From the Trenches World Report

CBS New York

MINEOLA, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) — Nassau County police have launched an investigation, after a series of threatening tweets targeting Officer Nikolas Budimlic – the officer who accidentally shot and killed a Hosftra University student while she was being held hostage last May.

The tweets appeared on Tuesday, sent by a “Johnny Smith” using Twitter handle @JohnnySmith2.   Continue reading “Nassau County Police Probe Inflammatory Tweets About Officer”

lohud.com – by Steve Lieberman

GOSHEN — The lawyer for a Sparrowbush man charged in the murder of a Rockland rape fugitive said his client tried twice to help local police capture the suspect, but that cops bungled both attempts.

David Carlson later shot and killed New Hempstead resident Norris Acosta-Sanchez with a 12-gauge shotgun when he showed up on Carlson’s property Oct. 11. Carlson, charged with second-degree murder, was released from jail Friday afternoon after his bail was set at $50,000 cash or $100,000 bond in Orange County Court.   Continue reading “Man who shot Rockland rape suspect left in lurch by cops, lawyer says”

AmmoLand – by AWR Hawkins

Washington DC – -(Ammoland.com)-  In a bid to fight against criminal and gang possession of firearms on the street, Illinois state rep. Mike Zalewski (D-21st Dist.) is set to propose legislation that essentially labels all firearm possession outside the home illegal.

This measure—HB 2265—does not differentiate between possession by law-abiding citizens and possession by criminals or gang members. And the NRA warns that this creates a situation where a law-abiding citizen who has a gun in his or her car for self-defense—but no concealed carry permit or Firearm Owner Identification Card (FOID)—could “face serious penalties for an innocuous mistake.”   Continue reading “Illinois Law Would Heavily Restrict Possession of Firearms Outside Home”

Pravda

An Iranian citizen, convicted of drug trafficking, survived death penalty.

The 37-year-old offender was sent to the morgue, after he had hung for 12 minutes in the loop. The next day, morgue employees discovered that the man, who was officially pronounced dead, continued to breathe. The “executed” man was rushed to the hospital.   Continue reading “Iranian man survives execution by hanging to be hanged again”

Washington Times – by Stephen Dinan

U.S. debt jumped a record $328 billion on Thursday, the first day the federal government was able to borrow money under the deal President Obama and Congress sealed this week.

The debt now equals $17.075 trillion, according to figures the Treasury Department posted online on Friday.   Continue reading “U.S. debt jumps a record $328 billion — tops $17 trillion for first time”

The Onion – [SATIRE]

WASHINGTON—Disoriented and “freezing his goddamn nuts off,” a naked Vice President Joe Biden reportedly awoke Thursday morning on an autopsy table in the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, White House sources confirmed.

“Huh?” said Biden, shooting bolt upright in the darkened morgue among a row of unidentified male corpses. “What the hell? What’s going on? Ah, Christ. You gotta be fucking kidding me.”   Continue reading “Nude Biden Wakes Up On Cold Slab In D.C. Morgue”

New York Post Page Six – by Emily Smith

Action star and former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has been lobbying for support to change the law to allow him to run for president in 2016, Page Six has exclusively learned.

We’re told Ahnold has been openly talking about his political ambitions while in New York to promote his new movie with Sylvester Stallone, “Escape Plan.”   Continue reading “Arnold Schwarzenegger lobbies for White House run”

Examiner Editorial

Saving General Motors from bankruptcy was among President Obama’s most frequently cited achievements when he ran for re-election last year. Democrats everywhere touted the company’s revival as proof of the 2009 bailout’s wisdom. That was then. Now, Obama has quietly released the auto manufacturer from a bailout requirement that it increase its production in the U.S. Instead, GM is spending billions of dollars building up its production capacity in … China.   Continue reading “GM got bailout, now ships jobs to China”

Old Thinker News – by Daniel Taylor

“The stream will not permanently rise higher than the main source; and the main source of national power and national greatness is found in the average citizenship of the nation.” – Theodore Roosevelt

