From the Trenches World Report
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Oregon Catalyst – by John A. Charles, Jr.
The State of Oregon will sell 84,000 acres of the Elliott State Forest by March 2017, in order to make money for public schools.
However, the lands will not be auctioned to the highest bidder. In fact, they will not be auctioned at all. The State will set the price based on appraisals, and purchasers will pay that price. Continue reading “Not One Dollar More”
Steve Stanek, a research fellow at The Heartland Institute, emails to point out that when he was managing editor of Heartland’s Budget & Tax News, he oversaw a piece that was run on eminent domain and the taking of property for sports stadiums. Below, from the piece, Kelo Could Ban Takings for Stadiums, is the part applicable to Bush. Note well: The article mentions properties were taken by eminent domain from hundreds of private owners: Continue reading “How George W. Bush Profited From Eminent Domain (By Taking Properties From Hundreds of Private Owners)”
Flying in those friendly skies has never been better for the corporate airlines. As for the cattle that is herded into the pens, the exhilaration and excitement has long faded into storm clouds. No doubt that in a competitive economy, enterprises must make a profit to survive, much less prosper. The airline industry does not have the same romance of a Yankee Clipper flight to China, but the amenities of sacking out in style certainly improves the hardship of travel. So what about the economics of the air passenger sector? A CNN reports says it all Airlines saved $11 billion on fuel. You saved 8 bucks. Continue reading “Fly the Friendly Skies on Cheap Fuel”
Henry Kissinger is one of the “bisons” of American politics. One of those who ruined the Soviet Union. It was he who put in a lot of effort to finally tear China away from the USSR and thus, weakening the latter. He is a patriot who put himself on the altar of victory in the “cold war”. Even after retiring, he did not give up on the battle throughout his life. He continued to struggle with the remnants of the Soviet Empire. Continue reading “Kissinger Delivered a Plan for a New World Order to Putin”
When casino mogul Sheldon Adelson quietly bought Nevada’s largest newspaper, reporters made it their mission to break the story of their new owner.
Newly energized after years of turnover and turmoil, the news staff at the Las Vegas Review-Journal furiously reported on the sale and — in a front-page editorial — promised readers that they would stand sentry to make sure the paper’s stories were fair, balanced and stripped of any possible influence from Adelson’s political and business connections. Continue reading “Las Vegas newspaper staff feels casino giant Sheldon Adelson’s tightening grip”
Humans like to believe that their thoughts and actions are guided by their own, autonomous free will, and that their opinions are born of their own identity, personality, or knowledge. To a large degree, their self-esteem is a product of this myth, so they’re loath to think differently, but the truth of the matter is that much of our behavior and thoughts are easily controllable by others. The fact that you’re much smarter than a dog only makes you easier to train, and capable of performing more complicated tricks.
What all of us, as groups or individuals, perceive to be reality is our own personal “brainwashing”, or education, which when shared by others, is no different than membership in any cult, with or without the visible symbols often used to identify and/or unify people of a particular cult, or culture. Continue reading “Who Brainwashed You?”
The Daily Sheeple – by Melissa Dykes
If you love someone, and you are afraid that someone has become suicidal or might hurt themselves, calling the cops for “help” is perhaps the last thing you would want to do in the modern American police state.
“Suicidal, huh? How about we take care of that right now…” Continue reading “Police Shoot And Kill Suicidal Woman From Viral Asperger’s Video, Again Affirming They Are The Last People You Should Call For “Help””
Attacks by “homegrown” terrorists are among the most imminent security threats facing the United States in 2016, along with dangers posed overseas by Islamic State and cyber security concerns, the top U.S. intelligence official said on Tuesday.
In his annual assessment of threats to the United States, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper warned that fast-moving cyber and technological advances “could lead to widespread vulnerabilities in civilian infrastructures and U.S. government systems.” Continue reading “U.S. intelligence chief warns of ‘homegrown’ security threat”
The man charged with fatally shooting a sheriff’s deputy in Texas in a hail of gunfire was found mentally incompetent on Tuesday to stand trial and will be sent to a state mental facility, prosecutors said.
