UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres Monday received a formal notice from US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on his country’s withdrawal from the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. “The United States of America notified the secretary-general, in his capacity as depositary, its withdrawal from the Paris Agreement of Dec. 12, 2015, on Nov. 4, 2019,” said […]
$PCG Between the raging wildfires and the blackouts, California is now offering an abject lesson in the perils of wishful thinking. The state’s leaders may blame climate change or big utility companies, but in reality it’s their fault. By Monday morning, Pacific Gas and Electric (NYSE:PCG) had broken its record for households blacked out the company’s […]
Friday, President Trump hammered Fed Chairman Powell for not lowering interest rates, asking “where did I find this guy,” in a Tweet. President Trump was responding to Jim Cramer, who said Friday that Mr. Powell should acknowledge that he should not have raised rates last year. “Why can’t the Fed chief say, ‘You know what? I […]
$USO $OIL President Trump rejected the theory that a source of electricity, wind power is efficient, saying it does not work “all that well.” “We’re the No. 1 energy producer in the world,” President Trump said at the end of this G-7 Summit in Biarritz, France. “I’m not going to lose that wealth on dreams, […]
Democrats who are pushing for a more aggressive approach to climate change and emissions control “live in a fantasy world,” Department of Energy Secretary Rick Perry said Tuesday. “The United States is lowering emissions, ” Secretary Perry said on TV. “I think of all the 194 that signed the Paris accord, the US is leading […]
There are not many of us who can say that they have never worried about something in our lives. We all worry some, as a result, we are all slowly killing ourselves. When we worry about something, we release stress hormones that increase blood flow, increase heart rate, and raise blood pressure. These things are […]
$DIA, $SPY, $QQQ, $RUTX, $VXX FLASH: S&P 500 held the 2900 mark at the close President Trump commemorated Earth Day with a message that included nods to “historic economic and job growth,” but made no mention of climate change. “Environmental protection and economic prosperity go hand in hand,” President Trump said in a statement issued […]
Saturday, the count of more than 750 climate change activists blocking roads at some of London’s most famous landmarks have been arrested over the last 6 days, police said on Saturday, up from a Friday total of 682. The protests, organized by climate group Extinction Rebellion, have for several days disrupted travel through parts of […]
The pressure at the nation’s southern border has overwhelmed current asylum laws and it is time for lawmakers on both sides to get together and change them, former Senator Joe Lieberman (I-Conn), said Monday. “The asylum system is fundamental to American values,” Senator Lieberman, a one-time vice-presidential candidate, told reporters. “People come here with a […]
By Linda Goudsmit The Riddle: What climate does climate change change? The Answer: The political climate of course. Let me explain. Pollution and climate change are two separate issues. Environmental pollution is a man-made problem that humans can and should remedy. Taking responsibility for our behavior is a necessary part of civilized life and eliminating […]
FLASH: French police fired tear gas to disperse protesters who threw projectiles and set bins on fire in Paris, Lyon and Bordeaux on Saturday, as the 14th straight weekend of “yellow vest” protests took a violent turn Saturday afternoon. The failed socialist EU experiment under siege French far-right leader Marine Le Pen feels she is […]
President Trump took a jab at global warming late Monday, urging it to “come back fast” as temperatures are set to dip to way below freezing in the Midwest. “In the beautiful Midwest, windchill temperatures are reaching minus 60 degrees, the coldest ever recorded,” President Trump tweeted. “In coming days, expected to get even colder. People […]
When trying to lose weight, even if it’s 10 or 20 lbs getting started is the hardest thing to do. But, for those who are truly obese, with 100’s of pounds to lose before getting to a healthy or ideal weight, the prospects of years of lifestyle changes is daunting. Facing that kind of challenge, […]
French Student Unrest Gathers Momentum French student protests intensified Tuesday, with various incidents around the country of demonstrators setting buildings on fire, and of violent clashes with police. Over the course of this week, students have gradually started to get involved in the so-called “yellow vests” protests against President Emmanuel Macron, 40 anni. Local authorities […]
