From the Trenches World Report

Trial Insider – by Pamela A. MacLean

A federal appeals court upheld the constitutionality of a lifetime ban on gun possession for anyone convicted of misdemeanor domestic violence.

The 9^th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held Monday that a person convicted of domestic violence is disqualified from the core right of Second Amendment to possess firearms for defense of the home.

The only two exceptions are: if the conviction is expunged or set aside and if the offender is pardoned and has his or her civil rights restored.   Continue reading “Lifetime Gun Ban Constitutional in Spousal Abuse Cases”

Joel C. Rosenberg’s Blog

(Jerusalem,  Israel) — The plan is set. The air force has trained. Everything is in place. Should Prime Minister Netanyahu order a full scale attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities, the Israeli Defense Forces are ready to go into battle. They are ready to do so alone, without American or other allied support. And Israel will succeed.

This was the message of Netanyahu’s outgoing national security advisor Yaakov Amidror in recent days, and it has Mideast analysts buzzing.    Continue reading ““We are not bluffing.” Israel ready to strike Iran alone, says Netanyahu’s outgoing national security advisor.”

Washington Post – by Paul Kane

The partisan battles that have paralyzed Washington in recent years took a historic turn Thursday, as Senate Democrats eliminated filibusters for most presidential nominations, severely curtailing the political leverage of the Republican minority in the Senate and assuring an escalation of partisan warfare.

Saying that “enough is enough,” President Obama welcomed the end of what he called the abuse of the Senate’s advise and consent function, which he said had turned into “a reckless and relentless tool” to grind the gears of government to a halt.   Continue reading “Reid, Democrats trigger ‘nuclear’ option; eliminate most filibusters on nominees”

WND

A man trying to pay a fee using $2 bills was arrested, handcuffed and taken to jail after clerks at a Best Buy store questioned the currency’s legitimacy and called police.

According to an account in the Baltimore Sun, 57-year-old Mike Bolesta was shocked to find himself taken to the Baltimore County lockup in Cockeysville, Md., where he was handcuffed to a pole for three hours while the U.S. Secret Service was called to weigh in on the case.   Continue reading “Man arrested, cuffed after using $2 bills”

AmmoLand – by AWR Hawkins

Washington DC – -(Ammoland.com)-  A Vancouver, WA man facing charges for firing his shotgun into the air to scare off would-be intruders says he simply acted on Vice President Joe Biden’s advice.

According to the AP, Jeffrey C. Barton says “he will not admit any wrongdoing for the [July] incident…because he was protecting his family, within his Second Amendment right, and following the advice of the vice president.”   Continue reading “Man Facing Shooting Charges Sticks with ‘Joe Biden Defense’”

AmmoLand

Charlotte, NC –-(Ammoland.com)-  New York billionaire Michael Bloomberg has begun pushing his radical anti-gun agenda in cities throughout California.

His tactic is to use his financial and legal resources to support anti-gun voter initiatives and ballot measures in local elections.  Bloomberg’s social engineering agenda is now focused on Los Altos and Mountain View.   Continue reading “California: Bloomberg Bringing His Anti-Gun Agenda to Los Altos and Mountain View”

Reason – by J.D. Tuccille

I don’t know what holiday dinners are like at Michael Bloomberg’s house, but I suspect there’s an awful lot of picking at food while the windbag at the head of the table lectures the assembled guests about why he’s right and they’re all idiots. That’s the message I get from his pet Mayors Against Illegal Guns organization, which wants its loyal minions, if there are any, to sit down to their Thanksgiving feasts and immediately start fights with relatives they haven’t seen in a year about gun control. All you need is a handy list of tendentious talking points—and a shitload of patience from Cousin Bob, who rebuilds old pistols for fun and just wrapped himself around half a bottle of Jack Daniels.   Continue reading “Bloomberg Group Wants You To Start Fights About Gun Control at Thanksgiving”

The New York Observer – by Drew Grant

As someone in the office just put it: “You can die for your country, but you can’t smoke a cigarette.” That line, usually just applicable to drinking throughout the United States, will soon apply to anyone between the ages of 18 and 20 trying to buy tobacco productsin New York City.  Today, Mayor Bloomberg signed a new law (passed by City Council earlier this year) that means in 180 days it will no longer be legal for high school seniors to use time-honored traditions to look cool at parties where there are college kids.   Continue reading “Smoke ‘Em While You Got ‘Em: NYC Becomes First City/State to Raise Smoking Age to 21”

NBC Connecticut

A 32-year-old UConn student has been arrested, accused of making threats against President Barack Obama and his immediate family.

Joshua Phillip Klimas, 32, of Coventry, was arrested yesterday on a federal criminal complaint.

The U.S. Secret Service arrested Klimas at his residence.    Continue reading “UConn Student Accused of Threatening President Obama”

Of Two Minds – by Charles Hugh Smith

ObamaCare will act as a neutron bomb on the U.S. economy for systemic reasons.

Longtime readers know I have repeatedly explained why healthcare, i.e. sickcare, will bankrupt the nation. ObamaCare simply speeds up the coming collapse. Here are two of the dozens of entries I’ve written on sickcare:    Continue reading “ObamaCare: The Neutron Bomb That Will Decimate the U.S.”

Security Pros – by Lisa Vaas

Four cyber security experts have delivered to the US Congress a unanimous opinion: Americans shouldn’t use HealthCare.gov, given its security issues.

David Kennedy, CEO of information security firm TrustedSEC and former CSO of Diebold, was one of those who testified on Tuesday before a House Science, Space, and Technology committee hearing on security concerns surrounding the woebegone, very large attack target that is the government’s new healthcare website.   Continue reading “Security pros: If Healthcare.gov hasn’t been hacked already, it will be soon”

New York Post- by Philip Messing

J. Edgar Hoover’s FBI secretly monitored David Frost’s US program to keep tabs on his left-wing guests – and once even planted an undercover agent in his New York studio audience, according to the famed Brit talk show host’s FBI file, obtained by The Post.

Guests that got the feds’ attention included Johnson-era Attorney General Ramsey Clark, economist John Kenneth Galbraith and black nationalist Stokely Carmichael among others, according to the 45-page dossier obtained under the Freedom of Information Act.   Continue reading “FBI secretly spied on ‘David Frost Show’”

My Fox 8

DURHAM, N.C. — North Carolina Central University is on lockdown due to a “possible active shooter on campus.”

The school sent out an alert around 2:40 p.m. The alert reads:

“Active shooter. If safe, seek shelter away from gunfire. Active shooter. Seek shelter. Lock your door. Stay away from windows.”   Continue reading “NC Central University on lockdown due to ‘possible active shooter on campus’”

Liberty Blitzkrieg – by Mike

Well if this isn’t one of the more ridiculous things I have read in a while, I don’t know what is. Many of my readers are probably familiar with Mike “Mish” Shedlock, who writes a very popular economics/finance blog. He has a habit of doing what I like best, challenging propaganda, engaging in critical thought and a fearlessness when it comes to saying what he believes. It appears that such behavior is frowned upon by French banksters and their minions in government.   Continue reading “Blogger “Mish” is Fined 8,000 Euros by France for Freedom of Speech”