Australia is along the road to that happy place where everything not forbidden is compulsory.

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POSTMODERN PROBLEMS: Australian public servant condemns censorship after blogpost cost him his job. In April, Krook published a post on a fledgling blog called the Oxford Political Review, arguing social isolation was good for big tech companies, because it made people increasingly dependent on online platforms for interaction. Krook also worked as a policy officer … Read more

Kellyanne Conway’s daughter Claudia ‘officially pushing for emancipation’ and asks AOC to ‘adopt’ her…

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Kellyanne Conway’s Trump-hating daughter is apparently ready for a new family. “I’m officially pushing for emancipation. Buckle up because this is probably going to be public one way or another, unfortunately. Welcome to my life,” 15-year-old Claudia Conway tweeted Saturday night. https://nypost.com/2020/08/23/kellyanne-conways-daughter-claudia-conway-pushing-for-emancipation/ Claudia Conway marked her return to Twitter this week with a barrage of … Read more

Lindsey Graham shares newly de-classified FBI docs showing ‘clear’ bias against Trump

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Lindsey Graham released newly de-classified documents. The documents indicate clear bias by FBI leadership in Washington DC to help Hillary Clinton evade a FISA warrant (foreign interference to help her campaign). The same FBI leadership turned around then applied a different process to hurt the Trump campaign. De-classified email (on pages 14-15) from former FBI … Read more

CNN is going to fact check RNC; They did not do the same for DNC

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“SHOULD TV NETWORKS AIR RNC IN FULL?” @BrianStelter advanced rationale for nets not to: “Television nets are going to have interesting choices to make…about whether to cut away if there’s this stream of disinformation happening live.” Promises CNN will cut in w/ “fact checks. pic.twitter.com/7GBgDSdiaI — Brent Baker 🇺🇲🇺🇦 🇮🇱 (@BrentHBaker) August 23, 2020 CNN’s … Read more

US schools are changing their curriculum in response to BLM – survey finds 81% of teachers support BLM

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US schools are changing their curriculum in response to Black Lives Matter as survey finds 81% of teachers support the movement -US schools are altering their curricula to include more focus on black history and experiences -It comes as a direct response to the Black Lives Matter protests this summer -There were increased demands for … Read more

After a typical precautionary draw down of credit lines, business loan growth turned and remains negative

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by WARREN MOSLER Falling off again: After a typical precautionary draw down of credit lines, business loan growth turned and remains negative: Total bank credit has gone flat: Consumer borrowing is down, partly because of fiscal policy, and partly due to reduced spending: Real estate lending has slowed, but not by a whole lot:

Momentum Monday

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by PapaThundaga I’m hellbent on beating the indexes regularly by buying quality stonks that have caught fire. Let’s share some tickers that aren’t Tesla or complete garbage based on pure speculation? ​ RKT – Rocket Companies Recent IPO, parent company of of Quicken loans in the mortgage business. Housing market is red hot and this … Read more

Russians can now buy stocks of S&P500 companies through Moscow Exchange

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At first investors will be able to buy stocks of 19 companies using roubles. The head sales director Ihor Maric mentioned that doing trading and other operations using local currency will help to avoid excessive fees and immediately allow to see owner’s portfolio. This was reported by the newspaper “Vedomosti”. It has been announced that … Read more

China launched a massive social media campaign to get other countries to lockdown and destroy their economies

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This is a must read thread. China launched a massive social media campaign to get other countries to lockdown and destroy their economies. Presumably to close down foreign competitor companies to Chinese exports This is a must read thread.China launched a massive social media campaign to get other countries to lockdown and destroy their economies.Presumably … Read more

H.R. 1654 bill congress regulates digital and other currencies?

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HR 6154 LANGUAGE BILLHide Overview Sponsor: Rep. Meadows, Mark [R-NC-11] (Introduced 03/08/2019) Committees: House – Oversight and Reform; Budget | Senate – Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Reports: S. Rept. 116-57 Latest Action: Senate – 07/15/2019 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 149. (All Actions) Roll Call Votes: There has … Read more

GAS PIPELINE EXPLOSION CAUSES ‘TOTAL BLACKOUT’ IN SYRIA – state media

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A gas pipeline explosion in Damascus countryside has led to widespread power outages all across Syria, SANA reports, citing the country’s electricity and energy ministries https://www.rt.com/news/498842-syria-gas-explosion-blackout/ There’s a total blackout throughout the entire country caused by a gas pipe explosion. Syrian oil minister says an explosion targeting the main line feeding the southern region could … Read more