Baltimore has set a new per-capita homicide record as gunmen killed for drugs, cash, payback – or no apparent reason at all. A surge of homicides in the starkly divided city resulted in 343 killings in 2017, bringing the annual homicide rate to its highest ever – roughly 56 killings per 100,000 people. Baltimore, which … Read more
President Vladimir Putin has reportedly commissioned Russian officials to work on developing a national cryptocurrency dubbed the “cryptorouble.” According to the Financial Times, Sergei Glazev, an economic adviser to the president, told a government meeting that the cryptocurrency would serve as a “useful tool” to evade western economic sanctions. Glazev explained: “This instrument suits us … Read more
The U.S. has a system in place guarding it from intercontinental ballistic missiles. But it’s by no means foolproof. Here’s why. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InwaxRki0ww China conducts ‘WORLD FIRST’ nuclear missile test that could hit target in SECONDS CHINA has conducted a “world first” ballistic missile test that can come “within metres” of its target, US officials have … Read more
Bitcoin craze made up of ‘really stupid speculators,’ David Stockman warns from CNBC. David Stockman, President Ronald Reagan’s former director of the Office of Management and a relentless Wall Street bear, is warning investors that the cryptocurrency boom will end disastrously. “It’s basically a class of really stupid speculators who have convinced themselves that trees … Read more
In 2011, al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was discovered to be living secretly at a fortified compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, where he was killed by U.S. forces. Former President Obama launched the raid on bin Laden’s compound without notifying Pakistan. Trump on Monday morning accused Pakistan of “15 years” of “lies and deceit” and … Read more
“Technology may be getting smarter, but humans are getting dumber, scientists have warned. … Some have even contentiously said this could be because educated people are deciding to have fewer children, so that subsequent generations are largely made up of less intelligent people.” http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2730791/Are-STUPID-Britons-people-IQ-decline.html It’s sad how the PC culture is trying to bury the evident … Read more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRIDYXU822g As predicted, 2018 is starting out as a wild ride. Trump calls out the DOJ as being part of the Deep State.. Wants Abedin and Comey Jailed. At first I didn’t understand the headlines.. but yes, Trump is calling out the DOJ as part of the Deep State. This will be a wild ride … Read more
by WARREN MOSLER Worse than expected: Highlights Net exports look to be holding back fourth-quarter GDP following a second month of deep deficit in cross-border goods trade, at $69.7 billion in November following a revised $68.1 billion deficit in October. The monthly average for the third-quarter was much lower, at $63.8 billion. But there is very … Read more
THIS IS WHY THEY REOPENED THE INVESTIGATION RIGHT BEFORE THE ELECTION. Every time some leftist tries to say comey helped trump, point at this concrete evidence that he had shit on his computer he shouldn’t have. They got the search warrant for wiener’s laptop just before the investigation was reopened. h/t JW
Germany implements new internet hate speech crackdown A new German law named NetzDG that will force social media sites to delete offensive content has come into effect with the New Year. There are plenty of critics on both the far-right and among internet activists. Facebook, Twitter, and Google will need to get used to new … Read more