Julian Assange Is a Better Journalist Than Many of His Media Critics.

via reason: The political class and certain media circles have been celebrating over of the arrest of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. To watch their respective reactions is to recognize that, too often, the two groups see themselves as one and the same. Their interests and opinions coincide, and they don’t like having their authority challenged by loose-cannon journalists … Read more

Sen. Manchin: ‘I’m Worried’ People Think Dem Party ‘Has Gone Completely Off the Rails’ – Too late!

Speaking on C-SPAN’s “Newsmakers” aired on Sunday, Sen Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) said he is worried about all of the reporting the media gives to “the three that speak out all the time” and “about the perception that people have that the Democratic Party has gone completely off the rails.” “I’m worried about you all reporting, giving … Read more

Notre Dame suffers ‘colossal’ damage as firefighters avert ‘worst case scenario’ (INTERIOR PHOTOS) — RT World News

The first images from inside the devastated Notre Dame Cathedral show the inferno has ravaged 850 years of French cultural heritage, even though firefighters managed to save the Paris landmark from total collapse. “The fire is completely under control,” Lieutenant-Colonel Gabriel Plus, a spokesman for the Paris Fire Department, told reporters some eight hours after the … Read more

USA Wants Britain to Hand over Assange on Pretended Computer Hacking & Will Keep Manning in Prison until She Agrees to Testify Against him

by Martin Armstrong   In order for the USA to petition a UK court for extradition, the alleged crime MUST be also a crime in the UK. Typically, the charged person will raise that his case is “political” and judges, agents of governments, will usually dismiss it out of hand even when they know it is political. … Read more

5 Factors that Could Propel Gold Past $1,350

From Birch Gold Group This week, Your News to Know rounds up the latest news involving precious metals and the overall economy. Stories include: 5 factors supporting gold’s big-picture outlook, silver demand hits a three-year high in 2018, and China’s government is on a gold-buying spree. 5 Factors Supporting Gold’s Big-Picture Outlook According to Seeking Alpha contributor Clif … Read more

The CFR LOVES Domestic Propaganda!

by failed_evolution The former editor of Time / former Undersecretary of State for Public Policy thinks the US government propagandizing its own citizens is just fine and dandy. And where did he deliver these remarks? At the CFR, of course!    

Building The Three Bucket Bio-Water-Filter

by Amy S. Abundant clean water is widely recognized as one of the top survival priorities, with most survival instructors saying that you need at least a gallon per person per day for drinking and cooking. The most common means of purifying water is by using a filter but there are other options like: – boiling the … Read more

NOTRE DAME: A SIGN FOR OUR TIMES.

via theamericanconservative: “What we lost today is one of the great embodiments of Western civilization. It is impossible to overstate what this means. It will take some time to absorb. Notre Dame de Paris is at the heart of France’s identity. All distances in France are measured from kilometre zéro, in front of the cathedral. Though … Read more

Should Gold Investors Root for Deflation?

by Jeff Clark, Senior Analyst, GoldSilver   One of gold’s biggest catalysts throughout history has been inflation. Debase your currency enough and gold responds almost automatically. And the bigger the inflation, the bigger gold’s response. Even the fear of inflation ignites the gold price, like we saw from 2009 to 2011. The natural belief among many investors, then, is … Read more

The World Is Slowing – Synchronized Global Slowdown In Full Swing

China To EU 40FT Shipping Container Rates collapse by 50% from 2018 summer – the world is slowing – synchronized global slowdown in full swing pic.twitter.com/NvqL70WvLY — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) April 15, 2019 Eurozone’s exports in trouble pic.twitter.com/wRok0exxYF — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) April 16, 2019 #maga hard at work pic.twitter.com/TzClGb8yTF — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) April 16, 2019 Canadian … Read more

Notre Dame and the Identity of France

by Charles Hugh-Smith These are not matters solely of politics and finance; they are manifestations of the elite war on the identity of France. As rationalists, we’re supposed to take the dramatic and profoundly tragic fire at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris as random chance or bad luck. But I cannot be the only one who … Read more

Who Bought the Huge $1.26 Trillion of New US Government Debt over the Past 12 Months?

Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter There was strong appetite. Only the Fed shed them. Here’s who bought. Over the 12 months through February 2019, the US gross national debt ballooned by $1.26 trillion to $22.1 trillion. Someone had to buy this new pile of debt – but who? That question is getting increasingly crucial as this … Read more

How Much Data is Generated Each Day?

by visualcapitalist View the full-size version of the infographic   You’ve probably heard of kilobytes, megabytes, gigabytes, or even terabytes. These data units are common everyday amounts that the average person may run into. Units this size may be big enough to quantify the amount of data sent in an email attachment, or the data stored on a … Read more

Tech, Real Estate Investments and Proptech Unicorn Start-ups in the Asia Pacific

The real estate sector is facing a series of challenges in Asian countries. Investors struggle with inefficient processes and outdated protocols in the real estate sector, even in mature Asian economies. However, recent developments and wider adoption of proptech (short for Property Technology) are due to save the sector and eliminate the challenges faced by … Read more

Sepsis Drug: Anatomy Of The Way Big Pharm Manipulates

by SP One of the most striking discoveries for me was the ways in which the ideals of “science” can be used for power and profit. For example:  The Cochrane Collaboration will not include “scientific” studies funded by an industry that profits from the studies conclusions–such studies are designed to be overwhelmingly favorable. In a lecture on … Read more