China’s Trade Policy Change “Not Going to Be Easy” Tuesday, US President Donald Trump’s top trade official said that changing China’s economic policies to become more market-oriented “is not going to be easy” even with tariffs now in place on $250-B worth of Chinese goods. US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, in rare public remarks at […]
“Iran’s Government Will Be Overthrown” Saturday, US President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani said that US sanctions on Iran are leading to economic pain that could lead to a “successful revolution,” contrasting with administration comments that regime change in Tehran is not US policy. “I don’t know when we’re going to overthrow them,” said […]
Watching the Leaves Change Color in the US this Fall The Fall seasonal color palette of russets, crimsons and golds await us now, as Autumn looms, the season makes itself known through stunning displays of fiery colors across the US. If you want to see Nature’s show 1st hand, below are 8 destinations in the […]
Market Up, Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) Down $TSLA, $SPY, $DIA, $QQQ Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) closed Thursday in New York at 289.46, moving down 0.35% from the priortrading session. This change lagged the S&P 500’s 0.53% gainer on the day. Elsewhere, the DJIA gained 0.57%, while the tech-heavy NAS Comp added 0.75%. Coming into today, shares of the electric […]
Huffington Intervenes, Tells Musk to Change His Way of Working $TSLA, $F Tesla’s (NASDAQ:TSLA) CEO Elon Musk, responding to Uber Technologies Inc. board member Arianna Huffington urging him to change the way he works, ruled out taking a different approach. Mr, Musk responded, “Ford and Tesla are the only 2 American car companies to avoid […]
President Trump Seeks “Regime Change” in Iran Brett Hume: Trump “will not say” that he’s “attempting to overthrow the government or attempting to get regime change, but I think that’s exactly what this is all about.” SANDRA SMITH (Media Matters, interviewer): What do you make of the escalating war of words between the U.S. and […]
Mexico’s Anti-establishment Presidential Candidate Set to Win Sunday Early Sunday, Mexicans began voting in general elections marked by deep anger over endemic corruption and brutal violence, with anti-establishment leftist Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, 64 anni, looking set to sweep to power. Leading by more than 20 pts in the polls, the sharp-tongued, silver-haired politician has […]
Senate GOP to Change Rules Speeding Up President Trump’s Nominees Momentum is building for a change in the Senate rules that would shorten the time allowed for lawmakers to debate each of President Donald Trump’s judicial and executive branch nominees, Republican senators told the press. The GOP lawmakers explained that their desire to quicken the […]
Stocks Selloff in Leadership Change, Tech’s Under Pressure $DIA, $SPY, $QQQ, $VXX Monday, the selloff in technology majors deepened wiping out the tech-heavy NAS index’s gains for the year and pushing the benchmark S&P 500 below a Key technical mark for the 1st time in nearly 2 months. All the 11 major S&P sectors were […]
America Saw A Year of ‘Real Change’, More to Come “After 1 year, I am proud to report to the American people that we truly are Making America Great Again for all Americans!”–Donald J. Trump. Highlighting economic growth and ripping his political opponents’ attempts to “obstruct,” President Donald Trump wrote a Year 1 review of […]
Ray Dalio’s 5-Step Process for Achieving Big Goals In his book, Principles, Ray Dalio, the very intelligent billionaire hedge fund manager suggests a 5-step process for achieving big goals, they are: Have clear goals Identify and do not tolerate the problems that stand in the way of achieving your goals Accurately diagnose the problems to get at their […]
You Can Change Your Mind, You Can Change Your Life Experts in psychiatry and psychology have long believed that peoples’ personalities are set in early childhood and remain consistent throughout life. But, the latest scientific evidence contradicts this long-held assumption. These groundbreaking findings have shattered the false belief that people are locked into their negative […]
Some Things to Quit Worrying About Working smarter, not harder can bring about great change But the fact is, there are some things you just cannot change, no matter how hard you try. In fact, continuing to beat your head against the wall is… well, not very effective, and pretty painful. Perseverance and tenacity are only […]
US Attorney General Sessions Signals Change in Marijuana Policy USAG Sessions signals changes in federal marijuana enforcement policy Senator Elizabeth Warren challenges Trump’s HHS nominee on medical marijuana and opioids, Attorney General Sessions is making news on both the Marijuana and the Opioid fronts. Marijuana Policy Sessions Hints at Changes in Federal Marijuana Enforcement. At […]
