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Federal Judge Orders Southwest Airlines Attorneys To Take Conservative Christian Group’s Religious Training. “Three senior attorneys for Southwest Airlines have been ordered to take an eight-hour religious liberty training offered by the conservative Christian group Alliance Defending Freedom after a judge said they failed to follow his orders following a flight …
via jeffreycarter: There are so many arguments about teacher pay. Everywhere in the country, Democrats are shilling for more teacher pay which is really a sell-out to the Teacher’s Union. Democrats fight school choice at every single turn. They hurt underprivileged and poor kids when they do. Yet, many of …
by Martin Armstrong Britain’s four largest banks have reported that clients have withdrawn £78 billion, marking the steepest bank run since 2018. NatWest, Barclays, Lloyds, and HSBC all reported significant withdrawals in the 12 months leading up to June 2023. Worsening matters, the House of Commons Treasury Committee accused the …
Nurses still off work due to COVID-19 vaccination mandates | 9 News Australia Years on from the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, Queensland Health is right now deciding whether frontline workers will still need to be vaccinated, with three thousand nurses still off work due to the mandate. h/t A …
He also wrote “Direct Energy Weapon?” https://twitter.com/_/status/1690900526354030592
by Martin Armstrong Credit card balances in the US have surpassed $1 trillion for the first time, with balances up almost 20% from a year ago. The Federal Reserve Bank of New York reported that total credit card debt stood at $986 billion in the first quarter of 2023, unchanged …
via NYPOST: The capital of the most powerful and prosperous country to ever grace Earth is an unpleasant — even unlivable — place to call home. Over the past decade, Washington, DC, has transformed from a beautiful, bustling and vibrant metropolis into a city that often feels like a …
Federal judges hammered fresh nails into the coffin of the Biden censorship regime Thursday in New Orleans. The thrashing the administration received will likely set up an epic Supreme Court battle that could help redefine freedom for our era. A federal appeals court was hearing the Justice Department’s appeal of …
Hawaiian Electric Industries Inc. plunged by a record on concern that its power lines may be linked to the deadly Maui wildfires. Shares fell 39% Monday morning to $19.90 as of 11:15 a.m. New York time. Hawaiian Electric, which operates the utility that serves Maui, has come under criticism for …
‘WELLINGTON, New Zealand — New Zealand on Monday removed the last of its remaining COVID-19 restrictions, marking the end of a government response to the pandemic that was watched closely around the world. Prime Minister Chris Hipkins said the requirement to wear masks in hospitals and other healthcare facilities would …
INTERESTING! https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/255084/for-us-it-s-like-a-miracle-catholic-church-appears-to-survive-devastating-maui-fire https://www.kiro7.com/news/trending/hawaii-wildfires-historic-maria-lanakila-catholic-church-still-standing/53N4VZIOGJHV5JOLPQWXK5KB2M/ The devastating Maui fires appear to have spared Maria Lanakila Catholic Church in Lahaina, providing a symbol of hope amid catastrophic destruction. At least 93 deaths had been reported as of Sunday, Aug. 13, making the disaster the deadliest wildfire event in the U.S. since 1918. Authorities …
Snopes dealt with the question of whether windmill blades were buried in a landfill in Casper, Wyoming. Snopes said, “It is true that there is a landfill in Casper, Wyoming, that does accept decommissioned and damaged wind turbine blades and motors, both of which are not recyclable. However, it is …
Expressing his condolences, Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald said this was “certainly a sad, sad day and a sad, sad time” for the community. He praised the support for Plum from surrounding communities: “It just shows what people in southwestern Pennsylvania do when there’s these types of incidents.” Imbarlina said …
Full 20 min interview : (26) Bill Gross on Bond Yields, Regional Banks, Opportunities – YouTube h/t DesmondMilesDant
"Half my paycheque goes to groceries alone" 🚨🚨🚨 Canadian housing and basic things like groceries are unaffordable. 🔊 pic.twitter.com/XnG7b4vijM — Wall Street Mav (@WallStreetMav) August 14, 2023
Whoops!… pic.twitter.com/0r2ztyep55 — CrossBorder Capital/ GLIndexes (@crossbordercap) August 14, 2023
Why the next 40 years in real estate might not look like the last. 1. From at least the 1970 – 2008, the US ADDED a NET 2.5m/yr people to the working age population (incl immigration), now that number is 300-500k. 2. Since 1981, mortgage rates have fallen 15%. Keeping …
https://t.co/ovMYbCTBQA — Eric Spracklen 🇺🇸 (@EricSpracklen) August 14, 2023 It is a mulch fire. https://www.khou.com/article/news/local/grass-fire-harris-county/285-e5715e3f-c313-49c3-aec4-12ba678ed6fd Giant piles of mulch and tree bark do occasionally catch fire just from the heat generated inside. (I had the experience of working at a bark bagging plant one summer as a teenager. Fire was …
My source in Maui (storm chaser) said the death toll is close to 1000. Said it’s so bad they can’t identify people & they’re transporting bodies into buildings to shield them from view. One building alone he guessed had about 500 bodies. Said it looked like the Holocaust. 😢 pic.twitter.com/M8hgU8BWMy …
by chartr https://www.chartr.co/newsletters/2023-08-13 Company Execs Can’t Stop Talking About AI https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/15qo4qp/company_execs_cant_stop_talking_about_ai_oc/
by betsharks0 Think the great downward spiral of China has started. It is going to be very difficult for them to get out of it. They were so stupid to piss off so many of their neighbors and biting the hand that fed them. We are not even really very …
Interesting that the ‘usual’ boomer toys (convertibles and coupes) are holding up the best. Only in America would people sign up for one or multiple >$1,000 a month car payments. Car market is large risk that not many talk about. — Don Johnson (@DonMiami3) August 13, 2023
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Industrial US companies are seeing their businesses in China slow down considerably. DuPont, Dow and Caterpillar have cut their sales outlook for the country into this year. https://t.co/LJ0ARJ9jMW Tesla cut prices in China again. https://t.co/tuTnwNZFSO — Lisa Abramowicz (@lisaabramowicz1) August 14, 2023 Everything is fine … 🔥🔥🔥 Student loan payments …
The cheese is rapidly slipping off of Joe Biden’s cracker and the President himself knows it (to the extent he’s capable, that is). But he’s taking lemons and making them into lemonade by rebranding his “senior moments” as “thought items,” some of which he shares with Jimmy during this call …
The United States is approaching disaster with its increasing national debt, according to well-known author Robert Kiyosaki. Kiyosaki made the statement during a guest appearance in a recent episode of the “Decentralize TV” show hosted by Mike Adams and Todd Pitner on the Brighteon.com channel. Adams kicked off the discussion …
How ‘modern-day slavery’ in the Congo powers the rechargeable battery economy Smartphones, computers and electric vehicles may be emblems of the modern world, but, says Siddharth Kara, their rechargeable batteries are frequently powered by cobalt mined by workers laboring in slave-like conditions in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Kara, a …
The govenrment of Kenya is investigating claims of abuse by British soldiers. Accusations include acts of violence, murder, and sexual abuse. The Kenyan govenrment raised concerns that a defense agreement with Britian would exempt British soldiers from being charged with murder in Kenya. https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2023/aug/14/kenya-launches-inquiry-into-claims-of-abuse-by-british-soldiers-at-training-unit h/t Settlemente
by Michael The Biden administration plans to do what? Yes, you read the headline correctly. Joe Biden and his minions are moving forward with a plan to use “huge vacuum cleaners” to remove millions of metric tons of carbon dioxide from the air. If that sounds like a really stupid …