Venezuela’s Health Care System Ready To Collapse Amid Economic Crisis. Marcos Carvajal, a 34-year-old former pitcher for the Colorado Rockies and Florida Marlins, died of pneumonia on Tuesday. He fell sick in December, but the antibiotics needed to treat the illness were hard to find. Drugs for Carvajal eventually were sent from abroad but he … Read more
The NFL Is Losing Its Core Audience, a WSJ/NBC News Poll Finds “Just 51% of men aged 18 to 49 say they follow the NFL closely, down from 75% four years ago.” The poll shows that fans are following the sport less closely, even in key demographics, such as young men, that historically propelled the league’s … Read more
Bitcoin Is Falling Fast, Losing More Than Half Its Value in Six Weeks Selloff triggered by expanding regulatory crackdown on cryptocurrencies Bitcoin plunged below $8,000 on Friday, extending its sharp rout since the start of the year in a selloff triggered by a widening regulatory crackdown on cryptocurrencies. In afternoon trading in New York, bitcoin had recovered … Read more
by Shaun Richards So far in 2018 we have seen a move towards higher bond yields across the financial world. This poses more than a few questions not least for the central banks who went to unparalleled efforts in terms of scale to try to reduce them. This as I pointed out on the 6th … Read more
From ANTI-MEDIA: Millions of jobs are at risk of being outsourced to automated artificial intelligence or robotic applications in the next decade. These jobs range from baristas and supermarket clerks to lawyers and hedge fund managers. Now, a new patent application by automaker Ford suggests law enforcement agents, too, could soon be replaced by artificially intelligent autonomous police cars equipped with state of … Read more
by Dana Lyons The yield on the 30-Year U.S. Treasury Bond is (again) threatening to break out of its ultra low-rate environment. Among the most important developments in a busy few weeks in the financial markets has been the rise (and breakout, in some cases) in bond yields. For example, the yield on the 10-Year … Read more
by BamaBangs Hello, and welcome to the beginning of the end of the Mueller Investigation. Today we’re going to discuss the legal doctrine of the “Fruit of the Poisonous Tree.” I want to take you back in time to 1920, where Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. delivered an opinion of the Supreme Court where this famous legal … Read more
Johnson Expands Investigation, Requests Additional Emails and Texts from 16 FBI Officials https://www.hsgac.senate.gov/media/majority-media/johnson-expands-investigation-requests-additional-emails-and-texts-from-16-fbi-officials SIP Questions also remain about the preservation of FBI records in this matter. In one series of text messages produced to the Committee, Mr. Strzok and Ms. Page hint at broader record-retention issues with the FBI’s Samsung mobile devices and that FBI … Read more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wD289_1CQOo Good morning, I’m still reporting on: Was New FBI Chief Blackmailed?, 2023 Synopsis: It turns out that among the final rebel holdouts among the coup plotters in the FBI’s fortress on Pennsylvania Ave. is none other than President Trump’s new FBI Director, Christopher Wray. Congressional sources have told the TruePundit that in the last … Read more
The DNC is reportedly ‘dead broke.’ The RNC has nearly $40 million. 10:25 a.m. ET The Democratic National Committee had a rough 2017, plagued by leadership troubles, internal squabbling, and unflattering reports. To top it off, the party ended the year “dead broke,” says The Intercept’s Ryan Grim. The Democratic Party is carrying more than … Read more