[X] *Shrug* Darwin always wins. The dead man fired first, then got to enjoy the natural consequences of shooting at armed people who happened to be police.
JUST IN: Chicago Police Officers will NOT face charges in the deadly sh**ting of Dexter Reed
Reed, 26, was sh*t at least 13 times on March 21, 2024, after he fired at an officer, wounding them in the wrist
NEW: Massive sex trafficking bust in Los Angeles, six members of the Hoover gang in South LA arrested for pimping girls as young as 14, beating, starving, raping and branding them.
The DOJ press release lays it all out here. Given it’s Los Angeles, the gang meets DEI requirements, being as they’re lead by a proud Black woman who reached that pinnacle at only 25.
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[Regnum] July turned out to be the busiest month in the history of the Port of Los Angeles due to duties previously announced by US President Donald Trump. This was stated by the press service of the harbor.
The text says that more than a million 20-foot containers have already passed through the port, which is 8.5% more than in the same period last year. It is noted that traders and manufacturers rushed to deliver their cargo as quickly as possible, fearing higher duties at the end of the year.
"The port terminals were overcrowded with ships in July," said Port of Los Angeles Executive Director Gene Seroka.
He added that despite the huge volume of work, the harbour staff managed to process all cargo without delays.
Since August 7, Trump has imposed tariffs of 15% to 41% on goods arriving from 69 EU countries. Countries affected by the new restrictions were offered to conclude a trade deal with the US to avoid the tariffs. On August 6, the United States imposed a 25% tariff on imports from India. The decision was motivated by the republic’s oil purchases from Russia.
In addition, the US has introduced duties on gold imports into the country. Now, arriving gold bars weighing 1 kg and 100 ounces must be classified according to a customs code, which is subject to duties. Experts believe that such a decision could lead to global changes in the world market for precious metals and deal a blow to the economy of Switzerland, which has become an international center for gold processing.
a lot of this was because of big increases in margins
also a major increase in diesel fuel (post refinement)
status of interest rates:
odds still favor a cut in the federal funds rate in Sept
The Producer Price Index for final demand rose 0.9 percent in July, seasonally adjusted, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Final demand prices were unchanged in June and moved up 0.4 percent in May. (See table A.) On an unadjusted basis, the index for final demand advanced 3.3 percent for the 12 months ended in July, the largest 12-month increase since rising 3.4 percent in February 2025.
Within final demand, more than three-quarters of the broad-based advance in July can be traced to the index for final demand services, which rose 1.1 percent. Prices for final demand goods increased 0.7 percent.
The index for final demand less foods, energy, and trade services moved up 0.6 percent in July, the largest increase since rising 0.9 percent in March 2022. For the 12 months ended in July, prices for final demand less foods, energy, and trade services advanced 2.8 percent.
FINAL DEMAND
Final demand services: The index for final demand services moved up 1.1 percent in July, the largest advance since rising 1.3 percent in March 2022. Over half of the broad-based July increase is attributable to margins for final demand trade services, which jumped 2.0 percent. (Trade indexes measure changes in margins received by wholesalers and retailers.) Prices for final demand services less trade, transportation, and warehousing and for final demand transportation and warehousing services advanced 0.7 percent and 1.0 percent, respectively.
Product detail: Thirty percent of the July rise in prices for final demand services can be traced to margins for machinery and equipment wholesaling, which jumped 3.8 percent. The indexes for portfolio management; securities brokerage, dealing, investment advice, and related services; traveler accommodation services; automobiles retailing (partial); and truck transportation of freight also advanced. In contrast, prices for hospital outpatient care fell 0.5 percent. The indexes for furniture retailing and for pipeline transportation of energy products also declined.
Final demand goods: Prices for final demand goods moved up 0.7 percent in July, the largest advance since rising 0.7 percent in January. Forty percent of the broad-based increase in July can be attributed to the index for final demand foods, which jumped 1.4 percent. Prices for final demand goods less foods and energy and for final demand energy moved up 0.4 percent and 0.9 percent, respectively.
Product detail: A quarter of the July advance in the index for final demand goods can be traced to prices for fresh and dry vegetables, which jumped 38.9 percent. The indexes for meats, diesel fuel, jet fuel, nonferrous scrap, and eggs for fresh use also rose. Conversely, prices for gasoline decreased 1.8 percent. The indexes for canned, cooked, smoked, or prepared poultry and for plastic resins and materials also declined.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
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trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
