Facebook & Instagram go down in US & Europe

Facebook is having issues since 12:01 PM EDT. https://t.co/BLSiYCF9KL RT if it's down for you as well #Facebookdown — Downdetector (@downdetector) March 13, 2019 #BombCyclone Even #Facebook is down :-O pic.twitter.com/Shh4WSlnZf — Bognit O'Shaugnessy (@IrishChieftain) March 13, 2019   h/t keybored

How States/Empires Collapse in Four Easy Steps

by Charles Hugh-Smith The promises cannot be met, and so society decays into warring elites and competing constituencies. There is a grand, majestic tragedy in the inevitable collapse of once-thriving states and empires: it all seemed so permanent at its peak, …

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BANKRUPTCY!!

by Jim Quinn Households used the debt to buy new $35,000 SUVs, new 5,000 sq ft $500,000 McMansions, on student loans to get degrees in Transgender Studies and on credit cards to buy the latest iGadget. Corporations used the debt …

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The End of Civil Asset Forfeiture – NOT!

by Mark Nestmann On February 20, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that the Eighth Amendment prohibition against “excessive fines and fees” applies to the states in civil forfeiture cases and other civil, non-criminal proceedings. The case involved a man named Tyson …

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Land grab in California, why?

Middle and working class people continue their exodus from California. But because business-owners cannot so easily escape California’s high taxes, the wealthy entrepreneurial class has more-often opted to stay. Legislators are trying to address California’s problem with tax reform, but …

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