Do N95 Masks Help? Yes!

by Chris Do N95 masks really help? Someone on twitter pointed out that N95 filters down to .3 microns. SARS, which is a coronavirus, is 100nm according to NIH (link below). 100nm is .1 microns, so would the 2019 nCov be similar in size, and render the N95 useless?  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12796822 Here’s what I wrote in an … Read more

IRS Free File if your income is $69,000 or below.

by rnelsonee IRS Free File if your income is $69,000 or below. For reviews, I’ve used the following, but not with Free File (although they’re all pretty much the same as their Free File editions) Turbo Tax – expensive if you don’t get the “other” free edition but still the easiest. Extra apps and tools to import help. Live … Read more

Buckle up: Oil & copper plunging while gold rallies? This only happened a few other times in history

Buckle up. Oil & copper plunging while gold rallies? This only happened a few other times in history: During the Great Recession & just prior to the EM meltdown. Commodities are clearly acting like a selloff in stocks is approaching. pic.twitter.com/pdhs7XBxPh — Otavio (Tavi) Costa (@TaviCosta) January 29, 2020 China’s bank assets grew from 9% … Read more

The Coronavirus infection rate: Does the market understand this growth rate? Or will it freak ?

The Coronavirus infection rate is growth geometrically. Very predictable since China started offering data. It projects to 16k infected Fri and 88k next Mon Feb 3. Does the mkt understand this growth rate? Or will it freak ? Details here (1/2)https://t.co/39crVnLlw5 pic.twitter.com/zXEo8TlHbo — Jim Bianco (@biancoresearch) January 28, 2020 Coronavirus Could Shock the Global Economy … Read more

Danielle DiMartino Booth: ‘Addicted’ Markets Will Demand Another Rate Cut This Year And Boost Stocks To All-Time Highs

Boom Bust, Released on 1/28/20 As the U.S. awaits comments from the Federal Reserve at its meeting Wednesday, Danielle DiMartino Booth gives you an insight on what to expect from the Fed in 2020. Danielle DiMartino Booth spent nine years as an advisor to Richard W. Fisher at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. Danielle … Read more

SHOCKED: San Francisco official in charge of cleaning up city’s filthy streets arrested by FBI for corruption

The head of San Francisco Public Works, which is in charge of cleaning up the city’s feces-filled streets, has been arrested by the FBI on suspicion of public corruption. San Francisco Public Works Director Mohammed Nuru was arrested Monday alongside Nick Bovis, the owner of a popular sports bar in Fisherman’s Wharf, Lefty O-Doul’s. Sources told … Read more

The Most Splendid Housing Bubbles in America, January Update

Prices in New York City condo market, San Francisco Bay Area, Seattle down to early 2018 levels. Chicago nearly flat from year ago. Other markets rise. Phoenix, Tampa, Charlotte surge. By Wolf Richter for WOLF STREET. Reports have been circulating for a while about the deterioration in the Manhattan housing market, including a report in December that studied condo towers … Read more

Internet of Things at Home: Ring sends the surveillance data of its own customers to third parties, including Facebook.

By Bill Budington, Electronic Frontier Foundation: Ring isn’t just a product that allows users to surveil their neighbors. The company also uses it to surveil its customers. An investigation by EFF of the Ring doorbell app for Android found it to be packed with third-party trackers sending out a plethora of customers’ personally identifiable information (PII). Four … Read more

CORONAVIRUS UPDATE: Food Shortages! Areas Barricaded! Hong Kong Closes Schools!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieGog6XOW2I Joe Hoft from The Gateway Pundit reports, Barriers are in place around China, preventing individuals from traveling the country as is customary during the Chinese New Year. Food shortages are being reported as the year of the rat starts on a terrible note. Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020…

50 Common Cognitive Biases (to be aware of if you want people to believe an argument)

by SpaceyTheMinotaur This is going to be a somewhat controversial post, I understand, but some biases are extra-relevant to this sub: reactance, backfire effect, belief bias, confirmation bias, false memory, curse of knowledge, false consensus, and third-person effect. Things working AGAINST people who are telling the truth in this sub: sunk cost fallacy, authority bias, … Read more

Virginia Congress Continues Gun Control Frenzy With 9 More Bills, Ignores Massive Protest

This article was written by Daisy Luther and originally published at The Organic Prepper Despite a massive and peaceful turnout on the Lobby Day rally on January 20th, the Virginia State Congress remained totally unfazed by what the people wanted and proceeded to advance numerous unconstitutional gun laws over the following week. While everyone has been focused on … Read more