Month: July 2018

Is the US on the Road to Dictatorship?

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by Daniel Carter The United States is often viewed as having a political system that is most contrary to dictatorship. It is governed by the many and is the only country to explicitly guarantee rights such as freedom of speech and the right to bear arms in its founding documents. For many, it would be unimaginable … Read more

Army’s new machine gun will blast like battle tanks

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHllm-fR7Bg The Army’s new weapon will look like a light machine gun, but will put M1 Abrams Main Battle Tank-style blasting power literally at the fingertips of U.S. soldiers. The new light machine gun will weigh less — and yet shoot farther. It should make U.S. soldiers even more lethal and enhance their speed and … Read more

How a tiny federal agency cheated 100 million US credit union members out of $3.1 billion while Congress looked the other way!

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via creditunions: The regulator kept the corporate crisis bailout money for itself, further undermining the pillars of the cooperative system. Does anybody care? The NCUA’s retention of the initial $3.1 billion surplus from the closing of the Temporary Corporate Credit Union Corporate Stability Fund (TCCUSF) isn’t just about the money. If you want to know where you’re going, … Read more

Reminder: Proof that politifact is just a democrat pac

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PolitiFact PolitiFact Is a Democrat unregistered superpack created to play defense for Democrats and offense on Republicans They routinely rate true statements by Republicans as false They also have selection bias. Were they only Fact check true statements from Democrats and ignore the full statement from Democrats Democrat h/t hdhdvrgrvrvvheh

This Is What A Fake Facebook Profile Looks Like And How You Can Protect Yourself From Hackers And Government Snoopers

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by Geoffrey Grider Facebook has over 2 billion profiles, but many of them are nothing more than third-world hackers and government snoopers who want to be fake friends with you Meet Mary Lambert, she lives in North Carolina. Mary just sent me a friend request, and wants to connect with me on Facebook. I get dozens … Read more

What The Buy-And-Hold Cult Doesn’t Want You To Know

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by jessefelder Buy-and-hold, and all of its related strategies like BTFD, garnered a cult following a long time ago and it’s only gotten even more popular in recent years. (There may be no better evidence of this than the StockTwits merch store – which I love, btw). And after one of the longest and strongest equity bull markets in … Read more

Which Yield Curve “Inverts” First? US, Japan, Germany, or China?

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Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter How the “Yield Curves” Stack Up in central-bank manipulated bond markets. So we had a little bond-market upheaval this morning. After President Trump successfully manipulated bond yields down yesterday and today by griping about the Fed’s rate hikes, an inveterate Fed dove (who has also been griping about the Fed rate … Read more

They Broke YouTube

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YouTube is now pushing mainstream media channels like CNN in all news-related searches in an attempt to suppress the alternative media channels that made the site so special. AC

Charles Schwab vs Morgan Stanley for investment broker

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Morgan Stanley is a full service broker that primarily targets people who are comparatively rich. MS’s wealth management primarily focuses around their financial advisors. To make up for their overhead, MS charges more per trade, charges maintenance fees based off of your assets, and your financial advisor has a much more active role in your … Read more

Almost 70% of millennials regret buying their homes.

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https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/18/most-millennials-regret-buying-home.html Disclaimer: small sample size Article hits some core tenets of personal finance when buying a house. Primarily: 1) Do not tap retirement accounts to buy a house 2) Make sure you account for all costs of home ownership, not just the up front ones 3) And this can be pretty hard, but understand what … Read more

Apparently, you need to make over $300,000 a year to afford a house in San Francisco

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Was trying to do some research to figure out how to afford a house (I live in the Southern Bay Area) and came across this article http://www.businessinsider.com/income-required-to-afford-a-home-in-san-francisco-2018-2 It’s saying you would need about $300,000 a year to afford a house there. I’m assuming it can’t be much lower when you go about an hour south of san … Read more

AMC Theatres & Facebook Team Up for Movie Ticket Purchases

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AMC Theatres is teaming with Facebook to allow users to buy tickets to any AMC showtime in the United States directly on the social media platform. The two companies said Thursday that the service has been rolled for a handful of AMC locations nationwide, and it will be available at all AMC locations in the coming days. Facebook recently … Read more

NYT reporter Stephanie Saul broke into GOP staffer’s apartment

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by Dr. Eowyn The Left are now breaking into people’s apartment. On July 6, 2018, the New York Times‘ editorial board published an editorialcalling on Democrats and progressives to go to war against President Trump by deploying unscrupulous mafia tactics. New York Times business reporter Stephanie Saul heeded the call by breaking into the apartment of a Republican U.S. Senate … Read more

90% of login attempts at online retailers are hackers

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https://qz.com/1329961/hackers-account-f…retailers/ I thought this was eye-opening. I didn’t know things had gotten this bad. Quote:Selling stolen personal data is a big business for hackers: Somewhere on the dark web, your e-mail address and a few passwords are probably for sale (hopefully, old ones). Cyber criminals buy troves of this information to try to login to … Read more