From the Trenches World Report

New York Times – by JESSICA SILVER-GREENBERG and MICHAEL CORKERY

In her early college years, when Charlette Williams started routinely mismanaging her finances and pushing her checking account balance into the red, she never thought the mistakes would haunt her five years later, she said. Now, she is paying a steep price.

Ms. Williams, a 25-year-old resident of Queens, is one of more than a million Americans who have been effectively blacklisted from the mainstream financial system because they overdrew their accounts or bounced a check — mistakes that routinely bedevil young and low-income consumers, financial counselors say. While Ms. Williams paid back Bank of America the roughly $700 that she owed, a record of her youthful transgressions remains in a vast private database, preventing her from opening a new account.   Continue reading “Over a Million People Have Been ‘Black-Listed” by Banks”

SF Gate – by Sadie Gurman

DENVER (AP) — A federal judge has asked the U.S. attorney’s office to investigate whether Denver police officers broke the law when they spoke with a key witness in a federal civil rights lawsuit, the latest in a series of high-profile misconduct allegations against Denver police and sheriff’s deputies.

Judge John Kane also wants an investigation into patterns and practices of the police and sheriff’s departments. Court documents released Tuesday confirmed his request, first made during a Friday hearing in a lawsuit filed by Jamal Hunter.   Continue reading “Judge wants probe of Denver police conduct in case”

Times of Israel – by Jessica Steinberg

It’s pretty natural to do a double-take when talking to Mark Okoth Obama Ndesandjo, Jewish half-brother of US President Barack Obama. Even speaking on the phone from China, Ndesandjo’s deep tones and Midwestern twang are startlingly similar to those of the president.

That’s a familiarity and connection that Obama Ndesandjo is counting on as he makes his way around the newspaper and television circuit, publicizing his self-published book, “Cultures: My Odyssey of Self-Discovery,” which deals in large part with his family and his presidential brother. Part of the book proceeds will be dedicated to his foundation, The Mark Obama Ndesandjo Foundation, whose goal is to promote cultural exchange between Asia, Africa and America, with a focus on young and disadvantaged children.   Continue reading “No, we’re not a normal family, says Obama’s Jewish half-brother Read more: No, we’re not a normal family, says Obama’s Jewish half-brother”

Breitbart – by Tony Lee

President Barack Obama’s administration is knowingly allowing illegal immigrant gangsters from Mexico and Central America into the United States, and some are even being reunited with their family members.

The gang members reportedly belong to some of the most dangerous gangs in Central America and Mexico, like MS-13, but Border Patrol agents are handcuffed, especially if the illegal immigrants are deemed to be “minors.”   Continue reading “Report: Obama Admin Knowingly Letting Illegal Immigrant Gang Members into US”

Globe and Mail- by Tom Odula

Dozens of extremists attacked a Kenyan coastal town for hours, killing those who couldn’t answer questions about Islam and those who didn’t know the Somali language, officials and witnesses said Monday. At least 48 people were killed and two hotels were set on fire.

The assault in Mpeketoni began Sunday night as residents watched World Cup matches on TV and lasted until early Monday, with little resistance put up by Kenya’s security forces. Cars and buildings still smouldered at daybreak.   Continue reading “Militants attack Kenya town, target Christians, kill at least 48”

Newsmax – by Sandy Fitzgerald

Arizona officials are threatening to file legal action against the Obama administration if it does not stop moving undocumented immigrants from Texas into their state.

Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne, in a cease-and-desist letter to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said he’d allow a reasonable amount of time for the migrations to stop, but if they don’t, he’ll work with other state agencies to sue the federal government. Continue reading “Arizona AG Horne: We’ll Take Legal Action Against US Over Immigrants”

Washington’s Blog

Why Jesus Was Killed

Preface: If you are an atheist and believe that religion is crazy, please remember that some 85% of the American population identifies itself as Christian and millions more identify themselves as Jewish. Very few Americans are atheists … and the majority don’t trust atheists. Therefore, knowing a few bible verses might be helpful for atheists speaking to people of faith.

Reverend Howard Bess notes:   Continue reading “Why Jesus Was REALLY Killed: Challenging the Money Changers”

Forbes – by Gordon G. Chang

The George H. W. Bush and two escorts have just transited the Strait of Hormuz and are in position in the Persian Gulf.  The U.S. Navy’s newest aircraft carrier is now “ready for tasking,” as Pentagon spokesman Rear Admiral John Kirby put it.

