From the Trenches World Report

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BANGKOK (AP) — Desperate to defuse Thailand’s deepening political crisis, Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra dissolved Parliament’s lower house on Monday and called early elections. But protesters seeking to topple her vowed to carry on their fight, saying they cannot win the polls because of corruption.

A decree from King Bhumibol Adulyadej scheduled the elections on Feb. 2 and named Yingluck as interim prime minister until then. The protesters demanded that she resign as caretaker and rejected the election date, putting the strongly royalist movement at odds with the royal decree.   Continue reading “Thai PM dissolves Parliament, calls elections”

The kids filed into class Monday morning. They were all very excited.

Their weekend assignment was to sell something, and then give a talk on salesmanship. Little Sally led off. “I sold Girl Scout cookies and I made $30,” she said proudly. “My sales approach was to appeal to the customer’s civil spirit, and I credit that approach for my obvious success.”

“Very good.” said the teacher.   Continue reading “Salesmanship”

National Review – by Andrew Johnson

TSA agents in St. Louis, Missouri, disarmed Rooster Monkburn, a cowboy sock money, of his two-inch toy gun after a woman brought the stuffed monkey through security. Agents said that it posed a threat because it could be confused for a real gun, according to local reports.

“[The agent] said ‘this is a gun,’” said Phyllis May, recounting the experience to fly back to her home in Washington state. “I said no, it’s not a gun it’s a prop for my monkey.”   Continue reading “TSA Seizes Sock Monkey’s Toy Gun”

River Valley Leader

At this point in our nation’s history, any American national who does not see and will not admit to the international socialist insurgent takeover of every position of power in the united States, from the meter maid to the president, is either being willfully stupid via cowardice or has accumulated such wealth as they fear they have much to lose through an uprising.

Yesterday morning here in Chiloquin, it was 19 degrees below zero.  Our windows were coated with ice on the inside and all I could think about was my brothers and sisters living in tent cities with their children, while foreigners are being provided housing, heat, food, cars, education, and health care.    Continue reading “Make Your Vote Count in 2014 by Unregistering to Vote”

As the Zionist infiltrators into the United States continue to push for a third world war, it is interesting to note the different techniques being applied.  China, of whom the insurgents in our government are facilitating to purchase more and more of our country and its resources, is also pounding the drums of war over Japanese territory and posing a threat to us.

So which is it, friend or foe?

Peace talks with Iran being perpetrated for no other reason than to establish the illusion of American interest in their nuclear program, while pretending to be at odds with King Netanyahu, whom again is our good friend and has been granted by our Senate in a 99 to 0 vote the undisputed authority to take the United States to war through any act of aggression he decides upon.    Continue reading “Preparing for Wars of Deception”

Town Hall – by Kurt Schlichter

There’s nothing like the holidays for laughing at anti-religious malcontents being driven to madness by the thought of Christians and Jews celebrating their faiths. Crosses, menorahs, happy people with satisfying personal lives – these things drive the militant atheists into a sputtering rage.

Watching them fume is the gift that keeps on giving.   Continue reading “‘Tis The Season For Militant Atheists To Whine”

The Guardian – by Adriana Brasileiro

A tiny figure in minuscule white shorts and a pink strapless top leans against a metal fence outside a school in Fortaleza, the capital of Ceará state, north-east Brazil.

She has gloss-coated lips, and her yellow headband, holding back long hair, glows in the lamplight along Juscelino Kubitschek Avenue, which connects the city to the Castelão arena, one of the venues for the 2014 World Cup. A car pulls up. The girl climbs in.   Continue reading “Brazil’s child sex trade soars as 2014 World Cup nears”

Fox News

Federal ATF agents in cities across the country reportedly used rogue tactics to go after guns on the street — allegedly exploiting the mentally ill, buying up weapons for way more than they’re worth and letting minors smoke pot and drink.

The details were included in an expose by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, which reported earlier this year on an embarrassing set of blunders made by the Milwaukee arm of the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.    Continue reading “ATF reportedly used rogue tactics in a half-dozen cities”

Business Insider – by David Voreacos and Sophia Pearso

Judy Doetterl was a sales representative for Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) in 2004 when federal agents placed a hidden recording device on her and sent her to tape marketing presentations at a national company sales meeting.

U.S. prosecutors wanted to prove claims by Doetterl and others that J&J boostedsales by urging doctors to prescribe its antipsychotic drug Risperdal far beyond its approved use. Doetterl, then earning $150,000 a year, said she fretted for the two days she wore a wire at the meeting in a Dallas hotel.   Continue reading “How Risperdal Whistle-Blowers Made Millions From J&J”

Bloomberg – by Kanoko Matsuyam

Kojiro Tokutake wanted to be a doctor since he was a teenager. His grandmother bought him his first stethoscope when he was in medical school. A decade later, he helped her die.

Tokutake, 33, is a gastroenterologist and, in that role, has inserted permanent feeding tubes in elderly patients, many with dementia, two to three times a week.   Continue reading “Doctor Helps Grandma Die to Avoid Japanese Feeding Tube”

Bloomberg – by Matt Townsend

Sysco Corp. (SYY) agreed to acquire closely held US Foods for $3.5 billion, adding brands from Cattleman’s meat to Devonshire desserts, in the largest food-distribution deal in eight years in North America. The shares jumped the most since at least 1980.

Sysco will pay $3 billion in common stock and $500 million in cash for US Foods to owners including KKR & Co. and Clayton, Dubilier & Rice LLC, according to a statement today. Bonds of US Foods soared to a record.   Continue reading “Sysco to Acquire US Foods for $3.5 Billion”

GOP USA – by Fort Worth Star-Telegram (TX)

The Grinch — and anyone else trying to dampen the holiday spirit — should stay away from Texas this year.

A group of Texans is coming out in full force to protect Christmas, Hanukkah and other holiday celebrations and to make sure students, teachers and parents have the right to observe their holidays at school.   Continue reading “Santa trumps the Grinch under Texas’ new Merry Christmas law”

Business Insider – by JOE WEISENTHAL

We’ve been writing a lot about the record levels of smog in Shanghai lately.

Thanks to a combination of weather and other factors it’s gotten to levels that are genuinely hazardous to health.

So how do you survive it? Chinese state broadcaster CCTV put together this infographic with 10 ways to beat the smog, and it shows how miserable it all is.   Continue reading “This 10-Step Guide To Surviving The Smog In China Is So Depressing”

Business Insider – by LINETTE LOPEZ

For the past three years 40 research teams across China have been working on technology to make things invisible. Now the South China Morning Post reports that they’re  getting close.

From the SCMP:

The main approaches are developing materials that guide light away from an object, creating electromagnetic fields to bend light away from what one is trying to hide and copying nature to make hi-tech camouflage materials.   Continue reading “Chinese Scientists Are Pretty Sure They’re Close To Inventing An Invisibility Cloak”

Business Insider -by MICHAEL KELLEY

We recently came across this map, based on the 2010 census data, of the largest religious groups in each country of the U.S.

A few observations from the perspective of 2013:   Continue reading “This Map Shows The Dominant Religious Group In Every US County”

Business Insider – by JOE WEISENTHAL

Vladimir Putin just dissolved major state media organization RIA Novosti, which has been around since 1941.

In its place will be a new organization run by a TV presenter who had been embroiled in anti-gay remarks.

RIA Novosti’s own report characterizes the move as an effort to tighten the state’s grip on the media.   Continue reading “Vladimir Putin Just Dissolved A Major State-Run Media Organization That’s Been Around For Decades”