A Palestinian gunman opened fire on Tuesday night in a Tel Aviv suburb, killing five, in what Israeli authorities have called an act of terror. On the other side, which is denounced as being anti-Semitic, the gunman was considered a warrior fighting against Israeli occupation and seizing of Palestinian land over the past 70 years. ...
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THE HOME SALES SLIP
In February, 7.2 percent fewer previously owned homes sold than in the month before and 2.4 percent fewer than a year earlier, the National Association of Realtors (NAR) reported. The seasonally adjusted total of 6.02 million homes fell short of the 6.13 million sales and 5.7-percent decline economists surveyed by The Wall Street Journal had...
U.S. HOME PRICES RISE RECORD. MIDDLE CLASS DREAM DYING
Home prices rose a record 18.8 percent last year, according to the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller National Home Price Index, the fastest rate since the index was created in 1987. The index tracks average home prices in major metro areas across the U.S. The Federal Housing Finance Authority calculated a 17.6-percent increase in home prices through...
E.U. BANS RUSSIAN MEDIA OUTLETS TO SILENCE VOICES NOT SINGING THEIR TUNE
We saw it play out during the COVID-19 outbreak: Those who questioned vaccines, social-distancing rules, and the effectiveness of masks to prevent infection were blackballed by the media and ridiculed as right-wing nut jobs and conspiracy theorists. We’re now seeing the same knee-jerk reaction when it comes to the conflict in Ukraine after the European...
THE NEW YORK TIMES’ ONGOING SMEAR CAMPAIGN AGAINST ROBERT KENNEDY JR.
By Richard Gale and Gary Null PhD, Progressive Radio Network Adam Nagourney’s recent effort to cancel and condemn Robert Kennedy Jr. has registered another low in The New York Times’ registry of crank tabloid journalism. Americans’ trust in our media is already at an all time low, down to 21 percent last year, and the...
HOUSING MARKET: SALES UP, FEWER HOMES FOR SALE
Sales of existing U.S. homes rose 6.7 percent in January from December, the National Association of Realtors (NAR) reported, as buyers rushed to lock in low mortgage interest rates before the U.S. Federal Reserve boosts its key lending rate next month. Homes are still selling within days of being listed, with more homes being bought...
MIDDLE-INCOME BUYERS TOO POOR TO BUY HOMES
At the end of 2021, there were 411,000 fewer homes on the market that were affordable for households making $75,000 to $100,000 a year, compared to the end of 2019, according to a study released 7 February by the National Association of Realtors (NAR). Households in that income category could afford 51 percent of the...
KILLING THE BILL OF RIGHTS
By Philip Giraldi In 2005, President George W. Bush allegedly addressed a meeting of Republicans discussing whether to renew the Patriot Act due to its possible unconstitutionality by angrily blurting out that the Constitution was “just a goddamned piece of paper!” If the story is true, it partly explains the numerous crimes committed by Bush...
YOU ARE WRONG IF YOU BELIEVE ALL VACCINES ARE SAFE AND EFFECTIVE
By Gary Null PhD, Progressive Radio Network During the past two years, a paradox we have heard repeated by the White House, and our health agencies are the warnings and fears about the threats of the SARS-2 contagion. This fear mongering has been framed as consensual scientific fact that is non-negotiable. Topping the list is...
SPOTLIGHT: BIGS GET BIGGER
FRONTIER, SPIRIT AIRLINES AGREE TO $6.6-BILLION MERGER The U.S.’s two largest discount airlines have agreed to merge to create the country’s fifth-largest air passenger carrier. The merger will “create America’s most competitive ultra-low fare airline,” the companies said in a statement, and help make the new entity a stronger player in the post-COVID air travel...