CBC News – by  Aaron Wherry

Canada’s minister for international development has spoken with her Dutch counterpart about a proposal by the Netherlands to fund abortions overseas in the wake of President Donald Trump’s move to ban American funding for such services.

Lilianne Ploumen, the Dutch minister of foreign trade and development co-operation, announced her desire to establish an international fund earlier this week after Trump signed an executive order that prohibits funding to international organizations that promote or perform abortion.   Continue reading “Canada, Netherlands discuss fund to counter Trump abortion order”

New York Daily News – by Nicole Bitette

Butch Trucks, one of the founding drummers of the Allman Brothers Band, reportedly took his own life.

A detailed police report and dispatch call obtained by the Daily Mail reveals that Trucks’ wife Melinda frantically called 911 saying her husband had just shot himself in the head.  Continue reading “Butch Trucks, Allman Brothers Band drummer and co-founder, reportedly shot himself in front of his wife”

The Hill – by Joe Concha

The White House press office is denying it offered credentials to conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’s website Infowars, after Jones claimed in a video that he had been offered access.

“He is not credentialed for the White House. The White House Press Office has not offered him credentials,” White House deputy press secretary Sarah Sanders told BuzzFeed on Thursday morning.   Continue reading “White House denies offering Infowars credentials”

Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist

St. Paul, MN — On Monday, a St. Paul police officer was charged with misdemeanor assault after he punched a handcuffed child in the face twice while she was getting placed in the back of his squad car.

Officer Michael Soucheray II has been placed on administrative duty after punching the 14-year-old girl for allegedly spitting on him. The 14-year-old was at the East Side shelter for girls when police responded to a call of a suicidal girl.   Continue reading “Cop Claims He Punched Handcuffed 14yo Girl in the Face Twice in ‘Self-Defense’”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

Things sure are changing in the White House press corps. According to a video posted on Wednesday, radio show host Alex Jones’s website Infowars, which has been accused of being “conspiracy theory and alt-right” by much of the established media, has been offered White House press credentials.   Continue reading “Alex Jones’ InfoWars Offered White House Credentials”

Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist

Minneapolis, MN — A Minneapolis police officer has been officially charged this week after he fired into a vehicle with six innocent people inside. Minneapolis police officer Efrem Hamilton was charged with second-degree assault and intentional discharge of a firearm.

The charges stem from an incident on November 19, after a fight broke out in front of a bar. During the fight two people were shot and police stormed the scene.   Continue reading “Cop Charged After Shooting into Car Full of Innocent People for No Reason”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

Update: according to a CNN report – so as always take with lots of salt – the story has shifted materially, because according to two senior administration officials, it wasn’t a resignation by the State Department officials, but more of a termination: “the Trump administration told four top State Department management officials that their services were no longer needed as part of an effort to “clean house” at Foggy Bottom.”   Continue reading “The Entire Senior Management Team At The State Department Just Resigned”

Business Insider – by Mark Abadi

US Border Patrol Chief Mark Morgan, a former longtime FBI agent, has left the agency, sources familiar with his departure told Reuters on Thursday.

Morgan told employees on a phone call Thursday morning that he was not resigning but had been asked to leave by the Trump administration, said a Department of Homeland Security official who spoke on the condition of anonymity.   Continue reading “US border patrol chief has been asked to leave the agency by Trump administration”

EIN Newsdesk

The President today declared a major disaster exists in the State of Oregon and ordered federal aid to supplement State, tribal, and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by a severe winter storm and flooding during the period of December 14-17, 2016.

Federal funding is available to State, tribal, and eligible local governments and certain private nonprofit organizations on a cost-sharing basis for emergency work and the repair or replacement of facilities damaged by the severe winter storm and flooding in Josephine and Lane Counties.   Continue reading “President Trump Approves Oregon Disaster Declaration”

Click 2 Houston

RICHMOND, Texas – Fort Bend County Sheriff Troy Nehls blamed a lack of security along the southern border of the United States for a rash of burglaries in the county, which he said were committed by people who were illegally in the country.

Nehls lauded Thursday President Donald Trump’s recent executive order on border security and immigration after announcing the arrests of 17 people in connection with a rash of burglaries in Fort Bend County and the west side of Houston.   Continue reading “Sheriff blames weak border for rash of Fort Bend County burglaries”

The Rebel – by John Kaminski

We are deer in the headlights of a fast-approaching doom

There is no moral authority in the world capable of confronting this clever cabal of neocon mass murderers. The churches are all bought off and hiding their own crimes. And the governments are all tied up by the Jews, not at all concerned with the rights of non Jewish human beings.   Continue reading “First the fleecing, then the slaughter”

New York Post – by Lauren Tousignant

Seafood fans are ingesting up to 11,000 tiny pieces of plastic a year with unknown health effects, a new study reveals.

Ocean pollution is getting ingested by marine life in the form of tiny, toxic microplastics, according to researchers at the University of Ghent in Belgium. And if you eat a lot of seafood, these microplastics will eventually end up in your stomach.   Continue reading “If you eat seafood, you are eating thousands of pieces of plastic”

This was a mere 87 years ago. The Great Depression of 1929 was a worldwide depression that lasted for ten years. Its kickoff in the U.S. economy was “Black Thursday”, October
24, 1929. That’s when traders sold 12.5 million shares in one day. It was triple the usual amount. The height of the depression was 1933.   Continue reading “We Think We’ve Got It Bad!”

World Events and the Bible

WEB Notes: More Executive Orders by trump, this time to build a wall along the Southern Border that Border Officers have concerns over and where is the discussion about the cost of such a structure? Of course, the Executive Order does not cover the cost of the wall itself. Hey, don’t worry about the money trump says, Mexico will pay for it. Mexico will pay for it? Let us talk about the cost first. Analysts have calculated the cost to build the wall at $15-$25 Billion dollars! Mexico, a failed state is going to pay for it? Sure they will and signing yet another illegal Executive Order is not the answer to this problem.  Continue reading “President Trump: Construction Of Border Wall Will Begin In ‘Months’ On Your Dime”