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by Fabius Maximus Summary: Nothing shows America’s broken vision like the persistence of fake news propaganda despite years of debunking by experts. This leaves us divided and unable to respond to our problems, as neither Left nor Right clearly see the world. “We’re choking the ocean with plastic” is one such tale, showing how real … Read more
Internal records show that the social network had arrangements with Microsoft, Amazon and others, effectively exempting some partners from its usual privacy rules. The documents underscore how personal data has become the digital age’s prized commodity. For years, Facebook gave some of the world’s largest technology companies more intrusive access to users’ personal data than … Read more
Listen to this (teacher?) at the outset of the video. It’s like 1984 that with each version of the Newspeak dictionary, the vocabulary gets shorter and shorter until the only word left is “obey”. JD
by John Ward We have all (myself included) been overly obsessed with the Brexit “process” over the past year. It’s time intelligent Brits and commercial opinion leaders focused on the disastrous global economic picture….and woke up to the last thing we should be on March 30th 2019: members of the European Union. Sometimes, the radical view … Read more
https://twitter.com/BreakingNLive/status/1075386280198987776 WASHINGTON—In an abrupt reversal, the U.S. military is preparing to withdraw its forces from northeastern Syria, people familiar with the matter said Wednesday, a move that throws the American strategy in the Middle East into turmoil. https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-military-preparing-for-a-full-withdrawal-of-its-forces-from-northeastern-syria-11545225641 President Trump declares in a tweet that the U.S. mission to defeat the militant group in Syria … Read more
by SP What Did Michael Flynn Lie About? It looks like there were 2 primary events Flynn did not discuss in the way the FBI wanted him to. 1. Giving a lecture in Moscow paid for by the news and entertainment agency RT. (here and here) 2. During the Obama to Trump transition period, in the last week … Read more
No joke here. Just the crappy truth. LA county sheriff not 0nly said that but he is going to shrink the list of misdemeanor charges. Just going to get safer and safer here. This isn’t even legal. Yet he was placed for that job – and you know why. And, I am willing to bet … Read more
The philanthropist has become a standard bearer for liberal democracy, an idea under siege from populists. “It was a tremendous boost to reinforce my belief that we are doing something right,” says Mr Soros. “We haven’t stopped having a beneficial influence.”.. The Financial Times’s choice of Person of the Year is usually a reflection of their … Read more
Fox News host Tucker Carlson dissected a left-wing organized boycott of his show on Monday which started after he suggested last week that migrant caravans will make the U.S. “dirtier.” While some advertisers have decided for the time being to not advertise on Carlson’s show as a result of his remarks, several major companies are … Read more
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by Shaun Richards Today brings the latest UK official inflation data into focus. However the last 24 hours have brought another shift in the environment because the crude oil price had another of those days when it took something of a dive. Here is Oilprice.com on the subject. Crude prices fell 4 percent on Monday … Read more
via Lisa Egan: I will never forget the day I had my first migraine. I was 25 years old and was a teacher. It was a sunny day, and I looked out of the classroom window and suddenly, a strange visual disturbance began. It was as is if someone had taken my picture with a flash … Read more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94p9s… James Comey unleashes on GOP over Trump
It was over two years ago that Wells Fargo’s fake accounts scandal burst into the headlines, and since then, there has been an unrelenting torrent of bad news. In late October, the American Banker reported that two executives were placed on leave after they received notifications of pending sanctions from the Office of the Comptroller of the … Read more
Investors to Corporate America: You’ve got a debt problem New York (CNN Business)It’s getting awfully difficult for investors to ignore Corporate America’s mountain of debt. Fears of an economic slowdown — or even recession — have turned a spotlight on the debt that businesses piled up during the past decade, when borrowing costs were historically … Read more
https://twitter.com/NorthmanTrader/status/1075362089781354496 https://twitter.com/NorthmanTrader/status/1075359150144671744 pic.twitter.com/ib0p6TQeOz — M/1_LP (@MI_Investments) December 19, 2018 https://twitter.com/OccupyWisdom/status/1075385528374226944 Yield Yield Yield – this chart says we are PRESENTLY IN A MAJOR BEAR MARKET NOW $SPX pic.twitter.com/TBpOGeipQN — mcm-ct.com (@mcm_ct) December 19, 2018 Corp bond issuance,,,,,same double top formation as for stock valuations…. pic.twitter.com/gT5NkjfjCP — M/1_LP (@MI_Investments) December 19, 2018 Goldman Sachs says banks … Read more
https://youtu.be/AdPukQ96vEA Economist and author, Michael Hudson, in his new book “…And Forgive Them Their Debts: Lending, Foreclosure and Redemption From Bronze Age Finance to the Jubilee Year,” shares with journalist Chris Hedges how Ancient cultures forgave debt cyclically to prevent debt peonage and the rise of an oligarch elite.
Weekly Midcap momentum crashes to 2008 levels! pic.twitter.com/JHqJlZdQoh — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) December 19, 2018 Economic Sentiment is rolling over-> New cycle high for "how to prepare for a recession" pic.twitter.com/UUd9L0ozub — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) December 19, 2018 $SPYB buyback index continues to lead the markets lower – this will not change imo until #SPYB begins gaining … Read more
Chart: Mean-reversion can be painful – pic.twitter.com/4jFVAewG08 — (((The Daily Shot))) (@SoberLook) December 18, 2018 … vs. China – pic.twitter.com/9h09yKVdB8 — (((The Daily Shot))) (@SoberLook) December 18, 2018
by Michael Snyder How would you feel about Christmas if there were absolutely no gifts at all? That may sound like a very strange question, but I think that it is a very important one, because the truth is that our biggest holiday of the year by far is all about materialism. According to ABC News, … Read more
Authored by Nomi Prions via The Daily Reckoning, This week I’ve been in Washington, D.C. for high level meetings focused on the economy. While meeting with senior officials and members of the House and Senate, it became clear that a troubling phenomenon is building. In the wake of recent stock market volatility and uncertainty surrounding … Read more
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-12-18/blue-apron-s-90-drop-makes-it-third-worst-u-s-ipo-this-decade?srnd=premium https://www.cbsnews.com/news/once-tasty-blue-apron-is-now-a-penny-stock/ Blue Apron went public last year in an initial public offering priced at 10 bucks a share. Its stock has been slowly unraveling ever since — the company has lost 90 percent of its market value since the June 2017 IPO. Despite its cachet among upscale urbanites, investors cooled on Blue Apron after … Read more
https://www.economist.com/business/2018/12/22/masayoshi-son-floats-part-of-softbank-to-help-pay-for-his-huge-tech-bets Mention Softbank and most Japanese people, understandably, think of telecoms—it is Japan’s third-largest wireless carrier. The company hopes to weaken that association. SoftBank is listing its telecoms arm; shares in the unit were due to begin trading on December 19th, after The Economist had gone to press. SoftBank Group was expected to raise ¥2.6trn … Read more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4lgZl85aac Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of Athens on Tuesday, as the first post-bailout economic budget went to vote in the Greek parliament. Protesters with banners and signs marched towards the Greek parliament, while chanting anti-austerity slogans. http://www.therebel.media/watch-jack-… Jack Buckby of TheRebel.media reports: Thought the EU was spending your tax money wisely? Think … Read more
The Corrupt government conspiracy against the people has begun long ago. We are sharing this brief informative video on the topic which will demonstrate to you that this FEMA / Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Concentration Camp Operation is nothing new, it is war waged against the people and is un-constitutional but the oppressors of … Read more