From the Trenches World Report
Enforce our Bill of Rights
Despite a bloodbath in US equities, gun stocks are soaring this morning (Smith & Wesson up 7% and Sturm, Ruger up 3%) as ABC News reports, as we detailed yesterday:
With the Oregon standoff continuing, it appears “the world’s greatest gun sales-man” has done it again. Continue reading “Gun Stocks Soar Ahead Of Obama’s Gun-Control Executive-Action Tomorrow”
Bahrain and Sudan have joined their ally Saudi Arabia in formally severing diplomatic ties with Iran, while the United Arab Emirates has “downgraded” its diplomatic team, recalling its ambassador from Tehran and announcing that it would reduce the number of diplomats assigned to Iran.
In response to the sacking of the Saudi embassy in Tehran, Bahrain gave Iranian diplomats 48 hours to vacate the country. Bahrain’s state news agency described the embassy burning as a “sinful, cowardly attack” which “confirms a determination to spread devastation and destruction,” as reported by NPR. Continue reading “Bahrain, Sudan, UAE Join Saudi Arabia in Diplomatic Action Against Iran”
Every week, several members of the University of Alabama’s Sigma Nu fraternity chapter are randomly chosen to report to a cluster of dingy offices on the bottom floor of the school’s Russell Hall and urinate in a cup.
Though the compulsory exercise sounds like a rush-season hazing ritual, it is in fact a central component of a strict new anti-drug effort launched at the start of the fall semester. Continue reading “University of Alabama quietly testing fraternity brothers for drugs”
JACKSONVILLE, FLA. — A Jacksonville man is facing a 120-year sentence for firing two shots that caused no injuries, The Florida Times-Union reported on Sunday.
The trial of Army Veteran Randal Ratledge, 58, is scheduled to start with jury selection on Monday. Defense attorneys have asked the judge to waive the mandatory guidelines, but court officials said Judge Jack Schemer is bound by the state law.
Continue reading “Army Veteran Faces 120-Year Sentence For Firing 2 Shots Into Air”
Shark Tank – by Javier Manjarres
After filing and voting on dozens of bill to replace the disastrous Obama healthcare law, the newly-minted Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, and the Republican-led Congress is finally unveiling an actual replacement for the law.
Ranking congressional democrats like Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz have ridiculed GOP leaders as being simple “obstructionists” every time one of these “repeal Obamacare” bills has come to the floor vote. Continue reading “Republicans Plan To Unveil “Replace Obamacare” Legislation”
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is slated Monday to finalize a set of new executive actions tightening the nation’s gun laws, making his first order of business in 2016 a clear signal the president in his final year doesn’t intend to go quietly.
At a meeting with Attorney General Loretta Lynch, FBI Director James Comey and other top law enforcement officials Obama is expected to sign off on a package of proposals aimed at curbing gun violence and cracking down on unregulated gun sales. Continue reading “Obama starts 2016 with a fight over gun control”
SAN QUENTIN, Calif. (AP) — With executions on hold in California and a death penalty appeals process that can take years, many inmates on the nation’s largest death row say they spend little time worrying about the lethal injection that may one day kill them.
“It’s almost like it’s not even a real punishment for a lot of people,” said Charles Crawford at San Quentin State Prison, where the vast majority of the state’s nearly 750 condemned inmates are held. Continue reading “California grants rare look inside largest death row”
GAUHATI, India (AP) — A strong earthquake damaged buildings, killed at least eight people and injured more than 100 in India’s remote northeast region early Monday.
The death and injuries were caused by falling debris. Manipur state’s home minister, G. Gaikhangam, said several areas suffered extensive damage, especially the capital, Imphal. He did not give details but told reporters the situation was still being assessed. Continue reading “Strong quake kills at least 8 in India’s remote northeast”
BEMIDJI, Minn. — Enbridge Energy will pay the Red Lake Nation in northern Minnesota $18.5 million to settle a nearly decade-long dispute over unauthorized use of a small parcel of tribal land.
In a split vote, the Red Lake Tribal Council accepted the Enbridge settlement in late December. The settlement pays for less than a half-acre of land and restitution for 65 years of unauthorized use, Minnesota Public Radio News reported. Continue reading “Enbridge settles pipeline dispute with Red Lake for $18.5M”
Middle East Rising – by Charlotte Silver
Brazil’s government has excluded an Israeli “security” company from working at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro following a campaign by Palestine solidarity activists.
