Cyrus Vance Jr., the Manhattan district attorney, on Wednesday announced that his office would no longer prosecute prostitution and requested a judge in the state dismisses cases dating back to 1976. The Wall Street Journal reported the cases had a top charge of prostitution. Vance said he hopes the change helps those turning to the lifestyle to...
Tag: apr 27 2021
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DEMOCRATS: NO WORK, GET PAID
About 40 Democrats on Friday signed a letter to President Biden urging him to take a new look at unemployment benefits and were vocal in their support of a federal increase and extension of weekly payouts. The Wall Street Journal reported Saturday that Congress has already intervened to increase payments by $300 weekly for jobless Americans during...
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HARDER THE LOCKDOWN, HIGHER THE COVID CASES
Authoritarian governors have been justifying the terrible physical, emotional, and financial burdens their lockdowns have caused by claiming they save lives. But the data proves otherwise. On 23 April, Blacklist News published the article: “Texas Ended Lockdowns and Mask Mandates. Now Locked-Down States are Where COVID is Growing Most.” Commenting on empirical CDC data, the...
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THE RISE OF MINDLESS, INSANE VIOLENCE
By Bradley J. Steiner, American Combato I have been teaching self-defense and combat arts since the mid-1960s. I have studied violence in military, intelligence, law enforcement, and private sector contexts: how it occurs, who does it, why they do it, and what can be done about it. I have studied the best methods of personal...
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MORE CHIP SHORTAGES, HIGHER INFLATION
As the company announced weakened first-quarter earnings, Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger warned that the worldwide chip shortage will continue until companies increase their manufacturing capacity to meet renewed demand, which could take as long as two years, he said. Despite chip makers scurrying to increase production, the chip shortage created by consumer demand during the...
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THIS WEEK IN SURVEILLANCE
POST OFFICE PLAYING SPYMASTERS. News broke this past week that the USPS has been running a program called iCOP (Internet Covert Operations Program). Does it target agents of Communist Chinese or members of international drug cartels? No. The initiative, embedded in the Postal Service, exists to target “domestic terrorists.” According to Yahoo News, which broke...
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THE FED’S DANGEROUS GAME
By Gregory Mannarino, TradersChoice.net The Federal Reserve is playing a dangerous game… dangerous for us. It is no secret that the Federal Reserve has become the lender and buyer of last resort, fulfilling their century-old goal. It is the central banks of the world that are working in concert to bring about a new financial...
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U.S. MARKETS OVERVIEW
The Trend is your friend. As we continue to note in this Trends Journal, cities, states, and nations have again locked down in their fight to win the COVID War, but many others are opening up. Come summertime, get ready for the “Roaring 21s” as the COVID rules get lifted and pent-up populations, especially younger...