Last week Judge Reggie B. Walton sharply criticized Attorney General William P. Barr’s handling of the report by the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, saying that Mr. Barr put forward a “distorted” and “misleading” account of its findings and lacked credibility before the court. The judge ordered the Department of Justice to privately show … Read more
Two of Donald Trump’s favorite autocrat buddies, Mohammad Bin Salman Al Saud of Saudi Arabia and Vladimir Putin of Russia, have decided to engage in a price war over oil in an effort to capture market share in Asia, and to force American shale oil producers out of business to reduce American market share. Nice … Read more
Two weeks ago, Trump Zone Resident and Fox Island reactionaries gathered at the annual Conservative Political Action Committee (CPAC) gathering to celebrate conservative causes, espouse fringe principles, and happily salute the 2016 KKK Endorsed Candidate (Donald Trump.) It was also an opportunity to attack Democrats and the media for overblowing the significance of the Coronavirus. … Read more
The Coronavirus is spreading rapidly in some US states, including Arizona. Let’s put this contagion into perspective. One man in New York has been linked to 28 cases of Coronavirus. Last week, we heard about Coronavirus in one senior living facility in the Seattle area; one week later, there are Coronavirus cases in nine senior living … Read more
Wall Street took a beating Monday as collapsing oil prices and fears about the impact of the coronavirus almost nudged the American economy out of the longest bull market in history, exactly 11 years to the day since it began. Dow closes with decline of 2,000 points, almost ending 11-year bull market. The Dow Jones … Read more