Are you betting big on GOOGLE?

by dvdmovie1 Google is still what, 89% ad revenue? The issue that I’ve had and still have is Google presenting a compelling vision of a very different future Google and IMO they haven’t done that. Waymo is the only other bet that has had considerable success. Google Fiber has been curtailed, Verily has had expectations lowered, … Read more

Successfully lowered a medical bill by 81%

by K80doesKeto I thought this would be a good contribution given the 30-day challenge. I’m pregnant and had to get some testing done, which my provider outsourced to other labs. She gave me the options, and I called ahead to determine which would cost less with my insurance. I was quoted $300, and went with … Read more

Consumer Debt up 50% Since 2008…Post-crisis Rise In U.S. Stock Buybacks Came With An Almost Identical Rise In Debt.

In the first quarter of 2018, Americans owed $3.824 trillion, up 5.1 percent from the same time period last year. Post-crisis rise in U.S. stock buybacks came with an almost identical rise in debt. https://t.co/GNG5cJOoQX pic.twitter.com/nKekjAF6Zi — Trevor Noren (@trevornoren) May 11, 2018 The market for loans to highly indebted companies has grown almost 50% … Read more

The 3 Stage Housing Bubble Collapse

BY SRSROCCO Most Americans don’t know, but the housing market is heading toward another epic bubble.  However, the bubble forming today is much different than the subprime housing meltdown in 2007.  Back in 2007, there was an oversupply of homes, whereas today there is a shortage.  With more buyers than sellers bidding up prices, the U.S. … Read more

Iran Accuses US Of Pushing Up Oil Prices

Authored by Irina Slav via OilPrice.com, U.S. President Trump has made a deal with some OPEC producers to keep prices high as they support the U.S. economy and boost federal taxes. This is what Iran’s Energy Minister Bijan Zanganeh said on state TV this week as quoted by Bloomberg, adding that Trump was engaging in “shenanigans” on the oil market. … Read more

Global Slowdown Is Evident

"Global Slowdown Is Evident.In the Eurozone Data Weakening Is More Pronounced… Some Blame the Weather. More Likely Debt Saturation and Loss of Stimulus Placebo Effect," h/t @dlacalle_IA pic.twitter.com/Q0hr6Ev2TX — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) May 10, 2018 "China export of inflation is over – now slowing down. China has led inflation trend since GFC #SaxoStrats," h/t @Steen_Jakobsen pic.twitter.com/e0RanSUAwN … Read more

Lawyers begin grand jury process for 911 inquiry.

https://youtu.be/7Af7bKDHHss In short, families from victims are filing to re open the case as they don’t believe a fire caused the collapse. Here’s the only article I could find on it. http://truthinmedia.com/lawyers-family-members-petition-grand-jury-investigation-9-11/ A powerful piece in the petition filed: The petition states, “The Lawyers’ Committee has reviewed the relevant available evidence . . . and has … Read more

Crazy facts about the 2008 Financial Crisis – WARNING: Do not watch if you don’t want to get seethingly angry

Joe Rogan and Matt Taibbi discuss the true malicious nature of the people involved in the 2008 financial crisis. Taibbi wrote a powerful article covering the crisis and the resulting information on the practices that caused the crisis is both shocking and disturbing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31YXsev7O0A&feature=youtu.be h/t Charred_Ice123

SOS: America’s Newest Nuclear-powered Aircraft Carrier Suffers Breakdown At Sea

by stockboardasset A significant manufacturing error on the U.S. Navy’s newest multi-billion dollar nuclear-powered aircraft carrier abruptly ended the vessel’s shakedown cruise at the beginning of this year, Bloomberg reports. In January, the $12.9 billion USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) aircraft carrier experienced a propulsion system failure, during a period of intense performance tests. The shakedown cruise simulates working … Read more

EMP Commission Warns ‘Blackout’ of Electricity, Food, Water to Last ‘Year or Longer,’ Huge Death Toll

by AMY S. Parts of the United States would be starved of electricity, water, food, internet service and transportation for a year or longer by the smallest electromagnetic pulse attack on the electric grid, according to a newly declassified report from a federal commission. The so-called EMP Commission report said that the threat is real, jeopardizes … Read more

Oil Market Rallying Strong! How Long Will It Last?

Jason Burack did a short video talking about how oil’s strong price rally continues. How long will it last? What could potentially crash the oil price? The oil price has rallied strongly since the summer of 2017. Where’s the Oil Price Heading? Why the Global Economy Needs a Goldilocks Oil Price: https://youtu.be/onPWiQpgpW8 Article about the … Read more

Amazon (and Facebook and Google) are listening to your private conversations (and probably using the camera and other sensors, too)

Guest post by lucid-n0nsense Google, Facebook and Amazon have denied using data coming from private conversations, but pay attention to their exact words. They always says they do not use “recordings” (which does not include real-time keyword recognition) or they specify that “we” do not use voice data (which does not mean that the third … Read more

LATE-STAGE SOCIALISM: ‘No one wants to be last in line.’ Seizure of Venezuela oil assets may start wave… Coming soon: Everybody’s a trillionaire!

‘No one wants to be last in line.’ Seizure of Venezuela oil assets may start wave. The decision, which came amid the accelerating deterioration of Petroleos de Venezuela S.A.’s production capacity, could lead creditors to try to seize other Venezuelan assets abroad, including oil exports, to recover the more than $40 billion they claim they … Read more

I REMEMBER WHEN PEOPLE THOUGHT MORE EDUCATION WOULD LEAD TO MORE TOLERANCE FOR DIFFERENT VIEWS

It Is Educated Voters Who Are Making Politics More Polarized. “In this view, the strength of a voter’s identity as a Democrat or Republican drives political engagement more than personal gain. Better educated voters more readily form ‘identity centric’ political commitments to their party of choice, which goes a long way toward explaining the strength of … Read more