What should be expected of a citizen in a Democratic Republic? President Theodore Roosevelt delivered a timeless 1910 speech that sought to answer this question. Regardless of his politics, Roosevelt spoke undying truth in this speech. His words are shockingly relevant to our society today. As Roosevelt rightly stated; We – if our spirits are right – are the waters from which liberty and prosperity flow. Today, we must acknowledge that the waters have been poisoned; Poisoned by the natural tendencies of history, and by individuals seeking to push our society in a direction diametrically opposed to what our ancestors intended.   Continue reading “America’s Greatness Rises and Falls With the Character of Her People”

Information Clearinghouse – by Greg Miller, Julie Tate and Barton Gellman, Washington Post

It was an innocuous e-mail, one of millions sent every day by spouses with updates on the situation at home. But this one was of particular interest to the National Security Agency and contained clues that put the sender’s husband in the crosshairs of a CIA drone.

Days later, Hassan Ghul — an associate of Osama bin Laden who provided a critical piece of intelligence that helped the CIA find the al-Qaeda leader — was killed by a drone strike in Pakistan’s tribal belt.   Continue reading “Documents Reveal NSA’s Extensive Involvement In Targeted Killing Program – Extrajudicial Murder”

Laissez-Faire Bookstore – by Prr Lzkdrqxcwm [SATIRE]

Washington, D.C. – The complex negotiations aimed at bringing a long-term solution to the federal government’s expenditure and debt problem have produced an unconventional proposal. “Although the solution only focuses on a tiny fraction of government expenditures,” declared President Barack Obama, “it is a step in the right direction.”

“Moreover,” he added, “it will show the American people that what’s good for them is good for us, too.”   Continue reading “Mobile Gun-Free Zones Are Coming to America”

Natural New – by Mike Adams

The Obama administration has been caught red-handed engaged in software piracy. Computer code used on Healthcare.gov was stolen (and then modified in an effort to conceal the theft) from a UK company called Spry Media.

To my best knowledge, this story was broken by WeeklyStandard.com in a blog authored by Jeryl Bier.   Continue reading “Obama administration caught in blatant software piracy; script powering Healthcare.gov ripped off from UK company”

Market Watch – by Brett Arends

Next year’s midterm elections for Congress are now a tossup between the Republicans and the Democrats, according to the betting at the Iowa Electronic Markets — the only sportsbook in America allowed to bet on U.S. elections.

Nancy Pelosi’s chances of leading the Democrats to a House majority have more than doubled in less than a month to about 50% as a result of the government-shutdown fiasco, according to betting on the exchange.   Continue reading “Bettors’ verdict: GOP could lose the House”

Motherboard – by Alec Liu

Just two weeks after the Feds shuttered the Silk Road, the notorious online drug bazaar, bitcoin prices have touched a five-month high—with a single bitcoin fetching nearly $156 each on Tokyo-based exchange Mt. Gox.

Bitcoin’s resiliency can no longer be denied, especially as the digital currency continued its ascendancy even against the backdrop of a US government in utter disarray. At the 11th hour of the crisis, President Obama signed a bill that ended the partial government shutdown and, more importantly, raised the debt ceiling, an arbitrary limit on the amount of money the country can borrow that would have been surpassed today. Continue reading “Why Bitcoin Boomed During the Government Shutdown”

Care 2 – by Judy Molland

When Massachusetts high school senior Erin Cox went to pick up a drunk classmate from a party, she thought she was doing the right thing. However, administrators at North Andover High School seem to disagree. They are punishing her for her action, citing the school’s zero tolerance policy on drugs and alcohol.

We teach our kids to be responsible and to help others in need. That’s exactly what the 17-year-old was doing when she showed up to help her friend, but her school decided to punish her even though she was doing what any good parent or teacher would encourage her to do.   Continue reading “Meet the Honor Student Who Was Punished for Giving a Drunk Friend a Ride”