Hong Kong protesters push stock of arrested media tycoon by 1,100%

via Bloomberg: They’ve occupied Hong Kong’s central business district, marched by the hundreds of thousands through the city’s streets and endured tear gas and pepper spray in pitched battles with riot police. Now Hong Kong’s pro-democracy supporters are wielding a new protest weapon: their stock-market trading accounts. To show support for Jimmy Lai, the publisher … Read more

Seattle: Too Woke For A Black Female Police Chief.

Seattle’s First Black Female Police Chief Resigns After Council Caves to BLM; Reporters Note Irony. Thanks to the Seattle City Council’s Monday vote to cut her salary and gut the police department, Police Chief Carmen Best is resigning, effective September 2nd. In the resignation letter she emailed her colleagues on the force, Best told her fellow officers … Read more

REPURPOSING: Amazon Wants to Turn Closed Department Stores Into Fulfillment Centers. “Amazon is in talks to turn closed J.C. Penney and Sears shops into distribution hubs.”

Amazon wants to turn closed department stores into fulfillment centers, according to The Wall Street Journal. The retail giant is reportedly in talks with US mall owner Simon Property Group Inc. to transform former J.C. Penney and Sears shops into distribution hubs, storing everything from books to clothes to electronics. Details are scant; it’s unclear how many … Read more

The Justice Department has arrested 11 MS-13 gang members for sex trafficking and torturing a 13-year-old girl

They beat her with a baseball bat 26 times, gang raped her, fed her drugs, then pimped her out. Democrats condemned Trump for calling them “animals.” Pelosi said they have “a spark of divinity.” https://t.co/rKSCLTBW5B — John Cardillo (@johncardillo) August 10, 2020 .@TheJusticeDept has arrested 11 MS-13 gang members for sex trafficking a 13-year-old girl.https://t.co/otQAvaqIo0 … Read more

Look at the google trend for “sweden + coronavirus”…

Look at the google trend for "sweden + coronavirus"… Interest peaked in late April when the MSM attacked Sweden as "reckless" for not instituting lockdowns and masks. Now, the MSM has absolutely no interest in talking about Sweden since daily deaths are down to zero. pic.twitter.com/NL3estyDIT — James Todaro, MD (@JamesTodaroMD) August 7, 2020

#WhiteHouseSiege: Group Taking Credit For ‘Occupy Wall Street’ Plans to ‘Lay Siege to’ and ‘Occupy’ the White House Next Month

by Daisy Luther of The Organic Prepper The group that takes credit for the Occupy Wall Street movement of 2011 has a new and even more outrageous plan in mind. They intend to “occupy” the White House. Adbusters, an online magazine that describes itself as “a global network of artists, activists, writers, pranksters, students, educators and entrepreneurs who … Read more

We’ll be at $30T in debt in early 2021. Then adding $1.5-$2T/yr thereafter (if we’re lucky)

These deficits assume no recessions other than the one we're in now. The red blocks are the ongoing impact of paying for Covid-19 + the green are the ongoing impact of tax extensions. We'll be at $30T in debt in early 2021. Then adding $1.5-$2T/yr thereafter (if we're lucky)🤔🤦‍♂️ pic.twitter.com/EN12oSLY5P — M/1_LP (@MI_Investments) August 10, … Read more

Tech is eating the world: The recent surge in Apple shares is pushing the value of the world’s largest company toward that of the entire Russell 2000 Index.

Tech is eating the world: The recent surge in Apple shares is pushing the value of the world’s largest company toward that of the entire Russell 2000 Index. The iPhone maker is worth $1.93tn, almost 90% of combined mkt cap of 2,000 US small-cap stocks listed in Russell. (via BBG) pic.twitter.com/ifBI1lK6aP — Holger Zschaepitz (@Schuldensuehner) August … Read more