Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

The US subprime auto industry is doing everything in its power to recreate another 2008 crisis. After all, it takes a (Potemkin) village.

One of the largest subprime auto finance companies, Santander Consumer USA Holdings, verified the income on less than 3% of borrowers this year, according to Bloomberg.  And in painfully vivid shares of 2008, it then took those loans and bundled them into more than $1 billion in bonds sold this year.  Continue reading “Shades Of 2007: Subprime Auto Lender Verified Income On Only 3% Of Loans In Latest Bond”

Salon

Watching Jassmine McBride struggle to breathe is vicariously excruciating, particularly in one scene during “Flint’s Deadly Water” showing her on a hospital gurney, writhing with discomfort. Her painful  is palpable on two levels, the physical aspect being more obvious. But this “Frontline” episode emphasizes the emotional agony of this moment by first showing McBride daring to hope for a treat most people take for granted: a simple birthday party.  Continue reading “This is our “Chernobyl”: Frontline’s “Flint’s Deadly Water” exposes shocking Legionnaires’ crisis”

Gateway Pundit – by Brock Simmons

Oregon governor Kate Brown is caught up in yet another scandal, as the state’s public records advocate, Ginger McCall, has resigned, citing “abuse of authority” and is accusing Brown of coercing her into covering up public records.

More alarming, Governor Brown’s attorney who pressured McCall was just appointed to a judge seat on the state’s court of appeals.  Continue reading “Oregon Governor CAUGHT In Another Scandal, Public Records Advocate Resigns Amid Cover Up”

ABC News

The National Rifle Association sued San Francisco on Monday over the city’s recent declaration that the gun-rights lobby is a “domestic terrorist organization.”

The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, accuses city officials of violating the gun lobby’s free speech rights for political reasons and says the city is seeking to blacklist anyone associated with the NRA. It asks the court to step in “to instruct elected officials that freedom of speech means you cannot silence or punish those with whom you disagree.”  Continue reading “NRA sues San Francisco over terrorist declaration”

Weather Channel

Fall color will likely reach its peak later than usual this year across a large portion of the United States, and the weather is to blame.

By mid-September, some parts of the Rockies and northern tier often begin to see the early stages of fall color, eventually reaching a late-September peak in the Rockies’ highest elevations, northern MInnesota and northern New England. Then, an early- or mid-October peak is typically found in the rest of the Rockies, Midwest, Appalachians and most of the Northeast.  Continue reading “Why Peak Fall Foliage Could Be Delayed This Year”

New York Post – by Mark Moore

A former top official in the Federal Emergency Management Agency was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly taking bribes from the head of a company who received $1.8 billion in federal contracts to repair Puerto Rico’s power grid after Hurricane Maria devastated the island in 2017.

Ahsha Tribble, a deputy regional administrator, another former FEMA official, Jovanda Patterson, and Donald Keith Ellison, the former president of COBRA Acquisitions, were charged in a 15-count indictment.  Continue reading “Former top FEMA official busted for taking bribes after Hurricane Maria”

Philly Voice – by John Kopp

A sixth person has died of a severe lung disease tied to vaping.

Kansas health officials confirmed on Tuesday that a person over the age of 50 died of a lung illness after vaping. It marked the state’s first death among six cases of severe lung disease possibly tied to vaping.  Continue reading “A sixth person has died of a vaping-related lung illness”

The Weather Channel

Hurricane Dorian’s storm surge and battering surf changed the coastline of parts of North Carolina’s southernmost Outer Banks by carving dozens of new inlets into the beach there.

The National Park Service (NPS) estimated 54 new inlets were cut into the narrow strip of sandy beaches in the southernmost Outer Banks. The storm also cause damaged to historic structures and cabins along North Carolina’s Cape Lookout National Seashore.

Continue reading “Hurricane Dorian Damaged Historic Structures and Changed the Coastline Along Parts of North Carolina’s Outer Banks”

Armstrong Economics – by Martin Armstrong

In Australia, they want to make it a criminal act with a penalty of 2 years in prison for purchasing anything with more than $10,000 in cash. Australia is really going off the deep end. They are desperately trying to eliminate all cash and are forcing people to have only bank accounts so they can tax them as they like. This ensures that when there are bank failures, they can just confiscate the people’s money to save the bankers. Australia began as a penal colony, and they seem to retain that idea that the people are really criminals in their minds and are not entitled to their own assets. This also explains why non-Americans are starting to hoard US currency around the world.  Continue reading “Australia Wants Two-Year Prison Sentences for Paying More Than $10,000 in Cash”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was at a campaign event in the southern Israeli city of Ashdod Tuesday when Hamas rockets were fired on the city.

