Daily Mail

U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Wednesday that online giant Amazon has ‘destroyed the retail industry across the United States.’

Mnuchin said he looked forward to hearing the results of a Justice Department probe, announced on Tuesday, into whether big U.S. technology firms engage in anti-competitive practices, the strongest sign yet that the Trump administration is stepping up its scrutiny of Big Tech.  Continue reading “Treasury secretary says Amazon DESTROYED America’s retail industry”

The Great Recession

Here is a journey in photos and facts to compare the present Great Recession with the past Great Depression to gain perspective on where we might be headed.

Just as we had two great world wars, we might have two great depressions, the last of which we started out calling “The Great Recession” because, at the time, we didn’t know where it would end up or how long it would continue. Remember that World War I did not start off being called WWI. It was originally called “The Great War.”  Continue reading “Reading the Next Recession: Will the Great Recession 2.0 become The Great Depression II?”

Hawaii News Now

HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) – Watch your step!

A new crosswalk law that took effect Monday says pedestrians can’t legally enter a crosswalk while a countdown timer is flashing.

The fine for pedestrians in the wrong? Up to $130.

Continue reading “New Hawaiian law makes it illegal to start walking on the countdown timer”

Tech Dirt – by Tim Cushing

The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals has reached a conclusion that defies easy summation. But here’s an attempt: it is not well-established that cops shouldn’t shoot children they’ve ordered to lie prone on the ground while trying to shoot a dog that posed no threat to officers.

In reversing the lower court’s denial of qualified immunity to Officer Michael Vickers, the Appeals Court has opened the door to preventing the stupidest, most-inept cops from being held responsible for their careless blunders.  Continue reading “Appeals Court Says No Rights Were Violated When A Cop Shot At A ‘Non-Threatening’ Dog But Hit A Kid Instead”

ABC News

A storm system that brought damaging winds and flash flooding has moved off the East Coast and attention turns to the West, where there is high fire danger, and the Southwest, where monsoon flash flooding possible.

Evacuations and a state of emergency have been declared for the Museum Fire near Flagstaff, Arizona.  Continue reading “Dozens of large wildfires burning in West as California feels the heat”

LA Times

Panorama High School was already on edge after a 10th grader went missing.

Then, six students were detained in February 2018 with no explanation. There were whispers that the missing boy had been murdered, but the campus was in the dark about a possible motive and suspect.  Continue reading “How MS-13 gang’s bloody campaign spilled into a San Fernando Valley high school”

RT

The world’s favorite artificial sweetener may pose severe health risks, University of Sussex researchers have found. They claim that the European food authority has been bottling up the alarming data for a while.

The study focused on aspartame, an artificial sweetener used worldwide in everything from diet soft drinks to chewing gum, and sold under brand names including NutraSweet, Candarel and Equal.   Continue reading “No sweet deal: EU food authority found hiding health risks of world’s top sweetener”

NBC News

Jeffrey Epstein, the millionaire financier who is being held on federal sex trafficking charges, was found injured and in a fetal position in his cell at a New York City jail, sources close to the investigation told NBC News on Wednesday night.

Epstein, 66, was found semi-conscious with marks on his neck in his cell at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan some time in the last two days, the sources said. Epstein is on suicide watch, two sources said.  Continue reading “Jeffrey Epstein found injured with marks on his neck in New York jail cell, sources say”

Daily Mail

A California entrepreneur pleaded guilty on Wednesday to paying $250,000 to get his son into to the University of Southern California as a fake volleyball recruit.

Jeffrey Bizzack of Solana Beach, California, was the 51st person to be charged in a sweeping scheme that involved rigging test scores and bribing coaches to get students into elite schools including Georgetown, Stanford and Yale universities.    Continue reading “Entrepreneur Jeffrey Bizzack pleads guilty as part of the college admissions bribery scandal”

AmmoLand

Fairfax, VA – -(Ammoland.com)-  On Monday, July 22 2019, CRPA with support of NRA, filed a motion requesting an injunction against enforcement of California’s recently implemented ammunition laws. The injunction is part of the case Rhode v. Becerra, filed in April of 2018, where lead Plaintiff and gold medal Olympian shooter Kim Rhode and other Plaintiffs have asked the court to halt enforcement after a dubious roll out of the new law on July 1st.  Continue reading “California: Injunction Filed to Stop California Ammunition Sales Restrictions”

