by drjmcurtis | Aug 17, 2019
Seized by Britain’s Royal Navy July 4, Panamanian-flagged, Iranian owned supertanker Grace 1, was released today from Gibraltar, where it’s been detained the last five weeks. U.S. officials tried, but failed, to argue that U.S. had a right to the ship’s custody...
by drjmcurtis | Aug 16, 2019
Bucking the Democrat narrative started by former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton in 2016 that 73-year-old President Donald Trump is “racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic and Islamophobic,” the House’s Log Cabin Republicans endorsed Trump for reelection....
by drjmcurtis | Aug 15, 2019
Openly disparaging about Israel, 37-year-old Somali-born Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn) and 43-year-old U.S.-born, Palestinian-descent Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) were banned from entering Israel on an upcoming trip to the holy land. Omar and Tlaib are vociferous backers...
by drjmcurtis | Aug 14, 2019
Heading to the exits, the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged today 800 points to 25.479, down 3.05%, losing over 2,000 points in the last three weeks. When the 10-year treasury yielded at 1.5810% dipped below the 2-year yield of 1.583%, it signaled an increased...
by drjmcurtis | Aug 13, 2019
Rocketing up 372 points today, Wall Street shrugged of, at least today, the pro-Democracy crisis in Hong Kong that shut down the Hong Kong International Airport for a second day. Pro-Democracy activists in the thousands, led by Joshua Wong, occupied the main terminal,...
by drjmcurtis | Aug 12, 2019
Shutting down Hong Kong International Airport, pro-Democracy protesters pushed the envelope, daring Beijing to intervene. Protests have raged in Hong Kong since June 9, when thousands of demonstrators took to the streets to protest an extradition law, allowing local...
by drjmcurtis | Aug 11, 2019
When 66-year-old accused sex-trafficker billionaire Jeffrey Epsten was found dead in his New York City Metropolitan Correctional Center jail cell Aug. 10, the right wing conspiracy nuts went wild—including 73-year-old President Donald Trump. Trump tweeted Saturday...
by drjmcurtis | Aug 10, 2019
Showing that they can stop a domestic terror attack before it takes place, the FBI arrested today 23-year-old white supremacist Conor Climo. Tracking him down with an Internet sting, FBI agents set Climo up in a chat room, getting him to talk about his plans to attack...
by drjmcurtis | Aug 10, 2019
When 73-year-old President Donald Trump signed tax reform into law Dec. 22, 2017, Wall Street had high hopes that the dramatic cut in corporate taxes would spur an economic boom. While the Gross Domestic Product [GDP] did rise from one percent under former President...
by drjmcurtis | Aug 9, 2019
Speaking at a town hall event in Des Moines, Iowa, nearly 77-year-old former Vice President Joe Biden told the largely white audience that “poor kids are just as bright, just as talented, as white kids,” revealing his racist views. While Biden’s handlers were quick to...