From the Trenches World Report

New York Daily News – by James Fanelli

Just twohours before his deadly rampage at Bronx-Lebanon Hospital, shooter Henry Bello ranted to the Daily News in an email — blaming the medical center for ruining his dreams of furthering his career.

“This hospital terminated my road to a licensure to practice medicine,” Bello wrote to The News at 12:46 p.m. on Friday. “First, I was told it was because I always kept to myself. Then it was because of an altercation with a nurse.”   Continue reading “Bronx hospital shooter sent chilling email rant to Daily News two hours before fatal rampage”

The Great Recession

For the first time in US history a handful of US states is teetering on the edge of bankruptcy. Illinois is about to be downgraded to junk bond status, which will turn its financial problems catastrophic overnight. Illinois cannot possibly pay its accumulated debt, its unpaid medicaid expenses and its future retirement obligations, so bankruptcy most certainly will be its only way out.

Main, Connecticut, Kentucky and California are also caught in chronic budget deadlocks that may lead to bankruptcy as a solution for dodging their entitlement obligations. Bear in mind they’re called “entitlements” because it’s money promised to you that you already put in the work to earn. It’s your retirement. Illinois, for example, has over $200 billion in pension obligations that will never be paid … or that will only be paid at a greatly diminished level worked out in bankruptcy court.   Continue reading “The Broken States of the Union”

Fox News

Georgia police arrested three teenagers who allegedly broke into a home and raped a woman near her children.

Francisco Palencia, 17, Josue Ramirez, 19, and a 15-year-old girl who has not been identified were arrested in connection with the horrifying case. The three are facing charges that include kidnapping, rape, cruelty to children, home invasion, aggravated sodomy and aggravated battery.   Continue reading “Georgia police arrest 3 teens who scalded then raped woman near her kids”

LA Times – by Jazmine Ulloa

Sacramento Sheriff Scott Jones asked President Trump’s immigration chief for help fighting California’s so-called “sanctuary state” bill weeks before the two hosted a town hall meeting in March on immigration enforcement that drew hundreds of people and erupted in protests.

In a March 13 email to Thomas D. Homan, acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Jones proposed holding the joint conference, saying the presence of a high-ranking official could make statewide news and change public opinion on Senate Bill 54. The legislation, vehemently opposed by Republican lawmakers and sheriffs including Jones, would prevent police and sheriff’s departments from enforcing federal immigration laws.   Continue reading “Sacramento’s sheriff asked Trump’s immigration chief for help fighting California’s ‘sanctuary state’ bill”

WND – by Garth Kant

WASHINGTON – One of the most bizarre spectacles in Washington is flying almost completely under the radar, even though much of it is playing out in public.

And, it begs one simple question:

Is someone blackmailing one of the top members of Congress in plain sight?

It’s a question that demands to be asked, given the basic known facts.   Continue reading “The biggest scandal you’ve never heard of”

Twitchy – by Sam J

And progressives wonder WHY we fight against socialized medicine so hard in America … when the government controls your care, they control your LIFE.

As Twitchy reported yesterday, the parents of terminally-ill baby Charlie Gard were denied by the European Court of Human Rights to take their son to America for an experimental procedure that could save his life. Doctors at Great Ormond Street Hospital said they wanted the baby to ‘die with dignity’ instead.   Continue reading “Socialized medicine FAIL: Hospital ‘allows’ parents of infant Charlie Gard to spend more time with him”

Jim Fetzer

Anonymous 2

A lawyer named Gugsa Abraham (Abe) Dabela was found in his overturned car on a lonely country road close to his home in small, upscale Redding, CT. The local police, including chief Douglas Fuchs, determined right away that the car had crashed and overturned because Mr. Dabela had been drinking. Dabela was so embarrassed that he shot himself in the back of the head inside the car, they said. A shoe print was found on his back. Perhaps he trampled on himself too?

Attorney Dabela, a bachelor, used to frequent a couple of local establishments where also Redding police and firemen could be found on a regular basis. Were tongues being let loose there? Did Mr. Dabela hear something that he found troubling? [Editor’s note:His background appears impeccable:
Continue reading “Sandy Hook “Collateral Damage”? Lawyer found in overturned car, bullet in head, declared “sucide””

CNN – by Eric Levenson and Samira Said

Removal of the Confederate Memorial in Forest Park began Monday as part of an agreement between St. Louis and the Missouri Civil War Museum.

The copper time capsule was sealed in the center of the very bottom of the monument about a month before it was completed, said Mark Trout, executive director of the Missouri Civil War Museum, who knew about the capsule’s existence from historical documents.   Continue reading “Time capsule found as Confederate monument taken down in St. Louis”

Anti-Media – by Carey Wedler

The Drug Enforcement Agency just admitted that cannabis has never killed anyone. Ever. They also acknowledged that the little green plant, which has been used across civilizations for thousands of years, causes “merriment” and “happiness.” But they still want to keep it illegal.

The new 94-page report released this week is entitled “Drugs of Abuse” and is intended to foster a better understanding of the dangers of drug consumption. “Education plays a critical role in preventing substance abuse,” the document opens. “Drugs of Abuse, A DEA Resource Guide, is designed to be a reliable resource on the most commonly abused and misused drugs in the United States.”   Continue reading “The DEA Just Admitted Weed Has Never Killed Anyone and Causes ‘Happiness’”

NPR – by Amita Kelly

President Trump says he is “sending in Federal help” to Chicago to help curb gun violence.

The president tweeted early Friday that crime in Chicago has reached “epidemic proportions,” referencing the nearly 2,000 shootings in the city so far this year.  Continue reading “Chicago, Feds Create ‘Strike Force’ To Curb Gun Violence”

AOL

North Korea is notorious for its totalitarian regime and human rights violations. Fewer people may realize the secretive country is also sitting on trillions in untapped wealth.

Embedded deep beneath the country’s mountainous zones are some 200 varietiesof minerals, including gold, iron, copper, zinc, magnesite, limestone, tungsten, and graphite, Quartz reports.

Some of these stockpiles are among the largest in the world, and North Korea, a tiny and cash-strapped nation, frequently uses them to bring in additional revenue — no matter the laws against doing so.   Continue reading “North Korea is sitting on a stockpile of minerals worth trillions”