The Great Recession

I’m pretty sure the nation’s favorite groundhog, Punxsutawney Phil, knows more about the weather than he does about markets, and I’m not all that sure he knows anything about the weather! In fact, I don’t understand the underground methods of this rodent resident of Gobbler’s Knob at all. It would seem to me that sighting his shadow should indicate a nice sunny day, which in turn should indicate spring is just around the corner. How can he scowl and crawl back into his hole on a day filled with sunshine? If you ask me, he’s somewhat of a weather permabear.   Continue reading “Groundhog Day Drives Stock Market 666 Points Below Ground: What that says about the frosty season ahead”

Natural Blaze – by Brandon Turbeville

California has been at it again, proving to everyone in the country that the state most loudly proclaiming to be the leader against CO2, the disproven boogeyman of “Climate Change,” is really not interested in the environment at all, but the element of control Climate Change policies provide. There really isn’t any other explanation for what is happening in the Antelope Valley where local government has been taking individuals who live off the grid in the middle of nowhere off of their land by force of law.   Continue reading “California’s War On Off-Grid Independent Homes – Residents Made Homeless By Rogue Govt”

Intellihub – by Shepard Ambellas

MESA (INTELLIHUB) — The Arizona man who sold the alleged gunman of the 1 October Las Vegas massacre a large quantity of magnesium flare rounds says he put the deal together after having three brief telephone calls with Stephen Paddock and says that authorities seem to be hoping for a deeper connection between the two but won’t find one.

Douglas Haig, an aerospace engineer who holds a top secret clearance, told reporters at a press conference Friday that he has sold ammunition as a strong hobby since the early-90’s and has refused service to all kinds of people for many reasons over the years but for whatever reason saw no red flags with Paddock.   Continue reading “Man who sold Stephen Paddock tracer ammunition admits he was questioned by FBI just one day after the massacre”

The Weekly Standard – by Katherine Kersten

For decades, the public schools of Edina, Minnesota, were the gold standard among the state’s school districts. Edina is an upscale suburb of Minneapolis, but virtually overnight, its reputation has changed. Academic rigor is unraveling, high school reading and math test scores are sliding, and students increasingly fear bullying and persecution.

The shift began in 2013, when Edina school leaders adopted the “All for All” strategic plan—a sweeping initiative that reordered the district’s mission from academic excellence for all students to “racial equity.”   Continue reading “Inside a Public School Social Justice Factory”

WIVB 4 News

ALBANY, N.Y. (WIVB) – New York State will end its successful “I Love NY” highway  campaign, the state DOT announced Friday.

The announcement comes after the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration sent a letter Thursday to New York transportation officials saying the state stands to lose $14 million in federal funding for failing to remove the 500-plus “I Love NY” signs.   Continue reading “NYS to end “I Love New York” campaign after being warned of possible loss of federal funding”

New York Times – by Donald G. McNeil Jr., December 19, 2017

Federal officials on Tuesday ended a moratorium imposed three years ago on funding research that alters germs to make them more lethal.

Such work can now proceed, said Dr. Francis S. Collins, the head of the National Institutes of Health, but only if a scientific panel decides that the benefits justify the risks.   Continue reading “A Federal Ban on Making Lethal Viruses Is Lifted”

Reuters

STERLING, Va./ WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W. Va. (Reuters) – The U.S. Congress made no notable progress this week toward a deal on the status of 700,000 “Dreamer” immigrants, with President Donald Trump saying on Friday that one “could very well not happen” by a deadline next month.

Whether the lack of progress signaled the possibility of another federal government shutdown next week was unclear, but it worried the Dreamers, young people who were brought illegally into the United States as children.   Continue reading “No progress on ‘Dreamers’ as another U.S. shutdown looms”

RT

The Israeli Foreign Ministry has postponed a visit by a Polish security official. The move comes amid a row between Tel Aviv and Warsaw over a bill that criminalizes blaming Poles for Nazi crimes committed on Polish soil.

Israel asked to suspend the planned visit by the head of the Polish National Security Council, the Israeli Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Thursday. The Polish official, Pawel Soloch, was scheduled to head to Israel on February 4, and among other things visit the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial.
Continue reading “Holocaust bill row: Angry Israel calls off visit by Polish security chief”

St. Louis Public Radio

When Dennis Edwards was tapped to fill the flashy suit of a well-known lead singer in one of the hottest male soul groups in music history, he hesitated. The Temptations needed him to replace David Ruffin, who had established himself as the undisputed voice of romance with lush ballads that included what would become the group’s signature song: “My Girl.”

“I went home and it wasn’t but about 10 minutes,” Ruffin said, during a 2011 interview with Fox2 News. “I said I would love to try out.”   Continue reading “Obituary: Dennis Edwards, legendary ‘6th’ Temptation”

Valley News Live

Los Angeles police say the students hurt in the middle school shooting suffered their injuries after a single gunshot was fired from inside a 12-year-old girl’s backpack in a middle school classroom.

Police spokesman Josh Rubenstein said Friday that investigators believe the bullet struck a 15-year-old girl in the wrist and then hit another classmate in the head.   Continue reading “Gun in LA school shooting went off in backpack”

Page Six – by Emily Smith

Renee Rockefeller, the daughter-in-law of former Vice President Nelson Rockefeller, was caught shoplifting at a five-star resort in Mexico, multiple sources say, while on a trip with a big group of boldface names.

Renee, the wife of Mark Rockefeller — whose father Nelson was vice president from 1974 to 1977 under President Gerald Ford — was on a trip to Punta Mita with pals including Tory Burch and Jamie Tisch to celebrate a socialite’s birthday over Martin Luther King Jr. weekend.   Continue reading “Renee Rockefeller accused of shoplifting at Mexican resort”

Daily Mail

A concrete dome holding the radioactive waste of 43 nuclear explosions is leaking into the ocean, veterans have warned.

The Enewetak Atoll was used by the US government to test 30 megatons of weapons – equivalent to 2,000 Hiroshima blasts – between 1948 and 1958.

More than 8,000 people, including US troops, would later work to clean up these Pacific islands, shifting 110,000 cubic yards of contaminated soil and debris into a blast crater.  Continue reading “Radioactive waste from 43 nuclear explosions is LEAKING into the Pacific”