From the Trenches World Report

Real Clear Life

Five Chicago police officers have committed suicide over the past six months; the most recent of which occurred Tuesday.

The Department of Justice released a report in 2017 consistent with this alarming trend, noting that the city’s officer suicide rate was 60% higher than the national law enforcement average, NBC News reported. In response, Chicago police departments are currently working towards instituting new initiatives to help officers who might be considering the same fate.   Continue reading “Recent Cluster of Police Suicides Raises Alarms”

Fox News

A police officer in Utah was shot and killed while trying to apprehend a “dangerous fugitive” on Saturday night, officials said.

Officer Joseph Shinners, 29, of the Provo Police Department, was shot during the incident, Chief Rich Ferguson told reporters at a news conference Sunday afternoon.   Continue reading “Utah police officer shot, killed while attempting to arrest fugitive, officials say”

Fellowship of the Minds – by DCG

In 2018 the city of Portland had more than 9,300 employees. Projections for 2019 go up to over 10,000 employees. As of 2017, Portland had an estimated population of 647,805.

Compare this to other cities:

Seattle: Nearly 10,000 employees with a population of 730,000.
San Francisco: 39,634 employees in 2016 with 884,363 residents as of 2017.
San Diego: As of 2016 they had 11,387 employees with a population of just over 1.4 million.
Fort Worth: 6,195 employees with a population of 874,168.   Continue reading “It pays well to be a public servant: Portland employees’ salaries frozen because they are higher than justified”

The Guardian – by Ian Sample

The US embassy in Havana more than halved its staff in 2017 when diplomats complained of headaches, nausea and other ailments after hearing penetrating noises in their homes and nearby hotels.

The mysterious wave of illness fuelled speculation that the staff had been targeted by an acoustic weapon. It was an explanation that appeared to gain weight when an audio recording of a persistent, high-pitched drone made by US personnel in Cuba was released to the Associated Press.   Continue reading “‘Sonic attack’ on US embassy in Havana could have been crickets, say scientists”

Fox 8 News

MILAN, Mich. – The head of an international child sex ring has been beaten to death in prison.

The Detroit News reported that Christian Maire, 40, of Binghamton, New York, died Wednesday in an attack at Milan federal prison in Michigan.   Continue reading “Head of international child sex ring beaten to death in prison”

The Intercept – by Ryan Grim, Glen Greenwald

WHEN EACH NEW CONGRESS is gaveled into session, the chambers attach symbolic importance to the first piece of legislation to be considered. For that reason, it bears the lofty designation of H.R.1 in the House, and S.1 in the Senate.

In the newly controlled Democratic House, H.R.1 – meant to signal the new majority’s priorities – is an anti-corruption bill that combines election and campaign finance reform, strengthening of voting rights, and matching public funds for small-dollar candidates. In the new 2017 Senate, the GOP-controlled S.1 was a bill, called the “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act,” that, among other provisions, cut various forms of corporate taxes.   Continue reading “U.S. Senate’s First Bill, In Midst Of Shutdown, Is A Bipartisan Defense Of The Israeli Government From Boycotts”

RT

Jurors in Idaho have found a science teacher not guilty of feeding a live puppy to a snapping turtle as students looked on. The incident sparked huge public outcry and spawned a petition to have the teacher fired.

Robert Crosland, the Preston Junior High School teacher, was charged with a misdemeanor and could have faced 6 months in jail and a $5,000 fine for feeding the newly-born puppy to the turtle in full view of the students in March last year.   Continue reading “Teacher who fed puppy to snapping turtle found not guilty of animal cruelty”

AOL

Hundreds of Transportation Security Administration screeners working for free during the government shutdown are calling in sick so they can earn money at jobs that pay, union officials told CNN.

Union representatives reported significant numbers of absences at major airports in New York, Texas and North Carolina.   Continue reading “Hundreds of TSA officers calling in sick so they can work paying jobs, say union officials”

Breitbart – by Michelle Moons

Hispanic December unemployment, at 4.4 percent, hit the lowest point since tracking the measure began in the United States.

Hispanic and Latino employment hit a new record high at 27,701,000 in the month of December, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data released Friday. CNS News reported that Hispanic-Latino demographics were first tracked in 1973 under the BLS. The Hispanic and Latino unemployment rate tied for the lowest rate on record at 4.4 percent, the same seasonally adjusted rate seen in October.   Continue reading “Hispanic Unemployment Lowest on Record”

An old lady offers the bus-driver some peanuts… So, the driver happily munches them.

Every 5 minutes she gives him a handful more peanuts.

Driver: Why don’t you eat them yourself? Continue reading “Peanuts”

Good News About God – by Lorraine Day, M.D.

Ever since the early 1900’s, the Jews in the United States have tried clandestinely to control the immigration policy of this country.  The publicly stated purpose for this control by the Jews was to encourage a multi-ethnic population in the U.S. supposedly to guard against persecution of Jews.   Continue reading “Jews Control U.S. Immigration Policy”

All News Pipeline – by Stefan Stanford

According to this new story over at the Washington Free Beacon which Steve Quayle had linked to on his website on Friday, Russia is deploying long-range, precision cruise missiles to the western Atlantic that American defense officials say will allow Moscow to target Washington and other East Coast cities with conventional or nuclear attacks.   Continue reading “DEFCON Warning System Website Paints Chilling Picture Of Potential Nuclear Crisis In 2019”