By Russ Read The Islamic Republic of Iran drastically increased its oil production by more than 300 percent one year after sanctions were lifted due to its nuclear agreement with the U.S. and other world powers. Iran increased oil production in 2016 from 870,000 to 3.67 million barrels a day by November, an increase of approximately…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Rob Shimshock The University of Southern California responded to accusations of illegal drug use concerning its former medical dean by banning the faculty member from campus and initiating a procedure to fire him, according to a Saturday report. C.L. Max Nikias, USC’s president, and Michael W. Quick, the school’s…
Billionaire Tom Steyer is the newest entry into the Democrat presidential primary, and the former Farallon hedge fund manager brings with him a lot of baggage. It’s true. I’m running for president. pic.twitter.com/u8x2lZah7Z — Tom Steyer (@TomSteyer) July 9, 2019 One of his recent tweets reads,”You’re supposed to own your government. Not the @NRA. Not pharmaceutical…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Grace Carr In an usual display of violence on Christmas Day, an Arizona man shot and killed a woman and two children before the police were able to take him into custody. While the victims have not yet been publicly identified, the woman and two youngsters were likely the wife…
By Jonah Bennett A top official at the Pentagon just got nabbed for stealing license plates around a Capitol Hill neighborhood in an extremely bizarre case of nanny obsession. Bryan Whitman, the principal deputy assistant secretary of defense for public affairs, agreed Tuesday to pay $1,000 and serve 32 hours community service to see the…
By: Michael Bastasch As scientists and media pundits debate human activity’s role in Hurricane Harvey, a new study finds no evidence global warming increased flooding over North America and Europe. A study published in the Journal of Hydrology found “the number of significant trends in major-flood occurrence across North America and Europe was approximately the number expected…
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