From the Trenches World Report

Daily Mail

Pope Francis has called for ‘urgent intervention’ to welcome and protect minors traveling on their own from Central and South America to the United States in increasing numbers.

The pontiff said today that such measures should include an information campaign on the dangers of the journey.

He called on the international community to rise to the challenge and adopt ‘new forms of legal and safe migration.’   Continue reading “Pope Francis seeks ‘urgent intervention’ and protection of young US-bound migrants from Central and South America”

RT

First Israeli citizen has been killed by a rocket from Gaza since the IDF began its Operation Protective Edge on July 7. A civilian in his 30s was critically injured at the Erez crossing on the Gaza border and died later of wounds.

The first Israeli victim of the week-long conflict was a volunteer delivering supplies to Israeli soldiers deployed at the border with the Gaze Strip, police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said as cited by AP.   Continue reading “First fatality in Israel as Hamas unleashes barrage of rockets across Gaza border”

SRSrocco Report

In the first four months of the year, the U.S. exported more gold to Hong Kong than it produced from its domestic mining industry.  Actually, gold shipments to Hong Kong were 29% higher than total mine supply from Jan-Apr.  That’s a pretty big deal when we consider U.S. gold production ranks third in the world.

In order to cut costs, many gold producers resorted to “high-grading” their mines.  This has a benefit of increased profit margins at the expense of lower production.  If we look at the chart below, we can see that U.S. gold production declined 5% in the first four months of the year from 72.7 metric tons (mt) in 2013, to 69.1 mt this year.   Continue reading “U.S. Exports More Gold To Hong Kong Than It Produces From Its Mines”

Watchdog – by Jon Cassidy

HOUSTON – The Texas Department of Public Safety has quietly embarked on a project totake the fingerprints of every Texan old enough to drive over the next 12 years, and add them to a statewide criminal history database.

Not only has the department made that momentous decision on its own, it doesn’t even have clear legal authority to do so.

The credit for breaking the news on those two items goes to consumer affairs columnist Dave Lieber of the Dallas Morning News, whose long-running “Watchdog” column often shows up in my Google Alerts, for obvious reasons.   Continue reading “State police now fingerprinting every Texan”

SHTF Plan – by Mac Slavo

As the Department of Homeland Security and The Department of Health and Human Services scrambled to find food, medical care and shelter for up to 60,000 illegal immigrants making their way into the United States over the last several months, they came up with the idea of shipping thousands of undocumented migrants to detention centers in Murrieta, California.

Americans showed up in droves to protest the proposed drop-offs. So much so that the gatherings made national news. Swarms of Americans, many of whom hailed from foreign countries themselves, stood in the middle of the road blocking scores of buses as they attempted to reach their destinations at makeshift refugee camps set up by DHS and HHS.   Continue reading “Murrieta Mutiny: Border Patrol “Will Not Obey Unlawful Orders” From Homeland Security and White House”

CNS News – by Brittany M. Hughes

Of the $3.7 billion in emergency funds President Obama requested of Congress last week to deal with the mounting immigration crisis at the southern U.S. border, $1.8 billion is earmarked for housing and medical services for illegal aliens.

That amount is more than four times the $433 million carved out for U.S. Border Patrol to help strengthen border security.   Continue reading “Obama’s Request: 4 Times As Much to House Illegals as to Secure Border”

Huffington Post – by Igor Bobic

Jose Antonio Vargas, the nation’s most prominent undocumented immigrant, was released from U.S. Border Patrol custody on Tuesday. He had been detained for several hours after attempting to board a flight in the small border town of McAllen, Texas.

“I’ve been released by Border Patrol. I want to thank everyone who stands by me and the undocumented immigrants of south Texas and across the country,” he said in a statement. “Our daily lives are filled with fear in simple acts such as getting on an airplane to go home to our family. With Congress failing to act on immigration reform, and President Obama weighing his options on executive action, the critical question remains: how do we define American?”   Continue reading “Jose Antonio Vargas Released From Border Patrol Custody”

Yahoo News – by Jim Gomez

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A typhoon slammed into the northeastern Philippines late Tuesday night, flooding low-lying villages, ripping off roofs and knocking down trees and electric posts in a disaster-prone region where tens of thousands of people fled to safety ahead of the deluge.

Damage from Typhoon Rammasun could not be assessed until daybreak, especially in areas that lost power while being pummeled by the wind and rain. No casualties were immediately reported, though three fishermen were missing in Catanduanes province.   Continue reading “Typhoon slams into Philippines; thousands evacuate”

Press TV

A large number of Muslims instead participated in a protest outside the White House against US government policies, according to reports published in US media.