No Change On President Trump’s Position on Paris Agreement There has been no change in the United States’ position on the Paris agreement,” the White House said in a statement Saturday following a report in the WS-J claiming otherwise. “As the President has made abundantly clear, the United States is withdrawing unless we can re-enter […]
Climate Change is an Ancient Story The Left is against freedom because freedom does not create uniformity and therefore, according to leftists, it cannot lead to peace. Those familiar with rabbinic thought about the Tower of Babel know that the threat of climate change is an ancient story. According to 1 explanation, the leaders of […]
Stock Trades Will Soon Settle 1-Day Sooner The time frame between when you buy or sell a security and when the trade is settled is about to shrink. Currently, the US operates on a 3-day settlement cycle. Effective Tuesday, 5 September 2017, the US will switch to a 2-day settlement cycle, know as T+2, which […]
Life is a Garden, Nurture it, Help it Grow If you no longer want to be average, you will not be average. When people justify and allow little things into their lives which intuition warns against, a foreign agent or idea enter s and spreads like weeds. The system changes and areas begin arranging themselves […]
The Language of the Left is “Doublespeak” George Orwell introduced the language of doublespeak in his dystopian novel “1984” published in 1949. Doublespeak is the language of opposites. Up is down and down is up. The word doublespeak derives from 2 Orwellian words “doublethink” and “newspeak.” Doublethink is when a person accepts 2 mutually contradictory […]
President Trump Considers America First, Including the Environment US President Donald Trump believes in climate change, he thinks humans may have a role in it “President Trump believes the climate is changing and he believes pollutants are part of the equation, He knows that it is changing and that the United States has to be […]
‘The Greatest Story (Lie) Ever Told’ The uncompromising verdict of Dr Mörner is that all this talk about the sea rising is nothing but a colossal scare story (lie) If one thing more than any other is used to justify proposals that the world must spend tens of trillions of dollars on combating global warming, […]
President Trump Plans to Exit the Paris Accord on Climate Change Late Saturday, US President Donald Trump has told “Confidants,” including the head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Scott Pruitt, that he plans to leave a landmark international agreement on climate change. President Trump said in a Twitter post he would make a decision […]
Ivanka Trump to Review Climate Change as US Considers Paris Pullout Though US President Trump’s inclination has been to leave the agreement, he has asked his daughter, White House adviser Ivanka Trump, to set up an extensive review process Don’t you hate being called a ‘denier?” Me neither. In fact, I view this appellation as […]
Tax Reform is Coming, Tune Out the ‘Noise’ $KO, $PEP Taxation, the power to destroy, has exploded at the federal level, as well as at the state and local level. To see 1st hand how taxes can destroy, one need look no further than Philadelphia, there soda sales have fallen 32% thanks to a tax […]
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is Out of Touch with the World Today Germany is a country in crisis German Chancellor Angela Merkel Wednesday told B20 Summit 2017 in Berlin that globalization and inclusive growth are important for the global economy. To the G20-related business gathering, Merkel said the world is interconnected and the prosperity should […]
President Trump Signs Order, EPA Removes Climate Change Section of Website The EPA on Friday removed the climate change section of its website as well as several other pages to “reflect the views of the leadership of the agency,” the agency’s associate administrator for public affairs said in a statement. A page with detailed information […]
Carbon Dioxide Not Primary Cause of Global Warming The new boss of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said Thursday he does not believe that CO2 (carbon dioxide) is a primary contributor to global warming. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt said measuring the effect of human activity on the climate is “very challenging” and that “there’s tremendous […]
Obama’s ‘Organizing for Action’ Out to Destroy the Trump Agenda “No ex-President has ever done this before, sticking around the nation’s capital to vex and undermine his successor. Of course, Obama is unlike any President the United States has ever had” Former President Barack Hussein Obama is waging war against the Trump administration through his […]
