by drjmcurtis | Sep 26, 2019
Testifying today in the House Intelligence Committee. 67-year-old National Intelligence Director Joe Maqurie defended his handling of a whislteblower complaint about a July 24 phone call between 73-year-old President Donald Trump and 40-year-old Ukranian President...
by drjmcurtis | Sep 25, 2019
Releasing the transcript of his July 24 phone call with 40-year-old Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, 73-year-old President Donald Trump opened up the book for all to see. Trump insists he did nothing wrong asking Zelensky to look into former Vice President Joe...
by drjmcurtis | Sep 24, 2019
In a strange twist of fate, 79year-old House Speaker Nancy Pelosi acquiesced to her party’s call for impeachment after resisting it since the House seated its zealous majority Jan. 3, 2019. When you consider the 22-month Special Counsel investigation accusing...
by drjmcurtis | Sep 23, 2019
Recent revelations about 73-year-old President Donald Trump asking newly minted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in July to investigate 49-uear-old Hunter Binden, son of former Vice President Joe Biden (D-Del.) has brought impeachment fever back to Capitol Hill....
by drjmcurtis | Sep 22, 2019
Opening discussions today on whom to pick for the next prime minister, 80-year-old Israeli President Reuven Rivilin will hear all the arguments from Israel’s leading political parties. When 69-year-old Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu failed to get a majority in his...
by drjmcurtis | Sep 21, 2019
Sending U.S. troops to the Middle East at the request of Saudi Arabia, 73-year-old President Donald Trump went to the aid of the world’s largest oil producer. When Cruise missiles and predator drones struck Saudi Arabia’s massive Abqaiq oil refinery and oil fields...
by drjmcurtis | Sep 20, 2019
Dancing around the China Trade War, 73-year-year-old President Donald Trump said he didn’t need to complete a trade deal before the 2020 presidential election. While Trump doesn’t think he needs the deal, the U.S. economy needs it urgently, or face possible recession...
by drjmcurtis | Sep 19, 2019
Visiting 34-year-old Saudi Defense Minister Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Sept. 18 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, 55-year-old U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called the Sept. 14 attacks on Saudi’s main oil refinery an “act of war.” “This is an attack of a scale we’ve...
by drjmcurtis | Sep 18, 2019
Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell cut the federal funds rate 25 basis points today, leaving the benchmark rate at 2.00%. Markets hoped that Powell would slash rates 50 basis points but, in the end, Powell couldn’t justify anything more than a...
by drjmcurtis | Sep 17, 2019
When Saudi Arabia’s Abaqiq oil refinery was hit by a predator drone and Cruise missiles Sept. 14, wiping out 5% of the world’s refined oil capacity, Iran denied any involvement. With the war raging in Yemen since 2015, it’s easy to blame Yemen’s Houthi rebels for past...