From the Trenches World Report
Enforce our Bill of Rights
A series of mysterious hole punch clouds appeared in the sky of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama on December 29, 2015.
As if these fallstreak clouds punched gaping holes in the skies across the South.
These weird clouds form when water vapor is suspended in subfreezing air, but the vapor has not frozen because there is a lack of particles for it to freeze around. Continue reading “Mysterious hole punch clouds appear in the sky of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama”
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The father and son of a prominent Oregon ranching family plan to surrender at a California prison next week after a judge ruled they served too little time for setting fires that spread to government lands they leased to graze cattle.
Dwight Hammond, 73, and Steven Hammond, 46, said they lit the fires in 2001 and 2006 to reduce the growth of invasive plants and protect their property from wildfires. Continue reading “Oregon ranching case sparks anti-government sentiment”
JERUSALEM (AP) — A gunman opened fire outside a popular bar in the coastal Israeli city of Tel Aviv on Friday afternoon, killing two people and wounding at least three others before fleeing the scene, police said.
The motive for the shooting spree, which took place on a busy main street, was not immediately clear, police said. Media reported the assailant was a member of Israel’s Arab minority and called it a nationalistically motivated attack but police refused to comment, saying it was still investigating. Continue reading “Gunman kills 2 at bar in Tel Aviv; manhunt underway”
The Technocratic Tyranny – by Vicky
A lot of people are asking, What’s going on in Harney County that has drawn the attention of what Oregon Live writer Les Zaitz calls “self-styled patriots”. It’s not clear what he means by that unless he considers himself the Grand Poobah in charge of defining who is and who is not a patriot. In typical mainstream media fashion, he wrote a story that “bleeds”. The feature picture is of a man in camo with a scary looking gun using a tree as cover in military style. Zaitz begins his story, “The strangers carrying the whisper of danger in the vast territory of the Harney Basin just before the holidays”. Oh! The drama of it all. He must have learned his trade in Hollywood because his story reads more like a script for a Rambo sequel than a news story. In truth, there isn’t much difference between fiction and what passes for journalism in the mainstream media these days so he’s right in step with his peers. Continue reading “The People of Harney County vs The Administrative State”
Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist
In all of 2011, British police killed 2 people. In 2012, 1 person. In 2013, a total of 3 bullets left the barrels of British police guns, and no one was killed. In the last two years, a total of 4 people have lost their lives because of British cops, bringing the total number of citizens killed in the UK to 7 in the last 5 years.
Since Christmas, police in America have killed 14 people. In 1 week, American cops have killed twice as many people as the British police have killed since 2011! Continue reading “Since Christmas, US Cops Have Killed Twice as Many People as UK Cops Have In the Last 5 Years”
Information Liberation – by Christopher Menahan
The Tennessee Highway Patrol is out for blood this New Year, they’re setting up multiple “no refusal” checkpoints throughout the state whereby they can forcibly strap you down to a table and take your blood without your consent. Continue reading “Tennessee Vampire Cops Set Up ‘No Refusal’ DUI Checkpoints With Mandatory Blood Draws”
Free Thought Project – by Andrew Emett
Houston, TX — Caught on video illegally selling assault rifles and sensitive information to undercover informants, a former officer of the year has also been accused of secretly working for Los Zetas cartel in a drug trafficking conspiracy in operation since 2006. Although the cop allegedly provided the cartel with firearms, bulletproof vests, luxury vehicles, police scanners, and database access, recently filed court documents revealed at least two convicted cocaine traffickers are cooperating with the government against the disgraced cop. Continue reading “New Documents Expose Texas ‘Cop of the Year’ as Member of Mexico’s ‘Most Dangerous’ Cartel”
As the United States marks more than six years without an increase in the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour, 14 states and several cities are moving forward with their own increases, with most set to start taking effect on Friday.