Tesla Motors (NASDAQ:TSLA) Changed its Name, Now Tesla Inc $TSLA Tesla Motors Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) changed its name to “Tesla Inc” as CEO Elon Musk looks to transform the Silicon Valley firm from a micro-mini EV (electric car) maker to a diversified energy products company. In October, Mr. Musk unveiled solar-powered roof tiles that eliminate the […]
Climate Change Summit Cancelled by CDC at 11th Hour A Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Summit scheduled for February that might have examined climate change as it relates to health issues was canceled just before President Donald Trump’s Inauguration last week An anonymous employee at the nonprofit National Indian Health Board, the CDC partner hosting […]
Barack Hussein Obama Sent $221-M to the “Palestinians” as His Last Act US officials said Monday that the Obama Administration in its final hour defied Republican opposition and quietly released $221-M to the Palestinian Authority that GOP members of Congress had been blocking. A State Department official and several congressional aides said the outgoing administration […]
Trump Team Revamping the US State Department Much of the recent media coverage of the new Trump administration has an air of hysteria about it. The barbarians are seemingly at the door and are actually taking over, the lights are going out over America and being replaced by darkness. This hyperbole seems to extend across […]
F1: Ferrari (NYSE:RACE) Team Management at Fault for Poor 2016 Season $RACE Ferrari (NYSE:RACE) management is at fault for champion Sebastian Vettel’s recent Formula 1 performance and needs “fresh blood” in order to return to winning ways, according to the Bernie Ecclestone. Mr. Vettel won three races during his 1st F1 season with The Scuderia in […]
Donald Trump to Expose the Fraud of Climate Change High Priest Albert Gore Carbon dioxide (CO2) is not a pollutant but the source of all plant and animal life. The Trump Transition Team probing the staff of the US Department of Energy on their position on the social cost of Carbon aka Climate Change. The […]
November Ends With a Bright Economic Outlook As November ends, the message from the financial markets is clear, the outlook for the US economy looks brighter across the board. Very few predicted these developments, but I did, which speak to the enormous fluidity that has taken over markets and politics and that signals the end […]
The Fundamental but Unseen Issue of the 2016 Presidential Election Thanks largely to Wiki Leaks, the 2016 Presidential election campaign has brought to massive pubic attention the corruption of the Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and the Clinton Foundation. Add to this the exposure, Hillary Clinton’s perjury-laden testimony illuminated by the pointed questions of Congressman […]
Donald Trump, “I am fighting for real change.” Thursday, Donald Trump expressed “regret” over some of the incendiary remarks he has made during the presidential campaign — vowing in North Carolina to “offer the American people a new future of honesty, justice, and opportunity.” “Sometimes, in the heat of debate, and speaking on a multitude […]
What Venture Capital Looks for in Entrepreneurs The Big Q: What does venture capital look for when backing entrepreneurs? With billions of dollars flowing into start-ups around the world, that question is really important, as is the answer. It starts with the people, and then the sector. 1. The People: Convincing 2. The Sector: Disruptive, […]
DO YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO BE AN ENTREPRENEUR? Working for yourself is not for everyone, but for some it is the only thing. Having the courage and determination to go it alone requires certain traits and a serious commitment. Not every one has what it takes to be an entrepreneur, below are some […]
Donald Trump Seen as “No Nonsense, Anti-Patronage & Anti-Corruption” America’s voters are fed up with establishment politicians in the Democrat and Republican parties, and see Donald Trump as the leader of a “Virtuous Movement” against “Patronage & Corruption”. The GOP’s presumptive nominee is see as “the no nonsense the candidate of change and Hillary Clinton […]
Wildfires in the Western US and Climate Change The number of large wildfires has nearly 2X’s since the 1980’s, and the average length of wildfire season has grown by more than 2 months. Research shows that changes in climate, especially earlier snowmelt and warming in the spring and summer, have helped boost this increase in […]
Wall Street is on “Parade” 4 Time a Year, Is It Time to Change? $DIA, $SPY, $QQQ, $VXX As it is now 4X a year there is a “parade” on Wall Street, wherein companies announce their Quarterly earnings, all in a row. The banks lead, then the tech companies, the retailers bringing up the rear. […]
