From the Trenches World Report

PoliZette – by Ramin Oskoui, MD

President Ronald Reagan’s warning to beware of anyone who says, “I’m from the government, and I’m here to help,” is extremely applicable to the latest EpiPen scandals — and the whole problem of drug prices.

Americans pay four to 10 times more for prescription drugs than what citizens of other developed countries pay. It’s true that drug prices must be high enough to pay for research and development, but there is no reason that only American consumers should bear that cost. We effectively subsidize the generous national health systems of Canada and other western countries by allowing them to get away with paying much lower prices that don’t reflect the much greater R&D costs of the drugs they use.   Continue reading “Lesson of EpiPen Scandal: Government Is Not Your Friend”

NPR – by Yuki Noguchi

When I started my career at The Washington Post in the late 1990s, the newsroom wore a dusty, outdated look as if it were paying homage to its legendary past. The Post of today occupies an updated building on D.C.’s renowned K Street, in modern, glass-walled offices with a Silicon Valley aesthetic.

This is the Post after Jeff Bezos, the Amazon CEO and e-commerce visionary, bought it in 2013. Since then, the paper’s business and technology has almost outshone its award-winning journalism.   Continue reading “At ‘Washington Post,’ Tech Is Increasingly Boosting Financial Performance”

Tucson.com – by Carmen Duarte

A Sierra Vista man who worked as a civilian for the Army was sentenced to 25 years in prison Monday for child pornography and other sex crimes.

Ian Joseph Ritzer, 34, also will face a lifetime of supervised release once out of prison.

Ritzer previously pleaded guilty in federal court to two counts of production of child pornography, extortion, and attempted enticement of a minor. Ritzer was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Rosemary Marquez, according to a news release.   Continue reading “Sierra Vista man sentenced to 25 years in prison for child sex crimes”

Tucson.com – by Nick Meyers

Riding in an ambulance can be life-saving, but for a woman rescued Friday in Nogales, being trapped inside a sweltering ambulance compartment almost killed her.

Authorities rescued a 26-year-old Mexican woman identified only as Angeles, who Nogales police said had been locked inside an out-of-service ambulance for nearly two days during an illegal border-crossing attempt.
Continue reading “Nogales police: Migrant survived 40 hours trapped in ambulance compartment”

World Events and the Bible

WEB Notes: Putin has said this many times. But that has not stopped his military from dropping bombs on Syria either has it? He fully understands the US creates and supports the terrorists factions in the middle east. But does nothing to stop it. Why? He is a part of the same agenda, he just has a slightly different angle.

The US is to blame for the rise of Al-Qaeda and its late mastermind Osama bin Laden, which it empowered to fight Soviet troops in Afghanistan, Vladimir Putin told Oliver Stone. Putin also said there is proof the CIA supported terrorists in Russia’s Chechnya.  Continue reading “US Nurtured Al-Qaeda & Supported Terrorists In Chechnya – Putin”

Tenth Amendment Center – by Mike Maharrey

RALEIGH, N.C. (June 12, 2017) – Last week, the North Carolina House passed a “Constitutional Carry” bill that would make it legal for most North Carolinians to carry a firearm without a license, and foster an environment hostile to federal gun control.

A coalition of four Republican representatives introduced House Bill 746 (H746) in April. Under the proposed law, any person who is a citizen of the United States and at least 18 years old would be able to legally carry a handgun, openly or concealed, without a concealed handgun permit in North Carolina unless provided otherwise by State law or by 18 U.S.C. § 922 or any other federal law.   Continue reading “Permission Not Required: North Carolina House Passes “Constitutional Carry” Bill”

World Events and the Bible

WEB Notes: This guy better be careful with his words. The globalists do not like light shining on their agenda. His airplane just might have a “mechanical failure”, where have we seen that before…

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has accused the European Union of favouring terrorists after Brussels protested the terrorism trial of an asylum seeker in Hungary.  Continue reading “Hungarian PM Orbán: ‘The European Union Is On The Side Of Terrorists’”

World Events and the Bible

WEB Notes: FLIP. Trump’s administration is “now” open to the idea of the whole “Dreamer” act you Republican/Conservatives shot Obama down for. The new US administration is seriously considering the idea of amnesty for 1 million illegal immigrants. I heard you all hoot and holler when Obama wanted to do it. Let’s hear you hoot and holler now that a Republican is in office and wants to do it. You realize if you stay silent that is a bit hypocritical. Make a stand and stick with it already. Otherwise you are just wasting air with your banter and playing politics. Our nations is being destroyed and you cannot see it as “your party” stands in office. How disgusting.

The Trump administration last week floated an amnesty idea for potentially 1 million illegal immigrants, looking to find permanent solutions for some of the most sympathetic cases in the long-running immigration debate.   Continue reading “Trump Administration Considering Dream Acts, Amnesty For 1 Million Illegal Immigrants”

Miami Herald – by Katy Bergen

It’s the distance a trained police officer can typically shoot an assailant with accuracy, he says. Next, he points to a door farther down the hallway — a distance still much shorter than the typical hallway at a Shawnee Mission school.

“To expect that I could stop somebody with a pistol from here to there….” He doesn’t finish his sentence.

Douglass cites the rising threat of active shooter situations as the reason why the district’s police department has issued eight semi-automatic rifles to its district resource officers, who have operated separately from municipal police forces since 1972.   Continue reading “School district buys semi-automatic rifles. Some parents are angry and scared”

RT

Administrators in Missouri’s foster care system failed to monitor and oversee the use of psychotropic drugs on foster children, according to a lawsuit filed by two children’s watchdog groups.

The complaint argues the drugs were used often to sedate children to control behavior and left them exposed to risk of side effects, from diabetes to seizures.   Continue reading “‘Chemical straightjackets’: Missouri sued for overmedicating foster kids”

Mail.com

LONDON (AP) — The inflation rate in Britain has risen to its highest level in four years, as the drop in the pound since the Brexit vote pushes up the cost of living. The Office for National Statistics said Tuesday that consumer prices were up 2.9 percent on the year in May, from 2.7 percent in April. That was mainly due to rising prices for recreational and cultural goods and services, such as games, toys and hobbies.

Inflation has been rising steadily in recent months, as the drop in the pound — by as much as a fifth against the dollar since Britain voted in June last year to leave the European Union — makes imports more expensive.   Continue reading “British inflation rate rises to 4-year high as Brexit bites”

Mail.com

BERLIN (AP) — A police officer was shot in the head after a man grabbed her service pistol and opened fire, also injuring two bystanders, in an incident at a Munich subway station early Tuesday morning, police said.

The officer’s injuries were considered life-threatening, while those to the two bystanders shot at the Unterfoehring station were less serious, Munich police spokesman Marcus da Gloria Martins said. The suspect was seriously injured by gunfire, he said.   Continue reading “Police officer, others injured in Munich subway shooting”