From the Trenches World Report

Daily Mail

The Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia has boasted that he had the backing of President Donald Trump for his November ‘coup,’ a source in the country has told DailyMail.com.

Prince Mohammed bin Salman, now the de facto ruler of Saudi Arabia, told his close aides that Trump had given his explicit support for a power grab, which involved the arrests of 11 princes and hundreds of officials and businessmen in midnight raids across the kingdom.   Continue reading “Saudi Arabia crown prince boasts he has Trump’s backing”

Daily Mail

A mother-of-three marathon runner died of flu just 48 hours after falling ill.

Katie Oxley Thomas, 40, of San Jose, California, was a yoga enthusiast and runner before she died earlier this month.

Her family told ABC 7 she was taken to the emergency room at Good Samaritan Hospital and her condition declined so quickly that she was moved to intensive care, placed on life support and died that same day – all in the span of 15 hours.     Continue reading “California marathon runner dies from flu”

Reddit – by marywasalizard

I’m going to view the following government activities as a good thing to protect us.

What if, a very big if, there was an asteroid or huge chunk of space rock flying our way and the governments of the world had to launch missiles into space to destroy it before it hit Earth?   Continue reading “Hawaii, Japan, Michigan, a failed Spacex launch and a mysterious Spacex launch – A theory that ties them together.”

Breitbart – by Neil Munro

DACA-aged illegals commit crimes at twice the rate of young Americans, says a comprehensive summary of crimes and convictions in Arizona during the past 32 years.

The report punctures claims by pro-amnesty advocates that young ‘dreamer’ illegals are vital to U.S. industry and civic life, and indicate that any amnesty will ensure that many more crimes — including murders and rapes — will be inflicted against Americans and legal immigrants, including Hispanics and blacks.     Continue reading “Report: ‘Dreamer’-age Illegals Have Crime Rate Double Young Americans”

Yahoo News

Why should women get to wear all the pretty dresses? Why can’t men also flounce about in the feathers, lace or fine embroidery if they fancy? These are the questions being posed by the daring young Spanish label, Palomo Spain, whose flamboyant show kicked off the Paris men’s fashion week late Tuesday.

Designer Alejandro Gomez Palomo told AFP he wants nothing less than to “liberate” men from the straitjacket of convention.   Continue reading “Pretty dresses are no longer just for women”

The Organic Prepper

Did you ever wonder about the differences in how people behave in a crisis? Why some people survive and some people die? Are there characteristics that we can nurture now in good times that could help see us through bad times?

I’d talked with Selco previously about who lives and who doesn’t in a long-term emergency, and a great determiner is a flexible mindset. In this interview, we go deeper into who can withstand the stress of an SHTF event and who crumbles.    Continue reading “Selco: Who Survives and Who Dies When the SHTF?”

Washington Examiner – by Susan Ferrechio

The Senate just barely advanced legislation on Tuesday to reauthorize a key counterterrorism surveillance tool after several Republicans and Democrats demanded more privacy protections for U.S. citizens.

The bill, a six-year reauthorization of the Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, passed the House last week, but it was less clear whether the Senate would agree to end debate on the bill on Tuesday.   Continue reading “FISA surveillance bill barely advances in close Senate vote”

Judicial Watch

Even those who follow government closely may not know that the United States has a National Mango Board with a multi-million-dollar budget to help increase consumption of the juicy tropical fruit. This is a serious matter that is handled at the presidential cabinet level. The Mango board is a type of panel that was authorized by Congress decades ago and has 18 members who are appointed by the secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). It operates under a USDA oversight body known as the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS).   Continue reading “U.S. Has a National Mango Board With a $6.7 Million Budget”

Mises Institute – by Judge Andrew P. Napolitano

Hidden beneath the controversy stirred up last week by the publication of a book called “Fire and Fury,” a highly critical insider’s view of the Trump White House that the president has not only denounced on national television but also tried to prevent from being published and distributed, are the efforts of the Trump administration and congressional leadership to bypass the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution.

Here is the back story.
Continue reading “Congress Plotting to Cut a Hole in the 4th Amendment, Again”

New York Daily News

Prosecutors are investigating whether cops in a Bronx precinct that has been praised for its surge in gun arrests broke the law to make some of those busts, the Daily News has learned.

The months-long probe by the Bronx district attorney’s office has led to some gun cases being shot to bits.

Some cops could be indicted for perjury and official misconduct, police sources said. The NYPD may transfer others or bring them up on departmental charges, the sources said.  Continue reading “Bronx DA eyes illegal tricks behind cops’ surging gun arrests”

KXAN News

LLANO, Texas (KXAN) – Four people in the Llano Police Department, including Police Chief Kevin Ratliff, are now on paid suspension, said Llano County District Attorney Sonny McAfee.

The chief and two police officers – Patrol Officer Aimee Shannon and Sergeant Jared Latta — were placed on suspension on Friday as part of an ongoing investigation.

The DA said his office and the Texas Rangers are conducting the investigation. McAfee did not say what they are investigating.   Continue reading “Half of Llano Police Dept. including chief placed on paid suspension”

The Oregonian – by Maxine Bernstein

A half-inch piece of metal lodged in the shoulder of Oregon refuge occupier Ryan Bundy could become central to the federal government’s prosecution of an FBI agent accused of lying about firing two shots as police tried to arrest the 2016 takeover’s leaders.

When Bundy was arrested along U.S. 395, emergency medics found him bleeding and wrapped his wound in a dressing.

He was taken to Harney District Hospital, where an X-ray revealed a metal fragment next to his right shoulder bone, presumably from a gunshot.   Continue reading “Ryan Bundy’s new bargaining chip: his shoulder shrapnel”

Daily Mail

Experts have revealed the myriad ways that your car can spy on your personal habits.

Automakers track your vehicle’s location, how fast you drive, what entertainment you listen to, through internet-connected systems in modern cars.

Newer cars can even record a driver’s eye movements, the weight of people in the front seats, the weather on your street, and where you prefer to eat.   Continue reading “How your car is SPYING on you: Experts reveal how automakers can track everything from your weight to the food you eat using in-built sensors”

Have you ever wondered what the difference is between Grandmothers and Grandfathers? Well, here it is:

There was this loving grandfather who always made a special effort to spend time with his son’s family on weekends. Every Saturday morning he would take his 5-year-old granddaughter out for a drive in the car for some quality time — pancakes, ice cream, candy– just him and his granddaughter.   Continue reading “The difference between Grandmothers and Grandfathers”

Life News – by Wesley Smith

Switzerland has followed New Zealand and a few other localities to outlaw boiling live lobsters. It also requires them to be shipped in salt water. Supporters claim that lobsters can feel pain, a dubious prospect, given that they don’t have brains to process stimuli.

But never mind. The Swiss epitomize the world we are creating once we reject human exceptionalism and/or elevate eliminating – as opposed to mitigating — suffering to top societal priority. That can drive policy into surreal regions of misplaced priorities. Consider:   Continue reading “Switzerland Outlaws Boiling Lobsters Because They Feel Pain”