Month: June 2022

Supreme Court Will Not Hear Appeal by Convicted BC Sex Trafficker Reza Moazami

The Supreme Court will not hear an appeal from a British Columbia man convicted of trafficking 11 female victims, including underage girls, for sex. Reza Moazami, who was sentenced to 23 years in prison, had sought leave to appeal a September decision by the B.C. Court of Appeal. That court dismissed his appeals of his…


Atlanta Fed Predicts Negative Second-Quarter Growth, Indicating Recession Has Begun

The U.S. economy is expected to contract in the second quarter, the latest estimate from the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta found. According to the Atlanta Fed Bank’s GDPNow model, the economy is expected to fall 1 percent in the April-to-June period, down from the 0.3 percent projection from earlier this week. The regional central…


Atlanta Fed Predicts Negative Second-Quarter Growth, Implying Recession Has Begun

The U.S. economy is expected to contract in the second quarter, the latest estimate from the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta found. According to the Atlanta Fed Bank’s GDPNow model, the economy is expected to fall 1 percent in the April-to-June period, down from the 0.3 percent projection from earlier this week. The regional central…


China Further Loses Price Advantage as EU Votes to Impose a Carbon Tax

After a two-week hiatus, the European Parliament finally passed the revised Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM). Consequently, China further loses its price advantage in exporting carbon-intensive products to Europe, a second blow to the country’s exports after 32 nations stopped preferential tariff treatment at the end of 2021. CBAM aims at ensuring an equivalent carbon…


Higher Fines, More Police in Ottawa for Canada Day Weekend, City Says

The City of Ottawa has promised strict enforcement of new, hefty fines as it heads into Canada Day weekend. A tweet from the Ottawa By-law account on June 29 publicized the new $1000 fines for things such as “unusual noise,” shouting, public urination or defication, encumbering a highway, or idling. Please be advised, a number of…


Popeye: Cooking With Gags (1954)

Bluto plays all sorts of gags on Popeye and Olive on April Fool’s Day. From the Public Domain Movie Database Credit: Public Domain Movie – publicdomainmovie.net/ * Click the “Save” button below the video to access it later on “My List.” Follow EpochTV on social media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/EpochTVus Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/EpochTV Truth Social: https://truthsocial.com/@EpochTV Gettr: https://gettr.com/user/epochtv…


After 53 Die in Smuggling Tragedy, Texas Governor to Start Truck Checkpoints on Highways

EAGLE PASS, Texas—The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) will be setting up random highway checkpoints to inspect trucks following the deaths of 53 illegal immigrants who were being smuggled in the back of a tractor-trailer earlier this week. “We’ve seen increased brazenness by cartels that feel empowered, because we do not have a federal…


[PREMIERING 7:30PM ET] Babylon Bee CEO Seth Dillon: Satire and Reality Are Becoming Indistinguishable

This episode will premiere on Thursday, June 30, at 7:30 p.m. ET.  “There’s no bigger sign of insecurity in your ideas and your values and your positions [than] if you’re saying, look, they’re off-limits. … You can’t oppose them, and you can’t joke about them.” I sit down with Seth Dillon, CEO of the satire…


Attorney General OKs Lawsuit Against Herb Wesson’s Appointment to LA City Council

LOS ANGELES—A legal challenge against City Councilman Herb Wesson’s legitimacy in temporarily holding the office was able to move forward after approval by a state official last week. California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta issued an opinion June 22 authorizing a request from the Southern Christian Leadership Conference of Southern California (SCLC) that challenges Wesson’s interim…


Wells Fargo CEO: ‘Rates Are Going Up, It Couldn’t Be Clearer’

Wells Fargo CEO Charles Scharf revealed that Americans and the U.S. economy aren’t ready for Federal Reserve interest rate hikes after the central bank raised rates earlier this month. “We know rates are going up, it couldn’t be clearer,” Scharf told CNBC on Wednesday. “We know that consumers and businesses, while strong today, are going…