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Sen. Cory Gardner Sees A ‘Very Political Process’ In The House’s Impeachment Inquiry. Republican Sen. Cory Gardner, who was in Denver to speak at a Colorado Chamber of Commerce event, would not say whether he felt it was appropriate for the President of the United States to ask a foreign leader to investigate a political … Read more
By Irina Slav If someone had reported that Angola was preparing its state oil company for privatization three years ago, many would have laughed refused to believe it. In 2016, Sonangol was in shamblesand rumor got around that the company couldn’t even afford to buy toilet paper for its offices. Now three years later, it is preparing for … Read more
By Nick Cunningham Halliburton announced that it would lay off 650 workers across four U.S. states due to the slowdown in shale drilling. The oilfield services giant blamed “local market conditions” for slashing payrolls. “Making this decision was not easy, nor taken lightly, but unfortunately it was necessary as we work to align our operations to reduced … Read more
THE SAME THING FOR THE LAST 2 YEARS. Update (1330ET): Bloomberg reports confirm US and China have reached a partial agreement that would broker a truce in the trade war and lay the groundwork for a broader deal that President Trump and Xi Jinping could sign later this year, according to people familiar with the … Read more
by DCG Henry Kyle Frese Twitter profile Good. Now he needs a serious punishment. From NY Post: The feds busted a Defense Intelligence Agency worker Wednesday for leaking classified national defense information to two journalists in 2018 and 2019 — one of whom he was shacking up with. Henry Kyle Frese, 30, a counterintelligence analyst from Alexandria, … Read more
By Zerohedge British entrepreneur legend, James Dyson, has officially abandoned his electric car project, according to multiple sources including The Verge. In an all staff email sent out on Thursday, Dyson said that he – along with his Board of Directors – decided to stop the effort after unsuccessfully trying to find a buyer for the … Read more
The 1996 United States campaign finance controversy was an alleged effort by the People’s Republic of China to influence domestic American politics prior to and during the Clinton administration and also involved the fund-raising practices of the administration itself. While questions regarding the U.S. Democratic Party’s fund-raising activities first arose over a Los Angeles Times … Read more
Iran says oil tanker struck by missiles off Saudi Arabian coast https://t.co/BLQYfnDKdD pic.twitter.com/vOceUplOOM — CBC World News (@CBCWorldNews) October 11, 2019 An Iranian oil tanker cruising 60 miles off the coast of Saudi Arabia was rocked by a pair of missiles Friday, briefly causing an oil leak and more broadly threatening to further inflame fraught regional tensions between the two heavyweight … Read more
By Tsvetana Paraskova Russian President Vladimir Putin will discuss the production cut pact that OPEC and its Russia-led allies have been implementing for nearly three years now during his first visit in more than a decade to Saudi Arabia next week, the head of Russia’s sovereign wealth fund said on Thursday. Russia and Saudi Arabia will sign … Read more
via UPFINA: Our readers are well aware that many important news events are coming out in October. There are trade negotiations with China and Europe, the Democratic primary debate, the Fed meeting, economic reports, and earnings season. October is the most volatile month historically. Usually, stocks are the most volatile in the first half of the president’s … Read more
by loveCars We’ve been watching the stock market swing back and forth for months, maybe even more than a year, as the promise of a trade deal comes and goes. There was I thought I had, back at the start, that became lost in the chaos. And I’ve only just remembered it. You see, the … Read more
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/10/11/the-fed-is-extending-its-overnight-funding-operations-through-january-2020.html The Federal Reserve will be continuing its overnight funding operations through at least January 2020 and will buy Treasury bills through the second quarter, the central bank announced Friday. Following a disruption in short-term lending markets in mid-September that sent interest rates soaring, the Fed begin conducting its own operations to provide financial institutions … Read more
DENVER — The largest one- and two-day temperature swings in October were recorded in Denver on Wednesday and Thursday. After reaching 83 degrees just before 2 p.m. Wednesday, the temperature plunged to a record-low 13 degrees just before midnight Thursday — a 70-degree swing. It ties for the second-largest temperature drop over two days in … Read more
by Flight Er Doc Here is an article from Tom Kratman, posted in FB yesterday: Our Gallant Allies, the Kurds (and other fairy tales) Ah, the Kurds. How can mere words render a proper appreciation? They’re trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous…um…no; no, they’re not. Oh, sure, as individuals they can be fairly boon companions, but in … Read more
Trump’s Betrayal of the Kurds May Be the Dumbest Move of His Presidency. Obama Betrays The Kurds. Bush Betrays The Kurds. [Bill Clinton’s] US abandoned us, say Kurds. A People Betrayed: Twice Before, Washington Let Kurds Die to Promote Foreign Policy Designs. Now It’s The [George H.W.] Bush Administration Doing The Deed. h/t … Read more
Scientists have made a major breakthrough in quantum teleportation, successfully transferring something far more complex than ever before. Quantum teleportation is a still mysterious phenomena that can see information flung across space. The effect is not the same as the teleportation often seen in science fiction – where matter is moved through space – but … Read more
I write on behalf of President Donald J. Trump in response to your numerous, legally unsupported demands made as part of what you have labeled-contrary to the Constitution of the United States and all past bipartisan precedent-as an impeachment inquiry.” As you know, you have designed and implemented your inquiry in a manner that violates … Read more
BREAKING: Manchester shopping centre evacuated as UK Police respond to reports of mass stabbing https://t.co/WhvZZXKCZN pic.twitter.com/cpDkKa0Qa8 — Sputnik (@SputnikInt) October 11, 2019 This picture appears to show medics treating somebody outside the Starbucks cafe inside the Arndale centre, close to the Next entrancehttps://t.co/Nqt1pI8aEJ pic.twitter.com/QIgyQaQhjo — Manchester News MEN (@MENnewsdesk) October 11, 2019 AC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMZl8uid7Fc Fire spreads under power lines on San Bruno Mountain in Brisbane https://www.sfgate.com/california-wildfi…50b9b55cd7 “A vegetation fire rapidly spread under power lines Thursday morning at San Bruno Mountain in Brisbane. The fire started in Guadalupe Canyon in Brisbane, according to the Northern California Fire District. Police and firefighters were at the scene after the blaze began … Read more
