From the Trenches World Report
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A Facebook video showing a homeless man being escorted off the premises of a Myrtle Beach, S.C., McDonald’s after a customer reportedly paid for his food has gone viral, and is sparking outrage.
Yossi Gallo, the man responsible for the video, said he saw a homeless man across the street and invited him into the fast-food restaurant with him. Continue reading “Video of homeless man kicked out of McDonald’s after customer buys him food goes viral”
SPRINGFIELD, Ore. — Meth is making a comeback across the country, and Oregon is seeing some of the worst of it.
“Prices have really dropped and the availability has gotten greater, probably certainly within the past three years,” an undercover Springfield Police narcotics officer said.
An ounce of meth four years ago would have been $1,000; today, it’s half that price. Continue reading “As meth makes a comeback across US, Oregon sees some of the worst”
Tourists leaving Las Vegas can now dispose of their leftover, legally-purchased marijuana at specially designated bins outside the McCarran International Airport, rather than hastily smoking it before the flight, or just donating it to a chill bro on the way out of town.
The green receptacles — of which there are 13 so far — have been bolted to the ground in “high-traffic” areas outside the airport and its car rental area, The Las Vegas Sun is reporting. The Department of Aviation moved to install the bins, or amnesty boxes, after Clark County instituted a ban on marijuana possession and advertising at McCarran back in September. Continue reading “Las Vegas airport sets up marijuana disposal bins for travelers to dump their pot”
Guns America – by S H Blannelberry
On Thursday of this week, more than 70,000 New York pistol permit holders woke up as felons. Law-breakers.
What was their crime? They didn’t register their handguns with the state. Now, why on God’s green earth would they have to do that?
Emperor Gov. Andrew Cuomo rammed through the NY Secure Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement Act in 2013. This insidious law requires pistol permit holders to register their handguns and recertify their licenses every five years. Failure to do so is a Class E felony. Continue reading “70,000 New York Permit Holders Are Now Felons for Failing to Register Handguns”
An illegal immigrant began his murder trial for the 2014 killings of two Northern California sheriff’s deputies on Tuesday with a profanity-laced rant, calling a partner of one of the slain officers a “coward.”
Prosecutor Rod Norgaard recounted the events that led to the death of Sacramento Sheriff’s Deputy Danny Oliver outside a Sacramento motel in October 2014, and described how Oliver’s partner, Deputy Scott Brown, was able to retreat from the heavy gunfire. Continue reading “Illegal immigrant charged in the killings of two cops wishes he ‘had killed more of the mother——-‘”
BETTER HURRY!!!!!
The California Department of Public Health recently announced that flu activity in California is widespread and at levels usually seen at the peak of the influenza season. Health officials encourage Californians to get vaccinated.
“With the increase in influenza impacting many communities across the entire state, it is important to get a flu shot now if you have not done so already,” said CDPH Director and State Public Health Officer Dr. Karen Smith. Continue reading “Influenza cases are increasing in California – health officials encourage Californians to get vaccinated”
General Motors is looking to reinvent the wheel, by building a car without a steering wheel, pedals or gear selector, because it doesn’t need them.
The automaker on Friday revealed images of an autonomous car it’s hoping to put into production by 2019 and is petitioning the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration for permission to do so. Continue reading “General Motors reveals autonomous car with no steering wheel”
Guns America – by S.H. Blannelberry
Posing as prohibited persons or out-of-state buyers, what happened when government agents tried to purchase guns online?
The short answer. Unless they went to the dark web, they were rejected.
Findings in a two-year study, conducted by the Government Accountability Office (GAO), tell the tale. Continue reading “What Happened When Undercover Agents Tried to Illegally Purchase Guns Online”
Siskiyou Daily News – by David Smith
The United States Supreme Court has effectively killed a lawsuit aimed at reversing California’s rules regarding suction dredge mining in the state.
The suit was filed by a miner by the name of Brandon Rinehart, who appealed his 2012 conviction for using suction dredging equipment without a permit and using said equipment within 100 yards of a waterway closed to suction dredging by the state. Continue reading “Supreme Court will not hear Calif. suction dredge mining suit”
The Siskiyou Daily News – by David Smith
A federal bill spurred by the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on targets in the United States will soon be going into effect in California, and it will mean changes for anyone over the age of 18 looking to fly domestically.
The impending change is traced back all the way to May 11, 2005, when President George W. Bush signed House Resolution 1268, titled the “Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Tsunami Relief.” Continue reading “California preps for issuance of new, federally approved IDs”
Internationally renowned musician Seal trashed Oprah Winfrey on social media just days after her widely praised speech at the Golden Globe Awards on sexual misconduct in Hollywood, calling her a “part of the problem for decades.”
In a fiery Instagram post Wednesday, Seal republished a pair of photos of Winfrey with disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein, including one in which she appears to be kissing the producer’s cheek. Overlayed on the photos, in all-caps, is the text: “When you have been part of the problem for decades, but suddenly they all think you are the solution.” Continue reading “Seal calls out Oprah Winfrey for hypocrisy, calls her ‘part of the problem’”
Authorities in Oregon said they successfully detonated a live “World War II-style mortar shell” uncovered on a woman’s property.
The military weapon was found Thursday in the shed at a woman’s home in Gold Hill, the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release. The release said it had been there for more than 30 years, as long as she’d lived there. But the history of the shell was otherwise murdy. Continue reading “Active ‘World War II-style mortar shell’ turns up in, of all places, an Oregon woman’s shed”
Jerry Van Dyke, comedian, actor and younger brother of Dick Van Dyke, died Friday afternoon at his Arkansas home at the age of 86.
Van Dyke’s wife, Shirley, confirmed her husband’s death to TMZ. Shirley said her husband’s health began deteriorating after they were both involved in a car accident two years earlier. Continue reading “Jerry Van Dyke, comedian and actor, dead at age 86”
He obviously snitched on his buddies, then tried to get the hell out of town!!!
Alaska Airlines is calling in an exterminator after the company says a rat boarded one of its planes at Oakland International Airport and forced it to cancel the flight.
The airline says passengers were boarding the Portland, Ore.-bound flight Tuesday when the rat jumped from the jetway onto the plane. Continue reading “Rat boards flight at Oakland airport, forces cancellation”