12/21/17. The UNITED NATIONS has voted down the recognition of JERUSALEM as Isreals New Capital. The Vote was 120 - 9. The United States of America has announced to the countries that voted aganst the New Capital that money may be withheld for funding their initiatives / UN Projects. Canada and Australia obstained. This vote in the U.N. is mostly symbolic only. More to come, stay tune. Jim
12/20/17. Early this morning the New Tax Reform Package went back on the floor of The House of Representatives which was passed by a vote of 203 v. 227 yesterday but they didn't follow protocol. The Senate passed it yesterday evening with a vote of 51 v. 48. Non of the Democrat Senators voted for the Bill. The New Tax Reform Bill had to go back to the House of Representatives EARLY this morning to finally be signed properly with all three missing protocols corrected. The Bill is on it's way to the President's Desk for the final signature this week. More to come, stay tune. Jim
12/19/17. TOYS R US will be closing about 200 stores after the 1st of the year. This represents 25% of all their Brick and Mortor stores. TOYS R US sales are DOWN a whomping 15% from last year. Back in September 2017 TOYS R US filed Bankruptcy. More to come, stay tune. Jim
12/18/17. Cook County Commissioner CHEY GARCIA currently has a 53% approval rating to replace Congressman Guirterez as Congressman for Illinois 4th District. Jesus CHEY Garcia has been a long time activist for the poor and immigrant rights. WAY TO GO GARCIA! More to come, stay tune. Jim
12/17/17. Arizona U.S. Senator John McCain has was released from the hospital but will have to be home bound to recover from his brain cancer therapy. Thereby the senior Senator from Arizona will miss the vote on TAX REFORM that will take place later this week. Senator McCain will return to the Senate in January 2018. We wish Senator McCain the best on his recovery. He is a great man. More to come, stay tune. Jim
12/16/17. 54% of Melenials shop on the internet and 49% of Non Melenials shop on the internet. More to come, stay tune. Jim
| 12/15/17. The DISNEY Corporation has agreed to pay $52.4 Billion dollars to acquire FOX Entertainment. All details are not complete and will be revealed soon. By 2019 Disney reported to delete all their content from streaming programing company Net Flix. More to come, stay tune. Jim
12/15/17. Net Nuetrality has been voted against with a 3 to 2 vote cast by members of the FCC Board of Directors appointed by Republicans. Expect fees to use the internet to increase over time. Illinois State Attorney Lisa Madigan has joined a law suit against this action to end Net Neutrality. Illinois State Attorney Lisa Madigan has joined a number of State's Attorneys sueing to reverse the vote to end net neutrality. More to come, stay tune. Jim
12/14/17. The five seat board of the FCC / FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION is scheduled to vote to end INTERNET NEUTRALITY protocals that currently has governed the World Wide WEB. This will allow private and public corporations to dictate the speed of which current internet users use. Also expect that fees for use of the internet will be increased in the future. Similarly like your cable bills that have increased throughout the decades. More to come, stay tune. Jim
12/14/17. The Republicans in Congress have agreed to a viable structured New Tax Plan. Corporations currently are taxed at 35% will be taxed at 21% under the New Tax Plan. Top Income Earners currently taxed at 39% will see a savings of 2% to 37%. Mortgage Interest Deductions will be capped at $750,000. Affordable Care Act (OBAMA CARE) to be scrapped. Property Taxes and any other taxes to be kept for now. But may be relooked at next year. Other taxes are know being debated by Republicans and Democrats. Possibly all Tax Reform will be agreed upon and passed by December 25th, 2017. More to come, stay tune. Jim
12/13/17. The state of Arizona's United States Senator John McCain is back in the hospital to re-address his brain cancer treatment. His staff informed his constituents that 81 year old Senator McCain is fine and will be released soon. In the Senate some are stating that their collegue Senator John McCain health is frail. You must Remember that John McCain is a TRUE HERO surviving over five years as a prisoner of war in Viet Nam. More to come, stay tune. Jim
