The Federalist Papers – by Calvin Freiburger

Another illustrious media career crashes and burns.

The Wall Street Journal reports that senior Fox Sports executive Jamie Horowitz has been canned over allegations of sexual harassment.

“Everyone at FOX Sports, no matter what role we play, or what business, function or show we contribute to—should act with respect and adhere to professional conduct at all times. These values are nonnegotiable,” Fox Sports President Eric Shanks wrote in a staff memo announcing Horowitz’s removal as Fox Sports National Networks president.   Continue reading “Another Fox Executive FIRED Over Sex Charges”

Chicago Sun Times

An FBI SUV containing several firearms and tactical gear was found Monday evening, hours after it was stolen on the Near West Side, authorities said.

The 2014 Chevrolet Equinox was found at 7:21 p.m. in the 900 block S. Leavitt, about two blocks away from the FBI offices, according to Chicago Police.   Continue reading “Stolen FBI vehicle containing several firearms found on Near West Side”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

President Donald Trump’s penchant for occasionally saying things that are demonstrably untrue has eroded trust in the president, according to a poll conducted by Marist College for National Public Radio, which showed that only 37% of Americans trust the Trump administration.

But here’s the thing: Americans trust Congress and the news media even less than they trust Trump. According to the polls, only 30% of adults said they trust the media either “a good amount” or “a great deal.”
Continue reading “In America, Nobody Trusts Anything Anymore”

The Oregonian – by Douglas Perry

There is no more terrifying bogeyman in all of Portland.

The beast steals our jobs and our self-respect. It keeps us from buying homes.

It is The Californian.   Continue reading “‘Go back to California!’ graffiti on car, house stuns new arrivals, highlights old tensions in Portland”

The Oregonian – by Everton Bailey Jr. and Olivia Dimmer

As Christopher Neal watched planes fly in and out of the Hillsboro Airport with his wife and young son, a stranger in a gray hoodie caught their eye.

With his hood up and hands in his pockets, the man walked from across Northwest Cornell Road toward a barbed-wire fence leading to airport property, Neal said. The man briefly looked at the family, then back toward the fence.   Continue reading “Police kill gunman who tried to hijack helicopter at Hillsboro Airport”

East Oregon – by Steve Tool

A Wallowa County cattle rancher shot and presumably seriously wounded or killed a wolf June 25 in the act of chasing livestock. It is the first incident of its kind in Wallowa County and the second in Oregon.

The rancher and his wife, who chose to remain anonymous, said they had suffered numerous instances of wolves harassing their cattle. The couple saw a wolf chasing a herd of cows on June 25 on a public land allotment in the Wallowa Mountains.   Continue reading “Wallowa, Oregon rancher shoots wolf as it attacks cattle”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

At least nine people have been injured – several seriously – after a car crashed into a crowd of people in East Boston, with the Boston Globe reporting that according to State Police a car has driven into a group of pedestrians in East Boston.    Continue reading “Multiple Injuries Reported After Car Crashes Into Crowd In East Boston”

Concealed Nation – by Brandon Curtis

SPANAWAY, WASHINGTON — A convenience store owner was sentenced to 8 years in prison for shooting and killing a fleeing thief.

That man, Min Kim, told the judge that he accepted responsibility for what he did.

In March of 2016, suspect Jakeel Mason was shoplifting at Kim’s store and when he was trying to flee, he was shot in the back by Kim.   Continue reading “Man Receives 8 Year Prison Sentence After Shooting And Killing Thief”

Breitbart – by Lucas Nolan

An aspiring YouTube star has killed her boyfriend after shooting him in a video blog gone wrong.

Monalisa Perez, a 19-year od aspiring YouTube star from Minnesota, has been arrested after shooting her boyfriend, Pedro Ruiz III in a YouTube stunt gone wrong. In the planned stunt, Ruiz held a hardcover encyclopedia in front of his chest while Perez leveled a .50 caliber gold-plated Desert Eagle pistol at him and pulled the trigger, believing that the encyclopedia would stop the bullet. Of course, the hardcover book did not provide protection, and Ruiz was killed.   Continue reading “YouTuber Shoots Boyfriend in Video Stunt Gone Wrong”

The Daily Caller – by Amber Randall

Chicago saw approximately 52 people shot over the Fourth of July weekend, a slight decrease from last year’s numbers.

