Directionless Market Awaits the FOMC

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by David Brady via Sprott Money Let me start with an apology, because there is nothing really new to say this week. While we got the sharp move down in stocks with the expected bounce now under way and the opposite in the dollar, metals and miners have been basically going sideways. The best example of this is … Read more

Rumor has it that some or all charges against Derek Chauvin may be dropped today, hearing agenda included

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Attached is the Hearing Agenda for Sept 11/20 for Chauvin, Thao, Lane, and Kueng, @MinneapolisPD regarding joint trial, change of venue, charge dismissal, etc. All charges against all Officers should be dropped and be made whole again. 💙 ~M #Minneapolis https://t.co/ztEDEEbpTV — Walk With Blue (@WalkWithBlueHQ) September 9, 2020

Steve Maggi: DNA Testing and Retinal Scans for Immigrants – Are Citizens Next?

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Financial Survival Network, Released on 9/11/20 Noted immigration attorney Steve Maggi joined us for a look at the latest administration initiative to perform DNA testing and Retinal scans of immigrants entering the country. How will this data be used and will there be privacy protections? These are important questions not just for immigrants but for … Read more

US fires respect the Canadian border

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The fires know not to cross the Canada boarder? pic.twitter.com/f9UYyFRgcm — Jeffrey Pedersen (@intheMatrixxx) September 11, 2020 And for those who say this is just a US map and are too lazy to read the twitter thread: Try this: https://napsg.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=6dc469279760492d802c7ba6db45ff0e&_ga=2.57703338.123764639.1599888233-649302767.1599888223   JADR

Apple Loosens App Store Rules a Bit After Developer Backlash

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https://finance.yahoo.com/news/apple-loosens-app-store-rules-172630357.html (Bloomberg) — Apple Inc. adjusted its App Store review guidelines to loosen restrictions on iPhone and iPad games that stream directly from the internet and in-app purchase rules that have frustrated developers. The biggest impact may come in the relatively new market for streaming video games. For the first time, Apple will approve games … Read more

THAT SEEMS ABOUT RIGHT: Chinese alumni compare USC to Mao for removing professor over Chinese word that sounds like n-word.

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Social media users in China mock black students who complained The University of Southern California is reeling after removing a business communication professor from the classroom for his pronunciation of a Chinese “filler” word that can sound like “nigger.” More than 100 of Greg Patton’s former students, most of them Chinese by ethnicity or nationality, … Read more

New Reporting Shows Kenosha Riots Hit Minority Communities & Businesses the Hardest

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Callous disregard of property rights creates long-term instability that scares away business investment and reduces economic opportunity. On August 23, the police shooting of an African American man named Jacob Blake sparked national unrest yet again, in a pattern that has become all too common. Blake survived the shooting, and the incident was murky—not a … Read more

Teetering FAANG Stocks Are Raising These Critical Questions

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From Birch Gold Group Late last year, the FAANG companies — Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix, Google — took a big hit due to an antitrust probe. In 2018, they shivered, as fears of trade war escalation took a big chunk out of their profits. These are just two recent examples of many that have caused uncertainty for the FAANG stocks. Yet so far, nothing … Read more