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London (CNN Business)The New York Stock Exchange will delist three Chinese telecommunications stocks to comply with an executive order from the Trump administration — its second about-face on the issue this week.

Joe Biden will not be President. 8 years ago Donald Trump made a tweet about the 2012 election. He said; “More reports of voting machines switching Romney votes to Obama. Pay close attention to the machines, don’t let your vote be stolen” Fast forward to today please. Yesterday, he “retweeted” that message on his channel. Why? President Trump is reminding us that he has known all along that in 2020 the Deep State would attempt to rob him of his Presidency. He also is sending a message to the enemy of our nation, the Deep State, that he “Knows What...

A man accused of starting a brush fire on state Route 167 in Puyallup was out of jail less than two hours before he was arrested a second time. On Friday, Pierce County prosecutors charged Jeffrey Acord, 36, with second-degree arson for allegedly starting a fire Wednesday that burned nearly two acres in the Route 167 median near North Meridian. He was scheduled to be arraigned in Superior Court on Friday afternoon.

Like many others, I've had to give up basically all sports over the last few years. What we need, is a replacement. I thought about this today and.... What if we created a fantasy football league type scenario where we instead of picking players, picked publicly traded stocks? The games would be a match up of Freepers, or teams of Freepers. The game would be the stocks performance during the course of the week. For example, if your QB is Disney and it does well for the week, you get a certain amount of points. Same would go for defense,...

According to E Warren, her brother died from Covid in Oklahoma...

EVERETT, Wash. -- Snohomish County Sheriff Adam Fortney has become the latest sheriff in Washington to voice his displeasure at the state's current "Stay at Home" orders amid the COVID-19 outbreak and reiterated his vow not to enforce it. Fortney took to Facebook late Monday night in a several-paragraph statement questioning Gov. Jay Inslee's plans amid what Fortney called were "drastic measures as the suspension of constitutional rights." While acknowledging that the COVID-19 outbreak is "a very serious issue and the appropriate precautions need to be taken to protect our most vulnerable populations," Fortney stated he's concerned about small businesses...

PASCO, Wash. -- Franklin County Sheriff J.D. Raymond says he will not be enforcing Gov. Jay Inslee's "stay at home" orders nor "guidelines that infringe on your constitutional rights." The move comes as Franklin County commissioners voted to ignore Inslee's order, county-wide, according to a Facebook post by county commissioner Clint Didier. It's a move the governor's office stresses is illegal. Raymond opened a two-page letter to his constituents Monday by declaring he does believe COVID-19 is real and "needs to be dealt with appropriately." https://komonews.com/news/coronavirus/franklin-county-sheriff-wont-enforce-stay-at-home-order

This is for the truckers today, working hard and keeping the country stocked up and running. This song got stuck in my head after hearing the album...and the lyrics just seemed to say Trucker... Hope you like it! (Warning: This video is not suitable for easily offended folks, PG13) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztDr9GN5TVc

I made this video after listening to this new release of music. It fits our times. 2020, a year of Nightmares. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iz9d8i4ieZE

I pay $1600 per month for healthcare as a small business owner to cover my wife and two kids I still have at home. Next month, I will not send the premium. If I needed healthcare right now, there'd be none. So why am I paying? Besides, when I needed an MRI for a ruptured achilles, the Hospital charged me $3600 and only covered $1600 of it. When I got a hernia, they said it was cosmetic... When I needed an xray, the only thing the doctor really cared about, was me taking a colin test, poop test.... I told...

I got a big ole Bose speaker. Just took it out into the parking lot of my business and residence complex by my office and played it LOUD. Perhaps I'll do this nightly. Great version... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DADmZdbQ9x8

Say what you will about Jack White's music (I appreciate the impeccable influences he wears on his sleeve), he is perhaps the greatest preservationist of analog-music culture under the age of 50 today.

A music video I made about the War on Coal. One could very well argue that this issue swung the election towards Trump. God Bless American Miners! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCY7s0Zd_pA&feature=youtu.be

I have been a Registered Investment Adviser for 25 years. I see that there has been some suggestion that Jamie Dimon become Secretary of the Treasury. I can think of nobody more dishonest and unethical in the upper echelons of finance to undertake such an important role for the country. I have worked under Dimon twice during my career and have first hand knowledge of how corrupt and unethical this man is. He is a "Swamp King". I'm literally sickened by the idea.

WARSAW, Poland — A new wave of concern for media freedom in Poland rose among European Union leaders and independent journalists after Poland’s president signed a temporary new law Thursday that’s a step toward giving the government full control of state radio and television. The legislation will take effect Friday and expires on June 30. By then, a sweeping new law intended to overhaul the state-run broadcasters and the PAP news agency is expected to be in place. President Andrzej Duda signed the new legislation because he wants state media to be “impartial, objective and reliable,” his aide Malgorzata Sadurska...

If you look at the major US coal stocks, btu, cnx, anr and aci, the last 30 days have seen a stock surge of 30%. According to bigcharts.com, coal is the BEST producing stock market industry this last month... Gee, what happened about 30 days ago? Tell Intrade to "shove it".

Last week I got hit with a nasty set of viruses, malware, and trojans. One of the first things I did, was to check out Freerepublic to get some free advice. Unfortunately, it didn't help much, so I've decided to try and add some value here for folks that have something similar happen to them. My problems began, by using Google searches for information pertaining to the Japan Earthquake. Now, I suspect that part of these internet virus scams, is to embed the trouble in searches that are very popular at any given time. I took the advice of this...

At 2:00 pm, March 18th , water discharge by fire engine has started with the cooperation of Self-Defense Forces and Military of United States of America. At 2:45 pm, March 18th , they had finished water discharge. At 0:45 am, March 19th , water discharge by hyper rescue troop has started with the cooperation of Tokyo Fire Department. At 1:10 am, March 19th , they had finished water discharge.

The company is making regular announcements pertaining to the earthquake and situation affecting their Fukishima nuclear plants. http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/index-e.html

Dear Target Stores There comes a time, where a person just can’t take it anymore, and feels the need to take something, or someone to task. Target, you are the straw that broke the camel’s back in this case. During Christmas time, I went to one of your stores, in Lakewood Washington. As I prepared to pay for my purchases, which included a video game, I was asked to produce identification. Apparently, this is your policy on video games. Now, realize, I’m 42 years old, and in my opinion I certainly look it. Regardless, I sure as HELL don’t look...