#Racketeering

Kazakhstan may have the world's best potassium, but as of today it also has a very big problem, or rather 22.6 billion problems.  Overnight, Bank of New York Mellon said it had frozen $22.6 billion in assets held by Kazakhstan’s National Oil Fund in a rare move that escalates a legal battle

Authored by James Howard Kunstler via Kunstler.com, Taking Liberty You can see where this has been going... The wholesale un-personing of “powerful men” in the arts, media, and politics for sex “crimes” ranging from rape to stealing a kiss communicates a hunt up the food-chain that leads to the

Hamas calls for Palestinian uprising (Reuters) Arabs, Europe, U.N. reject Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as Israeli capital (Reuters) Trump Jr. Refuses to Discuss Father-Son Talk With Investigators (WSJ) L.A. Fires Halt Filming, Menace Crops, Send Edison Plunging  (BBG) North Korea says U.S.

Authored by James Howard Kunstler via Kunstler.com, Whipping Post Politics Charlie Rose skulked offstage like a punch-drunk palooka with barely a whimper, and Matt Lauer offered up the now laughably pro forma press release of bathetic apology and contrition  - no doubt micro-managed by his

When he was named special counsel in May, Robert S. Mueller III was hailed as the ideal lawman - deeply experienced, strait-laced and nonpartisan - to investigate whether President Trump’s campaign had helped with Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election. But, in a surprisingly 'fair