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by The14thScorpion A reminder that this resource exists. There are some simple explanations of tax law in the U.S. over at Khan Academy. Here are a couple links: Introduction to Tax Brackets Introduction to Deductions A link to all lessons in the Tax Portal And since retirement accounts tie into deductions: Link to the … Read more
by cydude At this week’s Democrat debate in Charleston, South Carolina, the alpha male candidate Michael Bloomberg bragged about using 100 million dollars to buy 21 Democrat Congressmen. Speaking of his role in the 2018 midterm elections, Bloomberg said, “all of the new Democrats that came in, put Nancy Pelosi in charge, and gave Congress the … Read more
by SpearOfOrion I’m from southern Spain, and this week like 20% of my classmates report flu/cold symptoms, me included. Important info: I already had the flu in around November or so, so I should be immune to the seasonal flu. Before you call me crazy hear me out: In terms of symptoms, corona virus is … Read more
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Read the Letter Sent Out to Parents in Sacremento, California – Students From Two Colleges Exposed to Coronavirus – School Tells Parents No Risk https://www.kcra.com/article/2-sacramento-area-college-students-exposed-coronavirus-patient/31138209 h/t dr0id
Watch the latest video at foxnews.com Fox Business Network host Stuart Varney argued on Thursday that the Democrats’ pushback against President Trump for his messaging on the coronavirus outbreak is fueling panic and driving down the stock market. “What some of the leading Democrats have been saying about the president’s performance on the virus, I think … Read more
(Silver Doctors Editors) So far, the Olympics are game on, although now the the World Health Organization is stepping in. From MSNBC: The World Health Organization said Thursday it is advising the organizers of the Tokyo Olympics and that no decision has been made to cancel the major sporting event in the midst of the coronavirus outbreak. … Read more
A HERO OF THE REAL RESISTANCE: Powerline’s Scott Johnson stays on the Ilhan Omar case with A Message from Abdi Nur. From Powerline: “My name is Abdihakin Osman Nur and I live in Minneapolis Minnesota. I am an American citizen. I am the person who spoke to the media and said that Ilhan Omar married her … Read more
by Wildthing3 There has never been a country pushed into a recession because of a flu 43 firmed cases of coronavirus in Iran and 9 deaths, that’s a death rate of 20% The RO value for the flu is between 1.4 and 1.6%, the RO value for coronaviris is between 3 and 7%. Coronavirus has the … Read more
by Geoffrey Grider House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is criticizing Trump over handling of coronavirus, but the teeming homeless problem and sanitary conditions in her home district of San Francisco may just lead to a ground zero outbreak of the disease. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is criticizing President Trump over his response to the coronavirus, but she … Read more
Sanders correctly stated that education became universal in Castro’s Cuba, but he ignored the deeply Orwellian nature of the educational system. Literacy was not sought by the Cuban regime just for the sake of literacy. From the outset, the regime viewed education, as two experts on Cuba explained in The Atlantic, as the “key to … Read more
By Irina Slav African and Latin American countries have accumulated at least $152 billion in debt to Chinese banks, backed by oil and other mineral resources, a study from non-profit the Natural Resource Governance Institute has revealed. Chinese loans represented 77 percent of the total $164 billion in resource-backed loans taken out by African and Latin American … Read more
by Jason Burack via Wall St For Main St The DOW is now down over 6% in just the last 2 days, today the 10 year US Treasury yield hit an all time low of 1.31% and the former Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank President, Narayana Kocherlakota, wrote an Op-Ed for Bloomberg yesterday how the Fed needs to cut … Read more
Gov. Newsom says 28 people in California have tested positive for Coronavirus. About 8,400 people are being monitored because of their travel. “We knew this was inevitable,” he said. Gov. Newsom says 28 people in California have tested positive for Coronavirus. About 8,400 people are being monitored because of their travel. "We knew this was … Read more
Officials at the Department of Health and Human Services sent more than a dozen workers to receive the first Americans evacuated from Wuhan, China, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak, without proper training for infection control or appropriate protective gear, according to a whistleblower complaint. The workers did not show symptoms of infection and were … Read more
by Simon Black At precisely 11am on November 11, 1918, in a nondescript railroad car in northeastern France, a group of senior military officers and government officials signed an armistice agreement that effectively ended World War 1. The Great War had killed a staggering 9 million soldiers in four years. That’s more than nearly every major … Read more
BREAKING: US Navy orders ships to perform 14 days of self quarantine in between all port visits following reports of 3 #CoronaVirus infections on a South Korea military base. https://twitter.com/kr3at/status/1233149576951091205?s=20 The US Navy has given ships operating in the Pacific new port call guidance amid concerns over the coronavirus, US Pacific Fleet told Insider Thursday. … Read more
Meet Scorpio, a prototype Russian robot that patrols territory, throws a net on a suspect and releases a search drone. It was made by a startup, known for friendlier robots, funded by a Kremlin-backed venture capital fund. The company says it's in talks with local police pic.twitter.com/1DEtGE8iGg — Bloomberg Originals (@bbgoriginals) February 27, 2020
US Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren unveiled legislation in the Senate today that would move funds being used for construction of the border wall to combat the coronavirus outbreak. The Prioritizing Pandemic Prevention Act would provide a “down payment” of an estimated $10 billion in funding for coronavirus efforts, per the legislation. “The coronavirus … Read more
