Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

The more Washington lashes out in anger at those who will not bow to the unipolar world order, the more the rest of the world fights back. As the launch of its Yuan/Gold-settled oil futures loomsChina is escalating its de-dollarization scheme further by seeking a bilateral rial-yuan agreement with Iran.

As a reminder, nothing lasts forever…
Continue reading “De-Dollarization Continues: China, Iran To Eliminate Greenback From Bilateral Trade”

Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican U.S. Representative Trent Franks said on Thursday he would resign after two female staffers complained that he had discussed surrogacy with them.

Franks, 60, who has been a member of Congress from Arizona since 2003, said in a statement that he would step down on Jan. 31.

The House of Representatives Ethics Committee said on Thursday it had opened an investigation into accusations of sexual harassment against Franks.   Continue reading “Rep. Franks to resign after staff members’ complaints of harassment”

Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Congress moved rapidly on Thursday to send President Donald Trump a short-term funding bill to avert a government shutdown this weekend, leaving fights over budget priorities and a range of other controversial issues for the coming weeks.

The House of Representatives, working against a Friday midnight deadline, approved legislation in a 235-193 vote to fund a wide range of federal programs through Dec. 22.

The Senate followed up by approving the bill 81-14. The White House has said Trump will sign it into law.   Continue reading “Congress averts government shutdown for now”

WWAY 3 TV

AZTEC, N.M. (AP) — A shooting at a New Mexico high school left two students and the suspect dead Thursday, authorities said as schools throughout the small town shut down for the day.

Police did not release any details about the shooter but confirmed the other two people who were killed attended Aztec High School. No other injuries were reported, officials said.   Continue reading “New Mexico School Shooting Leaves 2 Students, Suspect Dead”

Daily Mail

The White House insisted Thursday that Donald Trump’s lispy, halting performance Wednesday in an Israel policy speech is nothing to worry about, and a U.S. Navy doctor will release the results of a physical next year to prove it.

The president’s speaking cadence became irregular and his speech slurred during part of his delivery, concluding with ‘God bless the United Shhtates.’

‘There were a lot of questions on that. Frankly pretty ridiculous questions,’ White House press secretary Sarah Sanders told reporters on Thursday.   Continue reading “His ‘throat was dry’: Trump to get physical after speech slurring”

New York Post

A teen who claimed she had undergone 50 surgeries to look like her idol Angelina Jolie has admitted she faked the whole thing to “amuse” herself.

Sahar Tabar had been called a “zombie” by cruel commenters after her gaunt Instagram selfies went viral.

But, as the Sun Online reported last week, many viewers had a hunch that the teenager was using Photoshop to tweak her pictures.   Continue reading “‘Zombiefied’ Angelina Jolie lookalike reveals she’s a total fraud”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

A day after labor unions warned that General Electric was planning thousands of job cuts in its troubled power-generation unit, GE confirmed that it’s planning to cut 12,000 jobs globally in its power business as the company’s new leadership tries to revive the company’s moribund stock price.

The reductions would account for about 18% of GE Power’s workforce, will mostly affect professional and production workers outside the US. GE is also paring back capital expenditures and research-and-development spending as it grapples with a sharp downturn in gas- and coal-power markets.   Continue reading “GE Slashes 12,000 Jobs In Troubled Global Power Business”

The Hill – by Nathaniel Weixel

House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) on Wednesday said House Republicans will aim to cut spending on Medicare, Medicaid and welfare programs next year as a way to trim the federal deficit.

“We’re going to have to get back next year at entitlement reform, which is how you tackle the debt and the deficit,” Ryan said during an interview on Ross Kaminsky’s talk radio show.   Continue reading “Ryan pledges ‘entitlement reform’ in 2018”

Oil Price – by ZeroHedge

Elon Musk’s reliance on shock-and-awe tactics and unjustifiably lofty performance projections is creating serious problems for the so-called visionary as a growing number of experts have come forward to explain that many of his claims would defy the laws of physics.

