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DoD Inspector General Exposes Pentagon Contractor’s 9,400% Profit On Half-Inch Pin [VIDEO]
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TransDigm Group Inc. sold the Pentagon “drive pins” for $4,361 each – should only cost $46, a 9,400% gain in excess profits, according to the Inspector General US Department of Defense’s audit labeled “For Official Use Only” obtained by Bloomberg.
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Trump Admin Backs Off Plan To Dump Illegals In Florida – What About San Diego?
Following immense backlash from state lawmakers, the Trump administration is backing off a plan to send thousands of migrants to South Florida. But, in addition to the two Florida counties, San Diego will receive hundreds of migrant families from South Texas. The Border Patrol said that it was also considering distributing apprehended border-crossers to Detroit, Miami and Buffalo, New York.
Read moreThree Blinn College Volleyball Players Sign With Four-Year Universities
Three Blinn College volleyball players have signed letters of intent with four-year universities to continue their academic and athletic careers.
Read moreBlinn Baseball Falls To Angelina in Region XIV Tournament Opener, 12-9
Blinn College baseball outhit Angelina College in an offensive showdown to open the 2019 NJCAA Region XIV Baseball Tournament.
Read moreBorder Crisis: Most Arrests In 12 Years; Over 168,000 Released Into US; Measles, Chickenpox Found
“Unauthorized border crossings have more than doubled in the past year, and they are on pace to exceed 1 million on an annual basis”
Read moreNew Rule Could Allow Debt Collectors To Spam 49 Million Americans With Emails And Texts
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) under the Trump administration, has published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to amend the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA). The CFPB’s proposal would change Regulation F to direct Federal rules overseeing the activities of debt collectors. The new proposal would allow debt collectors to call consumers as frequently as seven times per week and be permitted to start sending emails and texts.
Read moreFTC Prepares To Slap Facebook With $5 Billion Fine [VIDEO]
As the FTC prepares to slap Facebook with a $5 billion fine – expected to be the biggest fine the agency has ever levied, and the largest incurred in Facebook’s history – one of the company’s co-founders has published an op-ed in the New York Times calling on the government to intervene and break up Facebook.
Read moreOver 1% Of Guatemala, Honduras Have Crossed US Border In Last Eight Months: DHS
Over 1% of the populations of Guatemala and Honduras have entered the United States since September, according acting Homeland Security chief Kevin K. McAleenan, who added that the figure includes 3% of one Guatemalan county alone.
Read moreBurglary Suspect Captured Near Sealy
Austin County Sheriff’s Officers apprehended a burglary suspect last week on Stockold Road near Sealy about noon after a citizen called 911 about a suspicious person.
Read moreThe Glut Cometh
All the economic shell-gaming that has been happening since the 2008 crash may finally be coming to a head for the American Auto Industry. Interest rates can’t be kept low to no anymore and car loans can’t be extended much more, either. More than 4.2 million new cars are stacked up unsold as of this month – which is an alarming half-million more cars than were stacked up before. Why? Because people can’t afford to buy new cars. For many, the difference between a $399 per month payment and a $475 per month payment (or whatever the amount depending on the buyer/car) is causing people to hesitate where they previously would have signed the paperwork.
Read moreTrade Deal Dead: Trump Says 10% China Tariff Rising To 25% On Friday, Another $325BN In Goods To Be Taxed
So much for months and months of constant leaks, headlines, tweets, and press reports that US-China trade talks are going great. Just after noon on Sunday, President Trump tweeted that 10% tariffs paid by China on $200 billion in goods will rise to 25% on Friday.
Read moreRobots Taking Over “Miserable” Job Of Unloading Trucks As E-Commerce Margins Slide [VIDEO]
Loading and unloading 18-wheelers – a staple of working in the shipping business – is about to be the next “miserable” job that becomes automated.
Read moreChina’s Mass Surveillance App Hacked; Code Reveals Specific Criteria For Illegal Oppression [VIDEO]
Human Rights Watch got their hands on an app used by Chinese authorities in the western Xinjiang region to surveil, track and categorize the entire local population – particularly the 13 million or so Turkic Muslims subject to heightened scrutiny, of which around one million are thought to live in ‘reeducation’ camps. After reverse-engineering it, they found truly dystopian criteria.
Read moreUPDATED: Harris County Murder Suspect Apprehended At Bellville Apartment Complex [VIDEO]
The Bellville Police Department reported that they had apprehended 19 year old murder suspect Jiterion Kegler at an apartment complex in Bellville. Kegler was wanted by Harris County for the homicide of a taxi cab driver on April 29th.
Read moreAmazon Employees Hired And Fired By Robots
Robots at Amazon decide who gets a job. Based on performance algorithms, the robots also decide who gets fired.
Read moreWhy The Banana Business Of Chiquita And Dole Is At Risk [VIDEO]
A deadly fungus is spreading from Southeast Asia and wiping out whole plantations of America’s favorite fruit: the banana. The tropical fruit’s popularity is thanks to a few pioneering entrepreneurs, who founded Chiquita under a different name over a century ago. Now, the business they built is at risk of decimation if the fungus reaches Latin America, the source of 97% of the U.S.’ banana imports.
Read moreAmericans Can’t Afford To Buy A Home In 70% Of The Country
Even at a time of low interest rates and rising wages, Americans simply can’t afford a home in more than 70% of the country. Out of 473 US counties that were analyzed in a recent report, 335 listed median home prices were more than what average wage earners could afford.
Read moreOnline Retail War Turns Ugly: Wal-Mart Responds To Amazon With Free 1-Day Shipping
Walmart teased that it is soon going to be taking on Amazon with one day free shipping – without a membership fee.
Read moreWould Legalizing Marijuana Boost The Texas Economy? [VIDEO]
Whenever the subject of Marijuana Legalization comes up, many suggest that legalizing and taxing would boost the Texas economy; often times pointing to Colorado as an example. So, KHOU 11 News in Houston took a look at the numbers and made this report:
Read moreNearly Half Of Millennials Wouldn’t Invest In Stocks Even If They Had The Money
While most would probably chalk millennials’ aversion to investing up to the fact that they don’t have any savings or income to spare, one recent study suggested that even if they had the money, they wouldn’t put it in stocks.
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