Florida couple missing in Haiti are being held for ransom, family says ☞ NBC News
“The family said that when they paid more than $2,000 of the $6,000 ransom that had been demanded, the kidnappers changed the deal.”
March 26, 2023
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Family desperate for help after Tamarac couple kidnapped in Haiti ☞ ABC 10 – Florida
“They stopped the bus at a stop and then asked for Americans to get off the bus and their escorts off the bus, and then they took them.”
March 24, 2023
Fentanyl Facts: It’s The Leading Cause Of Death For Americans Ages 18 To 49 ☞ Law Enforcement Today
“Fentanyl is the leading cause of death for Americans ages 18 to 49. Fentanyl is now the number one cause of overdose deaths in the country, surpassing heroin by a large margin. Over 150 people die every day from overdoses related to synthetic opioids like fentanyl, about 55,000 yearly.”
March 23, 2023
The minimum wage fight that will define the decade ☞ POLITICO
“California, Washington state and the District of Columbia have already edged beyond the $15 threshold, as of January. And activists are launching lobbying campaigns in more statehouses, hoping to push the minimum wage as high as $22 per hour in coming years. Others are pushing to index state minimum wages to inflation.”
March 22, 2023
Mexican president blames US fentanyl crisis on ‘lack of hugs’ among families ☞ The Guardian – UK
“Experts say that Mexican cartels are making so much money now from the US market that they see no need to sell fentanyl in their home market. Cartels frequently sell methamphetamines in Mexico, where the drug is more popular because it purportedly helps people work harder.”
March 17, 2023
Child and teen mortality in the US experiences largest increase in decades ☞ MedicalXpress
“For example, the researchers found that suicide rates at ages 10-19 began increasing in 2007 and climbed by 70% by 2019. Homicide rates began increasing in 2013, rising by 33% by 2019. The number of overdose deaths began to rise in 2019, and deaths from car accidents dramatically jumped in frequency in 2020 and 2021.”
March 13, 2023
Silicon Valley Bank CEO Sold $3.6M in Stock Before Collapse, Mysteriously out as Fed Reserve Board Member ☞ RedState
“Multiple reports describe people lining up outside SVB branches hoping to get their money out; the NYPD was even dispatched in New York City to calm things down.”
March 11, 2023
Silicon Valley investors and founders express shock at SVB collapse ☞ CNBC
“It is business as usual at SVB,”
“Moreover, we have a 40 year history navigating bear and bull markets and have developed leading risk mitigation capabilities to ensure our long term financial health.”
March 10, 2023
Wells Fargo ‘glitch’ affects tons of D-FW customers ☞ WFAA – Dallas
“Customers signing on to their Wells Fargo online accounts received messages that said the problem ‘may be due to a technical issue and we apologize. Your accounts continue to be secure and we’re working quickly on a resolution.'”
March 10, 2023
CNBC’s Jim Cramer touted Silicon Valley Bank stock ☞ New York Post
“The ninth best performer to date has been SVB Financial. Don’t yawn,”
“This company is a merchant bank with a deposit base that Wall Street has mistakenly been concerned by,”
“less dependent upon private equity and venture capital offerings.”
“fourth-worst performer of 2022” though it was worth buying because “being a banker to these immense pools of capital has always been a very good business.”
“The stock is still cheap,”
March 10, 2023
Feds Take Over Silicon Valley Bank in Biggest Bank Failure Since 2007 ☞ RedState
“The FDIC takeover of SBV leaves several unanswered questions for investors and account holders. At the end of 2022, SVB had approximately $209 billion in total assets, with about $175.4 billion in total deposits. According to the FDIC, it’s currently unclear how many of those deposits were above their insurance limit of $250,000 per depositor.”
March 10, 2023
Gulf Cartel turns over 5 members tied to Americans’ kidnapping ☞ New York Post
“The cartel claimed that five members ‘acted under their own decision-making and lack of discipline’ when they kidnapped four Americans.”
March 9, 2023
Apology letter found after US citizens killed in Mexico ☞ AP News
“We have decided to turn over those who were directly involved and responsible in the events, who at all times acted under their own decision-making and lack of discipline,” the letter reads, adding that those individuals had gone against the cartel’s rules, which include “respecting the life and well-being of the innocent.”
March 9, 2023
Kim Jong Un’s sister warns US over drills with South Korea ☞ KHOU – Houston
“We keep our eye on the restless military moves by the U.S. forces and the South Korean puppet military and are always on standby to take appropriate, quick and overwhelming action at any time according to our judgment,”
March 7, 2023
Americans kidnapped in Mexico update: 2 dead, 2 found alive ☞ WKYC – Cleveland
“Tamaulipas Gov. Américo Villarreal confirmed the deaths by phone during a morning news conference by Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, saying details about the four abducted Americans had been confirmed by prosecutors.”
