IPR

A mother and son from Honduras have found shelter in Iowa after traveling with thousands of migrants from Central America. The family arrived in Iowa City on Christmas Day, after fleeing gang violence in their home of Choloma, Honduras.

Jackie Torres Toro and her 10 year old son Isaac Lopez Torres are getting settled in at the Iowa City Catholic Worker House, an old Victorian home on a tree-lined residential street where a team of volunteers offer meals, a safe space, and transitional housing for those in need. They’re hoping to get Isaac enrolled in school by the time classes start back in January, and are working on getting treatment for his seizure disorder.   Continue reading “Honduran Family Finds Shelter, Seeks Asylum in Iowa City”

MTPR

When the roughly 10 percent of adult Montanans with a substance-use disorder commit a crime, the state lacks enough drug courts to help them stay out of incarceration and navigate treatment. That’s according to a new report on Montana treatment courts released Thursday.

Most, about 90 percent, of those Montanas with a substance-use disorder aren’t receiving treatment for their illness.   Continue reading “Report Finds Montana Needs Funding To Expand Drug Courts”

IPR

As the new year’s legislative session begins January 3, negotiations over the next two-year state budget will dominate lawmakers’ attention.  The biggest request so far is for the state Department of Child Services.

Indiana foster parent advocates say the state needs to increase its per diem – the amount parents get each day from the state to help care for the kids in their care.   Continue reading “Foster Advocates Call For Per Diem Increase”

NCPR

Florida’s $8 billion citrus industry is moving into its prime harvest months of December and January, and supermarkets around the country will be flooded with Florida oranges, tangerines, and grapefruits. But few know that the citrus business owes much of its success to the U.S. military.

The frantic effort to feed the troops who fought overseas in World War II led to orange juice becoming an American breakfast staple. Of particular concern was the risk of scurvy, a severe vitamin C deficiency that can lead to can lead to anemia, bleeding, pain, swelling, sometimes death. It was a common malady throughout the history of warfare, especially among sailors who had little access to fruits and vegetables.   Continue reading “A frantic effort to nourish WWII troops led to this common breakfast staple”

The winners of the January auction are:

  • UCO Stormproof Match Kit: Norm $20
  • The Birth Of The Bill Of Rights, 1776-1791: Norm $20
  • Judaism Is Not The Religion Of The Old Testament CD: Christine $25
  • The Judaic Role in the Black Slave Trade CD: Christine $10
  • Liberty! The American Revolution DVD: Norm $40
  • They Were White and They Were Slaves: Ed Teach $25
  • Civil War Musket/Pistol Miniature Replica Set and Civil War Bullets: Mark Schumacher $15
  • IR-GUN-S Infrared Thermometer: Bruce $25

Thank you to all who participated, we do appreciate you.   Continue reading “January Auction for From the Trenches”

Join in on the conversation. Call (641) 715-3610 then enter 220029#, press *6 to mute and unmute.

VoIP Dialer: http://www.freeconferencing.com/flash-phone.html?rand=10172016

You can listen on our player.

Direct link for major players:
http://listen.spacial.com/api/listen/?sid=9826&method=sc

Get together in our chat room: The Pub.

Archive: TWFTT 1-4-19

ABC 22

KETTERING, Ohio (WRGT/WKEF)- A deaf man attempted to order Taco Bell in Kettering but had the police called on him instead. The incident took place on New Year’s Eve at the Taco bell on East Dorothy Lane.

Brandon Washburn’s girlfriend captured video of the incident and his mother posted it on her Facebook page where it was viewed more than 400,000 times in 24 hours. Brandon typically drives straight to the payment window to show his order on his phone but that night, a Taco Bell worker refused him service saying it was against company policy.   Continue reading “Taco Bell employees call cops on deaf man for trying to order using his phone”

State of the Nation

You know that “Special Relationship” that so many POTUSes say exists between the US and UK?

It’s special alright!

