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Banks are in danger of a commercial real estate “doom loop”

2 years 7 months ago
Hmmm. The Wall Street Journal says that the boom times in commercial real estate loans are now well and truly over: With the commercial real-estate market now in meltdown, those trillions of dollars in loans and investments are a looming threat for the banking industry—and potentially the broader economy. Banks’ exposure is even bigger than ...continue reading "Banks are in danger of a commercial real estate “doom loop”"
Kevin Drum

Notification stops St. Louis County burglar at woman's home

2 years 7 months ago
ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. -- A man is facing burglary charges after a woman got a notification telling her he was roaming around her home in the middle of the night. Jasper Emmanuel Williams, 33, was arrested Saturday night. Officers with the North County Cooperative say the woman received the notification while she was away [...]
Joe Millitzer

Shuttered private jail in Leavenworth could become ICE detention center

2 years 7 months ago

A private pre-trial detention center in Leavenworth beset with violence when it closed in 2021 could house individuals detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE.  For years, Nashville-based CoreCivic operated the Leavenworth Detention Center, which held individuals charged — but not convicted — with federal crimes from Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa and western Missouri. Now, it […]

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Allison Kite

Newell Has Highlight Game Against Litchfield - Is An Altonized Community Federal Credit Union Athlete Of The Month For Piasa Birds

2 years 7 months ago
PIASA - Senior Hunter Newell is proving to be a key piece of the Piasa Southwestern football team's offense so far this season. Through two games he is the Piasa Birds' leading receiver with 162 yards and three touch downs. Friday night, in a 27-21 win over the Litchfield Purple Panthers, Newell had 145 yards on just seven catches. He also finished up with 24 yards rushing, eight tackles, and an interception. For his stellar performance, Hunter Newell is an Altonized Community Federal Credit Union Athlete of the Month for Southwestern High School. Newell knew he had to step things up this season when the Piasa Birds lost one of their go-to receivers, junior Greyson Brewer, in week one against Gillespie. Brewer went down and was later confirmed to be out for the season with a broken clavicle. “All the guys knew that we had to put the extra load on our back and step up, make some plays,” Newell said Friday night. That's exactly what he and sophomore quarterback Blake

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Marsha Blackburn Makes It Clear: KOSA Is Designed To Silence Trans People

2 years 7 months ago
It still amazes me that KOSA has any Democratic co-sponsors, let alone 21 Democratic co-sponsors in the Senate led by lead Democratic sponsor (and embracer of any bill that will undermine the internet it it lets him ignorantly grandstand about how terrible the internet is), Senator Richard Blumenthal. This includes some big names who purport […]
Mike Masnick

Please bullshit me

2 years 7 months ago
In Zeke Faux's new book, Number Go Up, Sam Bankman-Fried explains how cryptocurrency works: A day before the start of the Bahamas conference, Bankman-Fried had all but admitted that much of his industry was built on bullshit. During an interview on Bloomberg’s Odd Lots podcast, the columnist Matt Levine asked a straightforward question about a ...continue reading "Please bullshit me"
Kevin Drum

Oscar Mayer's Frankmobile rolls into St. Louis this weekend

2 years 7 months ago
In St. Louis, fans of Oscar Mayer hot dogs have the chance to visit the Frankmobile, formerly known as the Wienermobile, as it makes stops in three different locations in Missouri this weekend. The Frankmobile team will be in town from September 9th through September 10th. 
Liz Dowell