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“You’re Worth $1 Trillion. Why Do You Need Our $3 Billion?” Angry New Yorkers Confront Amazon Execs at City Council Meeting

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via commondreams: After being kept in the dark about New York’s $3 billion deal with Amazon, allowing the trillion-dollar corporation to build its new headquarters—complete with helicopter landing pad for CEO Jeff Bezos—in the Queens neighborhood of Long Island City, concerned New York City Council members and scores of angry New Yorkers on Wednesday angrily confronted company representatives … Read more

Global Warming Has Nothing to Do with the Sun?

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by Martin Armstrong Those who have come forward and presented evidence the sun is the leading cause of global warming have been typically silenced because that result produces no pot of endless government grants to justify taxes for the academic community. It is interesting that while they claim use sunscreen because you can get skin … Read more

President Eisenhower, a five-star general, warned Americans 57 years ago to no effect that the military/security complex was already a threat to the American people’s ability to control their government. Today the military/security complex is the Government.

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by Paul Craig Roberts The hubris and arrogance of Washington have been at work since the Clinton regime to destroy the power and relevance of the United States. This website has an international audience. The most asked question from this audience is the world order. There is a realization that Washington’s control might weaken, a development … Read more

Ever wonder why we invaded Afghanistan?

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Source. Afghanistan was perfectly fine when they were growing poppies for the CIA. But as soon as the Taliban destroyed the poppy fields, they suddenly decided to blow up our buildings and we decided they could use an extra helping of freedom. The CIA sells drugs. Picture of American troops guarding the poppy fields   … Read more

History Is Written By The Winners: Who gets to write the textbooks? Where do the teachers learn about history? What documents are allowed into the historical record, and what documents are excluded?

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These are not merely academic questions, they go right to the heart of the question of history itself Who’s in charge matters a lot more than you think when taking things into context. Studying history is one of independent journalist James Corbett’s interests. He’s done AMA’s here too which were cool. Source: https://www.corbettreport.com/episode-350-history-is-written-by-the-winners/     h/t Orangutan

Mueller hands over key docs – link to docs included

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Mueller releases key documents on FBI interview with Michael Flynn Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s team on Friday released key documents relating to the FBI’s questioning of former national security adviser Michael Flynn. The documents – some of which are heavily redacted — were released in response to U.S. District Judge Emmet G. Sullivan ordering prosecutors … Read more

Pompeo Demands China Release Canadian Hostages

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U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said today that two Canadian citizens being held in China are being unlawfully detained and should be returned to Canada. Pompeo made the comments in Washington D.C. during a joint press conference with Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland, U.S. Secretary of Defence James Mattis and Minister of Defence Harjit Sajjin. Pompeo … Read more

Venezuela socialist nightmare: Dead buried in plastic wrap because family can’t afford a casket

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by Dr. Eowyn Hollie McKay reports for FoxNews, Dec. 13, 2018, that as the crisis in Venezuela’s socialist dictatorship deepens with mass hunger, starvation and a lack of medical supplies, there is no comfort even for the dead. Venezuelan opposition leader Julio Borges, who has been living in exile in the Colombian capital of Bogota for the … Read more

The STUNNING MOMENT Nashville Airport Comes To A Standstill Seconds After This Song Begins – AMAZING

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Joseph Curl for the Daily Wire reports, Around Christmastime, everyone’s rushing here and there, agitated, sometimes even a bit angry, as they juggle a hundred things ahead of the holiday. And that’s what makes what happened in Nashville on Saturday truly remarkable. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbNOq-TZwtk Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: https://www.dailywire.com/news/39261/…    

Robinhood didn’t give key industry watchdog a heads-up about the launch of its free checking account

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Robinhood, a digital brokerage firm, announced on Thursday it would offer no-fee checking and savings accounts alongside its brokerage accounts, with an enticing 3 percent annual interest rate. Brokerage firms often offer accounts for customers to hold cash until it can be invested in securities, but those accounts aren’t meant to be strictly for savings, … Read more

There is a setup for a strong economic contraction, the cycle seems to be rolling over right now but it might take a bit of time yet.

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by SpontaneousDisorder   The main indicators to look for will be a severe drop in the stock market and steepening of the yield curve. The yield curve is quite flat, the 5yr/2yr is inverted but the rest is not. But a steepening of the curve would probably still be a strong indicator the economy is going … Read more

NPR: “The Russia Investigations: An Unfinished Case Looks Weaker Than Ever” Russia Collusion Collapse

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via NPR.org: This week in the Russia investigations: Michael Cohen was sentenced to three yearsin prison … Maria Butina pleaded guilty … but the finish line looks no closer The shifting sands Political and legal danger for President Trump may be sharpening by the day, but the case that his campaign might have conspired with the Russian attack … Read more

Federal Judge In Texas Rules Obamacare To Be Unconstitutional, Next Stop Supreme Court For Affordable Care Act

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by Geoffrey Grider U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor in Fort Worth sided with the argument put forward by a coalition of Republican-leaning states, led by Texas, that Obamacare could no longer stand now that there’s no penalty for Americans who don’t buy insurance. The U.S. Supreme Court had upheld the law in 2012, by classifying … Read more