Month: May 2019

How to Survive a Personal Economic Collapse

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By Daisy Luther With all that is being written about the national economic collapse, people seem to be waiting for some huge event. However, for many North Americans, the collapse is here. This isn’t relegated to only lower income neighborhoods. As an article from a Cincinnati news station stated, “Hunger doesn’t know a zip code.” … Read more

How Private Equity Is Turning Public Prisons Into Big Profits

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Authored by Tim Requarth via TheNation.com, In recent years, corporations have privatized almost every part of the public prison system. Now, PE firms are swooping in, seeking lavish returns for investors… When the Bellamy Creek correctional facility’s longtime kitchen officer decided to leave in 2014, David Angel requested the position. Angel, who was nearing retirement, had … Read more

D Is for a Dictatorship Disguised as a Democracy

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by John W. Whitehead “When a population becomes distracted by trivia, when cultural life is redefined as a perpetual round of entertainments, when serious public conversation becomes a form of baby-talk, when, in short, a people become an audience and their public business a vaudeville act, then a nation finds itself at risk; a culture-death is … Read more

For the children: Illinois lawmakers consider new teaching methods that eliminate basic skills test for teachers

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by DCG Liberal logic isn’t designed to make sense… From MSN: Two bills are pending in the Illinois General Assembly that would pause or permanently eliminate a basic skills test for new teachers that some officials say has contributed to a statewide shortage of educators. Starting June 30, the Illinois State Board of Education will put the Test … Read more

Mueller Never Wanted The Truth

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by Raúl Ilargi Meijer Peter Paul Rubens Daniel in the lions’ den c1615  Zero Hedge ran an article about omissions from the Mueller report and/or investigation. It’s instructive, but there is more. First, some bits from that article: Major Mueller Report Omissions Suggest Incompetence Or A Coverup Robert Mueller’s 448-page “Investigation into Russian Interference in the 2016 … Read more

Smartphones have disturbing, long-term effects on children’s brains

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via marketwatch: Madonna does not want her younger children living in a material world with their noses glued to smartphones. Speaking to British Vogue, Madonna said she has imposed stricter smartphone rules for her younger children. The singer, actress, producer, director and mother of six told the magazine that she hasn’t yet allowed her 13-year-old son … Read more

The Political Elite and the Rise of Global Populism

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by Jesse “What the two sets of party elites also share is contempt for their parties’ base of activists, voters and non-donor constituencies. Aside from paying them lip service during election season, Republican elites have no use for their base of religious voters, anti-immigrant activists and small-business people… Similarly, Democratic Party leaders have no use … Read more

Trump’s China Tweet

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by Martin Armstrong Trump wrote on Twitter over the weekend that tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese goods could rise to 25%. He said that a 25% tariff will soon be assigned to a selection of $325 billion in presently untaxed goods. The tweet sent the Dow Jones Industrial Average down sharply while the yield … Read more

7 Laws of Investing

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by Gary Christenson Miles Franklin sponsored this article by Gary Christenson. The opinions are his. Lance Roberts listed James Montier’s 7-Immutable Laws of Investing. They are: Always insist on a margin of safety. This time is never different. Be patient and wait for the fat pitch. Be contrarian. Risk is the permanent loss of capital, never a number. Be leery … Read more

Chinese Social Credit Scoring System is already here in the US… They just call it your “Reputation Score”

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by kit8642 It’s funny how the establishment is able to manipulate the public through words. As we all have been rightfully fearmongering about the Social Credit Scoring System China has introduced, here in the US they are quietly creating the same system, But with different words. They call it the “Online Reputation Score” and there … Read more

Rush Limbaugh Exposes the “LIES” of Hillary Clinton & Gang – Whole World Is Watching

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by Thinker 2020 Elections Filled With Liars, Losers, Haters, Traitors…WHO HAS A CLEAN “SUCCESSFUL” history like Donald “JOHN” Trump? Who can even come close to the record Trump has made who is just into his third year, he’s breaking records!!! What have the candidates who have been career politicians done to make a difference for … Read more

This week six CNN journalists produced an article falsely claiming US-appointed Venezuelan coup leader Juan Guaidó was elected, before quietly issuing a misleading correction.

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by AssuredlyAThrowAway   CNN and other corporate media clearly have been engaging in a conspiracy to undermine the government of Venezuela (either to obtain its natural resources or to promote defense contracts for their shareholders), and its quite telling that the network attempted to correct the following false statement; The helicopter crash comes as pressure … Read more

‘Alexa’ Eavesdropping On You This Whole Time… ‘Enough Data To Make East German Secret Police Blush’

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Would you let a stranger eavesdrop in your home and keep the recordings? For most people, the answer is, “Are you crazy?” Yet that’s essentially what Amazon has been doing to millions of us with its assistant Alexa in microphone-equipped Echo speakers. And it’s hardly alone: Bugging our homes is Silicon Valley’s next frontier. Many … Read more

“‘Trade War’ In May… And Go Away”

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Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, Over the weekend, President Trump decided to reignite the “trade war” with China with two incendiary tweets. Via WSJ: “In a pair of Twitter messages Sunday, Mr. Trump wrote he planned to raise levies on $200 billion in Chinese imports to 25% starting Friday, from 10% currently. He also wrote … Read more

When Deutsche Bank’s Crisis Becomes Our Crisis

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Authored by Christopher Whalen via The American Conservative blog, Americans generally think of Europe first as a wonderful place to visit. They rarely ponder the economic and financial ties between the United States and European Union, but in fact these ties are extensive and significant to the stability of both economies. One area of particular connection involves … Read more