A district judge committed Shannon Miles, 31, to a state mental hospital after prosecutors found he was not competent to stand trial at this time. Miles was charged with capital murder, which is punishable by death, for killing Harris County sheriff’s deputy Darren Goforth, a spokesman for the Harris County District Attorney said. Continue reading “Man charged with killing Texas deputy declared mentally incompetent”
The PolitiStick – by Jennifer Burke
Over the weekend, friends and family of Robert ‘Lavoy’ Finicum laid his body to rest. Finicum, who was one of those protesting against the federal takeover of land in western states in Burns, Oregon, was shot and killed by authorities. Witnesses to the shooting recount that Finicum was unarmed and had his hands up when he was shot on January 26. Continue reading “Cliven Bundy Is On His Way To Oregon And He’s Not Going Alone”
BRUNSWICK COUNTY, NC (WECT) – A spokesperson for the Brunswick Nuclear Plant says a unit at the facility remains in shutdown mode, while officials work through “detailed process/procedures to fully understand this event and make the needed repairs to return the unit to service.”
An alert triggered at the facility around 1:30 p.m. Sunday due to damage in an electrical panel. Continue reading “Unit at Brunswick Nuclear Plant remains in shutdown”
Swine flu has killed 183 people in Ukraine this winter and is spreading rapidly across eastern Europe and the Middle East. At least 107 people have died in Russia after contracting the disease, 18 in Armenia and 10 in Georgia, according to government figures.
In the Middle East, 112 deaths from the virus have been reported in Iran and there are unconfirmed reports of dozens more deaths in areas of Syria and Iraq occupied by Islamic State. Continue reading “Swine flu spreading across eastern Europe and Middle East”
A wide swath of public officials are calling for change in response to a Daily News and ProPublica investigation about the NYPD’s use of an obscure type of lawsuit to boot hundreds of people from homes. The cases are happening almost exclusively in minority neighborhoods.
Several city council members said they were considering amendments and other reforms to safeguard abuses. Continue reading “Officials Outraged After ‘Shocking’ Report on NYPD Kicking People Out of Homes”
On Sunday in his weekly column Ron Paul discussed a recommendation by the United States Preventive Services Task Force.
The recommendation calls mental health screening of all Americans. “The task force wants to force health insurance companies to pay for the screening. Basic economics, as well as the Obamacare disaster, should have shown this task force that government health insurance mandates harm Americans,” writes Paul. Continue reading “Mandatory Mental Illness Screening And The Drive To Confiscate Firearms”
A protest in Paris against Turkey’s deadly military operation in the town of Cizre turned violent leaving seven police officers wounded and 17 pro-Kurdish activists detained. Similar rallies took place in some other European cities.
The demonstrations followed media reports that Turkish forces killed about 60 people in the basement of a building in the southeastern Kurdish town of Cizre. Continue reading “7 policemen injured, 17 people arrested during pro-Kurdish rally in Paris”
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A terse letter from Andrew Clyde’s credit card-processing company explained it was discontinuing his corporate account because his Georgia firearms business “no longer met our underwriting guidelines.” In a panic, Clyde called three other companies, which denied him, too.
After hearing from Clyde and others in the gun business who reported similar treatment, the industry’s trade association launched efforts in several Republican-led Legislatures over the past year seeking to restrict discrimination by financial institutions. Continue reading “Legislatures consider special protections for gun industry”
MIAMI (AP) — Federal transportation officials might soon be looking into a Royal Caribbean cruise ship that ran into high winds and rough seas in the Atlantic Ocean over the weekend.
Sen. Bill Nelson has called for the National Transportation Safety Board to investigate the voyage that forced frightened passengers into their cabins overnight Sunday as their belongings flew about, waves rose as high as 30 feet, and winds howled outside. Continue reading “US senator calls for investigation of cruise ship in storm”