From the Trenches World Report
Enforce our Bill of Rights
Gateway Pundit – by Christina Laila
Five armed robbers attempted to burglarize a Sarasota, Florida home early Thursday morning. The victim fought them off, and even held one of the robbers until deputies arrived.
The robbers were armed with a shotgun, machete and crowbar. Continue reading “Florida Man Takes on Five Armed Robbers – Beats Them With Stick And Drags One Back Inside His Home”
Opinions anyone?
The Tech Reader – by Tanya Techie
If you’re like me, you’re really beginning to get fed up with Gmail. What was once the go-to email provider in the world, millions have been leaving as Google began violating users’ privacy, instituting draconian policies, removing all customer service support whatsoever, and altering the user interface in ways that millions of users protested. Continue reading “Top 4 Free Email Alternatives To Gmail That Protect Your Privacy”
Amazon will acquire Whole Foods Market for $42 a share in a deal with a total value of $13.7 billion, according to multiple news reports (including CNBC), creating the world’s largest marketplace for untested health products contaminated with heavy metals and pesticides.
Neither Whole Foods nor Amazon tests every product it sells for heavy metals or pesticides. Both retailers rely on product providers to meet all USDA and FDA product safety requirements, but product manufacturers routinely misrepresent their own products for the simple reason that they almost never conduct their own testing, either. (Their suppliers lie to them, and in turn they lie to Whole Foods, and Whole Foods accepts that chain of lies as “fact” … which is, ironically, the same method by which the Washington Post writes fake news.) Continue reading “Amazon buys Whole Foods, creating the world’s largest marketplace of untested health products contaminated with heavy metals and pesticides”
Illinois residents may feel some solidarity with the likes of Puerto Rico and Detroit.
A financial crunch is spiraling into a serious problem for Illinois lawmakers, prompting some observers to wonder if the state might make history by becoming the first to go bankrupt. At the moment, it’s impossible for a state to file for bankruptcy protection, which is only afforded to counties and municipalities like Detroit.
Continue reading “Could Illinois be the first state to file for bankruptcy?”
CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois Lottery officials say players in the state could see the end of Powerball and Mega Millions games this month if Illinois doesn’t end its budget impasse.
Acting Director Greg Smith said Thursday the lack of a budget will result in players being “denied the opportunity” to participate. The Chicago Sun-Times first reported the news.
The stalemate could enter a third year if there’s no agreement by July 1. Continue reading “Illinois will lose Powerball, Mega Millions without budget”
CNS News – by Terence P. Jeffrey
The U.S. Treasury hauled in $240,418,000,000 in total taxes in the month of May, setting a record for inflation-adjusted tax revenues for that month of the year, according to the Monthly Treasury Statement released this week.
Despite these record revenues, however, the federal government still ran a deficit of $88,426,000,000 in May—because it spent $328,844,000,000 in the month. Continue reading “$240,418,000,000: Feds Collect Record Taxes in May; Still Run $88,246,000,000 Deficit”
The state of Illinois has not passed a budget for close to three years.
Arguably it’s just as well because Illinois budgets for decades have been nothing but a moth-eaten collection of lies, one time deficits repeated endlessly, and financial wizardry statements designed to disguise Illinois’ real problems: failure to rein in spending coupled with a very business unfriendly environment. Continue reading “Unable to Pay Bills, Illinois Sends “Dear Contractor” Letter Telling Firms to Halt Road Work on July 1”
I am looking in vain – perhaps I’m not looking hard enough – for the following items:
# 1. A still or video image of the guy who was doing the shooting actually DOING the shooting
– No video surveillance in Alexandria, VA at a park where Congressmen play ball? Really? Continue reading “BrasscheckTV Report: Lots of smoke. Not much light.”
KRON 4 – by Emily Kirschenheuter
FAIRFIELD (KRON) — An active shooter at Travis Air Force Base has prompted the base to go into lockdown.
The base issued a security alert shortly after 3:30 p.m. asking people to shelter in place and to lock doors and windows.
At least one shot has been fired. Continue reading “Active shooter at Travis AFB prompts lockdown”
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — SFPD says that four people have been killed, including the gunman, after a shooting at a UPS facility in the area of 17th Street and San Bruno in San Francisco. Two people were also injured.
A source says the shooter turned the gun on himself after firing on the victims during the drivers’ morning meeting around the time of a shift change. He died at SF General. Continue reading “4 killed, including gunman, in shooting at UPS facility in San Francisco”
The Daily Caller – by Thomas Phippen
Virginia Democratic Gov. Terry McAuliffe said Wednesday was not the day to talk about gun control, then proceeded to talk about gun control hours after the shooting of Louisiana Republican Rep. Steve Scalise in Alexandria, Va.
“I think we need to do more to protect all of our citizens,” McAuliffe told The Daily Caller News Foundation and other reporters near the scene of the shooting. “I have long advocated — this is not what today is about — but there are too many guns on the streets. We lose 93 million Americans a day to gun violence. I have long talked about this.” Continue reading “Virginia Governor Calls For Gun Control At Scene Of Scalise Shooting”
Health Impact News – by Paul Fassa
COPD stands for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. It’s an umbrella term used to cover chronic bronchitis, bronchiectasis, and emphysema. Considered incurable and progressive even with mainstream medical applications, COPD leads to other maladies caused by oxygen shortages.
The pharmaceutical drugs used to manage symptoms only worsen the condition, putting many into hospital stays after E.R. visits. Continue reading “Former Judge Convicting Marijuana Users Now an Advocate after Reversing His Own Illness with Cannabis”
Health Impact News – by Paul Fassa
People who do survive strokes are often encumbered with neurological issues that can be very debilitating and without quality of life. The rehabilitation methods for stroke victims under mainstream medical care are long and arduous, often with very little improvement.
Now a potential cannabis solution has been discovered with a study published in April of 2017. Continue reading “CBD from Medical Marijuana Offers Safe and Effective Recovery from Strokes”
Washington Free Beacon – by Elizabeth Harrington
The District of Columbia is spending $20,000 to pay artists to paint environmentally friendly, pro-LGBTQ murals on storm drains.
Mayor Muriel Bowser unveiled a “rainbow-colored crosswalk” on Friday to promote gay pride parades that are taking place in the city this weekend. Bowser announced storm drains would also be painted by local artists to “celebrate the LGBTQ identity” and the environment. Continue reading “D.C. Spending $20,000 to Paint LGBTQ Murals on Storm Drains”
In a Jacksonville Church one Sunday morning, the preacher said, “Anyone with special needs who wants to be prayed over, please come forward to the front by the altar.”
With that, George got in line, and when it was his turn, the preacher asked him, “George, what do you want me to pray about for you?” George replied, “Preacher, I need you to pray for my hearing.” Continue reading “A prayer for George”