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<p>Kevin Mahn, president and chief investment officer of Hennion & Walsh asset management, and Baird investment strategy analyst Ross Mayfield weigh in and discuss whether they believe the U.S. is in a recession on 'Mornings with Maria.'</p><p>President Biden on Monday said, "God willing," the United States is "not coming into recession," ahead of the upcoming report that could show another negative GDP quarter.</p>

Things politicians never talk about when they pander to Greenies.Managing All Electric Farm EquipmentA close friend farms over 10,000 acres of corn in the mid-west. The property is spread out over 3 counties. His operation is a “partnership farm” with John Deere. They use the larger farm operations as demonstration projects for promotion and development of new equipment. He recently received a phone call from his John Deere representative, and they want the farm to go to electric tractors and combines in 2023. He currently has 5 diesel combines that cost $900,000 each that are traded in every 3 years....

(Translation) MIAMI — Since the beginning of the most recent monkeypox outbreak in May, about 20 countries in the Americas have reported over 5,000 cases, but mass vaccination is not recommended for now since the risk of infection among the general population is very low, the Pan American Health Organization [PAHO] said in a press conference today. Most cases have been detected in the United States, Canada, and Brazil among men who have sex with men and are between 25 and 45 years of age, PAHO said. However, it clarified that, for now, no deaths have been reported in the...

FBI whistleblowers have disclosed to Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee that FBI officials have been “pressuring” agents to “artificially pad” domestic violence extremist (DVE) data, and have even dispensed “awards and promotions” to those who met the Bureau’s DVE investigation quotas. In a letter to FBI Director Christopher Wray, Ohio Congressman Jim Jordan, the ranking Republican on the committee, said: “From recent protected disclosures, we have learned that FBI officials are pressuring agents to reclassify cases as ‘domestic violent extremism’ even if the cases do not meet the criteria for such a classification.” He continued: “Given the narrative pushed...

WAPO: Style Invitational Week 1499: Picture This, a cartoon caption contest Plus never-before-seen extra ink from five previous contests THE NEW YORKER: This week’s contest Each week, we provide a cartoon in need of a caption. You, the reader, submit your caption below, we choose three finalists, and you vote for your favorite. Finalists for this week’s cartoon, by Carolita Johnson, will appear online August 8th and in the August 15, 2022, issue of The New Yorker. Anyone age thirteen or older can enter or vote. To read the complete rules, click here.

It’s been confirmed: Your cat is a troublemaker. Respected scientific institute Polish Academy of Sciences (PASIFIC) has officially classified cats as an “invasive alien species,” according to the Associated Press.

Iran and Russia are working together to create an alternative payment system to the U.S.-based SWIFT (Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication) to facilitate bilateral economic cooperation in the face of Washington's illegal sanctions against the two countries. "Naturally, two countries that want to de-dollarize their transactions should have a special system similar to SWIFT," Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister for Economic Diplomacy Mehdi Safari said.

MIT alumni-founded company analyzes and annotates dental X-rays to help dentists offer more comprehensive care...The company has already analyzed tens of millions of X-rays. They are used by dental practices nationwide and are currently working with insurance companies that represent more than 75 million patients in the U.S.

The Florida State Pension System will now be under a "flat ban" against incorporating the globalist ESG platform into its investments, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced on Fox News Wednesday. DeSantis told "Tucker Carlson Tonight" the proponents of ESG – which places what its supporters say are environmentally-necessary regulations – like to "wiggle around" definitions and verbiage to supersede the purely fiduciary responsibilities of fund managers. "It's basically a way for [ESG proponents] to do politics," the Republican governor said. "So we're going to make sure that that fiduciary duty is defined very clearly and that they stick to that. We...

The Top Chef family is mourning the death of Howard "Howie" Kleinberg. The Florida-based chef, who competed on season three of the culinary competition series, passed away July 22, according to his obituary. He was 46 years old. Kleinberg's mother, Susan, told the Miami Herald he died of a heart attack. "I am just finding out how many lives he touched," she shared with the publication. "He was married to his passion in life, which was his cooking." After learning of Kleinberg's passing, Top Chef paid tribute on social media. "The #TopChef family is saddened to learn about the unexpected...

