Oil Tanker Mercer Street attacked off the coast of Oman, via Reuters “Initial indications clearly point to a (drone)-style attack,” the US Navy said, without naming specific evidence for that conclusion. This was followed by state media in Iran appearing to confirm that it was carried out by the Islamic Read more…
More importantly, when looking back historically, we see that earnings growth isn't as strong as headlines suggest. To wit: Thought this was interesting.#Earnings are expected to hit $151 #reported this quarter Q4-2020 = 94.13 Q1-2021 = 128.20 Q2-2021 = 151.17 est. What were you thinking?” Of course, much of this Read more…
Cooler Weather Slated For Northeast Next Week No more heat wave for the Northeast, at least through the first week of August. All the weather data so far point to a very cool start to August compared with seasonal averages. The six-to-10 day temperature forecast highlights a cool first week Read more…
Reported COVID cases in the UK have dropped by 22% since Thursday last week and cases are falling in every English local authority. Up until Wednesday, official day to day statistics showed that cases had dropped for seven days in a row, despite restrictions largely being lifted on July 19th. It looks Read more…
To help you learn more about these sophisticated crimes, Visual Capitalist's Marcus Lu examines some of the biggest Ponzi schemes in modern history. In many cases, these schemes thrived by taking advantage of the unsuspecting public who often lacked any knowledge of investing. The scheme was initially very successful, Read more…
If countries can't or won't do that, the United States could impose its own price.” It would seem that the Nordhaus climate club has become the policy vehicle of choice for advocates of the “climate emergency” on both sides of the Atlantic. The EU and the US want to impose trade tariffs Read more…
DW correspondent Julia Hahn tweeted scenes from Manavgat in Antalya province showing “apocalyptic scenes” of one wildfire. Apocalyptic scenes from #Manavgat in Antalya province where forest fires have killed at least three people since yesterday, and send over 50 others to the hospital. https://t.co/ct8Xx9Hsxo – Julia Hahn (@juliahahntv) July 29, Read more…
The shocking video, which was posted to Twitter, shows a heavily pregnant mother in a hospital bed being lectured by nurses about how it's mandatory for the baby to be given a COVID test immediately after birth. “It is my property,” states the mother, to which one of the nurses Read more…
When you don't trust people who are perpetually wrong, that's not denying science. We thought it was right, but we tested it and we found we were not right. Yet when people notice this 180-degree spin, the smart set shrieks like Donald Sutherland at the end of Invasion of the Body Read more…
Gavin Newsom of California, Jay Inslee of Washington, Kate Brown of Oregon, Geg Gianforte of Montana, Tim Walz of Minnesota, and Mark Gordon of Wyoming. Gianforte said, “I can take you 10 miles west of the state capitol in Helena and show you a forest where 90% of the trees Read more…