From the Trenches World Report

USA Today – by Robin Webb and Michael Winter

Officials were preparing to survey the damage Saturday morning after tornadoes hit the Oklahoma City metro area Friday, killing at least 5 people and injuring 50.

The storm, the second fatal one to strike the region in 11 days, spawned several tornadoes, toppled cars and left commuters trapped on an interstate highway during Friday’s evening rush. Law enforcement officers and Red Cross workers planned to head to hard-hit areas after dawn to assess the damage.   Continue reading “5 dead after tornadoes, floods strike Oklahoma”

Yahoo News

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois (Reuters) – Illinois lawmakers on Friday approved a measure that permits residents to carry concealed guns, which if signed by the governor would make some form of carrying a concealed weapon legal in all 50 states.

Illinois is the only state in the nation to ban most people from carrying a concealed gun outside the home and lawmakers are up against a deadline to approve a bill after a federal appeals court struck down that ban as unconstitutional.   Continue reading “Illinois lawmakers approve concealed guns bill”

Roi Rov

The combination was electrifying. On the screen, a leader was obviously being isolated from his people; endless commentaries on the security measures of the event had been broadcast during the preceding hours. “It is the last time he will walk among the people as a President,” an anchor had oddly announced. Yet, he was separated from the people by a moving wall of heavy armored vehicles. The edition played odd tricks; looking at President Obama walking along Pennsylvania Avenue, I could listen to excerpts from his inaugural address. “We, the People,” he kept saying, quoting the first words of the USA Constitution. The effect was grotesque.   Continue reading “We, the People; You, the Liar”

Henry Makow

“The foundation of the Christian family is the sacrament of matrimony, the spring of all domestic and public morals. The anti-Christian societies [i.e. Illuminati] are opposed to the principle of home. When they have destroyed the hearth, the morality of society will perish.”  Benjamin Disraeli (Lothair, 1870)

Most people don’t understand the scale and success of the “Conspiracy.”
Continue reading “When Satanists Make the Rules”

Apparently Bush has not read this letter.

Daily Mail – by Daniel Bates

He was the most powerful man on the planet for eight years. Now former US president George W Bush has spoken frankly about the  perils of leadership, saying holding on to power for too long can be ‘corrosive’.   Continue reading “‘I’ve come to realise power can be corrosive’: George W Bush admits he might have become carried away with fame”

Forbes – by Avik Roy

Last week, the state of California claimed that its version of Obamacare’s health insurance exchange would actually reduce premiums. “These rates are way below the worst-case gloom-and-doom scenarios we have heard,” boasted Peter Lee, executive director of the California exchange. But the data that Lee released tells a different story: Obamacare, in fact, will increase individual-market premiums in California by as much as 146 percent.   Continue reading “Rate Shock: In California, Obamacare To Increase Individual Health Insurance Premiums By 64-146%”

Natural News – by Jonathan Benson

If you post articles to your Facebook wall that warn others about the dangers of vaccines, or Tweet links to the latest studies tying vaccines to autism through Twitter, the vaccine pushers of the world could soon know about it in real time. According to new reports, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation-backed scientists in both the United States and Great Britain have jointly developed a computerized global monitoring system capable of tracking all social media activity around the world that defies mainstream vaccine dogma, and reporting it directly to authorities.   Continue reading “Internet monitoring system to stalk social media users who question safety of vaccines”

New York Post – by DAVID SEIFMAN

Mayor Bloomberg got huffy and puffy today discussing medical marijuana, describing efforts to legalize it as one of the greatest scams in history.

“Medical, my foot,” the mayor said, clearly not referring to an ailment of his own.

“There’s no medical. This is one of the great hoaxes of all time.”   Continue reading “Bloomberg huffs, puffs at plan to legalize pot: ‘Greatest hoaxes of all time’”

New York Times – by FELICITY BARRINGER

The loss of tropical rain forests is likely to reduce the energy output of hydroelectric projects in countries like Brazil that are investing billions of dollars to create power to support economic growth.

The D.C. Clothesline – by Dean Garrison

Another story from the files of the outright insane…

Did you own a toy cap gun as a child? I did. Did you play “cops and robbers” when you were young? I did. What on earth is going on in our school system today? Apparently a child who brought a toy cap gun to school, to show his friends, was interrogated for two hours, treated like a real-life criminal, and his parents were only called after he wet his pants according to the Washington Post. His normal “show and tell” action ended in him being suspended for 10 days. If the cap gun were loaded, the school principal allegedly claims, the police would have been called. According to Donna St. George:   Continue reading “5-Year-Old Wets His Pants After 2-Hour-Long Interrogation Over Toy Gun”

Gun Watch – by Weingarten

One Colt Sporter like this one was turned in; another AR15 type rifle went to a private buyer

At the turn in events this May in Phoenix, a premium was offered for the turn in of “Assault Rifles” or “Assault Weapons”. People who turned in those items were to be given double the premium for ordinary firearms, gift cards worth $100 in food.   Continue reading “AZ:”Assault Rifles” of the May 2013 Turn in Events in Phoenix”

Live Science – by Stephanie Pappas

The deforestation of the Brazilian rain forest has created a hidden consequence: The seeds of palm trees have evolved rapidly to be smaller.

The change is the result of a domino effect that begins with human agriculture and hunting, which have devastated large bird populations in the Atlantic Forest of Brazil. With these birds, which include colorful toucans and cotingas, locally extinct or barely hanging on, the palm trees have no way to disperse their largest seeds. As a result, seed sizes are smaller in parts of the rain forest where large birds are missing, finds a new study detailed in the May 31 issue of the journal Science.   Continue reading “Brazil’s Atlantic Forest Deforestation Is Causing Rapid Seed Evolution, Study Shows”

WND

The effort to recall “America’s toughest sheriff,” Maricopa County, Arizona’s Joe Arpaio, fell short of the 355,000 voter signatures needed by yesterday afternoon.

Arpaio reacted to the outcome in a statement.   Continue reading “Effort to Oust Sheriff Joe Fails”

Daily Caller – Josh Peterson

A federal judge in California ordered Google to comply with an FBI national security investigation after the search giant launched a protest against the bureau’s request.

U.S. District Judge Susan Illston rejected Google’s petition to modify or throw out 19 national security letters (NSL) related to federal government investigations due to the broad nature of the petition, CNET reported Friday.   Continue reading “Judge orders Google to comply with FBI national security investigation”

Breitbart – by Joel B. Pollak

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) declined Friday afternoon to meet a Senate Finance Committee deadline for answering detailed questions about the origins of the IRS scandal. The questions had been submitted jointly nearly two weeks ago by Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) and Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-UT).   Continue reading “IRS Ignores Senate Deadline to Answer Questions about Scandal”

Investment Watchblog

Just coming in – will post updates.

PDS (Particularly Dangerous Situation) tornado watch will be issued soon

https://twitter.com/MIDSCAR

The NWS Norman has issued a public information statement. Probably the strongest wording I’ve ever seen   Continue reading “NWS to Issue Particularly-Dangerous-Situation (PDS) Warnings over 3 areas shortly. OK City Under High Risk!!”