From the Trenches World Report
Enforce our Bill of Rights
Bit by bit, the federal judiciary is tearing out the legal ground from under “America’s toughest sheriff.”
First, a federal appeals court said it was illegal to deny bail to immigrants in the country illegally. Then, on Monday, an Arizona federal judge blasted a state law that stretched the crime of identity theft to include everyone from forgers to people simply seeking employment without valid documentation. Continue reading “Arizona told to stop prosecuting job-seeking immigrants”
Washington Free Beacon – by Bill Gertz
A federal weather service employee charged with stealing sensitive infrastructure data from an Army Corps of Engineers database met a Chinese government official in Beijing, according to court documents that reveal the case to be part of an FBI probe of Chinese economic espionage.
Xiafen “Sherry” Chen, an employee of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) office in Ohio, was arrested in October and charged in a federal grand jury indictment with illegally accessing the Army’s National Inventory of Dams (NID). Continue reading “NOAA Employee Charged With Computer Breach Met Senior Chinese Official in Beijing”
CHICAGO (CBS) – A Chicago man might think twice the next time he goes into a police station to report something as stolen.
On Friday night, 31-year-old Adam Wisneski rode his bike to the Shakespeare District police station on the Northwest Side to report a stolen iPhone.
He says he didn’t have his bike lock with him, and asked police if he could leave his bicycle inside the station. Continue reading “Cyclist’s Bike Stolen At Police Station While Reporting iPhone Theft”
New Delhi: The US Secret Service is leaving nothing to chance as they prepare a foolproof security mechanism for President Barack Obama during his visit to India later this month.
The advance team of the Secret Service is already in India and is working in tandem with Indian security agencies to workout security arrangements across the venues on President’s itinerary. Continue reading “Obama’s India visit: US Secret Service to deploy surveillance satellites”
Breitbart – by ILDEFONSO ORTIZ
REYNOSA, Tamaulipas — The ever worsening security situation in Mexico has led to a new mode of transportation for Mexican tourists that includes traveling in a convoy with police escorts at speeds of 100 miles an hour or more — all in an effort to avoid getting carjacked by drug cartels on their journey to the U.S. border.
The police escort is provided by the Mexican Federal Police which leads daily convoys to and from cities like Tampico and Ciudad Victoria to the border cities of Matamoros and Reynosa. Each day, between 100 to 150 travelers line up outside of the police station where they provide their license and other identifying information to police officers in preparation for the convoy. Continue reading “Mexican Tourists Now Traveling with Police Escorts to the US Border”
Breitbart – by ILDEFONSO ORTIZ
The son of legendary Gulf Cartel leader Osiel Cardenas remains in federal custody after U.S. agents arrested him at the Texas border. He was allegedly trying to smuggle hundreds of ammunition rounds and weapons parts into Mexico.
Osiel Cardenas Jr, the son of the legendary capo, is set to remain behind bars without bond pending a detention hearing later this week in the Texas border city of Brownsville, court records obtained by Breitbart Texas show. Continue reading “Former Mexican Gulf Cartel Leader’s Son Busted in Texas at Border”
Only 216 Republicans voted to re-elect a humbled Ohio Republican Rep. John Boehner as Speaker of the U.S. House on Tuesday, as many Republicans voted for alternative candidates in the second organized attempt to unseat Boehner in as many speakership elections.
He wins re-election as Speaker with less than a majority of the House, something that has happened only four times since 1917. A total of 25 Republicans in the chamber did not vote for Boehner, with 24 voting for alternative candidates and others who were not nominated and one voting present. Continue reading “Boehner Wins Re-Election With Less Than Majority Of House”
The New American – by Alex Newman
Despite the troubles in her country, “Elizabeth,” as she became known, was an otherwise happy 13-year-old girl living in the Ivory Coast. Then the United Nations’ “peacekeeping” troops arrived in her town wearing their bright blue helmets — ostensibly to “keep the peace.” Rather than protecting the villagers, however, the UN forces kidnapped and brutally gang-raped young Elizabeth. Continue reading “United Nations Exploits Pseudo-“Human Rights” to Attack U.S.”
