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California Ex-Police Official Tops State Payroll With $1.2 Million Payday
California Ex-Police Official Tops State Payroll With $1.2 Million Payday
Former Redlands Police Deputy Chief Travis Martinez received nearly $1.2 million in wages in 2025, the highest reported compensation for any city employee in California, according to newly released data from the State Controller's Office and reporting by the New York Post.
Payroll records show Martinez collected $81,804 in regular pay, $890,467 in other compensation and $231,099 in lump-sum payments before retiring in April. The city also contributed roughly $55,900 toward his retirement and health benefits, bringing his total compensation package...
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May 25, 2026 / Tyler Durden
The Race To Build The World's Tallest Skyscraper
The Race To Build The World's Tallest Skyscraper
In 1909, New York’s Metropolitan Life Tower became the tallest building in the world at 700 feet. Just over a century later, Dubai’s Burj Khalifa reached 2,717 feet, nearly four times taller.
This timeline, via Visual Capitalist's Gabriel Cohen, shows every building to hold the title of world’s tallest since 1909, using the most recent data available from the Council on Vertical Urbanism (CVU).
Per CVU methodology, buildings must include floors, excluding structures such as Toronto’s CN Tower and the Stratosphere in Las Vegas. Heights are...
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May 12, 2026 / Tyler Durden
Kevin Warsh Cleared By Senate For 14‑Year Fed Board Seat
Kevin Warsh Cleared By Senate For 14‑Year Fed Board Seat
Authored by Andrew Moran via The Epoch Times,
Kevin Warsh will be returning to the Federal Reserve Board of Governors.
The U.S. Senate voted 51–45 to approve Warsh’s nomination to a 14-year term on the central bank’s board on May 12, joining six other members. Four senators did not file a vote.
Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) crossed party lines to support President Donald Trump’s nominee.
Warsh’s tenure as Fed governor will run until 2040.
He previously served on the board from 2006 to 2011, when...
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Jun 10, 2026 / Larry C. Johnson
Battle of the Missiles — The Apache Scam
A truly bizarre series of events off the coast of Iran today that in my opinion were entirely provoked, if not staged, by the US. It started with multiple news reports that a US Army Apache helicopter had been shot down in the Persian Gulf but the two pilots emerged unscathed. What the hell was […]
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