Man is sent to jail after being denied a jury and being on house arrest for the last 2 years bonus: the judge owns stock in chevron

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not much to be said that isn’t already in the screenshot but yeah, we live in an oligarchy where the rich can do whatever they feel. Bonus bonus: the actual ruling he won has been blocked. Read more: https://amazonwatch.org/news/2014/1029-judge-kaplan-held-investments-in-chevron-when-he-ruled-for-company h/t  scentlessgrape

Dem cries to ‘defund police’ fade as crime surges… Keep or Replace? Fate of Minneapolis Force in Voter Hands…

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Democratic cries to ‘defund police’ fade in U.S. mayoral races as crime surges Oct 29 (Reuters) – Felicia Moore, Atlanta’s city council president, vows to hire 250 police officers to help combat her city’s rising crime rate if she is elected mayor next week. Her most prominent Democratic rival, former Mayor Kasim Reed, wants to … Read more

World Series sticker shock: $1,000-plus for standing-room-only tickets

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Ticket prices on the secondary market for Friday night’s World Series game at Truist Park remained above $1,000 as of Thursday afternoon, and some of those tickets came without a seat. Some sellers on StubHub, the official fan-to-fan ticket marketplace partner of MLB, and other resale sites were seeking between $1,000 and $1,300 for standing-room-only … Read more

Cuomo sex crime case: Sheriff says ‘overwhelming evidence’… Faces mug shot, fingerprinting…

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Cuomo sex crime case: New York sheriff says ‘we have an overwhelming amount of evidence’ A New York sheriff said Friday that “we have an overwhelming amount of evidence” against former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a day after a criminal complaint accused him of a sex crime against an aide. Albany County Sheriff Craig Apple also … Read more

NFT Just Sold for $532 Million — But Didn’t Really Sell at All…

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A white-haired, green-eyed pixelated character known as a CryptoPunk 9998 just sold for more than half a billion U.S. dollars — or so it appeared — the latest wild development in the booming non-fungible token space. But the Ethereum blockchain shows the money from the NFT trade ended up right back where it started, raising the question of why … Read more

Gold’s Slow and Steady Response to Inflation

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From Birch Gold Group This week, Your News to Know rounds up the latest top stories involving gold and the overall economy. Stories include: How and when gold will take inflation’s cue, Venezuela’s forced adoption of a “gold standard,” and engineers are looking to utilize gold to store more than just monetary wealth. Gold’s lack of … Read more

Pandemic prostitution increasingly profitable in Queens

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When you see the women on certain street corners along Roosevelt Avenue in East Elmhurst, wearing mini skirts and sometimes schoolgirl skirts, you notice they’re often scanning their cell phones. Law enforcement believes that’s because they’re making contact with customers who find the women’s “massage” services on a website called Bedpage.com, or they’re simply steering … Read more

Number 2 US General John Hyten says China has done HUNDREDS of hypersonic missile tests

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US Gen. Says China’s Done ‘Hundreds’ of Hypersonic Weapon Tests While DoD is ‘Bureaucratic’ – Report The development of hypersonic weapons, according to Hyten, exemplifies the vast differences between the US and China’s approaches. In the last five years, he reportedly claimed, the US has conducted nine hypersonic tests, whereas the “Chinese have done hundreds.” … Read more

CNN Says We Must Cut Down Trees To Save Earth

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In order to cut carbon emissions CNN says we have to cut down trees and bury them. “ Plant trees, sure. But to save the climate, we should also cut them down” “ Beyond these practical uses, wood can also serve purely as a long-term carbon storage device. The key to locking away the carbon … Read more

Rashida Tlaib throws an outlandish number at Chevron’s CEO to say he owes the world $50 billion, accuses him of “poisoning the planet”

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He says Chevron owes $50 billion to "indigenous people." I have been following these cases for awhile and I have literally no idea what she is talking about. Cut a check to the last descendent of Sitting Bull, which is Elizabeth Warren, I guess. — Ian Miles Cheong (@ianmiles) October 28, 2021  

40% Of The Bull Market Is Due Soley To Buybacks

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By Lance Roberts  What If I told you that 40% of the bull market rally over the last decade was from buybacks alone? That may not be as crazy as it sounds. We previously discussed the misuse and abuse of stock buybacks over the last decade. Such is not surprising given the low interest rate environment. But, … Read more

Tucson Water employee sounds alarm about staff shortage: “We are watching employees walk out as I speak”

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TUCSON, Ariz. (KOLD News 13) – A Tucson Water employee said they are losing staff and it’s leading to a troubling shortage. “We are watching employees walk out as I speak in the water quality and operations division,” said the employee, who asked to remain anonymous. The worker said Tucson Water is having to move … Read more