California and Massachusetts are highest among the states, both increasing from $9 to $10 an hour, according to an analysis by the National Conference of State Legislatures. At the low end is Arkansas, where the minimum wage is increasing from $7.50 to $8. The smallest increase, a nickel, comes in South Dakota, where the hourly minimum is now $8.55. Continue reading “New year brings minimum wage hikes for Americans in 14 states”
Right Wing News – by Terresa Monroe-Hamilton
Wow… the hits just keep coming. First Wayne Rogers, better known as Trapper John, passed away yesterday. Now, the legendary R&B singer Natalie Cole just passed at the age of 65. Cole had fought substance abuse and she was getting chemo for Hepatitis C. She lost her fight today from congestive heart failure on the first day of 2016 in the hospital. In 2009, she received a kidney from an anonymous donor after contracting Hepatitis C from earlier drug use. She appeared in June of 2014 at the Apollo Theater’s 80th birthday celebration. Continue reading “Nat King Cole’s Daughter, R&B Singer Natalie Cole, Passes Away at 65”
Right Wing News – by William Teach
It’s a new year, so, the NY Times Editorial Board uses the occassion to pimp gun control with their usual flavor of hysteria.
Two Ways of Dealing With Guns
Continue reading “NY Times: “How are cops supposed to know who the good guy or the bad guy is with the gun?””
Careful, those icicles could be considered firearms or WMD’s!
Seattle PI – by Geoff Mulvihill
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Laws taking effect at the start of the new year show states diverging on some hot-button issues.
Restrictions on carrying guns eased in Texas, for example, but got tighter in California. It is easier to register to vote in Oregon, but there is another step to take at the polls in North Carolina. Continue reading “New laws in 2016 show states are diverging on guns, voting”
Washington Post – by Juliet Eilperin
HONOLULU — President Obama will meet with Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch on Monday to finalize a set of executive actions on guns that he will unveil next week, according to several individuals briefed on the matter.
White House officials declined to comment on Obama’s plans beyond releasing his weekly radio address on Friday, a day earlier than usual. But according to those familiar with the proposal, who asked for anonymity because it was not yet public, the president will expand new background-check requirements for buyers who purchase weapons from high-volume gun dealers. Continue reading “Obama to impose new gun control curbs next week”
6 below zero this morning with a 30 below zero wind chill warning. (I believe Aloe is a desert plant)
One person is dead, as many as five are in critical condition and at least one is seriously hurt in a shooting attack in Tel Aviv just before 3 p.m. Friday.
Initial reports say the shooter may have been caught, but authorities could not confirm the report. A police manhunt remains underway for the attacker, with roads around the attack site closed by police. Continue reading “One dead, one critically hurt among 10 casualties in Tel Aviv shooting”
DENVER (Reuters) – Nearly 200 workers, mostly Somali immigrants, have been fired from a meat-packing plant in Colorado after staging a walkout to protest what they said were insufficient prayer accommodations, the company and Islamic advocacy groups said on Thursday.
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) said the workers were treated in a “discriminatory manner” by managers at the Cargill Meat Solutions [CARGIL.UL] facility in Fort Morgan, about 75 miles northeast of Denver. Continue reading “Somali workers fired at Colorado packing plant in prayer dispute”
The Daily Sheeple – by Joshua Krause
After the San Bernardino shooting, the most pressing issue for progressives was closing the gun “loophole” that allows suspected terrorists to buy firearms. Specifically, they seem to think that people who have been flagged by the government, and placed on the no fly list, should also be prevented from buying a gun. At first glance it makes sense. After all, why should suspected terrorists ever be allowed to buy a weapon?
However, it stops making sense the moment you take a look at what the no fly list is, and what it entails. It also completely ignores the idea that people should never be punished for crimes they haven’t committed. Continue reading “No Crime. No Trial. No Reason: The Precedent is Set for Gun Confiscations”
The Portland police must reinstate a white officer who was fired in 2010 after he fatally shot an unarmed black man in the back, an Oregon state appeals court has ruled, officials said on Thursday.
Portland Police Bureau officer Ron Frashour was fired for shooting 25-year-old Aaron Campbell after the suspect’s girlfriend had called police to her apartment over concerns that he was suicidal. Continue reading “Oregon court reinstates patrolman who shot to death unarmed black man”
ABC News – by Emily Swanson, AP
A majority of Americans say they support warrantless government surveillance of the Internet communications of U.S. citizens, according to a new poll by The Associated Press and the NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.
It’s at least somewhat important for the government to sacrifice freedoms to ensure safety, most say in the survey. Continue reading “AP-NORC Poll: Online surveillance is OK for most.”