From the Trenches World Report

Yahoo News – by STEPHEN OHLEMACHER | Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Internal Revenue Service is about to pay $70 million in employee bonuses despite an Obama administration directive to cancel discretionary bonuses because of automatic spending cuts enacted this year, according to a GOP senator.

Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa says his office has learned that the IRS is executing an agreement with the employees’ union on Wednesday to pay the bonuses. Grassley says the bonuses should be canceled under an April directive from the White House budget office.   Continue reading “Senator: IRS to pay $70M in employee bonuses”

IntelliHub – by Shepard Ambellas

The Nebraska Information Analysis Center (NIAC) has recently equated picture taking with terrorist activity, something American’s have done and enjoyed for years.

In fact, I remember my Grandfather was fond of cameras, actually both of my Grandfathers were. They had the original type 35mm’s, the one’s with the interchangeable professional style lenses. My mom’s father even had a Cannon, which is the brand I use today. He was quite a photographer.   Continue reading “Nebraska: Picture Taking Now Considered a Terrorist Activity”

Gun Owners of America

Many reasons why gun owners should be concerned

As you probably know, the immigration amnesty bill is on the Senate floor.

This is a status report on where we are, and we will attempt to give you regular follow-ups over the next two weeks.   Continue reading “Status Report on the Immigration Amnesty Bill”

Wired – by BRENDAN KOERNER

For several years during the Vietam Era, hijackings were astonishingly routine in American airspace. Desperate and deluded souls commandeered over 130 planes between 1968 and 1972, often at a pace of one or more per week. WIRED contributing editor Brendan I. Koerner tells the story of this forgotten criminal epidemic in his new book, The Skies Belong to Us: Love and Terror in the Golden Age of Hijacking, which comes out today. In this exclusive excerpt, Koerner recounts the early days of the “Golden Age,” when Cuba was the skyjackers’ destination of choice and the airlines thought they had everything under control.   Continue reading “How Hijackers Commandeered Over 130 American Planes — In 5 Years”

Reuters

The Pentagon said on Monday it will spend $572 million to buy 30 Russian-built military helicopters that will be used by Afghan security forces.

The Mi-17 helicopters will be used by Afghanistan’s National Security Forces Special Mission Wing, which supports counter-terrorism, counter-narcotics and special operations missions.   Continue reading “U.S. says it will buy Russian helicopters for Afghan military”

Tea Party Tribune – by Joe Newby

In a campaign fundraising email posted Tuesday at Weasel Zippers, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said she’s “sick and tired” of “useless” House Republicans blocking Barack Obama’s progressive agenda, and claims the only way to fix the “problem” is to elect more liberal Democrats.

“I can’t do that alone,” she said in the DCCC email. “I need your people-power to back me up.”   Continue reading “Nancy Pelosi: ‘I’m sick and tired’ of ‘useless’ Republicans blocking Obama’s ultra-liberal agenda”

Citizens for Legitimate Government

Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre death certificates released –Exact number of bullet wounds was not disclosed –The documents were made public only after a Freedom of Information Act request. 18 Jun 2013 All but two of the 26 students and staffers massacred in at Sandy Hook Elementary School died from “multiple gunshot wounds,” according to death certificates released Tuesday. The death certificates were made public through the Freedom of Information Act after the Newtown Clerk’s Office refused to give them up, citing privacy [?] for the victims’ families.   Continue reading “Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre death certificates released”

The Daily Caller – by Greg Campbell

Three other Democrats were targeted for recall, but only one campaign met the signature threshold. Sen. Angela Giron is waiting for the Gessler’s office to finish counting and validating the signatures against her.

As senate president, Morse was one of the most high profile Democrats fighting for the passage of several strict gun control laws. He sponsored one of the most contentious bills, which would have made the owners, sellers and manufacturers of semiautomatic sporting rifles liable for damage the weapons may cause, but he ultimately spiked the bill when it became clear that even some Democrats wouldn’t vote for it.   Continue reading “Recall of Colorado gun controller gets enough signatures”

Courthouse News Service – by REBEKAH KEARN

SAN DIEGO (CN) – A car exploded and burned a man to death after the Border Patrol Tasered the driver, who had been driving the wrong way down Interstate 8, the man’s parents claim in court.

Karen and Craig Martin sued the United States for the wrongful death of their son, Alex, who was 25 when he burned to death in the early morning of March 15, 2012.   Continue reading “Parents Say Taser Shot Made Son’s Car Explode”

Town Hall – by Tom Hawkins

1) This is President Obama’s number one political agenda item because he knows we will never again have a Republican president, ever, if amnesty goes into effect. We will perpetually have a progressive, liberal president, probably a Democrat, and we will probably see the House of Representatives go into Democrat hands and the Senate will stay in Democrat hands. — Michele Bachmann   Continue reading “Everything You Need To Know About The Rubio/McCain Amnesty Catastrophe In 15 Quotes”

US News – by ALLIE BIDWELL

Continuing a decades-long downward trend, fewer than one-fourth of Americans have confidence in newspapers, according to a recent Gallup poll.

The percentage of Americans saying they have “a great deal” or “quite a lot” of confidence in newspapers dropped to 23 percent this year from 25 percent last year, according to a report on the poll, which was released Monday.   Continue reading “Majority of Americans Don’t Trust Newspapers and Television News”

“CBO said average wages would decline through 2025 as a result of the bill, and that unemployment would go up slightly.”  <—- Gee, ya think?!?  We could have a whole lot more money by throwing these illegals onto deportation barges and shipping them off to Somalia!  Is anyone else tired of criminal trespassing invaders being rewarded for their crimes?    Continue reading “CBO: 8 million to gain legal status in Senate bill”

Mail.com

NEW YORK (AP) — FBI agents with jackhammers and shovels were digging Tuesday under a New York City house once occupied by a famed gangster who inspired Robert De Niro’s character in the movie “Goodfellas.”

James Burke, the late Lucchese crime family associate, is said to have buried victims in familiar places — including under the nearby saloon he ran. On Monday, FBI investigators descended on the Queens neighborhood that was also home base for the late mobster John Gotti and his Gambino crime family. It’s from here that Burke allegedly masterminded a nearly $6 million robbery at New York’s Kennedy Airport in 1978 — one of the largest cash thefts in American history.   Continue reading “FBI digging at former home of famed NY mobster”

Campaign for Liberty

Small business owner Justin Krauss explains how the National Internet Sales Tax Mandate burdens small businesses:

Each of this country’s 10,000 different taxing jurisdictions has its own laws for applying sales tax to all sorts of goods — including food, prescription drugs, non-prescription drugs, software, clothes and much more. Plus, within the same zip code, even on the same street, different tax rates can apply. I manually downloaded and printed the sales tax rates by zip code for all of the states. It’s over 38,000 lines long and 811 printed pages.   Continue reading “Internet Sales Taxes: a headache for small business owners”