WASHINGTON (AP) — In one of its final acts of the year, the House passed bipartisan legislation late Wednesday that would empower law enforcement agencies across the country to adopt de-escalation training when encountering individuals with mental health issues as part of an effort to reduce the number of officer-involved fatalities. The bill passed 264-162 with Republican … Read more
Once again, Congress has blown past the end of the fiscal year without passing appropriations bills, thus setting up a government spending fight just before Christmas. The defeated outgoing Democratic House majority is hoping some Hollywood-style flair will hide their true aim; namely, to stuff trillions of dollars in new spending down the throats of the American public. There … Read more
President Joe Biden hosted a meeting for African leaders that began on Tuesday, during which the White House promised more details of the massive benefits package would be divulged. “Working closely with Congress, the U.S. will commit $55 billion to Africa over the course of the next three years across a wide range of sectors … Read more
Source: https://www.sec.gov/news/press-release/2022-228 The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced fraud charges against Lawrence Billimek, an employee of a major asset management firm with securities portfolios worth billions of dollars, and Alan Williams, who previously worked at several financial industry firms, for perpetrating a multi-year front-running scheme that generated at least $47 million in illegal trading profits. … Read more
‘A woman in Norway is facing up to three years in prison on criminal hate-speech charges after saying that a man cannot become a lesbian. Tonje Gjevjon, a lesbian filmmaker and actress, was informed on Nov. 17 that she was under investigation for speaking out against prominent Norwegian activist Christine Jentoft on Facebook. Jentoft is … Read more
‘24 November 2022 The United States Federal Drug Administration (FDA) has just approved a new treatment for a rare blood clotting disease, one with a hefty price tag. Per dose, it’ll cost US$3.5 million, making it the most expensive drug anywhere in the world. The medicine, called Hemgenix, is a gene therapy treatment for hemophilia … Read more
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by jessefelder Today is Fed day once again and we are sure to hear plenty from the financial media about just how “hawkish” monetary policy has been this year. To be sure, the Fed has raised rates at a faster pace than we have seen in recent history. However, given where the rate of inflation … Read more
by mark000 If it takes 9 months for impact of Rate Hikes to be felt then the effects fully arrive in: Hike date New Rate Impact arrives 3.22 50 12.22 5.22 100 2.23 6.22 175 3.23 7.22 250 4.23 9.22 325 6.23 11.22 400 8.23 12.22 450 9.23 Dear US economy, get ready for some … Read more
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The Fed announced a 50-basis-point rate hike today. Projects raising rates as high as 5.1% before ending inflation battle h/t Spare_Act_5747
by Michael Everyone knows that the quality of education in our public schools is declining. We continue to fall behind the rest of the world, and this is particularly true in science and in math. Personally, I am a product of the public schools. I attended public schools all the way through high school, and … Read more
Do you all get a daily script emailed to you? pic.twitter.com/t6J4Duc7j5 — RedpillPatriot (@redpill2138) December 14, 2022 h/t Stephen Green
“Even though the American public has greater trust in their military than most nations have in theirs – and there is a lot of institutional capital there to burn through – the drop along all political persuasions is significant. As reported by Gallup, they are returning to levels not seen in over 35 years as … Read more
After what must have been particularly heated negotiations, House and Senate negotiators have – no doubt grudgingly – agreed to balloon the United States defense budget by an additional $45 billion beyond the $800+ billion the Biden administration had asked for. Politico calls the increase a “rebuke” of the President, which seems a curious way … Read more
OMFG @TheBabylonBee pic.twitter.com/YXhuiioAwm — Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) December 14, 2022 Tess
Texans could have a dark, cold Christmas if an Arctic blast headed east continues its path. Texas suffered a massive power grid failure in February 2021 after three severe winter storms and frigid temperatures stressed the grid. The grid’s failure resulted in millions of Texans losing power, leading to a lack of food, water and warmth. The failure … Read more
Fifty-five websites have been seized for illegally live-streaming matches from the World Cup in Qatar, the US Justice Department said Monday. The websites were shut down after a FIFA representative identified sites being used to distribute copyright-infringing content https://sports.yahoo.com/us-seizes-55-websites-illegally-200533446.html
“I’ll start with the principles I’ve come to believe…based on everything I’ve learned and experienced through my past actions as a Twitter co-founder and lead: Social media must be resilient to corporate and government control. Only the original author may remove content they produce. Moderation is best implemented by algorithmic choice. The Twitter when I … Read more
Top Comment on Part 1: If the lenders are forced to keep their assets (contracts) in old currency, and the borrowers allowed to convert their assets (cash) into new currency, then the logical outcome will simply be to raise interest rates on the loans to match the devaluation of the old currency against the new … Read more
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