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MarkeyWatch author Brett Arends offers this opinion: Why Dennis Hastert’s Conviction is an Outrage . If you aren’t outraged by what just happened to “disgraced†former House Speaker Dennis Hastert, you’re not paying attention. No, it doesn’t matter if you think he’s a raging hypocrite
Originally posted here: Courage to Act; Reflections on Fed Hubris; What if Whatever it Takes is Not Enough? Fed Troika?
3rd Quarter Advance GDP Estimate +1.5%; December Hike Odds Up to 46.5% The third quarter advance (initial) GDP estimate came in at 1.5% a bit under the Econoday Consensus of 1.7%, a bit over the Atlanta Fed GDPNow Forecast of 1.1%, and well below the Blue Chip consensus of 2.1%.
See the article here: Final 3rd Quarter GDPNow Forecast vs. Consensus Estimates Ahead of 3rd Quarter GDP Release
Crain’s Chicago Business reports Emanuel Gets His Huge Property Tax Hike . The City Council has approved Mayor Emanuel’s bad-news city budget, including plans for a record $543 million city property tax hike over the next four years
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Links The Life and Death of a Russian Soldier The West ignores its own veteran suicides, and seeks to use those in other countries for propaganda value. October 28, 2015 (Op-Ed by Dmitry Vorsin – Treacherous Treat ) – On the early morning of August 6, 1915, the German offensive against the Russian fortress of Osowiec begun with a wicked trick against humanity – a gas attack. The defenders refused to yield even after on of the most brutal artillery bombardments in history, but even when the fortress itself was reduced to rubble, the surviving Russian soldiers used stones and craters for protection
Follow this link: Slovenia Calls on Army, Private Security Forces, Ponders Article 222 for EU Military Aid to Halt Flow…
Read the original: Regional Fed Reports Five for Five in Contraction; Texas Region Worsening, Richmond Negative Again