In the US, 13.5% of 15-year-olds can distinguish between fact and opinion when trying to interpret a complex reading task. In the UK, it’s just 11.5%. Those results are both better than the OECD average of 9%, according to the latest …
By Graywolf So one of the biggest things I stress on my blog is that you should try to carry gear that has multiple uses. One of the most useful pieces of kit you can keep with you pretty much at all …
Authored by Paul Joseph Watson via Summit News, Los Angeles’ head of homelessness is resigning after presiding over a 33% increase in homelessness over the course of just five years. Peter Lynn, head of the Los Angeles Homeless Service Authority, …
by Martin Armstrong QUESTION: The more I read that Trump’s opponents will resort to violence, I am amazed at your computer and how it has been putting all this together years in advance. Are we just pre-programmed somehow? KF ANSWER: I do not …
By Rystad Energy Barring additional oil production cuts by OPEC in 2020, Rystad Energy forecasts a substantial build of global crude stocks and a corresponding drop in oil prices. A showdown is taking place in Vienna as OPEC countries plus Russia will …
KerriKupecDOJ Verified account @KerriKupecDOJ DOJ statement on upcoming IG report: “The Inspector General’s investigation is a credit to the Department of Justice. His excellent work has uncovered significant information that the American people will soon be able to read for …
by howmuch States raise money through a variety of different taxes, fees and charges. They charge different rates for income, property, sales, fuel, wireless services and sins like alcohol and tobacco. This can make it hard to see how states …
Company policy? https://www.aol.com/article/news/2019/12/02/youtube-deletes-more-than-300-trump-reelection-campaign-ads/23872421/ https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-2020-campaign-youtube-remove-videos-policy-violation-cbs-2019-12 https://nypost.com/2019/12/02/google-removes-300-donald-trump-ads-for-violating-company-policy/ YouTube has removed hundreds of ads for President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign for violating its policies, an investigation by CBS News’ “60 Minutes” program has found. More than 300 videos were removed from the platform, …
“Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.” – Voltaire It isn’t about the climate h/t LSR
Here’s how they spent the money entrusted them to save the planet: $31.8M staff salaries/travel/operations $4.1M in real climate programs #COP25 / CLIMATE #SCANDAL:@UNFCCC received $41.8Mill for 2018-19 budget to save the world. This is how @UN spent it: – $31.8M …
What is #ShiftySchiff in a hurry for? House Intelligence Committee Democrats are supposed to have their impeachment report finished by Monday morning. Then a vote by the committee is scheduled to happen on Tuesday. This gives members only 24 hours …
by The Phoenix That last post sure caused a ruckus. In case you missed it, the premise was very simple. This is the last bull market of our lifetimes. I realize that sounds like a crazy statement. So, I want you …
By Patrick Watson Wealthy Republicans—and even some Democrats—are worried about Elizabeth Warren. Specifically, they fear her wealth tax idea. That makes sense. Their wealth is important to them. They don’t want to lose any of it. But they will, if the …
by John Mauldin Should just being “employed” make people/workers happy? On one level, any job is better than no job. But we also derive much of our identities and self-esteem from our work. If you aren’t happy with it, you’re …
by howmuch Over the past 40 years, the average individual income in the U.S. has grown by 65%. However, not everyone has reaped the benefits of higher wages. Income inequality is at an all-time high, and the combined wealth of the top 1% of …
by Charles Hugh-Smith A nation that’s no longer capable of naming names and reporting what actually happened richly deserves an economic and political collapse to match its moral collapse. You’ve probably heard of the Truth Commissions held in disastrously corrupt and oppressive …
The developer, Tianjin Zhongwei Aerospace Data System Technology, said the unmanned aerial vehicle had been designed to carry out both reconnaissance missions and close-range strikes against armoured vehicles or individuals in an urban environment. https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3039827/chinese-tech-firm-testing-urban-attack-drone-designed-carry-out US warns of ‘security risk’ …
by Michael Snyder If you have a good paying job, you should probably try to hold on to it as hard as you can, because those types of jobs are steadily becoming rarer. Since 1990, the U.S. economy has produced …
by Michael Snyder We are facing a corporate debt bomb that is far, far greater than what we faced in 2008, and we are being warned that this “unexploded bomb” will “amplify everything” once the financial system starts melting down. …
I told Yall , cell phones were the mark of the beast! BEIJING — China will require telecom operators to collect face scans when registering new phone users at offline outlets starting Sunday, according to the country’s information technology authority, …
Shot: Bloomberg: Darned right we need to tax the poor. —Jazz Shaw, Hot Air, Friday. Chaser: “The press went with it without explaining that it was an April Fool’s joke. Patsy Schroeder referenced it on the floor of the House of Representatives, a …
Some people see a “Mad Max” scenario might be coming because of the enormous unpayable global debt. Financial writer and professional trader Rick Ackerman contends, “I am a little more bearish than that. I see a Mad Max scenario as …
OPIOID HYSTERIA IS RUINING THE LIVES OF PEOPLE WITH CHRONIC PAIN. I KNOW SOME OF THEM PERSONALLY. Some of us actually need painkillers. Can doctors ease up on us? Hi, Orthopedic Surgeon, it’s me. Your patient, who’s having double knee surgery …
“CA is becoming an authoritarian state” California Plans FORCED Internment And Asset Seizure To Solve Homeless Crisis. California’s growing homeless crisis has made headlines over the past year. Diseases are rampant and state and local governments have failed to do …
Telefonica, with operations in Venezuela, Argentina, Chile, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, and Mexico, is on the verge of “junk,” and the ECBholds some of its debt. By Nick Corbishley, for WOLF STREET: Telefonica, the telecommunications and internet giant headquartered in Spain and with operations in numerous countries …
by d0ugh0ck California’s AB 730 will be misused against meme makers and is Unconstitutional. Similar unfounded fears were made against Photoshop’s potential to make photographic evidence obsolete. California made it illegal to create or distribute “deepfakes” in a move meant to …
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/corporate-debt-nears-a-record-10-trillion-and-borrowing-binge-poses-new-risks/2019/11/29/1f86ba3e-114b-11ea-bf62-eadd5d11f559_story.html Little more than a decade after consumers binged on inexpensive mortgages that helped bring on a global financial crisis, a new debt surge — this time by major corporations — threatens to unleash fresh turmoil. A decade of historically …
…and now we know why the fed launched qe-4 pic.twitter.com/KBnXMnC0ji — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) November 29, 2019 junk bonds are warning there's trouble ahead pic.twitter.com/sU578On3jJ — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) November 29, 2019 What if the consumer turns out to be weak during …
Trump 2020 campaign national press secretary Kayleigh McEnany and Democratic strategist Jessica Holdsworth react. I thought Newsweek was out of business? https://t.co/3ro4eSJloo — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 29, 2019
Watch till the end. Angela Merkel says: we have to take away your freedom of speech, or else society won’t be free. pic.twitter.com/Y3qROvDQXg — Ezra Levant 🍁🚛 (@ezralevant) November 28, 2019 Globalist Angela Merkel to German Parliament: We Have to …