From the Trenches World Report

Times of Israel

A French member of parliament telephoned French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius in Geneva at the weekend to warn him that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would attack Iran’s nuclear facilities if the P5+1 nations did not stiffen their terms on a deal with Iran, Israel’s Channel 2 News reported Sunday.

“I know [Netanyahu],” the French MP, Meyer Habib, reportedly told Fabius, and predicted that the Israeli prime minister would resort to the use of force if the deal was approved in its form at the time. “If you don’t toughen your positions, Netanyahu will attack Iran,” the report quoted Habib as saying. “I know this. I know him. You have to toughen your positions in order to prevent war.”   Continue reading “‘Israel will attack Iran if you sign the deal, French MP told Fabius’”

Free North Carolina

Like the vastly outnumbered Texans’ at the Alamo, and similar to Col. William Lamb’s vastly outnumbered and outgunned North Carolinians at Fort Fisher the following month, Fort McAllister’s garrison was fighting an enemy seventeen times their own strength.  As is common today, Southern defenders are often termed as merely “Confederates” rather than identified as mostly local men defending their homes, farms, families and State.  At Fort McAllister were the First Regiment, Georgia Reserve Companies D and E under Captains George N. Hendry and Angus Morrison, respectively; the Emmet Rifles under Capt. George A. Nicoll; and Capt. Nicholas Clinch’s Light Battery of artillery.  All were defending their country to the last extremity.   Continue reading “Georgia’s Alamo”

New York Daily News – by BILL HUTCHINSON

A California cancer patient says President Obama’s Affordable Health Care Act is costing her the world-class medical team that has kept her alive for seven years.

Edie Littlefield Sundby, who is battling stage 4 gallbladder cancer, said her “affordable, lifesaving medical insurance policy” is being canceled because her insurance company refuses to participate in Obamacare.   Continue reading “President Obama’s Affordable Health Care Act dooms me to die: cancer patient”

Continue reading “Happy Birthday GYRENES!”

Talking Points Memo – by CAITLIN MACNEAL

Town Hall –  by Katie Pavlich

Nearly two-dozen members of Michael Bloomberg’s Mayors Against Illegal Guns lost reelection earlier this week, delivering another blow to the anti-gun group that has been losing members at a rapid pace for more than year. Here is the list of members who were defeated:   Continue reading “Bloomberg’s Anti-Gun Lobby Takes Another Huge Hit With 23 Reelection Failures”

Your Jewish News – by Ryan Lee Hall

A senior Sephardic rabbi was arrested and will be charged with election fraud after he allegedly threatened opponents of a candidate he and a mafia boss supported, according to police reports in Israel.

The rabbi was arrested at Ben Gurion Airport moments before fleeing to China.

The Rishon Lezion Magistrate’s Court on Sunday, remanded Rabbi Yoram Abergel of Netivot into custody after being accused of extortion linked to crime boss Shalom Domrani, who was arrested on Saturday night.   Continue reading “Popular rabbi arrested for ties to mafia boss at Ben Gurion Airport moments before fleeing to China”

CBS Denver

DENVER (CBS4) – President Barack Obama is apologizing to Americans who are losing their current health insurance plans. Millions of people are getting cancellation notices, including about 250,000 Coloradans.

For years the president said that those who like their current plan would be able to keep it, but it turns out that’s not the case.   Continue reading “Colorado Woman Who Championed Obamacare Loses Insurance Plan”

Military.com – by Heather Sweeney

The following is a list of nearly 100 Veterans Day discounts on goods, services and dining for 2013. Please check back frequently as the list is updated.

Keep in mind that most businesses require proof of military service, which can include a VA Universal Access Card, Military I.D., DD-214 (Discharge Papers), Veterans Service Organization Card (VSO’s include groups like the VFW, DAV, AmVets, MOAA, FRA, and the American Legion), or in some cases businesses will accept a picture of the veteran in uniform.   Continue reading “Veterans Day: Discounts and Freebies”

Daily Mail- by HANNAH ROBERTS

Toxic nuclear and industrial waste, dumped illegally by the Neapolitan mafia, is responsible for a surge in cancers in southern Italy, it is feared.

The Italian Senate is investigating a link between buried pollutants and a rise of almost 50 per cent in tumours found in the inhabitants of several towns around Naples.   Continue reading “Toxic nuclear waste dumped illegally by the Mafia is blamed for surge in cancers in southern Italy”

Technology Advice – by Cameron Graham

Most people associate drones with military and counter-terrorism programs, but Balfour Beatty CIO Danny Reeves wants to use them for a rather different purpose. Speaking at the Fujitsu Forum, he told Techworld that unmanned aerial vehicles could be used to build walls, and improve project efficiency.

Balfour Beatty is a international construction and engineering firm that specializes in large-scale projects and building management. Their revenue for 2012 was approximately $17 billion, with an operating income of just under $500 million, so presumably they have the resources to commission a fleet of construction drones. Reeves also spoke of the potential for drones to monitor sprawling project sites, hopefully reducing communication errors and wasted labor on large sites.   Continue reading “International Construction Firm Balfour Beatty Considering Drone Workers”

Chron – by Anita Hassan

Two people were killed and at least 22 others wounded late Saturday when gunfire erupted at a house party in the Cypress area, authorities said.

Partygoers scrambled after the shooting broke out about 11 p.m. in the 7300 block of Enchanted Creek Drive, near Fry and FM 529.   Continue reading “Two dead, more than a dozen injured in shooting at Cypress area house party”

Tufts Magazine – by COLIN WOODARD

Last December, when Adam Lanza stormed into the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, with a rifle and killed twenty children and six adult staff members, the United States found itself immersed in debates about gun control. Another flash point occurred this July, when George Zimmerman, who saw himself as a guardian of his community, was exonerated in the killing of an unarmed black teenager, Trayvon Martin, in Florida. That time, talk turned to stand-your-ground laws and the proper use of deadly force. The gun debate was refreshed in September by the shooting deaths of twelve people at the Washington Navy Yard, apparently at the hands of an IT contractor who was mentally ill.   Continue reading “Up in Arms”

Militia News – by Xavier

Throughout history, whenever a dictator came to power, the first thing such infamous leaders did was to purge the military. Since Barack Hussein Obama became President, at least 197 officers, mostly at the rank of colonel or higher (including 9 senior generals), have been relieved of duty for a variety of reasons, or for no stated reason at all. The real question is. . . who is more likely to fire on the American public? Those loyal to the Constitution, the people, or those loyal to a rogue leader? And this is the very same man who wants to disarm you in the name of ‘public safety’.   Continue reading “The Military Purge Continues”