Thursday, October 14, 2021
Nations agree to 15% minimum corporate tax rate - BBC News
- Most of the world's nations have signed up to a historic deal to ensure big companies pay a fairer share of tax.
...Yet it also said it did not seek to "eliminate" tax competition between countries, only to limit it.
...Countries will also have more scope to tax multinational companies operating within their borders, even if they don't have a physical presence there...Read all.
Whitlock: The NFL canceled Jon Gruden for sins against wokeism - TheBlaze
US government says household heating bills could jump by as much as 54 percent compared to last winter
The Associated Press is reporting that the government is saying winter heating prices could jump 54 percent this year — we’re sure COVID-19 has something to do with it.
Gun-free zone!-----This is What Happens to a Disarmed Populace: ‘Vicious’ Robbers Hit NYC Diners, Grab High-End Jewelry
These brazen thieves have struck multiple times at top end restaurants...
"...The crew tools around in Mercedes-Benzes and BMWs to pull off its heists, which cops believe include at least 12 robberies across Manhattan, Queens and The Bronx — netting more than $4 million in jewelry and watches just since August, sources said.
The robbers — who call themselves “OED” for “Own Every Dollar” — are affiliated with the notorious Trinitarios gang in The Bronx and suspected in at least one homicide, sources said.
“They are very vicious,” a Manhattan cop said.
“After they shot a victim Uptown, they pounced on him and stole his jewelry while he was dying.”
Imagine the life expectancy of a group like this in, say, Miami, were a high-end restaurant might sport 10% or even 20% of the diners packing heat...Or in Dallas where Texans no longer need a stinkin’ license to carry a gun for a nice dinner while wearing glittering diamonds and flashy accessories...Read all.
Mollie Hemingway: 'Strong Reason to Question' Legality of Biden Votes
“In the months since the 2020 election, data has been put forth showing strong reason to question the legality of more votes than the margin Biden won [Georgia] by, ” Hemingway writes:
Had a court been willing to hear the argument, and had Trump’s attorneys been able to show the data in the weeks following the election, a good argument could have been made for holding a new election. And that doesn’t even count the tens of millions of Zuck Bucks that flowed into the coffers of Democratic counties in Georgia, much less the millions the secretary of state’s office used to help Democrats with their get-out-the-vote balloting scheme.
Walgreens Closes Five Bay Area Stores amid Shoplifting Surge
- The ongoing shoplifting surge has forced Walgreens to close five more San Francisco stores as local law enforcement continues to do next to nothing to curtail the problem.
“Organized retail crime continues to be a challenge facing retailers across San Francisco, and we are not immune to that,” Caruso said. “Retail theft across our San Francisco stores has continued to increase in the past few months to five times our chain average.”...
...Shoplifting has skyrocketed in San Francisco recently, likely a result of Proposition 47, which dictates stealing would not be a felony in California if the item stolen did not exceed $950...Read all.
History for October 14
- 1066 - The Battle of Hastings occurred in England.
- 1888 - In England, Louis Le Prince filmed the experimental film "Roundhay Garden Scene." It is the oldest surviving motion picture.
- 1912 - Theodore Roosevelt was shot while campaigning in Milwaukee, WI. Roosevelt's wound in the chest was not serious and he continued with his planned speech. William Schrenk was captured at the scene of the shooting.
- 1926 - The book "Winnie-the-Pooh," by A.A. Milne, made its debut.
- 1947 - Over Rogers Dry Lake in Southern California, pilot Chuck Yeager flew the Bell X-1 rocket plane and became the first person to break the sound barrier.
- 1962 - The Cuban Missile Crisis began. It was on this day that U.S. intelligence personnel analyzing data discovered Soviet medium-range missile sites in Cuba. On October 22 U.S. President John F. Kennedy announced that he had ordered the naval "quarantine" of Cuba.
- 1964 - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his non-violent resistance to racial prejudice in America. He was the youngest person to receive the award.
Wednesday, October 13, 2021
Biden administration reaches agreement with local & union leaders to keep LA ports open 24/7, ease supply chain disruption - TheBlaze
Biden Justice Department's Censoring of Parents Will End Badly
End Covid Repression, Let Life Resume
How do we elect such morons???-----Fact-check: Rep. Jared Huffman says the Build Back Better Act costs $0, explains how it will be paid for
...Californian Rep. Jared Huffman decided to grant us a fact-check Tuesday explaining that the Build Back Better Act costs nothing, and it’s going to be paid for by billionaires...read all!
We thought it paid for itself.
It Is Long Past Time for the CDC and NCHS to Clean Up the COVID-19 Death Counts
"Some of us have been questioning the COVID-19 death counts reported by the CDC through the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) for some time. Of course, CNN and the corporate media love the likely elevated counts to push their narrative. Lockdown Inc. loves them to justify their destruction of lives and livelihoods. A report from the Freedom Foundation, a Washington State think tank, explains why. The foundation’s original analysis of deaths in the state found the number may have been inflated by as much as 13%:
In May, a report released by the Freedom Foundation, an Olympia-based free-market think tank, revealed the DOH was attributing to COVID-19 every death in which the deceased previously tested positive for the virus. However, it’s clear that catching the disease and dying of it are two very different matters.Washington’s data was riddled with cases — as much as 13 percent of the total — in which the death certificate made no reference to COVID-19 as a cause of death. In several cases, even gunshot deaths were chalked up to the virus.
...Combining data sources from the Department of Health for nearly 2,000 deaths as of early September, the new analysis found that 170 death certificates did not mention COVID-19. Another 171 deaths had no causal connection to the virus. According to the Post Millennial, the group estimates Washington’s death counts could be inflated by as much as 20%...At least! Read all!