Anchorage: One of Alaska’s most active volcanoes, a towering ice-covered cone in the Aleutian Islands, shot a cloud of ash more than 5 miles (8 km) high on Friday, triggering a warning to aviators and putting on a show that was captured in satellite imagery. The ash burst from Shishaldin Volcano, about 670 miles (1,080 … Read more
A Cook County judge has ordered Google to turn over Jussie Smollett’s emails, photos, location data and private messages for an entire year as part of the special prosecutor’s investigation into the purported attack on the actor. Two sweeping search warrants, obtained by the Chicago Tribune, provide the first public glimpse at the direction of … Read more
by DeplorableOldMan Trump has started his “Chaos Theory” masterplan to end America’s ‘Endless Wars’. Trump’s Chaos Theory for the Oval Office Is Taking Its Toll https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/01/us/politics/trump-chaos-oval-office.html Trump has initiated a plan to achieve his final goal, as future will prove past, nothing is what it appears to be. As the world will soon find out, … Read more
by missingthemessage This isn’t a very good conspiracy but interesting to see. Dell now installing a crude camera cover vs IDK creating a system and working with an OS to be secure? Intel has been known to create back doors for the CIA and Intel is tight with Dell. Dell now says here, this is … Read more
by sexymanish One of the many details being left out in the news coverage, apart from the fact that he was invited to Iraq to respond to a Saudi initiative to reduce tensions, and he had a scheduled appointment with the Iraqi PM that morning, is that Soleimani flew in on a regularly scheduled commercial flight from Damascus. Baghdad Airport is … Read more
by howmuch Last year was a year of change for the economy, including record-low unemployment rates, ballooning national debt, and increased income inequality. However, 2019 also brought about drastic changes in wealth for some of the world’s richest individuals. Our new visualization illustrates some of the most dramatic upswings and downswings for billionaires worldwide, as measured by the … Read more
A popular tourist attraction has collapsed in Puerto Rico after a 5.8 magnitude earthquake and several aftershocks struck Guayanilla on Monday. Punta Ventana (Window Point) is a natural rock formation that was created by a variety of factors including mineral and rock composition and centuries of ocean waves crashing against the structure. The stone arch … Read more
(Silver Doctors Editors) President Trump just addressed the nation. Here’s a replay of the address from The White House (started at the appropriate time stamp for your convenience): The first things that President Trump announced were that Iran will never be allowed to have a nuclear weapon for as long as Trump is President, and he also … Read more
Philip Marey, senior U.S. strategist at Rabobank, explains the firm’s view that the Federal Reserve will reduce interest rates to zero amid a mild U.S. recession during the course of 2020.
https://twitter.com/othersideam/status/1214738788104253441 US #leveragedloan issuance backing LBOs totaled $89B in 2019, the least since 2016 (though still a relatively strong showing). Almost half of all PE-backed loans last year supported buyouts pic.twitter.com/JnYe5zKPta — Leveraged Loans (@lcdnews) January 8, 2020 Riskier corporate debt sales pose ‘stability concern’ — NY Fed https://t.co/q1VNVEm5uE — Financial Times (@FT) January 8, … Read more
Eugene Gu, MD Tweets: “Genuinely, thank you Mr. President.” – Now Being Viciously Attacked by the Left Who Once Adored Him View post on imgur.com Genuinely, thank you Mr. President. — Eugene Gu, MD (@eugenegu) January 8, 2020 Eugene Gu, MD Verified account @eugenegu > Replying to @realDonaldTrump Genuinely, thank you Mr. President. Genuinely, thank … Read more
by DCG This womyn is lucky her last name is Clinton. In the real world, she’d never be worth this much for such little work. From Daily Mail: Chelsea Clinton has raked in $9 million in the past decade for serving on the board of a media and internet investment company controlled by her mother’s friend. The … Read more
NSANE: A Borrower Will Be 114 When Bonds Backed by Her Student Loans Mature. Julie Chinnock is 50 years old and owes about $250,000 in student loans. She was happy to get a new payment plan that lowered her monthly bill, but the holders of two bonds backed by her loans were probably less cheerful. The … Read more
by Alina Local Puerto Ricans invariably tell me I’m overpaying on rent, and that I could have found a cheaper place to live. I’m sure that’s true. But somehow I’m not upset about my gorgeous view over the ocean and private roof deck. Beautiful beaches are right in front of me, along with three pools, … Read more
Origin of Deep-Space Radio Flash Discovered, and It’s Unlike Anything Astronomers Have Ever Seen HONOLULU — Mysterious ultra-fast pinpricks of radio energy keep lighting up the night sky and nobody knows why. A newly discovered example of this transient phenomenon has been traced to its place of origin — a nearby spiral galaxy — but … Read more
Excerpt: Damascus, Jan 8 (Prensa Latina) The United States evacuated one of its military bases in the Syrian province of Hasakeh, in the northeast corner of this country, media reported today. The US occupation forces definitively abandoned their illegal base in the town of Kherab al-Jeer, near the borders with Iraq and Turkey, the official … Read more
by Shaun Richards Yesterday we looked at the trend towards negative interest-rates and today we can link this into the issue of inflation. So let me open with this morning’s release from Swiss Statistics. The consumer price index (CPI) remained stable in December 2019 compared with the previous month, remaining at 101.7 points (December 2015 … Read more
by David Stockman During more than a half-century of Washington watching we have seen stupidity rise from one height to yet another. But nothing—just plain nothing—compares to the the blithering stupidity of the Donald’s Iran “policy”, culminating in the mindless assassination of its top military leader and hero of the so-called Islamic Revolution, Major General … Read more
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
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