The big picture: The state elections are being viewed as a crucial test for Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer (AKK), the hand-picked successor to Merkel. A series of missteps have Germans — including some in AKK’s own party — questioning her leadership. Her CDU has become especially vulnerable with AfD chipping away at its popularity in recent elections. Saxony … Read more
Death toll in Odessa shooting rises to 7, a 17-month-old child among those injured A 17-month-old girl was among the 22 injured in a shooting rampage around Odessa, Texas, as the death toll increased to seven victims Sunday. The gunman was killed in a shootout with police. The little girl, Anderson Davis, suffered shrapnel in her … Read more
Tech investor John Borthwick doesn’t mince words when it comes to how he perceives smart speakers from the likes of Google (GOOG, GOOGL) and Amazon (AMZN). The founder of venture capital firm Betaworks and former Time Warner (T) and AOL (VZ) executive believes the information-gathering performed by such devices is tantamount to surveillance. “I would say that there’s … Read more
by TFittonJW Back from vacation to an insane week, this is a super-sized update: No one is doing more heavy lifting than Judicial Watch… https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-releases/judicial-watch-victory-court-grants-significant-new-discovery-in-clinton-email-case/ https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-releases/judicial-watch-statement-on-doj-ig-report-on-james-comey/ https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-releases/judicial-watch-federal-judge-orders-fbi-to-search-for-steele-documents/ https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-releases/judicial-watch-files-lawsuit-against-santa-clara-county-sanctuary-city-policy-that-enabled-illegal-alien-to-kill-an-american-citizen/
by Michael Snyder A new study has discovered that we are far more dependent on America’s great debt creation machine than most of us would have ever dared to imagine. Today, debt is involved in most of our major transactions. In order to purchase a home, most of us go into debt. The same thing … Read more
By Robert Ross August 14 was the worst day of the year for stocks. The Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged 800 points in a single day. The stock market plunged because of a serious economic warning sign called a yield curve inversion. A yield curve inversion is a canary in the coal mine for the … Read more
Top business men are being forced to give up all their shares in companies and step down. The shareholders are always silent investors. Jack Ma of Alibaba was forced to step down this summer 2019 And much more. AC
via Reason: Activist Nury Turkel discusses the vast network of camps that may hold over a million Uyghurs in western China with Reason TV’s Todd Krainin (Video):
via spectator: Tulsi Gabbard is arguably the most interesting woman in American politics today. A combat veteran from the Iraq war, the Hawaii Democrat’s beliefs were forged not only in the desert wastelands of Iraq but also by the wastefulness of America’s permanent bipartisan fusion party. Having served in the US Army National Guard in a … Read more
This is the dem front runner: https://twitter.com/shoe0nhead/status…