Oil prices up in thin pre-Christmas trade Oil prices increased on Tuesday, fueled by positive U.S. economic data and growing oil demand in India. Brent crude futures rose to $72.95 a barrel, and U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures ... 12/23/2024 - 12:53 pm | View Link
Oil prices ease on surplus concerns, dollar strength Oil prices edged lower on Monday on concerns about a supply surplus next year and strengthened dollar, in thin trade ahead of the Christmas holiday. Brent crude futures were down by 91 cents, or 1.25% ... 12/23/2024 - 4:25 am | View Link
Oil steady as markets weigh Fed rate cut expectations, Chinese demand Oil prices settled little changed on Friday as markets weighed Chinese demand and interest rate-cut expectations after data showed cooling U.S. inflation. Brent crude futures closed up 6 cents, or ... 12/22/2024 - 10:39 am | View Link
Fed's Inflation Gauge Shows Easing Price Pressures in November Inflation in the U.S. showed signs of cooling in November as price increases slowed sharply after two months of gains. 12/20/2024 - 10:01 am | View Link
Oil prices fall, heading for weekly losses on demand concerns Investing.com-- Oil prices fell Friday, heading for a hefty weekly loss and pressured by a stronger dollar and continued demand concerns, especially in top crude importer China. A 08:55 ET (13:55 GMT) ... 12/19/2024 - 11:58 pm | View Link
Strangely Blogged: Jimmy Carter, a good man.
Bark Bark Woof Woof: Jimmy Carter and his legacy.
Lotus: LGBTQ+ people will not go back.
Scottie's Playtime: The preferably uneducated.
Finally, for Hanukkah, the great latkes topping debate of 2020 summarized, or just watch the video.
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Power-drunk Trump Border Czar Tom Homan claimed he can legally detain undocumented worker's babies born in the U. S. by putting them in halfway houses.
Are these babies drug addicts?
See, halfway houses sounds better than detainment centers or prisons.
Last Thursday, General Zod told NewsNation that the Trump administration is considering putting US-born children of migrants into halfway houses as a form of shelter instead of what it actually is, imprisonment.
HOMAN: As far as U.
Remi Bateman, a 9-year-old from Utah, is at that age where even minor differences make you a target at school. Hers is that she was born without a left arm, and kids were starting to bully her.
She'd used prostheses in the past, but it wasn't really functional in the same way a robotic arm is.
American flags will fly at half-staff at all U. S. federal buildings in honor of Jimmy Carter during Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration in January. Oh darn, what a fly in the ointment of El Cheato's glorious reinstatement! Via People:
The 39th U. S. president and Nobel Peace Prize winner died on Sunday, Dec.
Fox News host Howard Kurtz kicked off his Sunday Media Buzz program by highlighting "statutory rape" allegations against former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), President-elect Donald Trump's failed nominee for attorney general.
In his opening monologue, Kurtz argued a House Ethics Committee report vindicated Gaetz's Republican opponents.
"The Ethics Report found substantial evidence that Gaetz committed statutory rape by sleeping with a 17-year-old," the Fox News host noted.
Why did Merrick Garland not get he had to act like his hair was on fire after the first attempted coup since the Civil War? Put aside legal considerations for a sec. Why didn't he immediately appoint Jack Smith, hold weekly press conferences giving scared Americans--many of whom were eventually tricked by Trump--updates on what happened & what he was doing (no, he didn't have to share case specifics, but after Comey & Barr's breach of protocol & GOP lies, don't tell me he couldn't share generalities narratives & what we all saw on tv--reinforcing that MAGA were traitors & seditionists).
Garland could've shaped the true narrative vs Trump & MAGA, prosecuted those not protected by law or supposed immunity (Kash Patel?