From the Trenches World Report
Enforce our Bill of Rights
The Eiffel Tower is on lockdown after being evacuated tonight – as armed police and soldiers search tourists in central Paris.
Reports say the whole areas around the popular tourist attraction has been cordoned off.
The reason for the evacuation is not immediately clear. Continue reading “Eiffel Tower evacuated: Armed police and soldiers search tourists as Paris landmark is put on lockdown”
Police have rescued two people from a hostage situation in New Jersey, at a warehouse near the Newark International Airport.
SWAT teams surrounded the building at 451 Frelinghuysen Avenue on Friday afternoon. It is listed as an address of several manufacturing and shipping companies, and is about a block away from the Newark-Liberty International Airport transit station. Continue reading “Armed squatter causes hostage situation outside Newark International Airport”
Washington Post – by Eugene Volokh
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, among its other functions, decides “hostile work environment” harassment claims brought against federal agencies. In doing so, it applies the same legal rules that courts apply to private employers, and that the EEOC follows in deciding whether to sue private employers. The EEOC has already ruled that coworkers’ wearing Confederate flag T-shirts can be punishable harassment (a decision that I think is incorrect); and, unsurprisingly, this is extending to other political speech as well. Here’s an excerpt from Shelton D. [pseudonym] v. Brennan, 2016 WL 3361228, decided by the EEOC two months ago: Continue reading “Wearing ‘Don’t Tread on Me’ insignia could be punishable racial harassment”
Phoenix police say that a serial shooter has struck for the ninth time.
The Phoenix Police Department have connected a spate of mysterious shootings that have killed seven people and wounded two, to a suspect they call the “Serial Street Shooter.” Continue reading “Phoenix police say ‘serial street shooter’ now connected to 9 shootings”
The Daily Caller – by Chuck Ross
President Barack Obama announced on Wednesday that he is shortening prison sentences for 214 federal prisoners, 56 of whom have firearms related convictions on their records.
The mass commutation is the largest ever issued in a single day U.S. history, the White House said in a press release. Continue reading “Obama Shortens Sentences For 56 Federal Prisoners With Gun Convictions”
Those of you who worry about Democrats versus Republicans — relax, here is our real problem.
In a Purdue University classroom, they were discussing the qualifications to be President of the United States. It was pretty simple. The candidate must be a natural born citizen of at least 35 years of age. Continue reading “More True Words Never Spoken – Natural Born American Citizen”
The Washington Examiner – by PETE KASPEROWICZ
Secretary of State John Kerry admitted Monday that Russia has failed to meet his Aug. 1 deadline for playing a more constructive role in Syria, and warned that he now sees Russia’s actions in Syria as “very troubling.”
Kerry warned Russia back in May that it has to help the U.S. and other allies start moving Syria toward a political transition by today. That date was still months after a United Nations-brokered cease-fire was supposed to take effect in Syria. Continue reading “Kerry fumes after Russia ignores his Syria deadline”
Business Insider – by Bob Ryan
Aetna, the third-largest health insurer in the US, said Tuesday that it was reconsidering its offerings on the state exchanges that make up the backbone of the Affordable Care Act, the healthcare law more commonly known as Obamacare.
Here’s a quick rundown of the announcement: Continue reading “America’s 3rd-largest health insurer is losing $300 million a year on Obamacare”
Conservative Treehouse – by Sundance
The people trying to say ‘what’s there isn’t actually there’, are starting to look more than a little silly. It’s beyond obvious something was removed (cut out) from Hillary Clinton’s tongue. It’s clear in the before and after pictures.
What was it? Continue reading “Someone In Media Needs To Ask Hillary Clinton What Was Cut Out of Her Tongue…”
CHICAGO (CBS) — Five people were killed and at least 31 others have been wounded in shootings across Chicago since Friday evening.
The weekend’s latest homicide happened early Sunday in the West Garfield Park neighborhood on the West Side. Continue reading “5 Killed, 31 Wounded In Chicago Weekend Shootings”
On Friday, July 22, just as members of his party were gathering in Philadelphia to coronate Hillary Clinton as their presidential nominee, the Obama Administration once again released a sweeping gun control measure by executive fiat. This time the bad news came via the U.S. State Department’s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC), which is primarily responsible for administering the Arms Export Control Act (AECA) and its implementing rules, the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). The upshot is that DDTC is labeling commercial gunsmiths as “manufacturers” for performing relatively simple work such as threading a barrel or fabricating a small custom part for an older firearm. Under the AECA, “manufacturers” are required to register with DDTC at significant expense or risk onerous criminal penalties. Continue reading “Just in Time for His Party’s Convention, Obama Administration Releases Latest Executive Gun Control”
A young Arkie goes off to college. Half way throughthe semester, having foolishly squandered all of his money on his girlfriend, he calls home.
“Dad,” he says, “You won’t believe what modern education is developing! They actually have a program here at Hendrix that will teach our dog, Ole’ Blue how to talk!” Continue reading “The Young Arkie”
USA Today – by Tom Vanden Brook
WASHINGTON — Military officials have relieved a senior officer from a key post in Europe after determining he had misused government resources while having an extramarital affair, the Army has confirmed.
Army Maj. Gen. David Haight had been in charge of operations for U.S. European Command, the Pentagon’s principal command for confronting a resurgent Russia with the 28-nation NATO alliance. Continue reading “Extramarital affair, misuse of resources cost Army general his post”
There has been an officer-involved shooting following an armed robbery at a pharmacy in Tempe, Arizona. The suspect barricaded himself in a local senior center after scuffling with police, and later died from a gunshot wound.
The police officer is okay, the department said. Continue reading “Officer-involved shooting, suspect barricaded in Tempe senior center ‒ police”
The Federalist Papers – by Robert Gehl
In their bizarre showcase of illegal aliens on the first day of their convention, Democrats not only shamelessly used a little girl for crass political reasons, they also managed to break federal immigration law – twice.
Karla Ortiz has appeared on television and in commercials telling Hillary Clinton how scared she is that her illegal immigrant mom will be deported. In the ad – and again Monday night – we hear that Hillary told her that she would do the worrying for Karla. Aww. Continue reading “DNC Breaks Federal Law; Violation of Sec. 8 U.S. Code § 1324”
Two suicide bombers detonated explosives-laden cars on Tuesday outside the offices of the U.N.’s mine-clearing agency and a Somali army checkpoint in Mogadishu, killing 13 people, including seven guards, Somali police officials said.
The two blasts took place near the African Union base in the area of the Mogadishu airport, Somali police chief Gen. Mohamed Sheikh Hassan said at a press conference.
Somalia’s Islamic extremist rebels, al-Shabaab, claimed responsibility for the bombings, according to the group’s Andalus radio station.
Continue reading “Suicide car bombs near Mogadishu airport kill 13”