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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
Join Mike Maloney as he reveals an important factor of the partial Yield Curve inversion that is being ignored by mainstream news and media. Then stick around to the end of the video to see yet another indicator that is suggesting a huge change in markets could be upon us…
Google has disclosed another privacy leak from Google+, this time affecting millions of users, and now says it will push forward the shutdown forward from August to April. Today, Google revealed that another bug in its social network that exposed private details of 52.5 million Google+ users, or ten times as many users affected by … Read more
Oops! Google CEO Drops Bomb on Liberal Hack Rep. Nadler on Russian Influence on Google
When Apple’s CEO Tim Cook says “the free market is not working,” bad things are coming. From Reason: One of the most remarkable statements ever made by the CEO of a major corporation generated relatively little notice or pushback. But just a couple of weeks ago, there was Tim Cook, the head of Apple, spitting in … Read more
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
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
Poor Macron, he can’t get any breaks. His delusional speech “clearly” had the intended effect. Politically speaking, the protest is, like yellow vests, a mix of right, left, commies and far-right. The numbers are getting quite big, 2 columns split on different paths, thousands in both of them. More and more riot police, blocking … Read more
by Weyoun If Clinton, Obama et al. go to jail today, it will only be a short term moral victory at best and have no positive long term practical implications. They are just pawns and their masters can and will easily replace them. Other pawns in the order of lucifer are itching to see Clinton … Read more
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
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
Over 17 million in secret payouts from tax payer slush fund to cover congresses dirty little grab everything by the pussy and some , may just be the glass house / ceiling that leads to mass impeachments. After all can the stone throwing American voter swallow impeaching a sitting President , while those pushing for … Read more
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
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
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
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
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
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
“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
Winter Storm Diego dumps a years worth of snowfall in a single day in the South East USA, hundreds of thousands without power, while in Europe blizzards rage as an extra tropical low collides with a cold air front dumping three feet plus of snow across France, Italy, Austria, and Russia with its own blizzard … Read more