Month: August 2020

The Apple Fire in San Bernardino…Huge Walls of Flames Heading Towards Homes and Buildings

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Wow. #AppleFire showing extreme fire behavior, massive walls of flames. And that’s without wind. This thing is roaring. pic.twitter.com/nEkbXOLOXN — Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) August 1, 2020 The #AppleFire is running uphill right at several homes. Heat, terrain, and heavy fuels helping it. Still not much wind. pic.twitter.com/yHFHSBpIbt — Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) August 1, 2020   … Read more

Would you do this job for $25-$30 an hour?

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by Dr. Eowyn Note: An “influencer” is a person who is paid by a company to show and describe its products and service on social media (like YouTube), encouraging other people to buy them.   The job description reads more personal slave than personal assistant. But such is the lure of Hollywood that, like moths drawn … Read more

Ranked: The Best and Worst Pension Plans, by Country

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by visualcapitalist   The global population is aging—by 2050, one in six people will be over the age of 65. As our aging population nears retirement and gets closer to cashing in their pensions, countries need to ensure their pension systems can withstand the extra strain. This graphic uses data from the Melbourne Mercer Global Pension Index (MMGPI) to showcase which … Read more

GDP Crash! ‘V-Shaped Recovery’ or ‘Greater Depression’? Who’s To Blame?

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by Ron Paul of Ron Paul Liberty Report The economic bad news hit hard this week with the GDP crashing 33% in the second quarter. The tyrannical lockdowns have produced the steepest economic collapse since 1947. The fallout from Americans sacrificing their liberties to government power is overwhelming. With suicides, drug overdoses, a doubling in domestic violence, and … Read more

Black Monday inbound

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https://twitter.com/RetirementRight/status/1289360779532054528 As @pboockvar notes, we might need a bigger scale. https://t.co/nYvjvHF0OG — Danielle DiMartino Booth (@DiMartinoBooth) August 1, 2020

[WSJ] Sources: Microsoft, which was in advanced talks to buy the US operations of TikTok, has paused negotiations after Trump said on Friday that he opposes the deal — Talks aren’t believed to be dead, but the companies are trying to get clarity on White House’s stance

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https://www.wsj.com/articles/microsoft-and-bytedance-put-tiktok-talks-on-hold-after-trump-signals-opposition-11596312611?mod=djemalertNEWS Microsoft Corp. MSFT 0.54% has paused negotiations to buy the U.S. operations of the video-sharing app TikTok after President Trump said late Friday he opposes the deal, according to people familiar with the matter. The president’s statements spurred TikTok to make additional concessions, including agreeing to add as many as 10,000 jobs in the … Read more

RIGGED: Google devotes 41% of top page of search results to its own products, study finds

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by: Isabelle Z. (Natural News) A report by The Markup based on an analysis of 15,000 popular Google searches discovered that the search engine giant allotted a remarkable 41 percent of the vital first page of search results to a mix of its own sites and “Direct Answers” that are hosted by Google. Google’s Direct Answers are snippets that … Read more