The Iftar is when Muslims break their fast during Ramadan and it’s the meal they enjoy after sunset every day during the holy month.   Continue reading “Muslim American groups boycott White House Ramadan dinner”

NTEB

When I was a kid, I loved to read the Archie comics with it’s sweet take on life in the bucolic hamlet of Riverdale. It was nice, normal, and accurately reflected the world that my 14 year old mind saw around me. Now flash-forward to Life With Archie in 2014, and things have radically changed. The Archie comic has become an organ of the LGBT Mafia and Liberal Left, pushing it’s agenda of queer marriage, global warming and gun control. Archie will give his life and take a bullet for for queer friend, US Senator Kevin Keller.   Continue reading “Life with Archie Comic Finale Pushes Hardcore LGBT Agenda, Gay Marriage and Gun Control”

RT

The group of emerging economies signed the long-anticipated document to create the $100 bn BRICS Development Bank and a reserve currency pool worth over another $100 bn. Both will counter the influence of Western-based lending institutions and the dollar.

The new bank will provide money for infrastructure and development projects in BRICS countries, and unlike the IMF or World Bank, each nation has equal say, regardless of GDP size.   Continue reading “BRICS establish $100bn bank and currency reserves to cut out Western dominance”

Chron – by Heather Alexander

A Houston-area teenager is facing a terrorist charge after allegedly posting Facebook messages threatening to kill people in Splendora, officials said this weekend.

A citywide alert was issued Saturday after police picked up the anonymous messages.  One example released to the public by district attorneys read, “I’m going to kill everybody in Splendora on July 13th.”

Several threats were sent out, according to constables at Montgomery County Precinct 4, which led the investigation.     Continue reading “Houston area teen faces terror charge over Facebook death threats”

Ol’ Remus and the Woodpile

Imagine everything familiar collapsing like an accordion in the time between your morning coffee and your first midday yawn. It may happen just that way. In fact, it’s difficult to see how it can happen any other way.

Back in 2001, the Argentine economy all but collapsed. In a matter of days, the country went from mild recession to full-blown economic crisis. The currency went into freefall. Police were out in the streets shooting protestors. Unemployment and crime rates soared overnight. And the nation defaulted on its debt.
Simon Black at sovereignman.com, July 10, 2014

Continue reading “Are we there yet?”

Huffington Post – by Andy Campbell

At least 35 Disney employees in and around Florida have been arrested and accused of sex crimes involving children since 2006, CNN reports as part of a six-month investigation. So far, 32 of those cases have resulted in convictions.

“Wherever you find children, you’ll find sexual predators that want to be there,” said Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd. The report reveals an urgent problem plaguing our theme parks.   Continue reading “35 Disney Employees Arrested On Child Sex Charges In Less Than 10 Years”

New York Observer – by Vinnie Mancuso

Like most things in life, viral marketing goes through its fads and its trends every couple of months, depending on what advertisers think is cool. As for the latest trend, there is some good news and some bad news.

The good news: the most popular trend in viral marketing is no longer “scaring the shit out of people.” You can walk safely down the street without worrying about being attacked by zombies, or a grizzly bear, or lifestyle terrorists, or even a possessed demon baby.   Continue reading “Naked People are the New Zombies: Nudity, the Latest Viral Marketing Trend”

Reuters

A city in China‘s violence-prone far western region of Xinjiang has banned matches and destroyed more than 20,000 boxes of them as part of efforts to fight terror attacks, a state-run newspaper said.

Fukang, which sits near regional capital Urumqi, decided to remove all matches from circulation to ensure they are not used by “terrorist groups or individual extremists to carry out criminal activities”, the People’s Daily said on its website.   Continue reading “Chinese City Bans, Destroys Matches to Fight Terror”

Yahoo News – by Brett LoGiurato and Hunter Walker

Activists who were working with immigration reform advocate Jose Antonio Vargas near the U.S.-Mexico border in Texas released a statement Tuesday saying he was arrested while attempting to pass through security at McAllen-Miller International Airport.

“Jose Antonio Vargas of Define American, has been detained by Border Patrol in McAllen after attempting to board a plane to Los Angeles,” the immigrant youth-led organization United We Dream said in a statement on its website.    Continue reading “REPORT: America’s most famous undocumented immigrant has been taken into custody at Texas airport”