The latest group to call bulls— is Aurora Energy Research, a European consultancy which estimated that Tesla’s electric haulage truck will require the same energy as up to 4,000 homes to recharge – a stunning claim that would seem to raise serious questions about the projects viability, according to the Financial Times.
Continue reading “The Stunning Energy Cost Of Tesla’s Semi-Truck”

Sputnik

The reputation of the most expensive plane in history has once again been tarnished.

The F-35, a fifth-generation US stealth fighter, lost part of its fuselage, during a “routine training mission” near Kadena Air Base in Japan, according to the Defense News.
Continue reading “US F-35 Reportedly Starts to Crumble in Okinawa in ‘Routine Training Mission’”

Surprise, surprise. Maybe this is how they’ll justify the uranium wars.

Cosmos – by Joel F. Hooper

Uranium may be good for something more than nuclear fireworks, according to new research that offers it a novel role: a catalyst for chemical reactions that could produce a new generation of pharmaceuticals and plastics.

“Uranium, undoubtedly, has really bad PR,” says Professor Steven Liddle of the University of Manchester, lead author of a paper on the research published in Nature Communications. “But to me it’s just an element of the periodic table. It’s about what you use it for.”   Continue reading “Uranium: the element of surprise”

Daily Mail

Police in California say they have uncovered a tape in which Corey Feldman lists the names of men who abused him in the past.

The former child actor had claimed in October that he had given the names of sexual predators in Hollywood to the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office in 1993 during their investigation into Michael Jackson’s molestation charges.   Continue reading “Corey Feldman WAS telling the truth: Santa Barbara police say they’ve found historic audio of him naming abusers which he claims they then covered up”

It didn’t take long, only hours after the most idiotic decision known to mankind, Trump has effectively accelerated World War III, not only from declaring Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, but in my opinion, serious mental decline. Only a man with brain decline could make such an ignoramus decision. I know many of my brothers here at From the Trenches World Report disagree, saying that he is only taking marching orders from his Jew masters, I’m taking it one step further, this man has become dangerous. He has serious mental decline.   Continue reading “Time to Consider Trump as the Enemy – Danger to Americans around the World – Mental Decline?”

NWF Daily News

NICEVILLE — A Niceville Police Department officer accidentally injected himself with heroin while searching a woman’s car for suspected narcotics.

According to an NPD police report, at around midnight Nov. 23 an officer spotted a car parked in a church parking lot after the same car was observed leaving a known drug house.   Continue reading “Officer accidentally injects himself with heroin during search for drugs in car”

Daily Mail

The State Department issued a new ‘Worldwide Caution’ to Americans traveling overseas on Wednesday, after President Donald Trump announced the U.S. has officially recognized Jerusalem as Israel‘s capital.

The update did not include specific warnings about Israel, the West Bank and Gaza; that region’s travel advisory dates back to April.   Continue reading “State Department: Americans face danger WORLDWIDE after Trump speech”

James Perloff

False flags do not stand alone. They are better understood – and more credibly explained to skeptics – when seen in history’s context.

On the morning of December 7, 1941, Japanese planes, launched from aircraft carriers, attacked the American fleet at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, sinking or heavily damaging 18 ships (including eight battleships), destroying 188 planes, and leaving over 2,000 servicemen killed.   Continue reading “Pearl Harbor: Roosevelt’s 9/11”

The Organic Prepper

Everywhere, it seems like officials are actively preparing for the possibility of nuclear war.

Tensions are high in practically every corner of the world but somehow, despite the proliferation of imminent threats, many people are still blithely unaware of the hell that could be unleashed.

Due to tensions between the US and North Korea, the world is frantically preparing for the possibility of a nuclear attack. The US, China, Russia, North Korea, and South Korea have all shown force with bombers and destroyers, and it seems that it will only be a matter of time before one incident sparks a cascading explosion.   Continue reading “These 8 Places Are Actively Preparing for Nuclear War”