This video is very interesting as it shows the hypocrisy of a lobbyist. He claims that Monsanto’s round up is “safe to drink” yet wont drink it. h/t thygreen
QUESTION ASKED: What do you do if you are the New York Times and 20 people show up to the white-supremacist rally that you had been breathlessly billing as further proof of the normalisation of hatred in the Donald Trump era? Expand the definition of “white supremacist” to cover a large portion of the American electorate and … Read more
via thedailybeast: Labor Day weekend, 2040. With millions of Americans again in mass motion it’s a good time to recall those quaint times when we thought we needed human beings to steer us safely to our destinations. Yes, no vehicle could move without a human in charge of it. Just think about that. Even to get out … Read more
At least 2 german tourists are gravely ill, one of them in critical condition. The suspected terrorist asked “Did I kill someone?” when he was being treated by paramedics. When they told him that their victims were alive he shouted “FUCK”. The suspect is of Libyan origin, and witnesses say that “he would have killed … Read more
via axios: Omarosa taped nearly every conversation she had while working in the White House, including ones with “all of the Trumps,” a source who watched her make many of the tapes tells Axios. Omarosa did this with a personal phone, almost always on record mode. Why it matters: Omarosa is far from the only White House … Read more
by sundance When China announced the One-Road/One-Belt initiative (now banned from discussion in Beijing); in combination with a looming trade confrontation with President Trump; CTH pointed out that sketchy pandas’ bamboo economy was very vulnerable because it was deep, but narrow – simply too dependent on manufacturing and exports. Slow down the manufacturing sector and, well, there is … Read more
by sundance The Associated Press is reporting that a Virginia tourism board is initiating an emergency fund to compensate for a significant drop in business as a result of the Red Hen Restaurant refusing to serve White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders: LEXINGTON, Va. (AP) — A small town in Virginia is trying to recover its image after The Red … Read more
BIAS ALERT: Thesaurus.com says Conservatives are REDNECKS but Liberals are Humanitarians Very childish. Both lists are entirely biased. One is nearly all negative while the other is positive to a comical degree. If this were a movie I’d be laughing right now. I’m not laughing h/t 360jimmy
Tell the average American you’re a liberal and they’ll assume you’re on the political left. Yet, leftists and liberals hold very different positions on key issues. In this video, Dennis Prager explains how the tenets of liberalism like a belief in capitalism and free speech have more in common with conservatism than with the identity … Read more
by northmantrader Who are you going to believe? The data or the lying highs? This summer markets have again ignored all negative news. Be it trade issues, be it indictments and drama on the political front, you name it. Turkey, Venezuela, Argentina, Italy, Brexit troubles, emerging markets, China, who cares? 5 months of straight gains with … Read more