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  • Weather Channel Founder Slams Global Warming: “The Theory Has Failed”

    If Bill Nye had his way, Weather Channel founder John Coleman would be heading for jail. Having spent more than 60 years as a meteorologist, Coleman penned a pointed rebuke to “the science guy’s” vehement faith in the ‘science’ of climate change, exclaiming that “science has taken a back seat at The UN… get politics […]Read More
  • FBI May “Leak” Clinton Email Probe If DOJ Blocking Continues

    The feud between the FBI and the Department of Justice over whether or not to proceed with charges against Hillary Clinton in the ongoing email investigation just took an unexpected turn. Recall that one month ago, we found out that on one hand, the FBI is seemingly hell-bent on chasing down every possibly angle involving […]
  • Continued Financial Market Deterioration Impacts Gold Eagle Sales In A Big Way

    By The SRSrocco Report The financial system is sitting on the edge of a cliff and an increasing number of investors are beginning to realize it.  I hear more and more evidence from contacts in the financial and precious metal industry that the U.S. banking industry and Dollar are in serious trouble. While some of […]
  • Another Chicago Record: 1,000 Gunshot Victims In Shortest Time In Decades

    In an article earlier this month, we said that “Chicago is disintegrating” amidst soaring gun violence and homicides, in large part due to the deteriorating economic situation. Unfortunately, we now have an update to the state of things in the windy city, and it’s getting uglier. A 16-year old boy who was shot in the […]
  • From One Extreme To Another: Record Oil Shorts Are Now Record Oil Longs

    At the end of January, when looking at the positioning in the oil futures market, we warned that there is a a “Constant Short Squeeze Threat“ because “Oil Shorts Are At All-Time Highs.“ Everyone knows what happened next; for those who missed it we explained precisely two months later, following an epic surge in the […]
  • Employees Who Aided Madoff Will Remain in Jail, 2nd Cir. Rules

    The Second Circuit upheld the conviction of five former employees for Bernie Madoff this week. In a summary order issued Wednesday, the court rejected arguments challenging the sufficiency of the evidence against then and the behavior of federal prosecutors. The defendants were directors, portfolio managers, and computer programmers who had aided Madoff in the Ponzi […]
  • Quality School Education Is Not a Fundamental Right in CA

    California’s State Constitution does not guarantee children a minimum quality K-12 education, according to the First District Court of Appeal in San Francisco. The decision was reached amidst broad attention being directed towards the K-12 spending debate. The disappointed plaintiffs have announced that they will appeal to the California Supreme Court. “Insufficient, Irrational and Unsustainable” […]
  • Social Media Oversharing Makes It Easier to Collect, Seize Assets

    Thanks to social media, we live in a world of almost constant oversharing: teenagers share their insecurities on Facebook, adults Instagram their every meal, the Kardashians — well, never mind, the Kardashians are an extreme case. And this is great news for lawyers, who have increasingly turned to social media for evidence in litigation and […]
  • Uber Settlement: Drivers Are a Bit Richer, but Still Contractors

    We have to say it: we’re a little disappointed in the Uber settlement — and not because it doesn’t give drivers enough cash, or because we’d rather not tip. The settlement means that one of the biggest questions of the modern “gig economy” goes unanswered. We still don’t know: are the thousands of on-demand workers, […]Read More
  • Top 3 Cool Legal Jobs This Week: Hug the Trees, Save the Whales

    As the bulk of world leaders convene today at the United Nations to sign broad and sweeping climate reforms agreed to last year, global climate change and the environment are back on the minds of the public. The final hammering out of the “Paris Agreement” talks will likely be remembered as a highlight in President […]
  • What Can You Do If You Don’t Make Partner?

    You’ve always had a dream of being a partner. Perhaps you were one of those very lucky grads who landed a position at a top law firm and moved your way into one of the associate seats, ready to show the guys at the top what you were made of. Before you knew it, five […]
  • Struggling Lawyers Show How Not to Argue Before the Supreme Court

    Wednesday was not a shining moment in the history of Supreme Court oral arguments. This was not Paul Clement going punch-for-punch with Justice Souter in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld. It wasn’t even Margie Phelps, a crazed member of the Westboro Baptist Church, winning over the reluctant justices in Snyder v. Phelps. On Wednesday, the Supreme Court […]