From the Trenches World Report

Prevent Disease – by NATASHA LONGO

Palm oil of any kind, whether it be from the fruit or kernel is not beneficial to the Earth or human health. The marketing gurus behind the largest palm oil manufacturers in the world will never give you the whole story. In fact, they are attempting to deceive international governments at every turn with false information and misrepresented data. Palm fruit oil or palm kernel oils are not healthy at all and most of the health risks are associated with the processing of which very few have been informed.   Continue reading “3 Reasons To Stay Away From Any Kind of Palm Fruit Oil And Why Coconut Oil Will Always Be Superior”

ABC News

Two days of heavy rains set off floods and landslides in the southeastern Philippines, leaving at least 20 people dead, 13 missing and thousands displaced, officials said Monday.

Most of the dead and missing came from floods and landslides that hit Compostella Valley and Davao Oriental provinces, said Maj. Reynaldo Balido, spokesman for the disaster-response agency.   Continue reading “Floods Hit South Philippines; 20 Dead, 13 Missing”

Counterpunch – by HARVEY WASSERMAN

The roll call of US sailors irradiated while delivering humanitarian help near the stricken Fukushima nuke who say their health has been devastated continues to grow.

So many have come forward that the progress of their federal class action lawsuit has been delayed.

Bay area lawyer Charles Bonner says a re-filing will wait until early February to accommodate a constant influx of sailors from the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan and other American ships.   Continue reading “The Irradiated Sailors of Fukushima”

Reality Blogger – by Clint Richardson

In my attempts to expose the genealogical “royal” bloodline – the passing of pure blood type as opposed to mere genealogical “family tree” relation – I came across a researcher from Ancestry.com named Tim Dowling. On his site, and reproduced below, Mr. Dowling has connected the trees of all U.S. Presidents to the Plantagenet King John circa 12oo A.D.

DIRECTIONS: To see the full charts or tree for each president, click on the “Relationship to King John” link below, and then on the next page click either the “tree” link or the link below that which looks like this:   Continue reading “How All Presidents Are Related To King John”

AntiWar – by Patrick J. Buchanan

As we approach the centennial of World War I, we will read much of the blunders that produced that tragedy of Western civilization.

Among them will be the “blank check” Kaiser Wilhelm II gave to Vienna after the assassination by a Serb terrorist of the Austrian Archduke Francis Ferdinand.

If you decide to punish the Serbs, said the Kaiser, we are with you.   Continue reading “A Blank Check for War on Iran”

USA Today

A suspect has been taken into custody following a shooting Tuesday at Roswell middle school in New Mexico, according to Roswell police.

At least three people have been injured, Roswell police told Fox News. KRQE-TV reports that a 14-year-old was being taken to the hospital with injuries.     Continue reading “Suspect nabbed in N.M. school shooting; injuries reported”

NPR

WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans bought more clothes in December, shopped more frequently online and ate out more often, providing a boost to economic growth at the end of the year. But sales at most traditional stores declined, as the holiday shopping season ended on a lackluster note.

Retail sales rose 0.2 percent last month, the Commerce Department said Tuesday. That follows strong gains in October and November, helped by healthy auto sales.   Continue reading “US Retail Sales Inch Up, But Holiday Spending Weak”

The persecuted in an anthem,

Their lives shine more brightly

As holy waters poured out freely

Abundantly upon a large altar Rock

Place of lasting honor,

Names as banners held up high   Continue reading “Persecution – An Anthem”

Breitbart – by MATTHEW BOYLE

The Maricopa County Republican Party in Arizona formally censured Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) Saturday evening by an overwhelming 1150-351 vote, Breitbart News has learned.

Maricopa County is Arizona’s most populous county and includes Phoenix within its borders. The official GOP body’s rebuke undermines McCain’s reelection chances should he decide to run for the Senate again in 2016.    Continue reading “Arizona’s Maricopa County Republicans Censure John McCain for Abandoning Values”

Reuters – by LAWRENCE HURLEY

(Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that Daimler AG (DAIGn.DE) cannot be sued in California over human rights allegations in a decision that is a boost for multinational companies facing lawsuits alleging misconduct abroad.

The German-based automaker faced allegations that a subsidiary violated the human rights of workers at a plant in Argentina in the 1970s.   Continue reading “U.S. top court rules for Daimler in Argentina human rights case”

The Wall Street Journal – by Ben Leubsdorf

About half of the nation’s 3,069 county economies are still short of their prerecession economic output, reflecting the uneven economic recovery, according to a new report from the National Association of Counties.

The overall U.S. economy had reached its prerecession level of gross domestic product three years ago, Commerce Department figures show.   Continue reading “Half of U.S. Counties Haven’t Recovered From Recession”

Visible Origami

In the book, “Dune”, a member of the Bene Gesserit said something like, “Fear is the mind killer”, if I remember correctly. I believe that to be true. Fear at a certain level is paralyzing. There’s are two results to states of great fear. One is that you become incapable of action and the other is that you panic. In this day and age, Fear is becoming more and more prominent and more and more pervasive. There’s the usual fears of losing one’s job, one’s place to live and running out of food and water. Increasingly, there is fear of the police. When things like this can happen and justice is publicly pissed on, there is reason for fear. Of course, this isn’t happening to everyone and never does. That’s an area worthy of examination. “Karma, neh?” As America tumbles down into ruins, in a horrifying slo-mo collapse, we increasingly enter into the age of “Road Warrior” and apocalyptic circumstance. Order is vacating the stage and the institutions and individuals that were erected or elected for the protection of the populace have become utterly corrupt.   Continue reading “Fear and the Artificial Landscapes of Terror.”

Kansas City Star – by Tony Rizzo