As if Illinois didn't have enough to worry about between an imminent downgrade to junk (as soon as July 1), soaring debt costs, insolvent pension funds, and roads that may soon resemble the lunar surface, today in the latest insult to a relentless series of injuries, the lottery itself is about to dump Illinois.
America's "new normal" diplomacy under Trump is a page turner... of Trump's own book.
While Dennis Rodman may not have had a role in this week's release of Otto Warmbier, the American university student who had been imprisoned for 15 years, the NBA Hall of Famer appears to have delivered a symbolic message to North Korea's leader: Rodman gifted Kim Jong Un with a copy of Donald Trump’s “The Art of the Deal” on Thursday, according to the AP.
Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com,
The state of Illinois has not passed a budget for close to three years.
Arguably it’s just as well because Illinois budgets for decades have been nothing but a moth-eaten collection of lies, one time deficits repeated endlessly, and financial wizardry statements designed to disguise Illinois’ real problems: failure to rein in spending coupled with a very business unfriendly environment.
Vladimir Putin trolled the US on Thursday, when speaking in a live call-in show with the Russian nation, the Russian president likened Comey to Edward Snowden, who was granted asylum in Russia in 2013, and scoffed at James Comey's disclosure of his conversations with U.S. President Donald Trump, saying the move has made Comey eligible for political asylum in Russia.
Authored by Michael Snyder via The Economic Collapse blog,
Not even during the worst parts of the last recession did things ever get this bad for the U.S. retail industry.