by drjmcurtis | Sep 1, 2015
When the stock market began selling off after hitting a record high May 19, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average hitting 18,315, long-awaited profit-taking began. Looking to the downturn in China, the Dow, tech-rich Nasdaq and corporate S&P 500 had the perfect...
by drjmcurtis | Aug 30, 2015
Shot in cold blood Aug. 23 on camera at WDBJ-TV in Roanoke, Va. by former reporter Vester Flanagan, station manager Jeff Marks blamed the deaths of his two young journalists Allison Parker, 24, and photographer Adam Ward, 27 on a broken mental health system. “Embrace...
by drjmcurtis | Aug 29, 2015
Interviewed today on One-America News Network, real estate mogul and former reality TV star Donald Trump found a mutual admiration society with former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, once called by Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) “the future of the Republican Party.” Picked by...
by drjmcurtis | Aug 26, 2015
After shedding 2,646 points or 14.4% since hitting a record high May 19 of 18,312, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rebounded today 619 points or 3.95%. Wall Street’s PR outlets attributed today’s good news to so-called bargain hunters, pretending small investors...
by drjmcurtis | Aug 25, 2015
Showing his true colors after extending an olive branch Aug. 10 to 69-year-old real estate tycoon and former reality TV star Donald Trump, 75-year-old former George H.W. Bush communication director and Fox News President Roger Ailes called again for Trump to apologize...
by drjmcurtis | Aug 24, 2015
When real estate tycoon and reality TV star announced he’d run for the GOP nomination for president June 16, 42-year-old Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus didn’t take it seriously, nor the rest of the GOP field. Considered a “carnival barker” by...
by drjmcurtis | Aug 23, 2015
Whatever problems former First Lady, U.S. Senator (D-N.Y.) and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has with her emails, she’s on the defensive, explaining how classified and top-secret government emails wound up on her private server. Hillary insists she never...
by drjmcurtis | Aug 22, 2015
Taking over as Supreme Leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea at age 28 Dec. 17, 2011 after his father’s death, Kim Jong-il, the young Kim learned quickly about his father’s cult of personality. Yearly war games with the U.S. and South Korea prompted Kim...
by drjmcurtis | Aug 21, 2015
Getting that sinking feeling, Wall Street plummeted nearly 531 points, signaling the long-awaited correction has begun. Wall Street’s biggest mutual, hedge and private equity funds unloaded stocks, sending the Dow Jones Industrials, S&P 500 and Nasdaq plummeting...
by drjmcurtis | Aug 20, 2015
Tumbling nearly 1,322 points or 7.2% since hitting its record high May 19 of 18,312, the Dow Jones Industrials have been in “correction” phase, selling off because of a global economic slowdown in Europe and China. Federal Reserve Board Chairwoman Janet Yellen and her...