Early reports said at least 5 Hamas rockets triggered inbound warning sirens in Ashkelon and Ashdod just as the prime minister was on a campaign tour through the region.    Continue reading “Netanyahu Rushed Off Campaign Stage In Southern Israel As Hamas Rockets Rain Down”

Spectator Australia – by Corrine Barraclough

It may have started as an awareness movement with good intentions, but #MeToo has become a female power play – and it’s destroying lives.

Last week The Guardian published a piece hooked on a new study, which has found that men are significantly more reluctant to interact with their female colleagues following the movement.  Continue reading “#MeToo is destroying lives (oh, and opportunities for women)”

Armstrong Economics – by Martin Armstrong

QUESTION: Is there a pattern?

ANSWER: For whatever reason, these people have been promoting that the cities will all sink and we are the cause of it all. They have been touting this scenario since the 1930s when there was the Dust Bowl. It resurfaced after World War II when they were trying to stop rebuilding industry and the housing market which had been destroyed. The same argument appeared again in the 1960s when there was a great expansion in housing. Continue reading “Climate Change Has been a Routine Scare Tactic Since the 1930s”

NBC News

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Tuesday that he may annex the Jordan Valley and other parts of the occupied West Bank “in coordination” with the United States in an apparent last-ditch effort to attract right-wing voters.

“This is a historic opportunity to apply sovereignty to communities in Judea and Samaria,” he told reporters, referring to the West Bank by its biblical name.  Continue reading “Netanyahu seeks to annex Jordan Valley ‘in coordination’ with U.S.”

BBC

At least 31 people have been killed in a stampede during commemorations for the Shia holy day of Ashura in the Iraqi city of Karbala, officials say.

A health ministry spokesman said another 100 people were injured and warned that the death toll could rise.  Continue reading “Iraq stampede kills 31 at Ashura commemorations in Karbala”

Breitbart – by John Binder

While the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has cut down on the number of border crossers and illegal aliens they release into the United States interior, the agency continues to release nearly 130 individuals a day.

Between August 27 and September 2, DHS released about 900 border crossers and illegal aliens into the interior of the U.S. This indicates that at current rates, DHS is releasing a little more than 128 border crossers and illegal aliens every day — a slight drop compared to the 192 border crossers and illegal aliens who were released every day between July 23 and August 26.  Continue reading “DHS Cuts Catch and Release, Still Frees 130 Illegal Aliens Every Day into U.S.”

The Daily Sheeple – by Sean Walton

An Oregon judge on Friday dismissed a federal lawsuit related to the death of rancher Robert LaVoy Finicum, who was shot January 26, 2016, by Oregon State Police. Finicum was one of the armed militants who occupied the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, and was shot as he left his vehicle while authorities tried to arrest him at a roadblock. Finicum’s death was ruled legally justified.  Continue reading “Federal Lawsuit Over Shooting Death Of LaVoy Finicum Dismissed”

CNBC

President Donald Trump said Tuesday he fired national security advisor John Bolton, saying on Twitter he had “disagreed strongly with many of his suggestions.”

But minutes later, Bolton in his own tweet said that he “offered to resign” Monday night — and that Trump told him, “Let’s talk about it tomorrow.”  Continue reading “Trump says he fired national security advisor John Bolton — but Bolton says he ‘offered to resign’”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

Update: During the post-conference Q&A, Paxton revealed that, though their investigation is still in its early days, the AGs have already issued subpoenas related to Google’s digital advertising business.

“If advertising costs are higher…who ends up paying that?” Paxton said.  Continue reading “State AGs Unveil Sweeping Anti-Trust Probe Against Google On Steps Of The Supreme Court”

FEE

The following is an article by Craig Cesal, a federal prisoner sentenced to life without the possibility of parole as a first-time offender convicted of conspiring to distribute marijuana.

“I sentence you to a term of natural life imprisonment, without the possibility of parole.” Continue reading “I Was Sentenced to Life Without Parole for a Non-Violent First Drug Offense”