by drjmcurtis | Jun 23, 2016
Split four-to-four today, the short-staffed Supreme Court dealt President Barack Obama a blow, leaving the Nov. 10, 2015 Fifth U.S. Court of Appeals ruling that illegal immigrant parents of legal offspring are subject to deportation. Obama’s Nov. 14, 2015 executive...
by drjmcurtis | Jun 23, 2016
Speaking in Manhattan, 70-year-old GOP presumptive nominee and real estate tycoon Donald Trump called Democratic presumptive nominee former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton a “world class liar,” enriching herself at the expense of the world and American...
by drjmcurtis | Jun 20, 2016
Embattled 42-year-old Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski got the ax today for Trump’s recent plunge in the polls. With seasoned GOP campaign veteran Paul Manafort taking over as campaign chairman May 19, it was a just a matter of time before the brash...
by drjmcurtis | Jun 19, 2016
Reacting to the International Olympic Committee’s [IOC] ban of Russian track-and-field athletes for violating anti-doping rules, Russian President Vladimir Putin decried the ruling as excessive. “Of course that is unjust and unfair,” said Putin at a press conference...
by drjmcurtis | Jun 18, 2016
Accusing NATO of “warmongering,” 60-year-old German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier flashed his hand of seeking to end U.S. and European Union economic sanctions on Russia. EU buys some 35% of petroleum and 30% of natural gas from Russia, giving the EU a...
by drjmcurtis | Jun 17, 2016
Slapping President Barack Obama in the face June 16, a confidential State Department memo called for air strikes against the Shiite regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. What’s so striking about the secret memo is how off-the-wall the suggestion to bomb the...
by drjmcurtis | Jun 16, 2016
Showing clear signs that the GOP is finally acquiescing to real estate mogul and nominee Donald Trump, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), a failed 2016 candidate, gave Trump some reluctant praise for agreeing to talk to the National Rifle Assn. about preventing suspected...
by drjmcurtis | Jun 15, 2016
Holding the Federal Funds Rate steady at 0.25%, 69-year-old Federal Reserve Board Chairwoman Janet Yellen switched gears after the June 3 Labor Department report showing the nation only added 38,000 non-farm payroll jobs in May. Yellen sang a different tune April 27,...
by drjmcurtis | Jun 14, 2016
With the liberal press on her side, 68-year-old Democratic presumptive nominee former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton continued her narrative about GOP presumptive nominee real estate tycoon Donald Trump. Showing no pause for the dead-and-injured in the June...
by drjmcurtis | Jun 13, 2016
Reporting that growing numbers of Brits back the exit from the European Union, a new Guardian/ICM poll showed voters favor leaving the EU by 53% to 47%. Only a few weeks ago, those numbers were reversed, with a majority backing British Prime Minister David Cameron’s...