by DCG Imagine going to your boss with a great idea for the company and then saying you don’t know how to fund it. From Fox News: In her quest to become New York’s next governor, Cynthia Nixon has advocated for a single-payer health …
by Simon Black If your retirement plans consist entirely of that pension you’ve been promised, it’s time to start looking elsewhere. As you probably know, pensions are giant pools of capital responsible for paying out retirement benefits to workers. And …
Florence has re-intensified into a hurricane, and is expected to rapidly intensify into a very dangerous Category 4 hurricane by Tuesday as it heads towards the Southeast U.S. Coast. Florence is likely to make landfall on Thursday evening or Friday …
by John Rubino This is the last emerging market crisis story for a while, promise. But one angle – exactly how a plunging currency in a far-off place affects supposedly stable markets like the US – is worth exploring because …
NYTimes article HONG KONG — Alibaba’s co-founder and executive chairman, Jack Ma, said he planned to step down from the Chinese e-commerce giant on Monday to pursue philanthropy in education, a changing of the guard for the $420 billion internet …
by raddingy AWS is tailored for companies to move off of existing “legacy” datacenter operations into the cloud. They also have companies by the balls and, honestly, ethically I dislike them (though I haven’t really used anything else besides AWS). Developing …
via openzambia: The publication Africa Confidential has revealed that secret talks are underway for a Chinese company to takeover ZESCO. This is yet another instance of Zambia handing over sovereignty to the Chinese, putting us in a dubious position should we …
What is wrong with socialism? – At it’s core socialism is force. The force of a government to tell you how to live your life. “Trying to do good with methods that involve force lead to bad results. Because the …
You should see this! He does a great job of telling how our constitution is SUPPOSED to work. I am making all my teenage kids watch it for homework! Republican senator from Nebraska says Congress too often punts its power …
by ssilBetulosbA Avaaz, a 47+ million member strong activist group that battles corruption, helps protect the environment and in general fights for human, animal and environmental rights across the globe, has been hit by a nasty subpoena after actively battling …
same problem 1) corruption 2) deficit / crazy spending 3) debt 4) currency crash we follow these 4 steps to destruction in cycles. Argentina’s currency crashes to an all-time low as it asks the IMF for emergency funds Investors are …
Peter Lavelle analyses the storm cloud of war forming over Syria, and how a domestically boxed in US President Trump may have no other option but to go to war in Syria, so as to survive the remainder of his …
The payments industry deplores it, but cash is starting to look pretty good, and central banks agree: “We do not foresee a totally cashless society”: ECB By Don Quijones, Spain, UK, & Mexico, editor at WOLF STREET. This has not been a …
This Week in Enron – Up in Smoke Edition$TSLA$TSLAQ pic.twitter.com/KR4cTRRH6b — TC (@TESLAcharts) September 7, 2018 Aside from that, how was the play Mrs. Lincoln?$TSLA pic.twitter.com/bv5yDrJYOh — TC (@TESLAcharts) September 7, 2018
by Dave I’m waiting to see what it says in the next day or so. If I start to see that rash of “red” sell signals, I’ll bail out. Otherwise, maybe there’s a 20% move in the near future, the …
by David Robertson Here we are, ten years after the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers, and one would be hard pressed to find evidence of meaningful lessons learned. “As long as the music is playing, you’ve got to get up and …
by RMFN Are tech giants like google, facebook and twitter doing the bidding of the “corporate media”? Is CNN behind the deplatforming of Alex Jones? Are they colluding to stifle the economic expression of a competitor? I think so. Collilusion …
by RMFN Two years ago protect veritas released this video of a high level DNC member discussing how protesters are paid and used to disrupt events. Rigging the Election – Video I: Clinton Campaign and DNC Incite Violence at Trump …
via techdirt: Telecom monopolies have a pretty good racket going. They’ll consistently demand all manner of tax cuts, subsidies, and other government perks in exchange for broadband networks they only half or partially deploy–or jobs that never materialize. The nation’s telcos in …
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Watch the latest video at foxnews.com via Foxnews: A liberal millionaire now running for Congress in Pennsylvania — and railing against the influence of money in politics — has a history of making large donations to former President Barack Obama’s …
via nationalinterest: Other than the vast scale of the exercise, the fact that Chinese forces have a role seems to have dominated reporting on Vostok-18. But, at least two critical analytical points seem to have been missed. First, the location of …
via commondreams.org: Year after year, decade after decade, Republicans in Washington have lectured the American people about the need for “welfare reform.” In the 1980s, Ronald Reagan railed against a fictitious “welfare queen” driving a Cadillac. Just a few years ago, Republicans turned …
Internet Celebrity “Homeless Lottery Winner” Now Claiming His Charity Money Has Been Stolen (Over 27 Million Views) 1. Homeless Lottery Winner 2. Homeless Man Gets A Home 3. Former Homeless Man Helps The Homeless 4. Magic of Rahat you did …
[snip] A nuclear power station in Hokkaido is relying on emergency backup power after a powerful earthquake knocked out electricity on the northern island Thursday, offering a stark reminder of the 2011 Fukushima disaster. The three-reactor Tomari nuclear plant, operated …
Paul Sperry: Exclusive: FBI Kept From U.S. Spy Court Russian View of Carter Page as ‘an Idiot.’ The FBI omitted from its application to spy on Carter Page the fact that Russian spies had dismissed the former Trump campaign adviser …
by Thinker If the mainstream media had been reporting what has been happening in Africa over the years, Obama would have never been able to bomb Libya. As long as the new world order c can keep the majority glued …
by Thinker In the last year, the Reserve Bank of India bought 8.6 metric tons of goal, its first big purchase since 2009. New Delhi (Sputnik): The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) purchased 8.46 metric tons of gold during the …
by Thinker Failed investigations, friends, or a judicial system that’s broken??? Why didn’t the D.A. let Bill Cosby off the hook, or let him go to rehab like so many others??? Do sexual abusers reall rule in Hollywood??? Actions of …
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