March 7, 2023
Americans Continue to View China as the U.S.’s Greatest Enemy ☞ Gallup
“WASHINGTON, D.C. — For the third year in a row, Americans are most likely to mention China as the United States’ greatest enemy in the world today. When asked the open-ended question, 50% of Americans say China is their nation’s greatest enemy, with most of the rest, 32%, naming Russia. North Korea, which was viewed as the greatest enemy in 2018, is now a distant third at 7%.”
March 6, 2023
‘Far from justice’: why are nearly half of US murders going unsolved? ☞ The Guardian – UK
“Over the past four decades, homicide clearance rates – the metric used to determine how many homicides police solve – have decreased from about 71% in 1980 to an all-time low of about 50% in 2020,”
February 27, 2023
US mass killings linked to extremism at highest level in decades, report finds ☞ The Guardian – UK
“The number of US mass killings linked to extremism over the past decade was at least three times higher than the total from any other 10-year period since the 1970s” – “Between two and seven extremism-related mass killings occurred every decade from the 1970s to the 2000s but in the 2010s that number rocketed to 21, the report found.”
February 23, 2023
US concludes search for 2 objects shot down over Alaska and Lake Huron ☞ ABC News
“The U.S. military, federal agencies, and Canadian partners concluded systematic searches of each area using a variety of capabilities, including airborne imagery and sensors, surface sensors and inspections, and surface scans, and did not locate debris,”
February 18, 2023
Americans growing wary of news organizations, poll suggests ☞ Globalnews – Canada
“The survey, released Wednesday by Gallup and the Knight Foundation, goes beyond others that have shown a low level of trust in the media to the startling point where many believe there is an intent to deceive.”
February 15, 2023
El Paso cleans up migrant camps for Joe Biden border visit ☞ New York Post
“El Paso being cleaned up as if nothing unusual ever happened there. Just in time for Biden’s ‘visit to the border, We suggest landing in Des Moines, Iowa and telling him it’s El Paso. He’ll never know the difference.” – Border Patrol Union
January 7, 2023
Did Someone or Something Seize Control of the United States? ☞ PJ Media
“We are beginning to wake up from a nightmare to a country we no longer recognize, and from a coup we never knew.”
January 5, 2023
U.S. will require COVID-19 testing for travelers from China ☞ Japan Today
“In a statement explaining the restrictions, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention cited the surge in infections and what it said was a lack of adequate and transparent information from China, including genomic sequencing on the viral strains circulating in the country.’These data are critical to monitor the case surge effectively and decrease the chance for entry of a novel variant of concern,’ the CDC said.”
December 28, 2022
Viktor Bout: Americans Are Too Stoned to Stand Up to Abusive Government, Compares USA to USSR ☞ National File
“In his interview with RT’s Maria Butina, his first since returning home to Russia, Viktor Bout compared the American media to the Soviet propagandists of old, but said it’s even worse, because the Soviets understood that there were limits to the wild propaganda you could feed to the public. But in America, Bout told RT, there is no limit, and Americans are too stoned to do anything about it.”
December 11, 2022
Explosive envelope delivered to U.S. Embassy in Madrid detonated by police ☞ NBC News
“We can confirm a suspicious package was received at the U.S. Embassy in Madrid, and are aware of reports of other packages sent to additional locations throughout Spain,” a State Department spokesperson said. “We will continue to evaluate the security situation and provide updates as appropriate.”
December 1, 2022
Report: 41% of small businesses can’t pay rent this month ☞ Washington Examiner
“The small business network group Alignable released the survey, which found that the hardship varies by industry. A notable 57% of beauty salons said they couldn’t make rent as well as 45% of gyms, 44% of retail and 44% of restaurants.”
November 28, 2022
Europe accuses US of profiting from war ☞ POLITICO
“‘The fact is, if you look at it soberly, the country that is most profiting from this war is the U.S. because they are selling more gas and at higher prices, and because they are selling more weapons,’ one senior official told POLITICO. “
November 24, 2022
Turkish air attacks on Syria threaten US personnel: Pentagon ☞ Al Jazeera
The public comments on Wednesday represent the strongest condemnation by the US of NATO ally Turkey’s air operations in recent days against Kurdish-led YPG (People’s Protection Units) forces in northern Syria to date.”
November 24, 2022
Allies conduct joint air drill involving B-1B bomber after N. Korea’s ICBM launch ☞ The Korea Times
“A U.S. B-1B Lancer strategic bomber joined a South Korea-U.S. joint air drill Saturday, one day after North Korea fired an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) toward the East Sea, military officials said.”
November 19, 2022
North Korea fires long-range missile landing near Japan, draws condemnation ☞ Reuters
“SEOUL/TOKYO, Nov 18 (Reuters) – North Korea test-fired an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) on Friday that Japanese officials said had sufficient range to reach the mainland of the United States and that landed just 200 kilometres (130 miles) off Japan.”
November 18, 2022
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