Earlier today, in "The Humiliation Is Complete: Assad Can Stay, Kerry Concedes After Meeting With Putin," we documented John Kerry's visit to Moscow where America's top diplomat discovered there are Dunkin Donuts in Russia and also found some time to talk Syria with Vladimir Putin and Sergei Lavrov.

After what amounted to a staring contest over the fate of Bashar al-Assad, Kerry blinked as expected, and the US is now willing to concede that the Syrian President may remain in power indefinitely. 

Below is the full text of the threatening email directed toward the Los Angeles Unified School District that led to the closing of all schools (and which NYC School District decided was a hoax)... you decide?

Via ABC7

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

 

I am emailing you to inform you of the happenings on Tuesday, 12/15/15.

 

On Tuesday, we brought you Bloomberg’s top 10 “worst case scenarios” for 2016. The list, compiled by polling "dozens of former and current diplomats, geopolitical strategists, security consultants, and economists" included everything from devastating cyber attacks by Iranian and Russian hackers to a military coup in China. 

They even threw in a Trump victory in the national elections for good measure.

Not all criminalization is bad, of course. We really do need laws -- new ones in some cases -- to combat child pornography, human trafficking, police brutality, and other such affronts. The problem is when Congress oversteps and federal law enforcement authorities go hog wild, drunk with power.

Update: The SEC Folds:

• SEC PERMITS TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF THIRD AVENUE REDEMPTIONS
• THIRD AVENUE WILL BE SUBJECT TO ONGOING SEC OVERSIGHT
• SEC SAYS IT REQUIRED FUND TO PUT IN PLACE INVESTOR PROTECTIONS

As Bloomberg reports, Third Avenue Management LLC received approval from U.S. regulators to temporarily suspend redemptions from its $788.5 million high-yield bond fund.