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From John Stossel at Reason: Ten states plus Washington, D.C., have legalized pot for adults. In several states, it’s been legal now for five years. How has it worked out? John Stossel visited legal weed stores in California and talked with people on the street. Almost unanimously, people said that legalization has worked well. “See … Read more
From BBC.com: They still don’t know where it came from. But when it hit, the Alaskan borough of Matanuska-Susitna was knocked for six. Malware rapidly spread across the borough’s computer networks, disrupting a bewildering array of services. Hundreds of employees found themselves locked out of their work stations. Staff at local libraries received urgent phone calls … Read more
via Twitter: It was either a hack or the fact check intern that did that is going to be fired. h/t GR
The ‘Internet of the Road’: CDOT to implement new technology along I-25. It’s called V2X, or Vehicle to Everything, and it’s essentially a new cellular network. Colorado Department of Transportation is calling it the “Internet of the Roads,” and it’ll let cars communicate with signs and traffic signals to help with safety and alerting … Read more
Watch the latest video at foxnews.com Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein is expected to leave his role in the coming weeks, sources familiar with the matter told Fox News. Rosenstein wants to ensure a smooth transition for incoming Attorney General nominee Bill Barr and plans to transition out of the job in the coming weeks, the sources … Read more
21ST CENTURY CRIME: Almost $500,000 in Ethereum Classic coin stolen by forking its blockchain. The heist was the result of carrying out what’s known as a rollback attack, which allowed the attackers to reorganize the Ethereum Classic blockchain, Coinbase security engineer Mark Nesbitt said in a blog post. From there, the attackers were able to “double … Read more
https://twitter.com/NewsBreaking/status/1082644250934870017 Sears has not accepted Chairman Eddie Lampert’s bid to save the company. According to CNBC, Sears plans to announce its liquidation plans this morning. Lampert had attempted to save the company with a $4.4 billion bid and buying it out of bankruptcy. Sears’ advisors said that would not be enough to keep the stores … Read more
When you look at a broad view of the statistics, you start to piece together the bigger picture. Things aren’t the way they seem from the outside. When you skim over the top, when you just read the headlines, when you ignore reality, you can claim ignorance is bliss but it will hurt your ego … Read more
I don’t care who you are, that’s funny right there! h/t Shamrock0007
“In times of great deceit,telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.” George Orwell. Social media was designed for controlling weak minds.. AC
SOURCE: ZEROHEDGE “For people who want to make sure the Web serves humanity, we have to concern ourselves with what people are building on top of it,” Tim Berners-Lee told Vanity Fair last month. “I was devastated” he said while going through a litany of harmful and dangerous developments of the past three decades of the web. That’s why “the … Read more
For many years, quantum computers have only been within the confines of the research lab. On Tuesday, though, IBM unveiled the IBM Q System One, billed as the first-ever quantum computer designed for businesses to put to their own use — though the company is clear that this is only the first step towards a … Read more
CBS News DELETES ‘Fact Check’ Which Showed Trump is Correct About Border Rapes And They are Even WORSE Than He Described #FakeNews Paul Joseph Watson Verified account @PrisonPlanet CBS News deleted a “fact check” of Trump’s border wall speech on Tuesday night which said the situation with migrant women being raped while illegally crossing our … Read more
This is another one thats important to share folks.. Hopefully this situation can be resolved quickly. I can’t believe they are allowed to talk like this about our President. They accuse Trump of exactly the way they are behaving. Disgusting! h/t MyPillow
via motherboard: T-Mobile, Sprint, and AT&T are selling access to their customers’ location data, and that data is ending up in the hands of bounty hunters and others not authorized to possess it, letting them track most phones in the country. Nervously, I gave a bounty hunter a phone number. He had offered to geolocate a … Read more
Financial writer John Rubino says no matter what country, the global debt has exploded to record highs, and it’s going to go even higher in the coming years. Rubino says, “All we have left is to wipe the slate clean and say, you know what, this thing did not work. It’s a 60 year experiment … Read more
A Total of 43% vs. 37% of all voters believe the wall should be built All voters 43% vs 37% Democrat voters 53% vs. 19% Independent 37% to 37% Republicans 72% to 19% most americans see a serious crisis on the US Mexico border 80% of all voters say U.S. needs secure borders, including 68% … Read more
via thetruthaboutguns: As we reported earlier, GOA promised they were going to file a lawsuit against President Trump’s unconstitutional bump stock ban when it was announced. Now they’ve made good on that. The GOA has officially filed their lawsuit in US District Court for the Western District of Michigan. GOA filed in coordination with the Virginia Citizens Defense League, Tim from the Military Arms Channel and Rachel … Read more
by Shaun Richards Sometimes it is hard not to have a wry smile at the way events are reported. Especially as in this instance it has been a success for my style of analysis. If we take a look at the fastFT service we were told this yesterday. German industrial production unexpectedly drops in November. … Read more
by deejay1974 Even people on very low income manage to save, and people on high incomes sometimes don’t – in both cases the key to success/failure is spending less than you earn. Even a few dollars less is enough to start (although it won’t get you there fast), but just a few dollars too much snowballs. … Read more
by Martin Armstrong COMMENT: Hello Martin, thanks a lot for your awesome work. I am from Germany and just wanted to let you know that the political situation here is more and more becoming like 1933. Last week, there was a bombing of an AFD office in Döbeln (Saxon). Luckily nobody got injured. Yesterday one AFD … Read more
Two months before the Dow’s October all-time high, we told subscribers about “one of the best investments.” At the time, much of the investment world disagreed… until now. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DVI5YtnrxI
by TFittonJW Recent interview with NewsMax: Judicial Watch tells the truth about the border: https://www.judicialwatch.org/blog/2019/01/crisis-of-seriously-ill-migrants-slams-border-patrol-tb-pneumonia-influenza-parasites/ Weeks after mainstream media outlets reported that illegal immigrants don’t bring disease into the United States, the Border Patrol reveals that it is getting slammed daily with dozens of illegal immigrants carrying “serious illnesses.” This includes tuberculosis, influenza and pneumonia. In … Read more
via @hks55: still the play $SPX Emerging markets. If there was a constructive case I would have expected it to eject out of this channel with lower oil and softer dollar recently. Yet nothing. Should continue its descent soon. consolidations are becoming shorter and shorter at higher and higher levels. like a volcano that is building … Read more
by sir_richard_head Step 1: You need to start a proper budget. What you have above is a decent “back of the napkin” math, but you really need to keep a ledger or use an app to help know exactly where your money is going. If you don’t have a budget, then don’t waste anyone’s time talking about your … Read more