Activist Post – by Brandon Turbeville
It only took two days before the anti-gun American bureaucracy began chipping away at the Second Amendment in areas where Congress and the President, despite being backed by billion dollar NGOs and Foundations, have so far been unsuccessful.
On January 2, 2015, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (BATFE) issued its ruling regarding “whether Federal Firearms Licensees (FFL), or unlicensed machine shops, may engage in the business of completing, or assisting in the completion of, the manufacture of firearm frames or receivers for unlicensed individuals without being licensed as a manufacturer of firearms.” Continue reading “BATFE Ruling Creates New Hurdle To Private Gun Manufacture”
Share Everything – by RASHA B. FODA
Everybody, especially our [s]elected officials, talk about how freedom isn’t free.
The desired implication, of course, is that ‘we [working] people’ must sacrifice our lives to maintain it. But, did you ever ask yourself why?
If people are ‘born free’, then why must we fight to remain free? More importantly, exactly WHO or WHAT are we supposed to be fighting? Continue reading “Why “Freedom” Isn’t ‘Free’”
Critically acclaimed director Oliver Stone made headlines this past week by characterizing the Ukrainian crisis in 2014 as a “surreal perversion of history.” The well-known director took to his facebook page following a 4-hour interview with deposed former Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovich, for an upcoming documentary…
Over the years, Stone has become a critical voice and has become very outspoken about US foreign policy objectives. Stone asserted as much during his recent interview with with former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich: Continue reading “DIRTY PLOT: Ukrainian Crisis Had ‘Outside Agitators’ Says Oliver Stone – As Czech Returns NATO Medals”
Maybe the best laugh I’ve had today!
The brain incubator at Harvard, the place which according to legend, and certainly the US News and World Report’s annual paid college infomercial, is the repository for some of the smartest people in the world, is furious.
The reason – Harvard’s illustrious faculty has learned that they too will be subject to their own policy recommendations as relates to Obamacare, which they themselves helped conceive. As the left-leaning NYT reported earlier today, “for years, Harvard’s experts on health economics and policy have advised presidents and Congress on how to provide health benefits to the nation at a reasonable cost. But those remedies will now be applied to the Harvard faculty, and the professors are in an uproar.” Continue reading “Obamacare Architects At Harvard Furious After Learning They Are Not Exempt From Obamacare”
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Money Metals Exchange – by Stefan Gleason
The “year that was” brought mostly disappointment to precious metals bulls. Silver prices fell for the third straight year, while gold mostly flat-lined around the $1,200 per-ounce level.
So what about the year to come?
On the one hand, the charts looks ugly. On the other, it is rare for any metal to fall in price four years in a row. Continue reading “Forecast 2015: The Year Ahead in the Money Metals”
NEW YORK – Since the passage of Obamacare, House Speaker John Boehner has been dogged by critics pointing out his investment portfolio has benefited from owning insurance and medical company stocks that have profited from the legislation.
An analysis of Boehner’s current investment holdings includes a number of stocks benefiting from Obamacare in a total portfolio estimated at between $3.5 and $5 million in current market value. Continue reading “Boehner Profits from Obamacare Stocks”
In this article, I raise important questions about the Non-GMO Project (twitter) and its famous butterfly seal of approval on food products.
The Non-GMO Project is, by far, the largest testing program of its kind in North America. For example, Whole Foods has submitted thousands of its products for verification, so their stores can display the Project seals.
What does the seal actually say?
The butterfly seal literally reads: “NON-GMO Project VERIFIED.” Continue reading “The “Non-GMO Project Verified” seal: deceptive advertising?”
Western Journalism – by B. Christopher Agee
The Mexican-American studies curriculum offered in Tucson, Ariz., public schools in years past has been described by at least two federal judges as a program that promotes resentment against whites. As a result of the ruling, education officials passed a law in 2010 banning such lessons.
In 2013, however, reports indicate the city’s school board opted to resurrect the same courses determined to discriminate against Caucasians. Materials including Occupied America and Chicano! were among the offending books ordered as a result of the board’s vote. Continue reading “Arizona Educators Bring Back Anti-White Curriculum After Judges Struck It Down”
CBS Chicago – by Steve Miller
Zee News
Breitbart – by Matthew Boyle
21st Century Wire
WND – by Jerome R. Corsi
Jon Rappoport