By: Lee Friday Writing for Postmedia News, Craig Kielburger is concerned that Canadians are (a) not sufficiently committed to the task of recycling bottles, cans, paper, plastics etc., and (b) not willing to purchase recycled products in sufficient quantities to allow recycling businesses to be profitable. While his concern for the environment appears genuine, Kielburger fails […]
Archives for August 2019
COMRADE: MSNBC contributor accuses Tulsi Gabbard of ‘counting on Russian support’
This is the neoconservative-leftist alliance that has been warned about for nearly three years. After the neocons and leftists in the mainstream media spent much of the week targeting Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) for committing the sin of going after the next Chosen One and opposing regime change wars, another MSNBC contributor has joined the […]
Random Friday: 164k jobs in July, Milton Friedman, Tulsi Gabbard destroys MSNBC
News Story of the Day: The U.S. labor market slowed down in July, creating 164,000 jobs last month. The unemployment held steady at 3.7 percent, a near 50-year low, mainly because more people entered the workforce. Average hourly wages climbed 0.3 percent and the 12-month rate edged up to 3.2 percent. The biggest gains were […]
Will Trump initiate currency intervention after Fed disappoints?
By: Stefan Gleason Following months of cajoling by the White House, the Federal Reserve finally cut its benchmark interest rate. However, the reaction in equity and currency markets was not the one President Donald Trump wanted – or many traders anticipated. The Trump administration wants the Fed to help drive the fiat U.S. dollar lower […]
BREAKING: Donald Trump to impose new 10% tariffs on $300 billion in Chinese goods
One day after getting the interest rate cut he wanted from the Federal Reserve, President Donald Trump is abandoning his trade truce with China and imposing new tariffs on imports. He tweeted on Thursday afternoon that Beijing did not buy United States agriculture and prevented fentanyl exports. As a result, effective September, Trump is slapping […]