High Point Violent Crime up 24% year over year
83.3% year over year increase in Murder in Greensboro
20% year over year increase in Rape in Greensboro
Rape up 33% year over year in High Point
Robbery up 35.3% year over year in High Point
21% year over year increase in Aggravated Assault in Greensboro
http://greensboroperformingarts.blogspot.com/2016/01/unknown-greensboro-crime-statistics-hat.html
What did Greensboro's News and Record report yesterday
instead of the violent crime report our paper of record never reported?
On-the-job deaths decline in North Carolina, none in Guilford County in 2015
http://www.greensboro.com/news/on-the-job-deaths-decline-in-north-carolina-none-in/article_7b8c4cc5-ab51-5a59-a3fd-4358624b29a6.html
Marty Kotis, City Council, City Staff and the News and Record have a problem
http://greensboroperformingarts.blogspot.com/2016/01/marty-kotis-city-council-city-staff-and.html
If you don’t conform to the crowd now, you’re a ‘radical’
https://www.sovereignman.com/trends/if-you-dont-conform-to-the-crowd-now-youre-a-radical-18584/
The World Economic Forum in Davos is submerged by a tsunami of denials, and even non-denial denials, stating there won’t be a follow-up to the Crash of 2008.
http://sputniknews.com/columnists/20160121/1033486596/secret-behind-next-global-crash.html#ixzz3y4rgRRRH
In truth the west failed to learn from the 2008 crash. Any economic ‘recovery’ was built on asset bubbles
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/jan/21/dont-blame-china-global-west-economic-recovery-asset-bubbles
Iraqi Kurdistan president: time has come to redraw Middle East boundaries
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jan/22/kurdish-independence-closer-than-ever-says-massoud-barzani
Who Poisoned Flint, Michigan?
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/who-poisoned-flint-michigan-20160122
10 Reasons why Sub $30 Oil Is A Major Problem
http://oilprice.com/Energy/Oil-Prices/10-Reasons-why-Sub-30-Oil-Is-A-Major-Problem.html
Deep “Freight Recession” Hits Railroads, Trucking, Air Freight
“Consumers just don’t seem to be showing up….”
http://wolfstreet.com/2016/01/22/freight-recession-blamed-on-consumers-and-commodities/
BB&T's King: 'I do not think the sky is falling'
http://www.bizjournals.com/triad/news/2016/01/22/bb-ts-king-i-do-not-think-the-sky-is-falling.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+bizj_triad+%28Triad+Business+Journal%29
Dan Forest
23 hrs · Raleigh, NC ·
Many thanks to Marty and Asheley Kotis for their hospitality in hosting a reception benefiting Dan's re-election campaign this week in Greensboro.
http://www.westernmorningnews.co.uk/Comment-trillions-lost-housing-bubble-collapse/story-28577536-detail/story.html#ixzz3xytg9vNU
Over 120,000 homes close to repossession
Which is probably going to happen in Greensboro again
http://www.ekathimerini.com/205307/article/ekathimerini/business/over-120000-homes-close-to-repossession
A Question of Environmental Racism in Flint
Kind of like Mike Barber's reaction
to police statistics in Greensboro
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/22/us/a-question-of-environmental-racism-in-flint.html?emc=edit_th_20160122&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=28115200
What Snyder Knew: Flint Email Dump Shows Attempts to Shift the Blame
As far back as February 2015, the governor's administration was informed of issues with Flint's water
And where were the news outlets?
http://www.commondreams.org/news/2016/01/21/what-snyder-knew-flint-email-dump-shows-attempts-shift-blame
Saudi Arabia's Secret Holdings of U.S. Debt Are Suddenly a Big Deal
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-01-22/u-s-is-hiding-treasury-bond-data-that-s-suddenly-become-crucial
Goldman Sachs Caught Altering US Markets Data, Removed Evidence that US is in a Recession;
http://thefreethoughtproject.com/goldman-sachs-caught-altering-markets-data-removed-evidence-recession/ |
Migrant crisis: EU at grave risk, warns France PM Valls
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-35375303?ocid=global_bbccom_email_21012016_top+news+stories
Some Experts, Like Krugman, Supported Single Payer Until Bernie Sanders Put It in His Platform
http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2016/01/all-the-experts-like-krugman-who-supported-single-payer-until-bernie-sanders-put-it-in-his-platform.html
Hillary Clinton’s Paid Speeches to Wall Street Animate Her Opponents
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/22/us/politics/in-race-defined-by-income-gap-hillary-clintons-wall-street-ties-incite-rivals.html?emc=edit_th_20160122&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=28115200&_r=0
rcwhalen; "Front Loaded: China, Volatility, and Debt Deflation"
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-01-21/front-loaded-china-volatility-and-debt-deflation
American Express Co Chief Executive Kenneth Chenault pledged to overhaul the company after the card issuer posted a 38 percent decline in fourth-quarter earnings and provided a bleak outlook for next year.
Boeing Co said it plans to halve production rates of its 747-8 plane later this year; latest step in the decline of the iconic jumbo jet and a fresh signal of persistent weakness in the global air-freight market.
The dismal energy environment slammed Union Pacific Corp in the fourth quarter, causing the railroad's earnings to fall 22 percent from a year ago and the company to miss Wall Street expectations.
Roy Carroll's coming hotel protectionism
from Greensboro's City Council
at the expense of small business owners;
The heated battle between Airbnb, the popular room-sharing app, and the hotel industry is playing out in city halls across the country, including those in New York and Los Angeles, which have either passed or are considering restrictions on the service.
Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd says it would cut 1,000 jobs and C$400 million in spending this year as it grapples with declining freight volumes in a sluggish economy.
Barclays Plc is to give up trading in gold and other precious metals in a series of cutbacks at its investment bank where more than 1,000 staff will lose their jobs.
Education book publisher Pearson Plc said it would cut 4,000 jobs, or 10 percent of its workforce
Virgin Media will cut 900 jobs from its British workforce over the next two years
Brantano UK Collapses With 2,000 Jobs At Risk
The value shoe retailer Brantano UK has gone into administration leaving 2,000 jobs at risk, just three months after it was bought by a specialist retail investor.
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-01-22/frontrunning-january-22
French oil and gas group Total plans to reduce capital spending by 10 per cent this year
A further 300 jobs are being cut in the oil and gas industry by Talisman Sinopec.
BHP Billiton Plc is to cut its shale drilling budget over the next six months
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-01-21/frontrunning-january-21
Goldman's Cohn Says China Will Probably Have to Devalue Currency
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-01-22/goldman-s-cohn-says-china-will-probably-have-to-devalue-currency