So special that each U.S. President who repeated the Tavistock-fabricated mantra knew that they were really working for “the Crown”, not the American people.   Continue reading “The British Crown, Privy Council and ‘City of London’ Effectively Rule America”

Fellowship of the Minds – by Dr. Eowyn

Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) was Senate Majority Leader from 2007 to 2015 — credited with pushing Obamacare into law — and Senate Minority Leader from January 3, 2015 to January 3, 2017, when he retired from the U.S. Senate.

On May 14, 2018, Reid underwent surgery after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.   Continue reading “Harry Reid is dying of pancreatic cancer”

Chron

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has awarded its first contract in a $326 million project to deepen and widen the Corpus Christi Ship Channel.

Officials with the Corps awarded a $92 million contract to Illinois-based Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company, port officials confirmed on Thursday afternoon.   Continue reading “First dredging contract awarded to deepen, widen Corpus Christi Ship Channel”

The Times of Israel – by Ben Sales

JTA — More than 6 percent of the new Congress is Jewish, with 34 Jews among the total of 535 lawmakers in the US House of Representatives and Senate.

Jews make up 2% of the US population, so Congress as a whole is more than thrice as Jewish as the country in general, according to a new study by the Pew Research Center on religion in the new Congress, which was inaugurated Thursday.  Continue reading “Congress is now three times as Jewish as the US is”

Free Speech Front

Saeb Erekat, Palestinian negotiator, says the US has no right to cut aid to the Palestinians “Giving us your money is an international obligation” He says in an interview on Fox News..

He makes it clear they will not return to the negotiating table with Israel.   Continue reading “Palestinian Leader Threatens Trump “If You Cut More Aid, We Will Join ISIS””

Information Clearinghouse – by Alison Weir

The Israel lobby has been busy taking a wide variety of government officials and opinion makers on fully expense paid trips to Israel this month. The trips cost in the range of $10,000 per person.

Six newly elected House members are on a 5-day visit to Israel, a delegation of northern California “progressive leaders” are on a week-long trip, media commentator Tara Setmayer has just returned from such a trip, and a delegation of southern California progressive leaders returned from their trip earlier this month.  Continue reading “AIPAC Takes Newly Elected Congress Members, CNN’s Setmayer on Propaganda Trips to Israel”

USA Today

WASHINGTON – Serious misconduct by senior federal prison officials is “largely tolerated or ignored altogether” as the agency fostered a culture in which some were shielded from discipline or even commended for their service by colleagues, according to a new congressional review.

“For high-ranking officers, bad behavior is ignored or covered up on a regular basis, and certain officials who should be investigated can avoid discipline,” House investigators concluded in a nine-page report for the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.  Continue reading “Congressional report: Misconduct by federal prison leaders ‘ignored’ and ‘covered up’ on a regular basis”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

When it comes to taking advantage of European tax loopholes, Google and its parent company Alphabet may have just superseded Apple in the eyes of EU regulators.

Because in a recent filing, Google disclosed a “totally legal” tax-avoidance scheme involving a soon-to-be-phased-out strategy known as the “Double Irish, Dutch Sandwich.”  Continue reading “Google Moved $23 Billion To Bermuda Tax Haven In 2017”

New York Times – by Natasha Singer

A police officer on the late shift in an Ohio town recently received an unusual call from Facebook.

Earlier that day, a local woman wrote a Facebook post saying she was walking home and intended to kill herself when she got there, according to a police report on the case. Facebook called to warn the Police Department about the suicide threat.   Continue reading “In Screening for Suicide Risk, Facebook Takes On Tricky Public Health Role”

Yahoo News

A high school that requires some students to wear ID badges announcing their failing grades is causing bullying and public ridicule, especially for students with learning disabilities, and has caused the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) to step in.

Mingus Union High School in Cottonwood, Ariz., issues ID badges for all students to hang around their necks — freshmen and sophomores wear red-colored cards and juniors and seniors wear gray, both of which are school colors. “These are standard badges worn by students at schools across the nation issued in large part as identification in the case of a school shooting,” attorney Susan Segal, who is representing the school, tells Yahoo Lifestyle. “At Mingus, older kids are allowed to leave campus for lunch, and their colored badges indicate their grade level to security guards.”    Continue reading “School policy forces kids with bad grades to wear special IDs: ‘Public ridicule,’ says ACLU”