Reddit is Beholden to Marketing Agencies With Agendas – Reddit is regularly manipulated by marketing agencies who use the platform to shill for fake news, products, and reputation management

via The_In-Betweener: Aug 27th, 2018 – https://www.macobserver.com/news/reddit-financial-services-companies/ Reddit moderators are aware of this, and do their best to combat this type of shilling. It’s a tough battle, because the first thing they look at to verify an account’s authenticity is to look …

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USA vs. Russia Arms Sales from 1950 to 2017

by transitmapper U.S. and USSR/Russian arms sales from 1950 through 2017. The underlying data comes from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute’s Arms Transfers Database. Units are expressed in trend indicator values (TIV). Each dot on the map = one …

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Ben Garrison’s website GrrrGraphics suspended

Site down. suspended . working on it. We will post cartoons on social media until back up Grrrgraphics was a baaaad dog. — GrrrGraphics-Ben Garrison 🤠 Cartoons 🇺🇸 (@GrrrGraphics) August 28, 2018 Also here – https://boards.4chan.org/pol/thread/183771015 It’s been a big day …

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1 in 3 Americans have less than $5,000 saved for retirement; Most young Americans are living on the edge financially; Almost half of Americans can’t pay for their basic needs

The vast majority of Americans, 78 percent, say they’re “extremely” or “somewhat” concerned about not having enough money for retirement, according to Northwestern Mutual’s 2018 Planning & Progress Study. And for good reason: A shocking 21 percent of Americans have nothing …

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Why U.S. Stocks Hit A Record

by Lance Roberts The S&P 500 hit an intraday record of 2,876.16 today, surpassing its January 2018 peak that occurred before the violent 12% correction that ensued in February. The official reason for today’s bullish action is Fed Chairman Jerome Powell’s …

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Fun Fact: The Russell 2000 index just hit record highs, but 60% of the debt issued by these companies are rated JUNK

Make sense? https://twitter.com/Nat0shiSakam0t0/status/1033795313298010112 https://t.co/SU8AzuJImP China slowdown pic.twitter.com/VuVNVKdV94 — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) August 27, 2018 Chart: The relative attractiveness of cash vs. stocks continues to improve – pic.twitter.com/yvOQzrfkr4 — (((The Daily Shot))) (@SoberLook) August 27, 2018 Curve flattening is being googled the …

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The Real Legacy of John McCain: Neoconservative Warhawk, Open Borders RINO, Failed Presidential Candidate, Trump Hater, Steele Dossier Courrier, and the Reason We Need Term Limits

by Bob Shanahan Republican Senator John McCain died on Saturday at the age of 81. While the nation mourns the loss of this great patriot and independent Republican politician and failed presidential candidate, I implore you to remember him for the …

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Vox: The truth is irrelevant.

“When truth is blurred by lies and misinformation, perception becomes reality and all is lost.” What people perceive is usually what they believe, and this is based on what they hear, see and think. Recommended watching ->   CNN sympathetic …

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US MARKETS ARE IGNORING:

via @OccupyWisdom: #TREASURY YIELD CURVE FLAT #QUANTITATIVETIGHTENING CAPE RATIO #INTERESTRATE CYCLE BUFFETT INDICATOR DOW/#GOLD RATIO #FISCAL #DEFICITS GEOPOLITICS DOMESTIC POLITICS #EMERGINGMARKETS #INFLATION/#STAGFLATION RISK RUSSIA DUMPING #UST CONSUMER #DEBT LEVELS STAGNANT #WAGES ERODING #CREDIT QUALITY RECORD HIGH PRICES/SALES LONGEST #BULLMARKET IN …

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