From the Trenches World Report
Enforce our Bill of Rights
Captain’s Journal – by Herschel Smith
Chuck Schumer wants to do just that. It sounds oh so reasonable, right?
U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer is calling for passage of legislation prohibiting individuals on the U.S. terrorist watch list from buying guns. Continue reading “Closing The Loophole Allowing Terrorists To Buy Guns”
Philly.com – by R. Seth Williams
Pennsylvania’s asset-forfeiture laws, which turn property used in drug deals into funding for law enforcement, are designed to make Philadelphians safer and to make it harder for drug dealers to do their illegal work.
Drug dealers and the social rot that comes with their trade ruin neighborhoods – they bring addiction, illegal firearms, death, despair, and destruction. With our growing epidemic of prescription-drug and heroin overdoses, making it harder for dealers to operate by removing their profits and profit motive is a good thing. Continue reading “City must keep forfeiture laws”
Washington (CNN) Publicly the U.S. and Israel have been clashing over Iran’s nuclear program, but quietly Israelis have been making another appeal: getting more U.S. funds for missile defense systems to defend against Iran’s growing ballistic missile program.
A Republican congressional source told CNN that the Israelis are asking lawmakers to approve more than $300 million in additional U.S. funding for missile defense systems, above the $155 million the Pentagon is already requesting from Congress. Continue reading “Israel asks Congress for missile defense aid despite public row”
Today, the MSM are not talking about this case any more. Yesterday, they wanted us to believe that Joseph Moshe was a nutcase and a terrorist, arrested for threatening to bomb the White House. Interesting detail about his arrest (the “Westwood standoff”) was that he seemed to be immune to the 5 cans of tear gas and 5 gallons of law-enforcement grade pepper spray they pumped into his face. He very calmly remained in his car, as the video footage of his arrest shows. Continue reading “Joseph Moshe (MOSSAD Microbiologist): “Swine flu vaccine is bioweapon””
The Hill – by Laura Barron-Lopez
The Senate failed to override President Obama’s veto of legislation approving the Keystone XL oil sands pipeline, falling five votes short of the two-thirds majority needed in a 62-37 vote.
It’s the first time Congress has voted on whether to override a veto from Obama, and could be a sign of things to come with Republicans in charge of the House and Senate. Continue reading “Keystone veto override fails”
Business Insider – by James Cook
Soon we’re all going to be buying things with our fridge. That’s what Jonathan Vaux from Visa says, at least.
We met with Vaux, an executive director at Visa Europe during the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
“Your fridge will have a payment capability,” he said. “People are immediately associating [Samsung Pay] with the phone, but they’re the biggest provider of white goods and so I will have a fridge, I’m sure, that will have connected payments in it.” Continue reading “Visa says we’re all going to have internet-connected fridges in the future”
Military Times – by Deb Riechmann, AP
WASHINGTON — A Republican effort to quickly pass legislation allowing congressional oversight on any Iran nuclear agreement is angering Democrats.
A key Democratic sponsor of the legislation, which would allow a congressional vote on any deal the United States signs with Iran to curb its nuclear program, said Tuesday night that he’s outraged that GOP leaders want to fast-track the bill. Continue reading “Democrats upset with GOP effort to fast-track Iran bill”
Washington Examiner – by Paul Bedard
A top police representative on Tuesday said that there is no history of criminals using a round popular among AR-15 rifle shooters against officers, undermining the Obama administration’s argument for banning the 5.56 M855 “lightgreen tip.”
“Any ammunition is of concern to police in the wrong hands, but this specific round has historically not posed a law enforcement problem,” said James Pasco, executive director of the Washington office of the Fraternal Order of Police, the world’s largest organization of sworn law enforcement officers, with more than 325,000 members. Continue reading “Police say Obama bullet ban isn’t needed, AR-15 round isn’t a threat”
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) approved 100,000 applications under President Obama’s executive amnesty expansion before the official kick off date of February 18, the Obama administration reveals.
In a court filing to the federal court in Texas that recently placed a temporarily halt on President Obama’s November 20, 2014, executive amnesty — specifically the expansion of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents (DAPA) — the Justice Department reveals that the administration actually jumped the gun on an an aspect of the DACA expansion. Continue reading “Obama Amnesty: 100,000 Expanded Work Permits Issued Before Court Halted Program”
AUSTIN, Texas – Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced what some believed to be an unbelievable border crossing statistic on a February episode of “Face the Nation.” Abbott said, “Already this calendar year, since Jan. 1, we have had more than 20,000 people come across the border, apprehended, unauthorized.”