In October 2014, the Israeli firm International Security and Defence Systems (ISDS) announced it had won a $2.2 billion contract with the Brazilian government to coordinate security at the huge sports event. The Times of Israel described the deal as “an unprecedented achievement for Israel,” while senior figures from the company stated it had already begun work. Continue reading “Brazil Cancels $2 Billion Contract with Israeli Security Firm for 2016 Olympics”
In 2015, there were 385 terrorist incidents around the world according to Wikipedia. Of these, 94% were attributed to Muslim perpetrators or occurred in Muslim countries surrounding the world’s most resource-rich region. The geographic pattern behind these and previous attacks suggests that terrorism is more a function of the need to seize resources than it is about religious or political beliefs. The terrorist events of 2015 continue to fuel speculation that most terrorism is government-sponsored and focuses on achieving political objectives. Continue reading “Terrorism in 2015: Following a False Flag Formula”
New York Times – by SHAILA DEWAN and TIMOTHY WILLIAMS
What was once a rarity has now become increasingly common: police officers facing criminal charges in the deaths of civilians. In Albuquerque, two officers will stand trial in the death of a homeless man. In Cincinnati, a campus police officer has been charged in the fatal shooting of a man during a traffic stop. In Chicago, where a video captured the death of Laquan McDonald at the hands of the police, an officer was charged with murder.
But even as high-profile police shootings have attracted more scrutiny over the past year, one thing remains clear: The law gives the police the benefit of the doubt. Continue reading “More Police Officers Facing Charges, but Few See Jail”
Israeli prosecutors have indicted four Jewish extremists in various violent crimes against Palestinians, including a July arson in which an 18-month-old baby was killed along with his parents.
In the high-profile arson killings in the West Bank two people were charged. Amiram Ben-Uliel, a 21-year-old from Jerusalem, is the main suspect in the murder while an unnamed minor was named an accessory. Continue reading “4 Jewish ultra-nationalists, incl. two minors, charged with violent crimes against Palestinians”
Following the initial halt in CSI-300 Futures at the 5% limit down level, the afternoon session opened to more carnage and amid the worst ‘first day of the year’ in at least 15 years, Chinese stocks collapsed further to a 7% crash. At 1334 local time, stock trading was halted for the rest of the day across all exchanges (at least two hours early). Continue reading “China Halts Stock Trading For Day After Entire Market Crashes”
The Daily Sheeple – by Joshua Krause
Regardless of whether or you’re a liberal, conservative, libertarian, or something else entirely, the rapid growth of federal laws and regulations is bad news for everybody. We now live in a society that is ruled by so many laws, no single person can keep track of them all. Which means that no matter who you are or what you do, it’s impossible to go about your daily life without breaking some onerous and vague rule. Any one of us could be fined or imprisoned at any time.
Continue reading “Feds Created More Regulations In 2015 Than In Any Previous Year”
Anti-Media – by Claire Bernish
St. Louis, MO — What happens when radioactive byproduct from the Manhattan Project comes into contact with an “underground fire” at a landfill? Surprisingly, no one actually knows for sure; but residents of Bridgeton, Missouri, near the West Lake and Bridgeton Landfills — just northwest of the St. Louis International Airport — may find out sooner than they’d like.
And that conundrum isn’t the only issue for the area. Contradicting reports from both the government and the landfill’s responsible parties, radioactive contamination is actively leaching into the surrounding populated area from the West Lake site — and likely has been for the past 42 years. Continue reading “The Looming Environmental Disaster in Missouri that Nobody is Talking About”
Is it unreasonable for Gentiles to demand they be allowed to actually arrest and imprison Jewish Bankers who have robbed them of tens of trillions of dollars? Catherine Austin Fitts told Greg Hunter that ‘they’ stole $40 trillion and will steal tens of trillions more. But she will never name names as that angers the Powers That Be on Wall Street.
A case in point would be mortgage backed securities fraud where the Jews and Gentile co-conspirators bought one mortgage and sold it five times into different bonds. Those criminals who sold Credit Default Swaps which acted as insurance did not have to set aside any money to pay claims as would fire and auto insurance company. They bribed the rating agencies and bought insurance that could only he paid for by Gentile taxpayers. Continue reading “Reasonable Demands: If Jews And Gentiles Are To Live Together”
Last week, we reported that homeless people and supporters in Sacramento were protesting a recent ordinance that makes it illegal for them to camp in the city. Many of them were camped out in front of city hall for the past month and are demanding a reversal of the camping ban.
This Friday, police invaded the encampment in riot gear and made several arrests. Continue reading “Police In Riot Gear Arrest Homeless Protesters For Camping In Front Of City Hall”
Earlier today, as Iranian police struggled to disperse protesters gathered outside the Saudi consulate in Mashhad, we said the following about the rapidly deteriorating situation:
If crude needed an excuse to rally, then surely this is it as it now appears that in addition to the fact that Riyadh and Tehran are squaring off in Syria (where Iran is present and the Saudis fight by proxy) and Yemen (where the Saudis are present and the Iranians fight by proxy), the two countries are on the verge of a historic diplomatic crisis which has the potential to stoke sectarian violence across the Muslim world.