Jon Stewart's 9/11 hearing helps paint picture Congress wants more money for not working - and it's nearly impossible to change
Most Americans would rather go on vacation in the Dominican Republic than give Members of Congress a pay raise. The former Daily Show host erupted at Members of Congress at a Capitol Hill hearing the other day. This isn’t the equivalent of lawmakers “voting themselves a raise.” In 2009, Congress indefinitely suspended the Congressional COLA. Stewart and others complained about the pace of the 9/11 bill as it wound its way through Congress. Note that Hoyer didn’t say the House would pass a Congressional pay increase/COLA.
Source:Fox News
June 15, 2019 16:41 UTC
Tom Homan says he initially declined border czar role, wasn't 'structured right'
Former Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Acting Director Tom Homan indicated on Saturday that President Trump's Friday announcement was "kind of premature" and that while he was open to working with President Trump's administration, he initially declined to take the "border czar" role because it wasn't "structured" properly. "I was first approached by [former Homeland Security] Secretary [Kirstjen] Nielsen about this job and I declined it because I didn't think the job was structured right," Homan said before adding he didn't want to "fail the president." TOM HOMAN: TRUMP DESERVES OUR THANKS FOR MIGRANT AGREEMENT WITH MEXICO"I didn't think it had the proper authority," he added. Noting how people questioned why he would work for Trump or take "such a big pay cut" if he returned to the administration, Homan said he would serve as border czar because he loved his country. But for Homan, Trump's deal was "great."
Source:Fox News
June 15, 2019 16:30 UTC
How The African Swine Fever Crisis Could Disrupt Global Food Companies
Some see dramatically reduced global pork supply, raising prices of both pork and other protein substitutes including chicken and beef. What Is African Swine Fever? African swine fever kills pigs and has no treatment or vaccine, though clinical trials to develop a vaccine are ongoing. In fact, if a pig dies of African swine fever, it's meat can still be safely eaten according to guidelines. Chinese pig breeder and processor Muyuan Foods has since its shares almost triple over the past 12 months as African swine fever could boost profits.
Source:Forbes
June 15, 2019 16:30 UTC
Oil Price Not All That Impressed With Strait Of Hormuz Problems
GettyWhen oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz are exploding and burning, it's not surprising to see the price of oil jump. The price of oil jumped 4% after the news hit, but then backed off to a mere 2% pop. Also, there's this: the industrialized world's most required commodity is off by more than 20% since the late April peak price. A slight positive divergence may be forming on the relative strength indicator above the price chart. So now we've got 2 potential upside targets: that 66 high just hit in April of this year and that high of 76 from last fall.
Source:Forbes
June 15, 2019 16:25 UTC
The Latest: Off-duty police hurt in Costco shooting OK
The Latest on a shooting inside a Southern California Costco store (all times local):9:55 a.m.An off-duty Los Angeles police officer who was injured in a deadly shooting inside a Costco Wholesale store has been treated for minor injuries and released from a hospital. The shooting occurred Friday night at a Costco store in Corona, about 50 miles (81 kilometers) east of downtown Los Angeles. 9:05 a.m.Southern California police say a shooting inside a Costco Wholesale store Friday night left one person dead and three people wounded. ___10:30 p.m., FridayPolice say a shooting inside a Southern California Costco store has killed one person and wounded two others and the suspect is in custody. ___9:00 p.m., FridayWitnesses say a shooting at a Costco store southeast of Los Angeles sparked a stampede and left several people injured.
Source:Fox News
June 15, 2019 16:21 UTC
Angels’ Cody Allen designated for assignment amid ongoing struggles
The Angels, having declined to offer a contract to Blake Parker, who saved 14 games for them in 2018, gave Allen a chance anyway. They even got more money to make the move; Eppler said he had to ask owner Arte Moreno to stretch the budget after Eppler spent $23.35 million on free-agent acquisitions Matt Harvey, Trevor Cahill and Jonathan Lucroy. Eppler and the Angels baseball operations team were confident that Allen could thrive in a new organization, one that wanted to maximize his pitches and his mechanics with the help of advanced technology.
Source:Los Angeles Times
June 15, 2019 16:15 UTC
Delta flight diverted after passenger slapped flight attendant, vomited
A Paris-bound Delta Air Lines flight was diverted on Thursday night after an "unruly passenger” caused a sky-high commotion. In a dramatic outburst, the man allegedly yelled, slapped a flight attendant and vomited, pushing flight crew to land early at Detroit Metropolitan Airport to remove the erratic passenger. On the evening of June 13, Delta flight 500 departed Indianapolis for the French capital, USA Today reports. The plane diverted to Detroit, where the 21-year-old Indiana man was taken into custody by law enforcement officials, as per the News. As a matter of safety, the flight was diverted to Detroit to remove an unruly passenger,” the spokesperson said.
