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Nearly six in ten Americans, or 56 percent, say they are now better off than they were last year, up 50 percent from last year alone.
The data comes from Gallup’s annual Mood of the Nation survey and was conducted January 2-15 following months of historically low unemployment rates and the Dow Jones Industrial Average reaching close to the 30,000 mark for the first time. Continue reading “Poll: Majority of Americans Feel Record-High Optimism About Their Personal Finances”
During a hearing in the Virgin Islands on Tuesday, Judge Carolyn Hermon-Purcell demanded lawyers representing Jeffrey Epstein’s estate explain $2.6 million transferred from the estate to a bank he owned.
“There’s no explanation for it,” Judge Hermon-Purcell said of the transaction. Continue reading “Epstein Judge: “No Explanation” For $15.5 Million Sent To His Bank After Death”
The Daily Beast – by Brendon Hong
HONG KONG—The new coronavirus that has spread consternation around the world over the last few weeks has now killed more people in China than the SARS epidemic of 2002-2003. China’s health commission reported Sunday that there were 361 deaths nationwide. During the SARS outbreak, 349 people died in mainland China and 774 altogether around the world. The Chinese stock markets took major hits Monday, and the whole nation feels its growing isolation. Continue reading “China Arrested Doctors Who Warned About Coronavirus Outbreak. Now Death Toll’s Rising, Stocks Are Plunging.”
A Hong Kong-based news outlet called Initium Media alleged on Wednesday that the Chinese Communist government is secretly cremating victims of the Wuhan coronavirus to keep the death toll down.
The official figure stood at 213 fatalities on Friday, with 9,692 infections, but skeptics have long suspected Beijing of fudging both numbers. Continue reading “China Accused of Secretly Cremating Coronavirus Victims to Conceal Fatalities”
Perhaps the least surprising news of 2020, social media stars are leveraging China’s coronavirus for relevancy.
“F**k the corona virus,” social media star and would-be boxer Logan Paul wrote to his 17 million fans, posing shirtless among four women with gas masks. Paul is most famous for trying to exploit suicide victims’ bodies for views on a trip to Japan, and has the notable accomplishment of being rejected by even the Flat Earth Society. Continue reading “Instagram Influencers Monetize Coronavirus”
Millions of Chinese people tuned in on Tuesday to a live stream of workers constructing two new hospitals built specifically to combat the deadly coronavirus outbreak in the city of Wuhan.
Work on the two hospitals, Huoshenshan and Leishenshan, is scheduled to be completed next week to help ease pressure on health workers by providing 2,300 extra beds for patients suffering from the virus. Construction began last week. Continue reading “China Turns Construction of Coronavirus Hospitals into Reality TV Program”
Democrats in Virginia’s House are full steam ahead with gun controls that include a rationing measure and a law that limits decisions parents can make when it comes to firearms in the home.
The gun rationing bill is HB 812, which prohibits law-abiding citizens from buying more than one handgun a month. Continue reading “Gun Rationing, Other Controls Ready for Passage by VA Democrats”
Huffington Post – by Sebastian Murdock
Wolfgang Halbig, a notorious harasser of the parents of children murdered at Sandy Hook Elementary School, was arrested in Florida on Monday for allegedly spreading personal information about a parent.
Halbig, 73, was charged with unlawful possession of personal identification of another person, a misdemeanor, according to booking records from the Lake County Sheriff’s Department. He was released on a $5,000 bond. Continue reading “Sandy Hook Hoaxer Wolfgang Halbig Arrested On Misdemeanor Charge”
Televangelist Paula White has brought some odd attention to the White House after a video of her sermon about “satanic pregnancies” went viral, sparking trending hashtags like ‘#satanicpregnancies’ and ‘#rosemarysbaby’ on Twitter.
White, who is an adviser to the Faith and Opportunity Initiative at the Office of Public Liaison, can be seen giving a fiery, if somewhat disturbing sermon in a video posted by the group Right Wing Watch on Twitter. Continue reading “‘We command all satanic pregnancies to miscarry’: White House spiritual adviser sparks intense reactions with bizarre sermon”
A prominent Australian doctor who led the World Health Organisation’s Health Emergencies Programme has died suddenly.
Continue reading “Prominent Australian epidemiologist Doctor Peter Salama dies”
Regulations recently released by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) based on a law passed in 2015 have paved the way for newly built DeLorean cars to hit the streets. The iconic cars, famous for their gull-wing doors and inclusion in Back to the Future, are expected to enter production thanks to the Low Volume Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Act. Continue reading “DeLoreans to Make Comeback as Red Tape Clears”
Ammunition sales are surging as many Virginian seek to stock up ahead of a slew of Democrat-mandated gun controls for the state.
WSET reports online ammunition seller AmmunitionToGo.com notes a 137 percent increase in ammo sales to Virginians now versus this same time last year. Continue reading “Ammo Sales Surge as Virginians Anticipate Democrat Gun Control”
Left-wing billionaire George Soros on Thursday reportedly warned that the 2020 election will determine the “fate of the world” and lashed out at President Donald Trump during a private dinner event at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
Soros, the 89-year-old founder of the progressive advocacy organization Open Society Foundations, accused the president of being a “con man” and a “narcissist” who wants the world to “revolve around him,” according to CNBC. Continue reading “George Soros in Davos: 2020 Election Will Determine ‘Fate of the World’”