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Social mood is what drives stock market valuations, so a large bear market will be accompanied by a lot more than just financial and economic distress.

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by SpontaneousDisorder Remember the tea party and occupy movements after the financial crisis? Is A New Revolution In France Just Beginning? The French are partial to a revolution. The French Revolution, beginning in 1789, accelerated the rise of republics and democracies around the world. The motto most closely associated with the French Revolution is “Liberté, … Read more

FY 2019 Federal Budget Deficit Soars, 50% Higher Than Same First 2 Months of FY 2018

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via thehill: The country’s budget deficit in the first two months of fiscal 2019, which began Oct. 1, was 50 percent higher than in the same period the previous year, according to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), though the figure was inflated by timing. In October and November, the federal government spent $303 billion more than … Read more

Japan’s Miserable Q3 GDP: -2.5%, Worst in 4 Years

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via businesstimes: THE Japanese economy contracted the most in over four years in the third quarter as companies slashed spending, threatening to chill the investment outlook in 2019 as the export-reliant nation grapples with slowing global growth and trade frictions. The slump in the world’s third-biggest economy adds to signs elsewhere in Asia and Europe of … Read more

Has Drudge Report Joined Fake News?

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by TrailDust Can anyone explain why Drudge has been publishing news to discourage the nation? To me it looks the same as the Demonrat practice of suppressing conservative turnout at elections by publishing falsified poles. Dr. Eowyn has recently been plugging the alternative news aggregator, Wharfinger.com, as a better resource than Drudge. And considering headlines like … Read more

China owns Long Beach Port in California

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Yep. China owns Long Beach port (purchased this year during the tariff news fiasco) And guess what? That is the EXACT port where federal grant money is going for the high speed rail project that just so happens to follow the charred remains up through California. https://amac.us/with-acquisition-of-california-port-china-broadens-influence-on-us-commerce/ http://www.polb.com COSCO (Hong Kong) Group Limited is one … Read more

The Many and Multiple Possible Catalysts for Gold Going Forward

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via macromon: Gold is looking interesting. Fundamentally, it shouldn’t as the Fed is tightening the screws on liquidity, the ECB is ready to stop the printing press, and international reserves continue to decline. Check out the chart.  Higher lows since August,  a breakout of a crude cup-and-handle formation, and what looks like the coming test of … Read more

Why Has Global Life Expectancy Exploded?

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By Harry Dent This is incredible! Life expectancy at birth was around age 23 at the time of Christ. It stayed between 23 and 26 until 1700. Then it gradually increased to age 31 by 1900! Since then, it has literally exploded! Check out this amazing chart! That’s no error! Life expectancy has more than … Read more

It’s come to this: Bill & Hillary Clinton resorting to Groupon to sell tour tickets

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by DCG HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! From Fox News: Bill and Hillary Clinton are selling discounted tickets to events on their speaking tour after reports of sparse crowds at their premiere performance. Discounted tickets for at least nine “An Evening with The Clintons” events have appeared on the Groupon website, which offers discounted deals on activities, goods and services. On … Read more

Time Magazine just announced Jamal Khashoggi and other Killed or Imprisoned Journalists as 2018 “Persons of the Year”

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With a record number of reporters behind bars around the planet — the Committee to Protect Journalists documented 262 cases in 2017 — an avalanche of misinformation on social media and government officials from the United States to the Philippines dismissing critical, real reporting as “fake news,” Time is spotlighting a handful of journalists who … Read more

Your Smartphone Apps Are Tracking Your Every Move With Location Aware Data, And Selling It To Everyone

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by Geoffrey Grider The database reviewed by The Times — a sample of information gathered in 2017 and held by one company — reveals people’s travels in startling detail, accurate to within a few yards and in some cases updated more than 14,000 times a day. These companies sell, use or analyze the data to … Read more

Nate Cain: “So I blow the whistle on the FBI, get raided by the same FBI, and now they want to keep the FBI’s reasons secret? Do we now live in a secret police state? Feels a little like 1984

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by KOS   Nate Cain @cain_nate So I blow the whistle on the FBI, get raided by the same FBI, and now they want to keep the FBI’s reasons secret? Do we now live in a secret police state? Feels a little like 1984 https://twitter.com/cain_nate/status/1072314498210512896 Nate Cain @cain_nate As frustrating and violating as this feels … Read more

Small antitrust lawsuit explodes into investigation of alleged price-fixing involving at least 16 companies and 300 drugs

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Executives at more than a dozen generic-drug companies had a form of shorthand to describe how they conducted business, insider lingo worked out over steak dinners, cocktail receptions and rounds of golf. The “sandbox,” according to investigators, was the market for generic prescription drugs, where everyone was expected to play nice. “Fair share” described dividing … Read more

Artificial Intelligence Experts Issue Urgent Warning Against Facial Scanning With a “Dangerous History”

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by randomdood81 Overview of a 56-page record of how AI continues to spread without oversight, regulation, or meaningful ethical scrutiny. The report covers a wide expanse of uses and abuses, including instances of police surveillance and how trade secrecy laws can hide biased code from an AI-surveilled public. The implications of this tech is something … Read more

122 pedophiles busted in Ontario in a single month.

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“On Wednesday, Ontario Provincial Police announced the result of just a single month’s investigations into child exploitation. The heartbreaking results are eye-popping. And deeply troubling. During November, the OPP and its 26 regional partners across the province laid 551 charges against 122 people while identifying 55 alleged child victims and referring them for help. Among … Read more

It fascinates me is how one side or the other wants you to believe that their party isn’t corrupt

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by HolyCitation   CBS 60 Minutes on the Elite Worldwide Pedophile Network. [30:00] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRrSnHTZVDQ ‘Shocking’ scale of Catholic Church sex crimes revealed. More than 1,250 Catholic priests accused of child sex abuse in Australia with few allegations pursued in cover-up drive. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/02/scale-catholic-church-sex-crimes-revealed-170206135244774.html More than 300 Catholic priests across Pennsylvania sexually abused children over seven decades, protected by a … Read more