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Dennis Prager and Google’s VP testify before the Senate Judiciary’s Subcommittee on the Constitution, chaired by Sen. Ted Cruz, regarding Big Tech censorship. Watch the full hearing.
by Playaguy Lots to go through here. https://vault.fbi.gov/nikola-tesla
Italian police working with the FBI cracked down on a Palermo-area Mafia clan with ties to the U.S.-based Gambino organized crime family in New York. Authorities said that around 200 officers – including FBI agents – swept across Sicily and the New York area Wednesday, arresting 18 suspects in Italy and one in the United … Read more
via theverge: I want to focus on what Gates said next, because it is incredibly relevant to the current conversation about platforms, regulation, and antitrust. Here it is, with my emphasis in bold: It’s very tricky for platforms… these are winner-take-all markets. It really is winner-take-all. If you’re there with half as many apps or 90 … Read more
by Tom McClellan When analyzing trading volume, one should understand that it works differently in ETFs than it does in individual stocks. Volume studies can be important in individual stocks, to help confirm the validity of an apparent breakout for example. Volume is also important to help validate a head and shoulders structure. But in … Read more
Talk Digital Network, Released on 7/18/19 Portfolio Manager, attorney, finance author, a regular guest on North American media. Danielle Park is the author of the best selling myth-busting book “Juggling Dynamite: An insider’s wisdom on money management, markets and wealth that lasts,” as well as a popular daily financial blog: http://www.jugglingdynamite.com. Danielle worked as an attorney … Read more
Boris Johnson has the no-deal deadline on Oct 31, Parliament is out of session at this time, the EU countered Johnson by have those in Parliament create an amendment to block this. Foreign purchases of homes have imploded. Mnuchin says he and Pelosi have worked out a budget for the next two years. To be … Read more
by Simon Black The first time I met Steven Seagal, it was in the lobby of a posh hotel in Bangkok, Thailand. He came downstairs sharply dressed, complete with his yellow-tinged ‘Tony Stark’ sunglasses, ready to hit the nightclubs for the evening. My friend Adam introduced us. Steven bowed to me, and, slightly puzzled, I … Read more
Has government funded housing, medicine, food. What’s worse is there are apparently welfare “recruiters” making a career out of trying to make more versions of this.
Chris Donaldson from I Love My freedom reports, Last week marked what could be a key turning point in the Democratic party as sniping between Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez erupted into a full-scale feud. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZHGoOCOOW4 Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: https://ilovemyfreedom.org/party-divide-bernie-defends-socialist-ally-ocasio-cortez-tears-into-pelosi-for-being-too-hard/
by Natura Naturans But, but, Al Gore said the North pole would be all water by 2018? How can THIS be? Ice 10 feet thick, in the middle of SUMMER? Gee, maybe you have been lied to. Maybe: 15 July 2019 – The Norwegian icebreaker “Kronprins Haakon” (Crown Prince Haakon), on a mission to the North … Read more
EVERYTHING OLD IS NEW AGAIN: “Gendered Language Like ‘Manhole’ Will Soon Be Banned From Berkeley’s City Codes,” CBS’s Sacramento affiliate reports. The city voted Tuesday night to replace gendered terms in its municipal codes, like “manhole” and “manpower,” with gender-neutral ones like “maintenance hole” and “human effort.” The item passed without discussion or comments and was not … Read more
by Martin Armstrong Nigel Farage’s new Brexit Party is now the second largest in Britain. The Conservatives still topped the YouGov poll with 24% of the vote, but they were boosted by the prospect of Boris Johnson, who is a Brexit believer, as the next Tory leader. The prospects for Europe remain up in the … Read more
by Martin Armstrong One of the most fascinating observations I have made over my career has been that the banks always lend at the top and contract lending at the bottom in every market. Going into 1980, banks were calling me to ask if I wanted to borrow money. Recently, I got a phone call … Read more
by Jesse “And, for the same reason that they do not please Him, they succeed in pleasing themselves. Hence, they become both self-satisfied and self-sufficient – they think they know just what they ought to do, and that they do it all; and in consequence they are very well content with themselves, and rate their … Read more
via medium: Netflix spends $15 Billion per year on Original Content, and pays another $13 Billion each year to license content from other studios. Other expenditures include technology and marketing, each costing billions per year. With revenues only recently reaching $16 billion, Netflix is forced to borrow heavily to produce original content, and maintain their dominant position in the US … Read more
by Duckbuttt123 Data created using SankeyMatic I was inspired to do a Sankey diagram from this post: https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/ceu98o/twelve_months_of_a_ny_bankers_income_and_spending/. Some points on this: I live in Southern California I am married, but I am only including my personal income and personal spending for this year We do not have kids My wife pays for about half our mortgage, … Read more