Source:Fox News
June 15, 2019 16:07 UTC
Women’s World Cup: Netherlands defeats Cameroon; Canada wins and advances
Cameroon is in last place in the group, with no points and a minus-3 goal difference, and it is all but eliminated. Cameroon plays New Zealand on Thursday, and the Netherlands meets Canada in a match that kicks off at the same time.
Source:Los Angeles Times
June 15, 2019 15:59 UTC
Confused About Financial Advisers? You’re Not Alone
The business of financial advice has, for investors, always been confusing and opaque. New rules are unlikely to help clear up the situation. Financial representatives of different stripes in recent decades have adopted generic titles like “financial adviser” and “wealth manager,” obfuscating the differences in their practices and obligations to clients. Brokerage firms eschew the title “broker” for their ranks, in part because regulatory efforts in recent years spotlighted the differences between the investment advisers who...
Source:Wall Street Journal
June 15, 2019 15:56 UTC
New York Judge, 57, dies after suffering heart attack in court
A 57-year-old county Judge in upstate New York died after suffering a heart attack in the courtroom. Putman County Court Judge James Reitz was hit by the heart attack on the bench Friday morning, a spokesman for the state court system said. EVERESTMary Ellen Odell, Putnam County Executive, told the New York Law Journal that Reitz completed one case and then asked for help. Court officers immediately performed CPR and used an automatic electronic defibrillator to try save Reitz’s life until an ambulance arrived. CARNIVAL CRUISE LINE WOULDN'T LET PASSENGER OFF SHIP AFTER 'MAJOR' HEART ATTACK, LAWSUIT ALLEGESReitz, who lived in Mahopac, had been a county judge since 2007 and was also an acting justice with the state Supreme Court.
Source:Fox News
June 15, 2019 15:56 UTC
Iran tried to shoot down US Reaper drone that arrived on scene of oil tanker attacks: officials
Iran fired a missile – but missed – at an American drone on Thursday after the supposed Iranian attack on oil tankers, while another U.S. drone was shot down by Iran-backed rebels in Yemen in recent days. REP. DAN CRENSHAW DINGS EX-OBAMA AIDE BEN RHODES FOR DOUBTING US LINK OF IRAN TO TANKER ATTACKThe official said the first distress call from the MV Altair tanker, a Marshall Islands-flagged but Norwegian-owned crude oil tanker, went out at 6:12am local time. It was fired on after the drone arrived on station to assist the Norwegian tanker. Officials also told Fox News that a U.S. MQ9 drone was shot down in Yemen by Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in recent days. The news comes amid tensions in the region following the attack on oil tankers that put the U.S. and Iran on the brink of a direct conflict.
Source:Fox News
June 15, 2019 15:56 UTC
The Week in Business: Oil Tankers Are Under Attack, and the Grocery-Delivery Battle Heats Up
Dangerous WatersOil prices ticked up after two tankers were attacked in the Gulf of Oman, a shipping gateway for much of the world’s petroleum. The strikes are part of a pattern — four other oil tankers saw similar attacks in the same area in May. Trump administration officials were quick to blame Iran, which has a motive to choke the market: As a major oil exporter, the country would benefit from higher prices. The Japanese operator of one of the tankers, though, expressed doubt about that theory, and Iran has denied involvement in the attacks. The state officials, all of whom are Democrats, argue that the merger breaks antitrust laws and could lead to higher costs for consumers.
Source:New York Times
June 15, 2019 15:56 UTC
Reality star Meghan King Edmonds reacts to husband's affair: 'I don't trust him anymore'
Meghan King Edmonds has broken her silence after her husband, Jim Edmonds, admitted to having an affair with another woman on Thursday. 'REAL HOUSEWIVES' STAR MEGHAN KING EDMONDS' HUSBAND ADMITS 'LAPSE IN JUDGMENT' BUT DENIES PHYSICAL INFIDELITY“He confessed to me that he had exchanged lewd photos with this woman over the course of several months and a physical relationship never existed,” she revealed. Yet here I am writing about it.”“Do I believe him?” King Edmonds continued. Edmonds confirmed the affair to Us Weekly on Thursday though he insisted he never had any physical contact with the other woman. LISA VANDERPUMP IS LEAVING 'REAL HOUSEWIVES OF BEVERLY HILLS' AFTER 9 SEASONS“I don’t care about my stupid massive house, I don’t care about my new car, I don’t care about my diamonds.
Source:Fox News
June 15, 2019 15:45 UTC
NIH Director: No More 'Manels', How To Make Panels More Diverse
GettyFrancis Collins, MD, PhD, Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has made a statement about "manels." Yet, women are often missing from scientific panels, committees, and talks, even though they comprise half the general population. Such committees and panels are not really that diverse and can only represent one school of thought. Scientific panels and committees should be like movies. True diversity means getting more than just a few representatives of each sociodemographic group to be on committees and panels.
Source:Forbes
June 15, 2019 15:45 UTC