Ross Rant | September 12, 2017

Sputnik is being asked by the FBI if it is a propaganda arm of the Kremlin if so - this is a violation of the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA). I have been following China seriously since 2010 and the nation still tweaks with its currency to pick winners and losers and maintains soaring debt - nothing changes with the Middle Kingdom's management style. Finally, Detroit will be connected to Windsor with a new bridge. The span over the Detroit River connecting Michigan and Ontario is the second busiest crossing between the United States and Canada and is an essential automotive supply chain platform.  Requirements for nations to deploy zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs) is spreading rapidly - America isn't setting the agenda. Boris Johnson is off to BVIs. UK parliament votes to leave the EU officially. Saudi Arabia goes on a global PR offensive. Kushner, call your lawyer and get some better PR. Ted Cruz and I like the same web content. More than 7.4 million homes and businesses in Florida are without power following Hurricane Irma. Mexico rescinds an offer of aid to the US as Trump does nothing to recognize the massive quake south of the border. What Happened, the 2017 memoir by Hillary Rodham Clinton, drops today. Tonight, Kid Rock kicks off a six-night stand opening Detroit's new Little Caesars Arena. A no sports cable bundle is coming. The iPhone X will drop today with a $1,000 price tag - who knew a smartphone was a luxury item with better margins than gear from Hermes. Be a professional. Kobe Bryant unveils the NBA China Academy. The Champions League is back and Los Blancos go for three. In baseball, the Dodgers lost again and the Indians won again.

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Ross Rant | September 11, 2017

Beijing loves currency control in all forms - the CCP can't help picking the winner and losers of China's economy. China's latest Bitcoin trading ban hits the world's largest cryptocurrency. Xi Jinping > Mao Tse-tung. Macron criticized for lack of a proper humanitarian response to the devastation in the French Caribbean. Brexit gets a vote in the House of Commons today. Irma knocked the power out for 40% of Florida. Bannon on 60 Minutes was as whacky as one would expect. The WSJ can't keep reporters because of Trump. Buy lithium - China and India want all cars to go electric. The "iPhone X" will cost $1,000 US dollars. Telsa, Irma, and a preview of a future of unprecedented corporate control over how we drive and what we drive. U2 does it perfectly every night. Miss North Dakota, Chris Froome, and Rafael Nadal all made history yesterday. Why does Los Angeles hate the NFL? 

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