by drjmcurtis | Dec 21, 2016
Hunting feverishly for the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria [ISIS] assassin that plowed a semi-truck into a Berlin Christmas market Dec. 19 killing 12, injuring 48 near Breitscheidplatz, German Chancellor Angela Merkel can only wonder about her open-door policy for...
by drjmcurtis | Dec 20, 2016
Ramming a semi-truck into a crowded Berlin Christmas market Dec. 19 killing 12 , injuring 46, 62-year-old German Chancellor Angela Merkel faces new criticism for her open-door policy with Mideast refugees. Considered a hero by left wing groups sympathetic to Mideast...
by drjmcurtis | Dec 19, 2016
On the day the Electoral College meets to certify the Nov. 8 victory of 70-year-old President-elect Donald Trump, the press continues to hammer the narrative that Russia handed the real estate tycoon the election. Trump labeled the idea “ridiculous” Dec. 11 that...
by drjmcurtis | Dec 18, 2016
Responding to China seizing an underwater drone Dec. 16 in the South China Sea, 57 miles from Subic Bay, Philippines, President-elect Donald Trump said the Chinese government should be told “we don’t want the drone they stole back,” Trump Tweeted causing a media...
by drjmcurtis | Dec 17, 2016
Putting his heart-and-soul into Democratic nominee former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton’s campaign, 55-year-old President Barack Obama blasted the media for treating Hillary unfairly. Calling press coverage “troubling, Barack accused the media of...
by drjmcurtis | Dec 16, 2016
Looking for any excuse to deflect blame for damaging the campaign of 69-year-oild Democratic nominee former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, 56-year-old James Comey agreed with a CIA assessment that Russian hacks helped the campaign of 70-year-old...
by drjmcurtis | Dec 15, 2016
Running against propaganda from the United States and European Union, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad sounded a hopeful tone as the last remaining pockets of resistance in Aleppo finally gave in. Since the 2011 Saudi-backed Arab Spring, al-Assad has fought a...
by drjmcurtis | Dec 14, 2016
Wall Street got doused with cold water with 70-year-old Federal Reserve Board Chairman Janet Yellen hiking the federal funds rate from 0.50% to 0.75%, the only rate hike in 2016 and second hike since Dec. 17, 2008. Yellen’s modest 25-basis points increase signals...
by drjmcurtis | Dec 13, 2016
Picking 64-year-old Exxon-Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson for Secretary of State speaks volumes about where President-elect Donald Trump wants to take the country. Only Oct. 12, 80-year-old Sen. John McCain (R-Az.), chairman of the Armed Services Committee, urged President...
by drjmcurtis | Dec 12, 2016
Giving 66-year-old Green Party candidate Dr. Jill Stein her comeuppance today, U.S. District Court Judge Paul Diamond ruled to stop recounts in Pennsylvania. Only Friday, Dec. 9, Michigan’s Supreme Court denied Stein’s appeal to continue as wasteful recounts,...