A gunman opened fire Saturday in a Walmart and around a nearby shopping mall in El Paso, Texas, leaving at least 19 people dead and 40 injured, law enforcement officials said. Employees and shoppers described scenes of confusion and fear as they realized the sudden loud noises they heard were not boxes being dropped or … Read more
Collapsing California cliff claims 3 lives along beach ENCINITAS, Calif. (AP) — A popular surfing beach was closed Saturday after a cliff collapsed, sending tons of sandstone onto beachgoers and killing three people. A 30-foot-long slab of the cliff plunged onto the sand near Grandview Beach north of San Diego. A KNSD-TV helicopter captured footage … Read more
by Amy S. Most are dying of cancer. They have tried every standard treatment, to no avail. Immunotherapy drugs, which can work miracles against a few types of cancer, are not known to work for this kind. Why immunotherapy causes side effects Certain types of immunotherapy attack cancer or slow its spread to other parts … Read more
by Fabius Maximus Summary: After 18 years of war, let’s ask what went wrong. The answer point to the core strength of our senior generals. This is a revision and update of a post from 2008. “A core competence is a combination of complementary skills and knowledge bases embedded in a group or team that results … Read more
by trzarocks The FBI is not a credible investigative body. The fact that they cite Wikipedia as a source when it’s clearly not authoritative calls into question every FBI action being taken at this time.
Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times, Billionaire financier George Soros is launching a super PAC ahead of the 2020 election and, at $5.1 million, he has already made the single biggest contribution so far this election cycle compared to any other megadonor. Soros contributed $5.1 million to the new group, Democracy PAC, according to Paperwork filed with the Federal Election Commission. Super … Read more
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As congressman Elijah Cummings escalates his feud with President Trump, a watchdog group files an IRS complaint against Cumming’s wife for public corruption. One America’s Jack Posobiec has more from Washington. AC
Watch the latest video at foxnews.com A 22-year-old has been arrested in an alleged scam of the largest internet retailer that totaled nearly $370,000 by sending return packages filled with dirt. James Gilbert Kwarteng, of Palma de Mallorca, Spain, allegedly swindled AmazonOpens a New Window. by filling up the ordered items’ boxes with dirt and registering with the exact … Read more
via hotair: Campus Reform went to the theater where the Democratic debate took place and asked a bunch of Democrats what they would consider Joe Biden’s major accomplishments. “I don’t know of a specific accomplishment of his,” one woman respondent tells Cabot Phillips early on, and it doesn’t get much better from there. …And? This is … Read more
via nationalpost: Trump promised prosperity, tax cuts, renegotiation of disadvantageous trade deals, the annihilation of ISIL, the establishment of a southern border that would control entry to the country, the shaping up of the military, revival of the concept of nuclear non-proliferation regarding Iran and North Korea, withdrawal from the inane and self-punitive Paris Climate accord, … Read more
(Bloomberg) — Sweden’s introduction on Thursday of a tax aimed at phasing out the nation’s last remaining coal and gas plants to curb global warming comes with an unintended consequence for some of its biggest cities. Hiking threefold a levy on fossil fuels used at local power plants will make such facilities unprofitable and utilities … Read more
FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – You may see something new on the shelves this year as you shop for school supplies. Some stores in North Texas have begun selling “bullet-resistant” backpacks. The backpacks from Guard Dog Security can be seen at Office Depot and Office Max locations. Until now, the bags were mostly sold online. A label … Read more
A new piece of advanced espionage malware, possibly developed by a nation-supported attacker, targeted three US companies in the utilities industry last month https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/08/new-advanced-malware-possibly-nation-sponsored-is-targeting-us-utilities/ Between July 19 and July 25, 2019, several spear phishing emails were identified targeting three US companies in the utilities sector. The phishing emails appeared to impersonate a US-based engineering licensing … Read more
via CNBC: Some analysts are expecting a stock market correction in a seasonally weak time of year, while markets await developments on trade and Fed policy that are not expected until September. This has created an information vacuum for markets, including the void left as corporate earnings season winds down. Just about 60 S&P 500 … Read more
From Birch Gold Group On Wednesday, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) opted to cut rates by 0.25%. This is typically done to spur economic growth, which may have been necessary thanks to a disconcerting part of the Federal Reserve’s statement. In their official statement, after conveying a good feeling about economic growth, inflation, and labor, the … Read more
by Ron Paul via Ron Paul Institute with Jeff Harris Yesterday’s Fed rate cut was much too little for President Trump, but moving toward zero or negative rates only hastens the coming economic collapse. Long-time financial management expert Jeff Harris joins today’s Report to discuss what the collapse might look like and what people might do to protect themselves.
by Tom McClellan Quietness is a sign of trader complacency, and thus of a topping condition for prices. Quietness manifests itself in a variety of ways, and can be measured also in a bunch of different ways. Most often, chartists will use Average True Range (ATR) to look at what prices are doing. This week’s … Read more
by Michael Snyder Have relations between the United States and China finally reached the point of no return? At this moment, it would be difficult to overstate how angry the Chinese are with the United States. Chinese officials are firmly blaming the United States for the enormous political protests that we have witnessed in Hong … Read more
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter But apartment rents in 10 other cities surge 10% to 15%. In the most expensive US markets, apartment rents hit a ceiling some time ago, in some cases four years ago, and have dropped from those highs, as tenants have reached their limit. That this wasn’t a brief fluke, after which … Read more
via Zerohedge: The nationwide housing bust is underway with the first cracks showing up in Seattle-area home prices. The price of a Seattle single-family home in May fell 1.2% YoY, the first negative change in a major US city in this cycle, according to new data from S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller. “Whether negative YOY rates of change … Read more
by independenttrader Donald Trump’s victory in the presidential election of 2016 was a huge surprise for the establishment. Since 1990s, or at least that’s how I remember, one of two candidates serving the same groups of interest (financial and military sectors) has been elected as the president of the United States. Financial industry benefited from … Read more
by Mike Shedlock The long end of the yield curve continued its post-FOMC decline on poor manufacturing reports and new Trump tariffs. Bond yields were already in steep decline today on ISM news. Trump goosed the market with additional tariffs on China. Fed Gets Unwanted Reaction The Fed cut interest rates this week in hopes … Read more
via mises: It was announced earlier this month that Piper Jaffray is buying boutique investment banker Sandler O’Neill & Partners L.P. for $485 million. The Wall Street Journal reported, Sandler O’Neill is a leader in advising small and midsize banks on deals, having been involved in 355 bank mergers since 2010, according to Dealogic. It is an area that … Read more
