From the Trenches World Report

Defense One – by Neta C Crawford

Even if the U.S. administration decided to leave — or was evicted from — Iraq immediately, the bill of war to the U.S. to date would be an estimated $1,922 billion in current dollars.

This figure includes not only funding appropriated to the Pentagon explicitly for the war, but spending on Iraq by the State Department, the care of Iraq War veterans and interest on debt incurred to fund 16 years of U.S. military involvement in the country.  Continue reading “The Iraq War Has Cost the US Nearly $2 Trillion”

Hollywood Reporter

Kirk Douglas, the son of a ragman who channeled a deep, personal anger through a chiseled jaw and steely blue eyes to forge one of the most indelible and indefatigable careers in Hollywood history, died Wednesday in Los Angeles. He was 103.

“It is with tremendous sadness that my brothers and I announce that Kirk Douglas left us today at the age of 103,” son Michael Douglas wrote on his Instagram account. “To the world, he was a legend, an actor from the Golden Age of movies who lived well into his golden years, a humanitarian whose commitment to justice and the causes he believed in set a standard for all of us to aspire to.”  Continue reading “Kirk Douglas, Indomitable Icon of Hollywood’s Golden Age, Dies at 103”

National Review – by David Harsanyi

Mike Bloomberg’s Super Bowl ad combined two standard elements of contemporary anti-gun rhetoric: emotionalism and falsehoods. As Kyle Smith points out, the fatuous spot was little more than taste signaling: “Vote for me, I hate the same stuff you hate.” And Reason’s Jacob Sullum points out, the ad is predicated on an obvious lie. Continue reading “Mike Bloomberg vs. the Imaginary All-Powerful Gun Lobby”

CBS News

The deadly new coronavirus continued to spread Tuesday, with more than 24,000 cases and at least 492 deaths confirmed worldwide. The vast majority of the infections, and all but two of the deaths, were in mainland China.

The Pentagon said very early Wednesday that two more chartered flights evacuating about 350 Americans from the virus epicenter in Wuhan, China were scheduled to land in Southern California Wednesday. The first such flight brought 195 Americans to an Air Force Base there last week. Continue reading “Hundreds more Americans evacuated from China as coronavirus death toll rises”

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FFF – by Jacob G. Hornberger

Many years ago, I was giving a lecture on the Constitution and the Bill of Rights to a class at a public high school here in Virginia. During the course of my talk, I made the following statement: “The First Amendment does not give people the right of free speech.”

I asked the students whether my statement was correct or incorrect. Everyone immediately told me that I was wrong. They said the First Amendment did in fact give people the right of free speech.  Continue reading “Do We Need the First Amendment?”

The Daily Sheeple – by Sean Walton

Nothing sells firearms like the threat of them being taken away. And the threat is evident on both a state and federal level.

The 2020 presidential race is already weighing on the minds of gun owners who flocked to gun stores to load up in January.  Continue reading “Firearm Background Checks at Record High for January”

Euro Folk Radio

In today’s show originally broadcast on February 5 2020, Andy is joined by Art Jones, for a show entitled, “The Art Jones The Rebel 2020 Election Campaign.”  Continue reading “Art Jones – The Art Jones The Rebel 2020 Election Campaign”

Health Impact News – by Brian Shilhavy

People living in the Philippines, a country of islands not very far off the coast of China, remember all too well the last time a deadly coronavirus epidemic broke out in China.

It was 2003 when the SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) coronavirus broke out in China. It infected over 7000 people in China with over 600 recorded deaths.  Continue reading “Coconut Oil’s History in Destroying Viruses, Including Coronaviruses”

Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist

El Paso, TX — Police, we are told, are the ones we call when we are in trouble and need help. However, often times, “help” is the last thing people receive. Instead of serving the public, many police officers use their badge to prey on them instead. As the following case out of El Paso illustrates, they do so with seeming impunity and almost never go to jail for it.  Continue reading “NO JAIL for Cop Guilty of Responding to Domestic Violence Call by Raping the Victim”

Breitbart – by AWR Hawkins

During the February 4, 2020, State of Union address, President Donald Trump made clear he will always defend the rights protected by the Second Amendment.

He noted that Second Amendment rights are “under siege all across our country,” but he vowed to stand in their defense.  Continue reading “SOTU: Trump Pledges to Always Protect 2nd Amendment Rights”

Breitbart – by Allum Bokhari

Google-owned video giant YouTube blacklisted a Breitbart News video of a recent speech on the Senate floor by Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) in which Paul names the alleged “whistleblower” as Eric Ciaramella.

The video included the Senator’s arguments surrounding the impeachment trial, meaning that YouTube is now censoring the congressional and historical record of impeachment.  Continue reading “Google Censors the Congressional Record”