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Grubhub, Uber and Postmates accused of antitrust violations.

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https://www.restaurantbusinessonline.com/technology/grubhub-uber-postmates-accused-antitrust-violations A lawsuit filed this week by a group of restaurant consumers accuses third-party delivery companies Grubhub, Uber and Postmates of antitrust violations resulting in inflated menu prices. The class action suit alleges that high commissions charged by the platforms force restaurants to charge higher prices. In turn, the platforms’ strict pricing restrictions essentially lock … Read more

On The Imminent Collapse Of The Fractional-Reserve Gold Banking System

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by Chris Powell of the Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee (GATA) Dear Friend of GATA and Gold: The imminent collapse of the fractional-reserve gold banking system is the primary topic of a discussion between London metals trader and Kinesis Money founder Andrew Maguire and GATA consultant Harvey Organ, a student of the gold and silver markets for 50 years. They review: — Organ’s … Read more

Federal Reserve: Everything is fine. Just like in 2008

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by Simon Black It’s nothing but rosy news coming from the Federal Reserve. Recently the Fed released this reassuring statement: “The banking system remains well-capitalized under even the harshest of these downside scenarios. . .” In other words, everything is just fine. Yet at the same time, the Fed also announced that it would impose restrictions … Read more

WELL: Obama admin shut down H1N1 testing, complicating Biden’s attacks on Trump’s coronavirus screening: Public health officials disagreed with Obama CDC’s decision.

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via foxnews: Joe Biden is stepping up his attacks on the Trump administration’s coronavirus testing management, saying Wednesday that “the crisis in Arizona is the direct result of Donald Trump’s failure to lead and his desire to ‘slow the testing down,’ and Americans are suffering the consequences.” Biden specifically called for the White House to “immediately resume operating … Read more

Biden swamp is deeper than we thought

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EXCLUSIVE: Top DNC Exec With ‘Sense Of Comfort’ In Biden Now Lobbies For Chinese Communist-Linked Tech Firm EDUARDO IVAN ZAPIEN, A HIGH-PROFILE DEMOCRATIC LOBBYIST WHO PREVIOUSLY SERVED AS THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE’S HISPANIC COUNCIL EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND INSISTED LOBBYISTS WOULD ENJOY “A SENSE OF COMFORT” DURING A JOE BIDEN PRESIDENCY, LOBBIES FOR ZTE, A TECHNOLOGY … Read more

About time: Trump stops playing nice with public schools

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 POINTS Trump tweeted that he may withhold federal funding from schools that do not resume in-person classes this fall. Moments later Trump said his own CDC’s guidelines for safely reopening schools are too expensive and too impractical. Vice President Mike Pence later announced that the CDC will be issuing five new documents next week that … Read more

Police are using drones and police dogs to search for Seoul’s mayor missing.UPDATE Seoul’s mayor reportedly FOUND DEAD…OR NOT?

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https://twitter.com/GalloVOA/status/1281160356216225794 https://twitter.com/disclosetv/status/1281164515154034688 https://twitter.com/disclosetv/status/1281190720775368707 Seoul’s Mayor has been found dead. Wtf? pic.twitter.com/VywNFH71qJ — Danny Kim (@gyumstagram) July 9, 2020 #BREAKING The mayor of South Korean capital Seoul was missing after leaving a verbal message that his daughter described as sounding like a will, police said. A massive search operation was underway for him – reportedly found … Read more

Supreme Court says Manhattan prosecutors can obtain Trump’s financial records

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From Axios: Manhattan prosecutors can obtain President Trump’s financial records from his banks and accounting firms, the Supreme Court ruled Thursday. Why it matters: The ruling is a stinging loss for Trump, who has fought relentlessly to keep these records secret. The backdrop: Manhattan prosecutor Cy Vance subpoenaed 8 years’ worth of the president’s tax returns … Read more

How is it the media reports that Biden has “come up” with a plan to boost the economy that is literally what Trump has been doing since he was elected?

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by Dropcord   Democratic candidate Joe Biden is proposing sweeping new uses of the federal government’s regulatory and spending power to bolster U.S. manufacturing and technology firms. Biden calls for a $400 billion, four-year increase in government purchasing of U.S.-based goods and services plus $300 billion in new research and development in U.S. technology concerns. … Read more

WATCH: Tucker Plays Lemon’s Comments From 2013 On Black Community That’d Get Him ‘Fired Immediately’ Now

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Wow, Don actually had some good advice back then. I’m surprised the cancel culture has come after him for his comments. On his Fox News show Wednesday, host Tucker Carlson contrasted CNN host Don Lemon’s recent political comments about the black community with comments he made in 2013. In the segment, Carlson highlighted comments from … Read more

U.S. may need another 1 billion square feet of warehouse space by 2025 as e-commerce booms

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https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/09/us-may-need-another-1-billion-square-feet-of-warehouse-space-by-2025.html With more people clicking “buy” online, demand for industrial real estate could reach an additional 1 billion square feet by 2025, according to commercial real estate services firm JLL. The boom for fulfillment centers comes as the traditional retail real estate industry is suffering with store closures piling up and rents plummeting, as companies … Read more

Next weeks News cycle… “Research shows no connection between the current mosquito borne illness outbreak in Key West FL, and last months release of millions of genetically modified mosquitos in Key West FL”

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via Reddit: Last month Oxitec began releasing GM Mosquitos in Key West FL. This week we have reports of the Mosquito-borne Dengue Fever in Florida. And who funded this? Why its everyone’s favorite SDG philanthropist, the current lead funder of the World Health Orginization, Bill Gates!