Of the 52 people shot over Independence Day weekend, about six people died from their wounds, reports the Chicago Tribune.   Continue reading “Chicago Ends July 4th Weekend With Over 50 People Shot”

Yahoo News

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – A tower of human skulls unearthed beneath the heart of Mexico City has raised new questions about the culture of sacrifice in the Aztec Empire after crania of women and children surfaced among the hundreds embedded in the forbidding structure.

Archaeologists have found more than 650 skulls caked in lime and thousands of fragments in the cylindrical edifice near the site of the Templo Mayor, one of the main temples in the Aztec capital Tenochtitlan, which later became Mexico City.   Continue reading “Tower of human skulls in Mexico casts new light on Aztecs”

USA Today

ASBURY PARK, N.J. — The social media comments on Facebook and other sites were raw, hateful.

The outpouring of invectives was sparked by the arrest last week of 14 residents of Lakewood, N.J., including the rabbi of a congregation, on public assistance fraud charges. The early morning raids ignited a firestorm of anti-Semitism against a municipality of 100,000 that has a majority of Orthodox Jewish residents.

“The allegations and the charges levied against (the defendants) have nothing to do with their religion,” said Joshua Cohen, regional director of the Anti-Defamation League, New Jersey Region. “That’s why we’re deeply concerned when we see comments online, whether it’s on newspaper websites or social media, that are anti-Semitic.”   Continue reading “New Jersey welfare fraud arrests spark anti-Semitic sentiment”

Yahoo News

FRANKFURT (Reuters) – German discount grocery chain Aldi North is planning to spend more than 5 billion euros ($5.71 billion) to revamp its stores around the world, which would be its biggest investment project ever, German weekly Bild am Sonntag reported, citing company sources.

Aldi and its German discounter rival Lidl have become giants in European retail, upending Britain’s grocery retail market, and are challenging U.S. retailers as well.   Continue reading “Germany’s Aldi to invest 5 billion euros in stores: Bild am Sonntag”

Chicago Sun Times – by Sam Charles

As the deadline to pass a budget before another credit downgrade approached, a federal judge ordered the State of Illinois to make more than $500 million each month in Medicaid payments.

U.S. District Judge Joan Lefkow ordered the state to pay $586 million a month for Medicaid vouchers that come in after June 30. On top of that, Lefkow ordered the state to pay another $2 billion toward the more than $3 billion Illinois owes to managed care organizations, which process payments to Medicaid providers, according to court records.  Continue reading “Federal judge orders state to pay $586 million per month for Medicaid”

The Organic Prepper

The state of Illinois is in big trouble. In fact, they’re facing an economic collapse. Some pundits are calling them “The Venezuela of the United States.”

They owe $14,711,351,943.90 in overdue bills. This does not count their day-to-day operating expenses – this is money that should have already been paid out, but wasn’t. Nearly 15 BILLION DOLLARS.   Continue reading “7 Fast Facts About the Economic Collapse of Illinois”

Investment Watch

Is the health insurance business a racket? Yes, literally. And this is why the shameless pandering to robber baron corporations posing as “health providers” is such an egregious … and obvious … tactic to do nothing more than plump up insurance company profits.

And do you know who’s to blame?   Believe it or not, the downfall of the American health insurance system falls squarely on the shoulders of former President Richard M. Nixon.
Continue reading “Did you know that before 1973 it was illegal in the US to profit off of health care. The Health Maintenance Organization Act of 1973 passed by Nixon changed everything.”

Fellow Trenchers~Have a safe Independence Day.

Ours marks 15 years since our 34 year old son drowned in the Big Piney River here in Missouri on the 4th, 2002, after a family canoe float trip, just off the shore from where I’m standing.

His 2 sons, 6 and 4 at the time, were floating on their backs, with life jackets on, and got a little further out in the current, and couldn’t touch bottom when they stood up. They called for our son to come and get them, and as he ran along the shore, someone at the resort offered him a life jacket, which he refused saying he was a good swimmer. Had he taken that life jacket, we would not have gone through the past 15 years of grief, and his sons would have had their Dad to watch them grow up.   Continue reading “Have a safe Independence Day”