12/13/17. Historic Election in the great State of ALABAMA has elected as their new Senator, Democratic Doug Jones beating Republican Alabama's Chief Judge Roy Moore who had been endorsed vigourisly by President Donald Trump. Roy Moore lost by a little more than 1% of the overall vote. Judge Moore has announced he wants a recount of the ballots. Albama's Secretary of State said he will wait to see what happens next this week. Most likely the election will be certified by December 26th, 2017 or by January 3rd, 2018. If a recount is granted or done, Judge Moore will have to pay for it out of his own funds. Not The State of Alabama. Newly elected Doug Jones thanked his base and in particular the African American, Latino, and Jewish voters that helped him beat Judge Moore. Shelby County / Suburbs in Alabama was weak for Republican candidate Judge Moore. Also Alabama's Write In Voters took about 2% of the vote away from Roy Judge Moore. Last time ALABAMA had a Democratic U.S. Senator was about 25 years ago. When Newly elected Doug Jones joins the U.S. Senate next year, the makeup of the United States Senate will be 51 Republicans and 49 Democrate. More to come, stay tune. Jim
12/12/17. A 77 year old woman was BITEN to Death by her family pet in Alsip, Illinois. The family pet was a seven year old PIT BULL. More to come, stay tune. Jim
12/11/17. Sprint and T-Mobile U.S., America's third and fourth largest mobile companies , called off their merger as their controlling companies. SoftBank and Deutsche Telekom, failed to agree on power shering in the potential new company. More to come, stay tune. Jim
12/10/17. President Donald Trump ended months of speculation by nominating Jerome Powell as Federal Reserve chairman. Currently Powell is the Fed's first non-economist chair since 1979. More to come, stay tune. Jim
12/09/17. The EUROPEAN UNION has dictated to legislate carmakers towards cleaner vehicles. Auto makers will need to cut carbon dioxide emmissions from cars and vans by 30% by the year 2030 or face big fines. More to come, stay tune. Jim
12/08/17. Today 76 years ago, WORLD WAR II statrs after The UNITED STATES of AMERICA enters the War in 1941 to defeat Fascist countries, Germany, Japan, and Italy. More to come, stay tune. Jim
12/07/17. The BIT COIN a virtual currency is worth above $14,000 per virtual coin for the first time. When the Bit Coin was created it was worth only $1.00. More to come, stay tune. Jim
12/07/17. Remember "PEARLE HARBOR ATTACK" that occured today in 1941. Jim
12/06/17. President Trump signed a Proclamation that the United States of America will recognizes Jerusalem as the Capital of Israel. The Unitd States of America Embasy will be built in Jerusalem leaving current Embasy headquarters located in Tel Aviv. The Arab World and World Leaders oppose this move from President Trump. Expect huge protests, riots and terrorist acts against our country. More to come, stay tune. Jim
12/05/17. Auto sales for the 3rd quarter of 2017 is as follows: GMC Down 3%, FIAT Down 4%, TOYOTA Down 3%, VOLKWAGON Down 1 1/2%, NISSAN, FORD UP 4%. More to come, stay tune. Jim
12/04/17. TEXT Messaging turns 25 Years Old. Text messaging was called or referred to as SMS. The first text message was "MERRY CHRISTMAS!" More to come, stay tune. Jim
12/03/17. The Big Pharmacy Company CVS has announced they are to purchase the 3rd largest Health Care System, AETNA for about $60 million dollars. More to come, stay tune. Jim
12/02/17. Yesterday after six weeks of discussion the Virtual Currency BIT Coins has been approved to trade at the CME located in Chicago starting on December 18th, 2017. More to come, stay tune. Jim
12/01/17. In Chicago Illinois, Winter Over Night Parking Ban has been implemented again. So the hours between 3AM - 7AM on Certain designated Chicago street routes. Approximately 107 miles of Chicago streets are marked as Winter Over Night Parking Ban. Tickets are $60.00, Towing Cost is $150.00 and Paper work Fee is $20.00. Total is $230.00. More to come, stay tune. Jim
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