Month: March 2019

Mint Press News – by Whitney Webb

WASHINGTON — On Monday, in an all-but-unreported news item, the Pentagon announced that it would be paying $946 million to Lockheed Martin toward the installation of a missile defense system that was purchased — not by the United States government — but by Saudi Arabia. In other words, the Pentagon is paying nearly $1 billion to subsidize a purchase made by a foreign power.   Continue reading “US Taxpayers On the Hook for Nearly $1 Billion in Saudi Arabia’s Recent Missile Defense Purchase”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

As of March 7, US immigration officials have quarantined at least 2,287 migrants carrying everything from mumps to chickenpox, according to Reuters, citing an ICE official who spoke on condition of anonymity.

ICE health officials have been notified of 236 confirmed or probable cases of mumps among detainees in 51 facilities in the past 12 months, compared to no cases detected between January 2016 and February 2018. Last year, 423 detainees were determined to have influenza and 461 to have chicken pox. All three diseases are largely preventable by vaccine. –Reuters

Continue reading “US Quarantines Over 2,200 Migrants Amid “Unprecedented” Disease Outbreaks”

American Trucker – by Neil Abt

The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA) said it strongly opposes congressional efforts to lower the minimum age requirement for truckers engaged in interstate commerce.

In late February, a bipartisan group of lawmakers in the Senate and House reintroduced the DRIVE-Safe Act, giving drivers under the age of 21 a faster path to interstate trucking.  Continue reading “OOIDA rails against DRIVE-Safe Act, calls shortage a ‘myth’”

Breitbart – by AWR Hawkins

Researchers behind a recent gun control study admit that the hypothesis for the study “has not been validated.”

The study, which appeared in the British Medical Journal, claims that states with less restrictive gun laws witness higher levels of mass shootings. The researchers behind the study included Columbia University Irving Medical Center’s Paul Reeping.  Continue reading “Oops: Hypothesis for Latest Gun Control Study ‘Has Not Been Validated’”

Breitbart – by AWR Hawkins

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-SC) says firearm confiscation laws portend a way that Democrats and Republicans can “come together.”

CNN reported that Graham has long supported red flag laws, which allow a court to issue firearm confiscation orders for individuals deemed a threat to themselves or others.   Continue reading “Lindsey Graham: Democrats, GOP Can ‘Come Together’ for Gun Confiscation Law”

The Great Recession

Let’s review this past devilishly whacky week to see if we can divine the way the world is turning and why the markets are churning. It was 2019’s worst week in stocks and, well, just about everything economic all across this crazily spinning planet. Volatility lifted its head back out of the water like Loch Ness’s monster while the citizenry took flight to treasury safe havens, bringing treasury yields down again to the five-year’s lowest point of the year. North Korea’s Rocketman returned to his rocketry, and the Chinese threw up their hands and ran as far from Mar-a-Lago as they could … or maybe they just threw up from too much chocolate cake.  Continue reading “A Week in the Life of a Topsy-Turvy Wildly Whirling World”

Fox 8 News – by Jeff Ferrell

Continue reading “State lawmaker wants to make aggressive driving a crime”

Syracuse.com – by Chris Baker

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Syracuse police union wants officers who wear body cameras to be paid extra — a bargaining chip they’re taking into contract negotiations as the city plans to expand its body camera program throughout the department.

City lawmakers called the suggestion “ridiculous.” Department leaders agreed and said they will push back on the union once negotiations begin.   Continue reading “Union wants Syracuse cops to be paid to wear body cameras”

Bloomberg

Rolls-Royce Motor Cars is having a hard time meeting demand for its Cullinan sport utility vehicle, as the high-end British automaker’s biggest-ever model has proved popular with its ultra-rich clientele.

Production of the SUV, which starts at $325,000 before customization — and almost all Rolls-Royce customers go for bespoke additions — is booked solid until the fourth quarter of 2019, Chief Executive Officer Torsten Mueller-Oetvoes said.   Continue reading “Rolls-Royce Savors Blowout Demand for SUV Starting at $325,000”

Daily Republic

LOS ANGELES — As record rains have poured down on California’s coasts, sending thousands of gallons of runoff into the ocean and dumping debris and trash onto the beaches, dozens of sickened marine mammals have been turning up along the state’s shores this winter.

Rescues of unhealthy seals and sea lions have nearly tripled for this time of year in Orange County, according to the Pacific Marine Mammal Center, which this week took in its 41st pinniped since the year began.   Continue reading “Sick marine mammals turning up on California beaches in droves”

Fox 32

CHICAGO (SUN TIMES MEDIA WIRE) – At least four people were wounded in citywide gun violence on Thursday.

A teenager was struck in a drive-by attack at night in the Austin neighborhood on the West Side.

The 19-year-old man was walking about 10:15 p.m. in the 1200 block of North Menard when someone in a dark-colored sedan shot him in his calf, according to Chicago police. He was taken to Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, where his condition was stabilized.   Continue reading “4 shot in Chicago on Thursday”