From the Trenches World Report

Criminal Government – by John E. Trumane

As the story goes, there is a painting somewhere in the vast hallways of the Smithsonian museum which shows British soldiers boarding a sailing ship, muskets in hand. The ship is in an American port, and the soldiers are returning home after the War of 1812.

There is a problem with this picture which may not be immediately apparent to the casual viewer. Our history books tell us that the British lost that war. History should also tell us that the winners in a war usually (but not always) take the guns away from the other side. So, why were these British soldiers boarding their warship, guns in hand?   Continue reading “Attorneys, as Esquires, are not Citizens of the United States of America”

Criminal Government

In 1917, under President Woodrow Wilson, the U.S. Congress passed legislation titled Trading With the Enemy Act.  The objective was to stop any American from trading with our enemies and the allies of our enemies, during  World War I.

Sec. 2(c) of the act defined “enemy” as foreigners and countries who were at war with the United States.  It specifically excluded American citizens as enemies.  Sec. 5(b) specifically excluded transactions of the American people.    Continue reading “Trading With the Enemy Act”

Natural News – by Amy Goodrich

As we are nearing the end of the year, the flu and cold season is kicking into high gear. While it isn’t the cold weather itself that makes you sick – you can get a cold year-round – most people tend to get sick during the winter months.

Most germs that cause the common cold spread more quickly in cold, dry air. Furthermore, during the winter months, people spend more time indoors and closer to each other, which makes it easier for the bacteria and viruses to spread.   Continue reading “Fight your sickness by making your own DIY all-natural cough syrup”

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MINNEAPOLIS, Kan. Newly-released body-camera video captures the scene from March in which a deputy with the Ottawa County Sheriff’s Office tased a 91-year-old man with Alzheimer’s at a Minneapolis nursing home because the man wouldn’t get in a car to go to the doctor.

We first told you about the incident after it happened in March. The Ottawa County Sheriff’s Office has had it under investigation.   Continue reading “Video shows deputy use taser on man at nursing home”

Public Integrity – by Michael Beckel

Donald Trump routinely blasts his political foes for “pay-to-play” politics and “crony capitalism and corruption.”

But Trump is now rewarding some of his biggest campaign bankrollers with unparalleled access, influence, prestige and power in his presidential administration-in-waiting, according to a Center for Public Integrity analysis of new campaign finance disclosures filed with the Federal Election Commission.   Continue reading “Donald Trump rewarding million-dollar donors with plum postings”

Reuters

The storm over legislation seen as targeting transgender people is set to intensify in 2017 with several U.S. states proposing measures similar to a bathroom restriction statute in North Carolina that has prompted protests, lawsuits and economic boycotts.

Four states have legislation limiting transgender bathroom rights that will be on the agenda when lawmakers convene next year, and Republican leaders in other states have said more such bills will be filed soon.   Continue reading “Bathroom law battles loom in more states after North Carolina controversy”

What, no synagogues?

MSN

The Islamic State is urging its followers to attack U.S. churches and has published names and addresses of thousands of prospective targets, according to a report in the news website Vocativ.

Messages posted in Arabic to the group’s “Secrets of Jihadis” social media site called “for bloody celebrations in the Christian New Year.” The post, under the name Abu Marya al-Iraqi, said the Islamic State, also known as ISIL, hopes to tap lone wolf attackers to “turn the Christian New Year into a bloody horror movie,” Vocativ reports.   Continue reading “ISIL issues hit list of U.S. churches for holiday attacks”

Tenth Amendment Center – by Mike Maharrey

AUSTIN, Texas (Dec. 21, 2016) – A bill prefiled in the Texas Senate for the 2017 legislative session would reform the state’s asset forfeiture laws to prohibit the state from taking property without a criminal conviction in most cases. The legislation also takes on federal forfeiture programs by banning prosecutors from circumventing state laws by passing cases off to the feds in most situations.   Continue reading “Texas Bill Takes On “Policing For Profit” Via Asset Forfeiture, Closes Federal Loophole”

Free Thought Project – by John Vibes

New York, NY – Brooklyn resident Raven Garcia is filing a lawsuit against the NYPD after the police entered her house without a warrant, shot her dog and then ransacked her home in an attempt to find evidence to justify their intrusion. Police were called to Garcia’s house over an unpaid cab fee, but they had no warrant or justification to enter her home without permission.   Continue reading “Cops Shoot Woman’s Dog Then Warrantlessly Ransack Her Home to Justify It”

Global Research

Of potential significance to the US Election process, Israeli news Ynet reports in an article entitled “Israeli Mossad Chief And Security Delegation Meet With Trump Team” that the Director of the Mossad, Yossi Cohen, (image left) “clandestinely visited the United States to meet with President-elect Donald Trump’s staff and brief them on pressing security matters including the Iranian nuclear deal, the Syrian civil war, terror threats and the Palestinian issue.”

Of significance, this was an initiative of Prime Minister Netanyahu. The Obama administration was not consulted or informed:   Continue reading “Israel’s Mossad Chief Meets with Donald Trump Staff in “Secret Meeting””

RT

Amid skyrocketing food prices and inflation ahead of Christmas, Nigerian authorities have intercepted a shipment of some 2.5 tons of fake rice, supposedly from China. Health warnings have been issued and an arrest made.

The 102 bags of fake rice, weighing 25kg (a little over 50lb) each and labeled ‘Best Tomato Rice’, are thought by customs officers to have been smuggled in through the port in Lagos, according to AFP. The port city is the country’s main commercial hub.   Continue reading “2.5 tons of fake plastic rice seized in Nigeria”

ABC News

The Obama administration said Thursday it is officially scrapping a post-9/11 requirement for immigrant men from predominantly Muslim countries to register with the federal government. The U.S. hasn’t used the program since 2011, but a top immigration adviser to President-elect Donald Trump has spoken of renewing it.

The decision to end the National Security Entry-Exit Registration System, or NSEERs, comes amid growing international terror fears and Trump’s suggestions that he could ban Muslim immigrants from the United States. After a truck attack killed 12 in a Christmas market in Berlin this week, Trump told reporters, “You know my plans.”   Continue reading “Obama Dumps Registry for Some Immigrant Men, Mostly Muslims”

Yahoo News

Shanghai (AFP) – A Chinese auto glass tycoon has caused a stir by shifting part of his empire to the United States and setting up a factory in Ohio, citing high taxes and soaring labour costs at home.

Cao Dewang’s $600-million investment comes after Donald Trump threatened to declare Beijing a currency manipulator and slap 45 percent punitive tariffs on Chinese imports to protect American jobs.   Continue reading “China tycoon moves jobs to US, citing high taxes at home”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

In a curious convergence of superpower opinions, earlier on Thursday, Russian President Vladimir Putin called for the country to reinforce its military nuclear potential. In a speech that recapped military activities in 2016, Putin said the army’s preparedness has “considerably increased” and called for continued improvement that would ensure it can “neutralise any military threat”.   Continue reading “Trump Calls For Expansion Of US Nuclear Capability, Hours After Putin Urges Russia To Do The Same”

Breitbart – by Warner Todd Huston

Council for convicted killer and former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez now claims that the Russians hacked his jailhouse phone calls, and may want the evidence thrown out of court over a violation of client-attorney privileges.

Hernandez attorney George Leontire insisted this week that maybe the Russians released the contents of the Hernandez phone calls in an effort to damage his defense against murder charges, according to a report by NECN.   Continue reading “Convicted Murderer and Former Patriots Star Aaron Hernandez Says Russians Hacked His Jailhouse Phone Calls”