Highly Famous ‘Imam of Peace’ Posts What He says Middle Eastern Journalists are Reporting Regarding Iran/U.S. Conflict

Highly Famous ‘Imam of Peace’ Posts What He says Middle Eastern Journalists are Reporting Regarding Iran/U.S. Conflict Imam of Peace / Pray for Peace… Verified account @Imamofpeace This is being repeated a lot by Middle East journalists: “Tehran told Washington DC through proxies that it will bomb US bases in Iraq to save face and … Read more

WELL, THAT’S NOT SUSPICIOUS AT ALL: Iran refuses to hand over airliner’s black box: report.

via foxnews “Iran is refusing to hand over the black box of the doomed Ukrainian airliner to Boeing amid an investigation into what caused the crash that killed all 176 people aboard the flight out of Tehran early Wednesday, according to a report.” UPDATE: A friend on Facebook comments: Following the story of Ukrainian International Airlines … Read more

The End of College Is Near

By Jared Dillian I predict that 20% of colleges and universities will shut down or merge in the next 10 years, and probably more. It was a good run. Most people fail to understand that higher education is in itself countercyclical. When the economy is bad, and people lose jobs, many of them will go … Read more

Truckers Take “Wait and See Approach”: Equipment Orders, After Having Plunged, Stall at Low Levels

Amid a shakeout among trucking companies & production cuts and layoffs among truck makers. By Wolf Richter for WOLF STREET. Orders for heavy trucks in December came in at 20,000. In the fourth quarter, they averaged just under 20,000. For the past 12 months, there were 179,000 orders for Class 8 trucks, down 64% from 497,000 orders in … Read more

Welcome To World War 3 – Just Pray That You Will Be Able To Survive It

by Michael Snyder It certainly didn’t take long for the missiles to start flying.  Just hours after Qassem Soleimani’s funeral proceedings ended, the Iranian military fired more than a dozen ballistic missiles at two U.S. bases in Iraq.  President Trump will be making a statement about this attack on Wednesday, U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham is … Read more

NYC and State unraveling: second thoughts on “criminal justice reform”

via nypost: Clearly New York’s ultra-progressive chief executives have arrived at the same place on the state’s absurd new arrest-and-release bail law: Scorched in the press, they now say change definitely is in order. “There’s no doubt that this is a work in progress,” says the governor who proudly signed the bail bill into law. “Changing the … Read more

Ukranian Passenger Airplane With 180 Passengers & Crew On Board Has Crashed Near Imam Khomeini Airport Of Tehran!

UKRANIAN PASSENGER AIRPLANE WITH 180 PASSENGERS & CREW ONBOARD HAS CRASHED NEAR IMAM KHOMEINI AIRPORT OF TEHRAN DUE TO TECHNICAL PROBLEMS UKRANIAN PASSENGER AIRPLANE WITH 180 PASSENGERS & CREW ONBOARD HAS CRASHED NEAR IMAM KHOMEINI AIRPORT OF TEHRAN DUE TO TECHNICAL PROBLEMS — First Squawk (@FirstSquawk) January 8, 2020 #Breaking First footage of the Ukrainian … Read more

Australia New-Vehicle Sales Drop for 2nd Year, Lowest Since 2011: “Tough Year for the Australian Economy”

Holden sales collapse.  By Wolf Richter for WOLF STREET. Australia is next as we’re tracking the decline in global new-vehicle sales that started in the US in 2017 and took on serious dimensions in 2018 with vehicles sales falling for the first time in modern China, the largest auto market in the world. New-vehicle sales in Australia fell … Read more

The World Is Going Wild – John Rubino

by Kerry Lutz with John Rubino via FSN GoldandSilver Just when you thought it was safe to short Tesla, the Middle East blows up. The US does a targeted assassination of Iran’s number 2 and it’s off to the races. Gold took off and blasted through the pesky $1550 resistance point. While metals have pulled back they’re still well ahead. … Read more

California Kicks Off 2020 in the WORST Way Possible – Look What They’re Offering To Illegal Aliens

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNhs681Lw54 Mike LaChance from American Lookout reports, What is wrong with the leaders in California? The state is bleeding population as people flee, they have the highest taxes in the country, and a massive homeless problem. What are they doing? Offering free healthcare to illegal immigrants. Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: https://americanlookout.com/californi…

As the war drums with Iran are beating, let’s not forget that the current Secretary of Defense is a lobbyist for Raytheon (weapons manufacturer)

by kimcheefarts This is who is driving us into a war: https://www.military.com/daily-news/2019/07/16/esper-refuses-recuse-himself-raytheon-matters-secdef-confirmation-hearing.html Army Secretary Mark Esper appeared headed to easy confirmation as defense secretary until late in his Senate Armed Services Committee hearing Tuesday morning, when he was confronted by Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts. In heated exchanges, Warren demanded to know whether Esper would recuse himself … Read more