From the Trenches World Report

Mail.com

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House said Wednesday that the U.S. military mission in Syria was coming to “a rapid end” but offered no firm timeline for a withdrawal, even as President Donald Trump has insisted it’s time for American troops to return home.

With allies anxious about a hasty U.S. withdrawal, the Trump administration said it would stay in war-torn Syria to finish off the job of defeating the Islamic State group and was committed to eliminating the militants’ “small” presence that “our forces have not already eradicated.”  Continue reading “White House says Syria mission coming to ‘a rapid end’”

Mail.com

HONOLULU (AP) — Are there downsides to a low unemployment rate? In Hawaii, which has the United States’ lowest jobless rate at a minuscule 2.1 percent, the answer is yes. Employers are frustrated by their inability to find workers. And unfilled jobs may be slowing the state’s economic growth.

A low unemployment rate is certainly better than a high one. And many employers are responding to the worker shortage by offering higher pay. Still, Hawaii’s experience serves as a cautionary tale for the nation as a whole: Low unemployment can mask underlying problems. Nationwide, the jobless rate is at a 17-year low of 4.1 percent, and economists forecast it could drop another half-point by next year. That would bring the rate to a half-century low.  Continue reading “Hawaii’s low unemployment rate masks underlying problems”

Theft of Canadian and Albertan resources – sent to Jewish owned refineries in Houston with the finished products exported world wide for exponential profits.

CBC News

The same factors that have inflated the discount paid for Canadian oilsands heavy crude compared with U.S. oil are also driving a substantial rise in the discount for light Canadian oil, according to a report from accounting firm Deloitte published Tuesday.  Continue reading “Canadian light oil prices hit with same discounts afflicting oilsands”

SHTF Plan – by Mac Slavo

The heads of schools from various parts of England and Wales have described differences in the appearance of some of their pupils. Poverty stricken children are “grey and pale” and fill their pockets with food so they can have something to eat.

And the problem is only worsening as government regulations and tax burdens continue to make it hard for everyday people to get by.  According to the BBC, on school head was quoted saying, “My children have grey skin, poor teeth, poor hair; they are thinner.” Lynn, a head teacher from a former industrial town in Cumbria, who did not want to give her full name, was one of a number of head teachers speaking to reporters at the National Education Union conference in Brighton.   Continue reading “England Slides Closer To Communism: Malnourished Children Fill Pockets With Food”

Breitbart – by AWR Hawkins

Piers Morgan used a series of tweets Monday to call for a ban on all semi-automatic guns and stress his conviction that “no civilian needs one.”

His call for a ban on semi-automatic firearms was followed by other tweets in which he told Americans that the Second Amendment was never intended to protect an individual right to keep and bear arms. Rather, it was only intended to protect militias members’ ability to be armed.   Continue reading “Piers Morgan: Ban All Semi-Automatic Guns, ‘No Civilian Needs One’”

Free Thought Project – by Rachel Blevins

The owners of a tactical supply company were violently arrested and then detained for hours with no explanation while their home was raided by a SWAT Team and their assets were seized—but the evidence used against them by police had nothing to do with alleged illegal activities.
Continue reading “Couple Spied On, Raided and Kidnapped by Feds for Peaceful Posts Questioning Gov’t”

True Pundit

Commuters are being evacuated from New York City’s Port Authority, a central and busy terminal for travelers in Manhattan.

NYPD clad in SWAT are securing the terminal, according to folks asked to vacate.

This story is developing.   Continue reading “NYPD in SWAT Gear Evacuate Commuters from NYC Port Authority, Close Surrounding Streets”

The Organic Prepper – by M.K. Matthews

Cue up Marvin Gaye’s iconic hit, “What’s Goin’ On.”

I woke up to find that the tariff situation between China and the US is wreaking havoc on the world markets.  To recap yesterday, the market struggled and yoyo-ed but closed at a very modest increase after the losses of the prior day.  Continue reading “Tariffs, the Stock Market, The World, and How It All Affects YOU”

Gateway Pundit – by Christina Laila

President Trump said Tuesday to press pool reporters he will use the military to guard the border against the caravan of illegal aliens marching their way to the United States from Mexico.

The illegal alien army seems unfazed by Trump’s bold move.   Continue reading “SHOWDOWN=> Defiant Caravan of Illegal Aliens Unfazed by Trump’s Call to Guard Mexican Border With Military – Continue Marching to US”

EPI – by Robert E Scott

Since the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) was signed in 1993, the rise in the U.S. trade deficit with Canada and Mexico through 2002 has caused the displacement of production that supported 879,280 U.S. jobs. Most of those lost jobs were high-wage positions in manufacturing industries. The loss of these jobs is just the most visible tip of NAFTA’s impact on the U.S. economy. In fact, NAFTA has also contributed to rising income inequality, suppressed real wages for production workers, weakened workers’ collective bargaining powers and ability to organize unions, and reduced fringe benefits.
Continue reading “The high price of ‘free’ trade – NAFTA’s failure has cost the United States jobs across the nation”

Breitbart – by Michael Patrick Leahy

Halfway through FY 2018, only 10,548 refugees have been admitted to the United States, according to the State Department website.

If refugee admissions continue at the same pace for the final six months of FY 2018, the total number of refugees resettled in the United States will be just a little more than 21,000 – the lowest level of admissions since the refugee program began in 1980, and less than half of the 45,000 “ceiling” for refugees announced for FY 2018 by President Trump in September.   Continue reading “Halfway Through FY 2018, Only 10,548 Refugees Have Been Admitted to U.S.”

Breitbart – by Neil Munro

The White House confirmed late Tuesday that it will deploy the National Guard to help secure the U.S. border with Mexico.

The statement said:  Continue reading “Trump to Mobilize National Guard to Help Secure the Border”

The New Observer

The invader “caravan” in Mexico—comprised mainly of Hondurans trying to force their way into America—is being stopped and dispersed by Mexican authorities after a series of threats by US president Donald Trump which included the withdrawal of US aid to Honduras, the deployment of the military to the US-Mexico border, and withdrawal from the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).

According to a report on Al Jazeera, the Mexican government has announced it will disperse the invasion caravan. “”They cannot continue travelling illegally. You cannot negotiate with the law,” JO Rodriguez, federal representative in Oaxaca of Mexico’s National Migration Institute, that news outlet.   Continue reading “Invader “Caravan” Being Dispersed by Mexican Authorities after Trump Threats”

Behold, the power of mammon.

LendEdu – by Mike Brown

Just when you think you have enough, you realize you want just a little bit more.

That saying can apply to many of life’s scenarios, especially when talking about money. At one point or another, most people have found themselves in a situation where they needed just a little more money to get what they were dying to have.   Continue reading “What Would You Do For A Raise?”