From the Trenches World Report

Forbes – by Samantha Sharf

Friday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released yet another disappointing jobs report.

Employers added 113,000 jobs in January, well below the 185,000 economists expected. The unemployment rate, which is drawn from a different survey of households, was down slightly to 6.6% from 6.7% in December. The labor force participation rate ticked up to 63% from 62.8%, which was the lowest rate in more than three and a half decades. The employment-population ratio was up to 58.8% from 58.6% in the prior month.   Continue reading “Jobs Report: U.S. Economy Added 113,000 Jobs In January, Unemployment Down To 6.6%”

All Gov – by Noel Brinkerhoff

As Americans in the economic middle struggle to keep up, many retailers and other businesses have decided to focus on the demands of the wealthy.

Since the end of the Great Recession, the nation’s top earners have been doing a significant portion of the consumer spending during the weak economic recovery, which is great news for high-end businesses that cater to this class.   Continue reading “Retailers Adjust to Rich Getting Richer and Middle Class Fading”

The Washington Free Beacon

A former member of Michael Bloomberg’s gun control groupclaimed this week that the group’s objectives are far more radical than it has let on.

John Tkazyik, the mayor of Poughkeepsie, N.Y., said he quit the former New York City mayor’s group, Mayors Against Illegal Guns, after he realized its objective was outright confiscation of firearms from law-abiding citizens.   Continue reading “Former Bloomberg Ally Says ‘Mayors’ Group’s Goal Is Gun Confiscation”

WND – by Jerome R. Corsi

Editor’s note: This is third part of a three-part series based on an interview with former Weather Underground founder Bill Ayers after his debate with Dinesh D’Souza. In the first part, Ayers suggest Dinesh D’Souza would take a plea bargain on his indictment for alleged violations of election laws. In the second part, Ayers affirmed he wrote Obama’s “Dreams from My Father” before denying it.  

HANOVER, N.H. – In a wide-ranging, exclusive interview with WND, former Weather Underground terrorist Bill Ayers insisted Barack Obama is a moderate politician whom he barely knew as a resident of his Chicago neighborhood.   Continue reading “Ayers dishes details on relationship with Obama”

Natural News – by S. D. Wells

It is as if we are living in total “idiocracy” – that any human being would even consider any medication advertised on television with all those crazy side effects, like internal bleeding, loss of vision, coma, feelings of suicide and death. It’s literally insulting to intelligence, yet millions of Americans still run to their doctors with health problems and take whatever the doctor prescribes, without question, and then wonder what went wrong. If food commercials had to list the side effects, including the short- and long-term adverse health effects of eating the “garbage” that’s served up like it’s actual food with nutritive value, then maybe people would start waking up and realize that the medicine they take is prescribed to cover up the symptoms of the disorders and diseases that they get from eating “idiotic” junk science food and synthetic, processed, genetically mutated trash.   Continue reading “What if food ads had to list the side effects like prescription drugs on TV?”

Freedom Outpost – by David Risselada

Over the past few years, several authors have taken up the mantle writing articles exposing the connection between Saul Alinsky and Barack Hussein Obama. As a community organizer, Obama was schooled in the “Alinsky” method, and as we all know, Saul Alinsky authored a book that might as well be considered the golden rule book of the left, “Rules for Radicals.” The Alinsky method of community organizing, which is a gentler way of saying communist agitating, was based on the idea of creating hate and discontent in order to create a power base in which to push a socialist agenda (Think Occupy Wall Street). Barack is well schooled in this method, as his entire presidency has been referred to by many commentators as one continuous campaign. President Obama has been the master of creating discontent among his base as his entire presidency revolves around accusing white Republicans of being racist, greedy and wanting to push grandma off a cliff. In his recent interview with Fox News’ Bill O’Riley, he even went so far as blaming Fox News for his low popularity ratings. If only they would stop bringing up those scandals everyone would love him, right?   Continue reading “Barack Hussein Obama Only Has Whatever Power You Think He Has”

Mail.com

CHICAGO (AP) — The question of when a planned protest becomes conspiracy to commit terrorism was the focus of closing arguments Thursday in the trial of three men accused of hatching a plan to throw Molotov cocktails at President Barack Obama’s campaign headquarters and other Chicago sites during the 2012 NATO summit.

Prosecutor Tom Biesty argued two weeks of testimony from undercover police officers and wire recordings proved the three out-of-state activists conspired to attack the campaign office in Obama’s hometown, Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s home and police stations.   Continue reading “NATO trial asks question: Who’s a terrorist?”

Mail.com

ATLANTA (AP) — Facing the latest in a string of legal battles with her brothers, the daughter of Martin Luther King Jr. is seeking to portray herself as the true heir to her father’s legacy.

Bernice King has been outspoken this week in her opposition to what she said is a plan by her brothers, Dexter King and Martin Luther King III, to sell their father’s Nobel Peace Prize medal and personal traveling Bible. Bernice has possession of both items, and her brothers asked a judge last week to order her to turn them over.   Continue reading “Martin Luther King’s children battling over estate”

AlterNet – by Paula Bray

My masters degree did nothing to save me from being unemployed and destitute.

I write to you today because I have nowhere else to turn. I lost my full time job in September 2012. I have only been able to find part-time employment — 16 hours each week at $12 per hour — but I don’t work that every week. For the month of December, my net pay was $365. My husband and I now live in an RV at a campground because of my job loss. Our monthly rent is $455 and that doesn’t include utilities. We were given this 27-ft. 1983 RV when I lost my job.   Continue reading “Mr. President, My America Is Now Life in an RV Park With No Running Water and Not Much Heat”

Global Economic Trend Analysis – by Mike “Mish” Shedlock

The inevitable shape-of-things-to-come has finally arrived in a major California city. I am pleased to report Voters in bankrupt San Bernardino sweep old guard from power.

 Residents of bankrupt San Bernardino, California on Tuesday voted to complete a rout of the city’s pro-union old guard, electing business-friendly pragmatists who have pledged to try to reduce pension costs and take on vested interests.   Continue reading “Voters in Bankrupt San Bernardino Sweep Pro-Union Guard from Office; Hard Line on CalPERS”

Continue reading “It’s Winter! Who Knew!”