‘WAVE OF TRANSPARENCY’: FBI director hints at agency’s move to rebuild Americans’ trust
The Director of the FBI, Kash Patel, is an Indian-American talking about working with tribal law enforcement on reservations.
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James Comey Deletes Post Depicting ‘8647’ After Backlash Online
This is so dumb, Meghan McCain may be right when she asks if everyone is mentally ill.
Former FBI Director James Comey apparently posted a photo of shells on a beach that were aligned to read “8647” and has since sparked backlash online by those saying it is a “threat” aimed at President Donald Trump.
Ever wonder if there are powerful people, behind the scenes, influencing world events?
There are. This is the guy. His name is Klaus Schwab, and he is in trouble.
Trump announces plan to pressure drug companies to lower US costs.
Brand-name prescription drugs in the US, are 4 times more expensive than they are in other developed countries. The standard line is that America is subsidizing the development of new drugs, while every other country benefits. If that’s true, we should stop being dopes.
High-School Juniors With $70,000-a-Year Job Offers
High-School Juniors With $70,000-a-Year Job Offers
If America is going to get back to manufacturing, companies will need to get involved to make sure that there are trained people to hire. There will need to be more of this.
PHILADELPHIA—Elijah Rios won’t graduate from high school until next year, but he already has a job offer—one that pays $68,000 a year.
Rios, 17 years old, is a junior taking welding classes at Father Judge, a Catholic high school in Philadelphia that works closely with companies looking for workers in the skilled trades. Employers are dealing with a shortage of such workers as baby boomers retire. They have increasingly begun courting high-school students like Rios—a hiring strategy they say is likely to become even more crucial in the coming years.
It’s true. Don’t trust anything the Chinese government says.
Also, be skeptical of reports that China is in big trouble.
This WSJ article notes that the Chinese government has stopped reporting a wide range of economic data, and that could mean that the tariffs are having an effect.
Spain and Portugal hit by unexplained power blackout.
The power is coming back on for parts of Spain and Portugal, more than 12 hours after the massive outage shut off traffic lights and caused chaos at airports, train stations and on the roads.
Both countries have declared states of emergency as authorities work to manage the situation.
It’s not clear why this is a big story in international news or why Spain and Portugal declared a state of emergency. This time of year, it’s pretty pleasant on the Iberian Peninsula, and much of the power was back on after 6 hours.
Eagles’ Saquon Barkley hangs out with Trump after teammate dodges question on White House visit
This is an interesting article, but no reports give the whole story. They all say the same thing. The Philadelphia Eagles won the Super Bowl, Barkley is the star running back, he spent time with Trump and his teammate is reluctant to accept an invitation to visit the White House.
I don’t give a shit about football, and wasn’t aware that the Eagles won the Super Bowl. How did a 28 year-old football player land a seat on Marine One with the president?
Harvard’s president says the school will ‘not compromise’ on its rights with the Trump admin
That’s fine, if I were Harvard, I wouldn’t want the government pushing me around. Money comes with strings attached, so if Harvard wants to be independent, don’t accept a half-billion dollars from the government each year.
About half of Americans pay income tax. That means that I pay Harvard $3 per year. I get nothing from that, and don’t want to do it.
Harvard has $50 billion in the bank, and is tax-exempt. That should be enough.