening that had been left inside a truck near a rural village in the Mexican southern State of Guerrero. Just last week, the U.S. Embassy in Mexico warned tourist about travelling to Guerrero where the resort beach town of Acapulco used to draw hundreds of thousands of tourists each year. However, according to various news reports tourism has sharply declined. Continue reading “Cartel Violence Rages in Mexico Despite Promises of Security from Officials”
Breitbart – by Chriss W. Street
This week, State Senator Jerry Hill (D-San Mateo) formally requested that Governor Jerry Brown impose a moratorium on oil trains after a Union Pacific freight train carrying grain derailed along the Feather River in Northern California last week. Yet with California the second largest consumer of energy and state production of crude oil cut in half, the Brown administration has no intention of banning trains bringing in cheap North Dakota crude oil at $49.69 a barrel. Without oil trains, Brown’s climate change initiatives will cause California energy prices to skyrocket. Continue reading “Brown Needs Oil Trains to Prevent Skyrocketing Energy Prices”
Breitbart – by William Bigelow
According to Gov. Jerry Brown’s top policy aide, Brown wants to let illegal immigrants protected by Barack Obama’s new executive amnesty become eligible for state-funded Medi-Cal coverage.
Nancy McFadden, speaking Wednesday at an event run by the leftist Public Policy Institute of California, implied that one hurdle to Brown’s action would be the cost,according to the Los Angeles Times: “We’re still evaluating, but the president’s recent action on undocumented immigrants could perhaps open a door for more coverage of more people under Medi-Cal. We’re looking at that. That, of course, is going to cost money.’’ Continue reading “Brown Looking to Allow Illegals Access to Medi-Cal”
Despite an increase in the rate of apprehensions of illegal immigrants at the border, the number of people the Obama administration deported last year plunged, according to data obtained by the Los Angeles Times.
The newspaper cites a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement draft report that found, for the year ending on Sept. 30, the Obama administration removed 315,943 people. That’s down 14 percent from the previous year and is the fewest deported by the Obama administration to date. Continue reading “Report: Illegal Immigrant Deportations Plunged Even Before Obama’s Amnesty”
Yahoo News – by Lisa Baertlein
SEATTLE (Reuters) – Starbucks Corp, aiming to give cooling U.S. traffic a jolt, on Thursday announced it will add beer, wine, and evening snacks to thousands of domestic cafes, widen lunch offerings and roll out mobile ordering.
Such efforts are part of the world’s biggest coffee chain’s plan to broaden its appeal as a destination with consumers who are spending more time shopping online rather than in malls and Main Street stores. Continue reading “Starbucks eyes booze, food and technology to boost U.S. growth”
Texas Congressman Louie Gohmert made a strong appeal to defund President Obama’s “unconstitutional
Speaking to a crowd on Wednesday, Gohmert said the the U.S. must learn from history. “History has happened, and we either learn from it or repeat it,” Gohmert said. “But we’re repeating it. In 1986, one of our greatest presidents — I think the greatest of the 20th century — got duped. Why? Because he believed the Democratic leaders of the House and Senate who told him, ‘If you’ll just sign this amnesty then we’ll make sure the borders secured. We’ll give you the money we’ll take care of it.’ Well he did his part and gave the amnesty, and the Congress did not give him the money to secure the border.” Continue reading “Gohmert: US Must Secure Border Before Considering Amnesty”
Breitbart – by ILDEFONSO ORTIZ
Guatemalan immigration officials are seeing an increase in people leaving their country hoping to benefit from President Barack Obama’s executive order that granted amnesty to approximately 5 million illegal aliens living in America.
Following the November 20 announcement about executive action on immigration, Guatemala has seen a spike in migration from individuals thinking they will also benefit from it, Guatemala’s La Prensa Libre reported. Continue reading “Obama Decree Increasing Illegal Immigration, Says Guatemalan Press”
Washington Post – by Missy Ryan
The U.S. military will subject Syrian rebels taking part in a new training program to psychological evaluations, biometrics checks and stress tests under a screening plan that goes well beyond the steps the United States normally takes to vet foreign soldiers, a sign of the risks the Obama administration faces as it expands support for armed groups in Syria.
Officials said the screening program, developed chiefly by the U.S. Central Command, will rely on what was described as a “common core” of screening protocols, including running trainees’ names through U.S. and foreign intelligence databases, collecting biometric data and, when possible, seeking information from fighters’ home communities. Rebel commanders will be subject to additional screening. Continue reading “U.S. will use psych evaluations, stress tests to screen Syrian rebels for training”
Land Destroyer Report – by Tony Cartalucci
Germany’s international broadcaster Deutsche Welle (DW) published a video report of immense implications – possibly the first national broadcaster in the West to admit that the so-called “Islamic State” (ISIS) is supplied not by “black market oil” or “hostage ransoms” but billions of dollars worth of supplies carried into Syria across NATO member Turkey’s borders via hundreds of trucks a day.
The report titled, “‘IS’ supply channels through Turkey,” confirms what has been reported by geopolitical analysts since at least as early as 2011 – that NATO member Turkey has allowed a torrent in supplies, fighters, and weapons to cross its borders unopposed to resupply ISIS positions inside of Syria. Continue reading “Germany’s DW Reports ISIS Supply Lines Originate in NATO’s Turkey”
Activist Post – by Brandon Turbeville
Fresh on the heels of American airstrikes in Raqqa, Syria that devastated Syrian infrastructure and killed a number of innocent civilians, the United States has publicly condemned airstrikes by the Syrian military in the same location targeting ISIS militants.
Indeed, on November 26, a new report from the United Nations addressed the issue of civilian deaths at the hand of the American airstrikes, citing 50 dead civilians since the start of the air campaign. The report stated that “The international coalition continued airstrikes against ISIL in Syria on a near-daily basis with reports of some 865 people killed, including 50 civilians, in Aleppo, Deir ez-Zor, Hasakeh, Idlib and Raqqa since strikes began.” Continue reading “Obama to Assad: Stop Bombing ISIS and Let Us Bomb Civilians”
A video shot by a Facebook user in downtown Austin, Texas on Friday morning reveals the sounds of either a fully-automatic weapon or a rapidly fired semi-automatic weapon in her vicinity. The shooter fired over 100 rounds according to Austin police sources.
The video, initially uploaded by Corina Platt, was shot during the shooting rampage by an as yet unidentified gunman who has been described as a 51-year-old white male. He is said to be an Austin resident and has a criminal record according to statements made Austin Police Chief Acevedo during a Friday morning press conference. Continue reading “Video Reveals Sounds of Intense Rifle Shooting in Texas’ Capital City”
Plan D of Course!
But first, recall that Plan A was to install freezing pipes at the head of the trench leading from Reactor 2 turbine building to create an ice plug so that the extremely contaminated water that had been sitting in the trench since the very beginning of the nuclear accident could be pumped out. TEPCO started the work in April this year.
That failed. The ice plug didn’t quite form. Continue reading “#Fukushima I NPP: Plan C Also Failed in Plugging Reactor 2 Trench… Now What?”
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