The statement came in response to a question from CBS reporter Bob Schieffer. Abbott was asked if Republicans in Congress should proceed to fully funding the Department of Homeland Security rather than the plan to defund the President’s executive action granting amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants. Continue reading “TRUE: Abbott’s Reference to 20,000 Border Crossing Apprehensions in 2015, Says Politifact”
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Outpost of Freedom – by Gary Hunt
Looking Back at Waco
On February 28, 1993, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (BATF), raided the Branch Davidians Church, just outside of Waco, Texas. After a firefight lasting about 2 1/2 hours in which the Davidians continue, through 911, to have the firing cease, the BATF finally withdrew, with their tail between their legs. The body count was four dead agents and four dead Davidians (a fifth died within a few days). BATF had far more injuries than the Davidians, and they did not accomplish their mission. Disgraced because of the failure of the ill-conceived plan for the raid, the big brother, the FBI, came in and took charge of the remaining operation. Continue reading “Waco – A Lesson in History”
The Nobel Peace Prize Committee’s chairman has been removed from his post for the first time in the award’s 114-year history. He’s been criticized over a number of the panel’s controversial picks, like US president and the EU.
Ousted Chairman Thorbjoern Jagland, a former Norwegian Labor prime minister, had been in charge of the Nobel Peace Prize Committee for six years before he was voted out on Tuesday. He will remain a member of the committee, but the leading role has been passed on to the panel’s deputy chairman, Kaci Kullmann Five, a former conservative party leader. Continue reading “Unprecedented: Nobel Peace Prize chair who oversaw Obama award demoted”
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is sharply divided over the tax subsidies that make insurance affordable for millions of Americans under President Barack Obama’s health overhaul.
The justices on Wednesday aggressively questioned the lawyers on both sides of the latest politically charged fight over the Affordable Care Act. Chief Justice John Roberts said almost nothing in nearly 90 minutes of back-and-forth, and Justice Anthony Kennedy’s questions did not suggest how he will come out. Roberts was the decisive vote to uphold the law in 2012. Continue reading “Justices sharply divided over health care law subsidies”
FLINT, Mich. (AP) — Less than an hour’s drive from one of Earth’s great fresh water sources, some people in Flint are searching for a drop worth drinking.
Since the financially struggling city broke away from the Detroit water system last year, residents have been unhappy with the smell, taste and appearance of water from the city’s river as they await the completion of a pipe to Lake Huron. They also have raised health concerns, reporting rashes, hair loss and other problems. A General Motors plant stopped using the water, saying it was rusting its parts. Continue reading “Protests on water taste, smell as city breaks tie to Detroit”
PLACENTIA, Calif. (AP) — The Southern California teacher whose students found her hanging from her classroom ceiling knew the devastating effects of suicide: Her own father went missing and was found dead with a bullet wound to his head after committing suicide nearly four years earlier.
Jillian Jacobson, 31, had spoken with students about her father’s suicide and had counseled one class of students just a few weeks ago, saying if they ever felt down, they should ask for help. Jacobson did a weeklong unit on depression for freshmen, emphasizing that suicide wasn’t the answer to anyone’s problems and it affected many people greatly. Continue reading “California teacher found hanging knew suicide’s devastation”
Washington DC – -(Ammoland.com)- On Friday, a female clerk at a Lexington, Kentucky tobacco shop took a firearm from a male robbery suspect, shot him, then beat him until he ran away.
According to WTVQ, Zara Adil was working at Discount Tobacco Zone when two men entered the shop, one of whom pulled a gun. The armed man demanded Adil empty the cash register, which she had begun doing when she “noticed the man put down the gun.” Continue reading “Female Clerk Takes Robber’s Gun, Shoots and Beats Him, Pay Backs a Bitch”
How did Gov. Chris Christie’s administration come up with its policies and protocols for handling Ebola?
To get the answer, the American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey asked to see emails and other policy communications from top officials in the N.J. Department of Health.
Those requests were denied or otherwise rebuffed, the group said in a lawsuit filed yesterday that claims the state is in violation of the Open Public Records Act. Its lawsuit asks the court to fine the state and order it to provide the documents. Continue reading “ACLU sues Christie administration over withheld Ebola documents”
CNN – by Barbara Starr
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