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Terrorists Strike Jakarta IndonesiaTerrorists set off bombs in multiple targets in Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia, killing at least seven in yet another Deadly Suicide...

Lies and More Lies  I commented on Obama's state of the union address in Brilliant Bullshit!Let's check out an alternative viewpoint. In the video below,...

Confidence Improves Hooray! The consumer conference board says Consumer Confidence Index Improves in December.The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index® now stands at 96.5, up from...

Blockbuster Brewery Merger Coming UpA record $5 trillion jumbo bond offerings hit the books in 2015. Will 2016 be another record year? Perhaps not, but...

On Tuesday evening I watched president Obama's state of the union address. It was brilliant. Obama rang all the bells, dotted all the i's, and...

Iran Seizes Two U.S. Navy BoatsAre things heating up in the Mideast? Is the Obama-sponsored nuclear deal about to unravel? Those appear to be reasonable...

Global shipping traffic is awful. Worse yet, US rail traffic is downright recessionary looking.Recessionary Decline in Rail Traffic Bloomberg reports Rail Traffic Is Saying Something...

An ISIS suicide bomber struck at the heart of an Istanbul Turkey tourist district moments ago, killing at least ten people, among them nine German...

"Please Delay Tax Payments" Negative interest rates have had a new and unusual effect on taxing bodies in Switzerland: Swiss Canton Tells Taxpayers to Delay...