Used Car Prices Surge as Fed Vows Higher Inflation
(Associated Press) U.S. consumer prices rose 0.4% in August as used car prices surged by the largest amount in 51 years, the Labor Department reported Friday.
The August increase in the consumer price index reflected...
From Stable Job to Tent: A Waiter’s Homeless Struggle
(Associated Press) Jeff Lello has never been rich, but the 42-year-old could pocket $100 cash most weekend nights at the steakhouse chain where he waited tables. He always had enough money for groceries, his...
Cities that Cater to Black Lives Matter See Spike in Shootings
(Bearing Arms) Anytime there’s a high-profile shooting, the usual suspects turn to groups like the National Rifle Association and tries to place the blame on them. It’s the NRA’s fault because they won’t bow...
Billionaire Hedge Fund Manager Warns of 10% Inflation
(Money Metals Exchange) Billionaire hedge fund manager Stanley Druckenmiller is worried that the U.S. dollar will lose purchasing power much more rapidly than the 2% “average” the Fed is currently telegraphing.
Druckenmiller sounded off...
Medicare Chief Accused of Spending Millions on Consultants to Bolster Image
(Associated Press) — Private consultants to the federal official who oversees Medicare billed taxpayers almost $6 million in less than two years to bolster her personal image, including efforts to win awards, place her...
Las Vegas Shooting Victims Closer to Getting $800M Payout
(Associated Press) More than 4,400 relatives and victims of the deadliest mass shooting in recent U.S. history could receive a total of $800 million in payouts from MGM Resorts International and its insurers by...
Poll: Public Opinion of ‘Woke’ Professional Sports Leagues TANKS
Public approval of the professional sports industry has dropped over the past few months due to the coronavirus pandemic and the leagues’ constant attempts to force social justice into the games, according to a recent poll.
Gallup survey...
School Security Guard Ordered to Pay $3M in Sex Abuse Case
(Associated Press) A federal judge has ordered a former security guard at a suburban Chicago high school to pay $3 million in damages to the family of a former student who said in a...
The Evidence Keeps Piling Up: Lockdowns Don’t Work
(Ryan McMaken, Mises Institute) The toll lockdowns have taken on human life and human rights has been incalculable. Increases in child abuse, suicide, and even heart attacks, all appear to be a feature of mandatory stay-at-home...
Scarcity of Key Material Squeezes Medical Mask Manufacturing
(Associated Press) Rachel Spray is still grieving the loss of her fellow nurse who died after being exposed to the novel coronavirus at Kaiser Permanente Fresno Medical Center. Now, as she stands in front...