What tasking does President Obama have in mind? Senator John McCain, among others, has urged him to bomb Sunni militants, who during recent days stormed out of the north of Iraq, captured cities with almost no fighting, and after the stunning collapse of the army now threaten Baghdad.  The government of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki had in May asked for American airstrikes on the forces fighting under the banner of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.  ISIS or ISIL, as the al-Qaeda splinter group is variously known, has achieved remarkable success because it draws strength from Sunnis disenfranchised by the Maliki government.   Continue reading “If Anyone Bombs Iraq, Shouldn’t It Be China”

Lew Rockwell – by Jack D. Douglas

The sudden implosion of the vast Iraqi Army of the Baghdad Puppet Regime constructed by the U.S. is an excellent early warning of the fates of the other U.S. puppet states in the Muslim World—Afghanistan, Egypt, Pakistan, Yemen, Libya, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, U.A.E., and lesser ones. As always, there are many differences among these puppet states, including degrees of being puppets of the U.S., but the general picture of them and their situation now are roughly similar.   Continue reading “The U.S. Puppet Regimes In The Muslim World Are All Paper Tiger Tyrannies Hated By Their Oppressed People”

Lew Rockwell – by Walter E. Block

Just as an important difference in everyday life is that between a bathroom and a kitchen, so, too, does a crucial distinction in political economic philosophy exist between government and private contractual arrangements. But here is where the analogy breaks down. There are other, even more important insights to be garnered in ordinary living than that between these two rooms (e.g., don’t eat poison, feed yourself, take care of babies); there is simply no more important delineation in libertarian theory than that which exists between coercion (the government) and voluntary cooperation (the market).   Continue reading “You Didn’t Consent to be the State’s Victim”

Fox News

David Renner says he is facing a $200 fine for flying a Betsy Ross flag outside his townhouse in Littleton, Colo.

Renner tells Fox31 in Denver that he was issued the fine by his homeowner’s association for flying the flag last week ahead of Flag Day, June 14.

“Do they really think I’m bringing down property values? It’s not like I’m flying an Oakland Raiders flag,” he told the station.   Continue reading “Penalty for flying the ‘Betsy Ross’ flag sets off star-spangled fight”

The Economic Collapse – by Michael Snyder

What would you say if I told you that Americans are nearly 60 TRILLION dollars in debt?  Well, it is true.  When you total up all forms of debt including government debt, business debt, mortgage debt and consumer debt, we are 59.4 trillion dollars in debt.  That is an amount of money so large that it is difficult to describe it with words.  For example, if you were alive when Jesus Christ was born and you had spent 80 million dollars every single day since then, you still would not have spent 59.4 trillion dollars by now.  And most of this debt has been accumulated in recent decades.  If you go back 40 years ago, total debt in America was sitting at about 2.2 trillion dollars.  Somehow over the past four decades we have allowed the total amount of debt in the United States to get approximately 27 times larger.  This is utter insanity, and anyone that thinks this is sustainable is completely deluded.  We are living in the greatest debt bubble of all time, and there is no way that this is going to end well.  Just check out the chart…   Continue reading “The United States Of Debt: Total Debt In America Hits A New Record High Of Nearly 60 Trillion Dollars”

Press TV

Retired US professor James Henry Fetzer says Washington would lose to Moscow over the crisis in Ukraine if the Obama administration fails to negotiate with Russia.

“The United States has to be more responsible in attempting to negotiate with Russia about Ukraine,” he told Press TV on Sunday. Continue reading “US would lose to Russia over Ukraine”

GeoEngineering Watch – by Dane Wigington

I have bit my tongue for a long while on the ever increasing flow of incorrect information and half truths coming from “Natural News”. Creating conflict in the activist communities is exactly what the power structure wants, the last thing I want to do is to step into that trap. This being said, there are times when such conflict is unavoidable. Though “Natural News” does put out valid information, when “independent news sources” like Natural News also puts out what can only be described as disinformation, one is left with no choice but to call “FOUL”.   Continue reading “Is Natural News Trying to Hide Global Climate Engineering?”