The United States is nearing a gut-check on Ukraine. Five months after Russia invaded Ukraine, the war is now reduced to one of attrition. The current dirty, grinding slog is fought mostly with artillery and rockets. Everything from Ukraine’s shopping centers to apartment buildings—and the civilians in them—are Russian targets. Most outsiders have already forgotten the heroic Ukrainian winter repulse of the botched Russian shock-and-awe effort to sweep into Kyiv, decapitate the government, and declare the eastern half of the country a Russian protectorate within mere days. Months later, the long war devolves further into a contest of mass and...

HOUSTON – A couple is facing assault charges following a road rage incident in Houston that was caught on cellphone video. Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said a man was driving north on I-45 near FM 1960 with his 2-year-old son in the car on Tuesday afternoon when they were involved in a road rage incident with a couple in a truck. When the man exited the highway, he noticed he was being followed by the truck, according to KSAT’s sister station KPRC. Both vehicles stopped near Parramatta Lane where the driver of the truck, a Navy veteran identified as...

I don't think I ever imagined this country would or could come to this. Never would I have believed the determination of the left to kill babies. Never would I have believed the determination of the left to eliminate all pregnancies. Never did I ever think pregnancy would become a disease that needed to be eradicated. But it's here. As with most of the bizarre issues rendering the country today, it began in the obama era. Back in his pre-Presidential days, he lied about his vote for the Born Alive Infants Protection Act in 2003. At issue is an Illinois...

Lower inflation and greener energy are worth the price of a short downturn. Inflation has caused consumer confidence to plunge, but when asked about their personal finances rather than the whole economy, people are much cheerier. America’s disappointing gdp figures do not tally with other measures of output or employers’ growing payrolls. Manufacturing surveys register their weakest results since the early days of the pandemic, but that may be because consumers are still rebalancing their spending after the worst phase of the pandemic (there is less buying of home-gym equipment, but more queuing in airports). Even China’s slowdown could help...

Consistent with past events and to protect the Democrats, expect companies such as Twitter, Facebook, and Alphabet to restrict posts, censor the word recession, and issue bans and time outs for using the word.

Environment, Social and Governance, better known as “ESG” is a metric that measures whether a nation or corporation can demonstrate the maximum amount of corporate virtue signaling. The most striking example is Sri Lanka, the former government of which massively increased its ESG by mandating only organic fertilizer in the small nation, leading to massive inflation, famine, and the violent overthrow of its government. ESG is bad business and, as Sri Lanka demonstrates, dangerous to human well-being. Now, though, Governor Ron DeSantis has announced that Florida is leading the way to stand against this utterly toxic metric. For just one...

The Federal Reserve on Wednesday enacted its second consecutive 0.75 percentage point interest rate increase as it seeks to tamp down runaway inflation without creating a recession.In taking the benchmark overnight borrowing rate up to a range of 2.25%-2.5%, the moves in June and July represent the most stringent consecutive action since the Fed began using the overnight funds rate as the principal tool of monetary policy in the early 1990s.

Four people were killed by gunfire in Chicago Wednesday, and two teens were among at least 10 others wounded. A man, 34, was shot to death in South Deering on the South Side. He was traveling in a car near the 10600 block of South Hoxie Avenue when someone fired shots about 1:10 a.m., Chicago police said. The car crashed into two parked cars, police said. About five minutes later, a man was killed in a drive-by shooting on the Near West Side. Deveion K. Wilder, 19, was outside in the 2500 block of West Monroe Street when he was...

(RTTNews) - After reporting modest increases in first-time claims for U.S. unemployment benefits over the three previous weeks, the Labor Department released a report on Thursday showing a slight pullback in initial jobless claims in the week ended July 23rd. The report showed initial jobless claims edged down to 256,000, a decrease of 5,000 from the previous week's revised level of 261,000.

. GOP funded Senator Murkowski speaks with David Hogg - he tells her he doesn’t want to do anything crazy like the NRA and she agrees, she says Congress owes him some steps (forward) on the issue. Hogg says Racism needs to be addressed too - and Murkowski agrees! Murkowski goes on to support the Cave on the Gun Bill - and Bide Took a badly needed Victory Lap. Hunter Biden’s Gun issues were never brought up as an example of DC Justice and Red Flag Federal law (Intentional) Fails.