IMEMC News – by Zena Agha for Al Shabaka Palestinian Policy Network

Bipartisan legislation passed by the US Congress in 1997 limits the quality and availability of aerial photography of Palestine-Israel. The Kyl-Bingaman Amendment (KBA) to the US National Defense Authorization Act was passed under the pretext of protecting Israel’s national security. It prevents US satellite operators and retailers from selling or disseminating images of Palestine-Israel at a resolution higher than that available on the non-US market. The amendment’s interpretation has been confusing and contradictory in terms of meaning, geographical scope, and legal implications. Its result has been over two decades of limited access to clear aerial photography of Palestine-Israel.  Continue reading “The US Law Restricting Satellite Imagery of Palestine-Israel”

Fox 31

OKLAHOMA CITY – A man and his children are hiding and healing after they were attacked by three teens with BB guns Monday afternoon.

A neighbor reported the attack because the family of undocumented immigrants was afraid to go to the authorities themselves.  Continue reading “Oklahoma teens chase, fire BB guns at undocumented family”

If Americans Knew – by Alison Weir

According to a just published report in the Atlantic and a previous article by a former CIA officer, an Israeli-born individual is at the center of U.S. policies targeting Iran.

The Atlantic reports that financial sanctions are the “key tool” the United States has been using against Iran during  “the past three presidential administrations.” And Treasury official Sigal Mandelker” is the one with her hand on the lever.”  Continue reading “Israel-born Treasury official is at the center of U.S. policies on Iran”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

Hopefully it doesn’t lead to a let’s roll! moment at the White House, where super-hawk national security adviser John Bolton has no doubt been itching for escalation: moments ago Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister announced military forces will “secure” the Strait of Hormuz.

Iran will “not allow disturbance in shipping in this sensitive area” Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi was quoted as saying in state media, while leading a delegation to Paris, Reuters reports. However, it’s unclear at this point how far Iran is willing to go in this escalating game of chicken with the US and UK – both of which have warships and other military assets in the gulf region.  Continue reading “Iran Announces Military Will “Secure” Contested Strait Of Hormuz”

Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist

Luzerne County, PA — As TFTP reported this week, Wyoming Valley West School District parents, whose school lunch accounts were delinquent, received a disturbing letter threatening to have their children kidnapped by Child and Youth Services if they don’t pay their past due balances. The letter garnered national attention and drew the ire of many, including a millionaire CEO who offered to pay these past due balances. In an infuriating move, however, the school board rejected his offer and is opting for stealing the kids instead.  Continue reading “CEO Offers to Pay School Lunch Debt So Parents Won’t Have Kids Stolen by CPS, Gov’t Won’t Let Him”

American Mirror – by Kyle Olson

Illegal aliens are growing more brazen on the border, and new video from the Mexican side shows migrants clashing with CBP agents late last week.

The chaotic, shaky video shows migrants fighting with border agents around a concrete barrier topped with concertina wire.  Continue reading “‘SHOOT! SHOOT!’ Illegals taunt agents to open fire during tense border clash”

The Clover Chronicle

A whistleblower who claims to work at the United States Geological Survey (USGS) headquarters in Reston, Virginia recently revealed a new supervolcano is forming under the Naval Air Weapons Station in China Lake, California.

Here is their alarming message:  Continue reading “USGS Data Analyst Reveals A “New Supervolcano” Is Forming Under Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake In California”

Breitbart – by John Binder

Of the nearly 2,100 illegal aliens who were wanted by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency in highly-publicized raids last week, only about 35 were arrested and detained, officials confirmed.

Details of the arrests released by officials this week indicate that 35 illegal aliens out of 2,100 were arrested during last week’s ICE raids. These raids are typically not publicized in any way before they occur, with agents only revealing the number of arrests after they are conducted.  Continue reading “Only 35 Out of 2K Illegal Aliens Arrested by ICE in Publicized Raids”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

Iran has again rejected the prospect of new negotiations with the White House “under any circumstances,” according to an interview with Supreme Leader Ayotallah Ali Khamenei’s Military Adviser Hossein Dehghan, cited in Al Jazeera.

The Islamic Republic’s top military adviser further warned Iran and its regional allies will target all American bases in the region should the US launch war plans, while reiterating Iran’s ability to block the vital Strait of Hormuz to global oil transit. Everyone must be able to freely transit the Persian Gulf waterway or no one at all, Dehghan warned.  Continue reading “Iran’s Military Vows Attack On All Regional US Bases If War Starts”