by X-ray-OH This video shows how the media manipulates the masses to achieve watchtime and revenue as well as political influence. Sources for this video: Neurocinematics: The Neuroscience of Film, Uri Hasson et al. doi:10:3167/proj.2008.020102 https://www.nmsba.com/neuromarketing/what-is-neuromarketing https://imotions.com/blog/neuromarketing-examples/
by DontTreadOnMe16 Many people hate him just because he’s the Fox News poster boy. But anyone that reads his books or watches his interviews on podcasts knows that he’s far more reasonable than most people give him credit for. Hell, on many social and economic issues he’s closer to Bernie Sanders than he is to President Trump. … Read more
Following the death of Soleimani, it seems like nearly the entire DC / academia / journo natsec/forpol commentariat has penned variations on exactly the same essay: the President has acted hastily, has no plan, and isn’t capable of envisioning or handling what happens next. The template was established by Ben Rhodes on Twitter a few … Read more
Biden ‘100 percent’ supports nationwide plastic bag ban. Earlier: Biden Obliviously Tells Press that Fossil Fuel Execs Should Be Jailed. Related: Ruthless Joe Biden Admits He’ll Sacrifice Hundreds of Thousands of Blue-Collar Workers for His Green Dream. More: The Obama era was all about managing America’s decline, and Joe Biden wants to take us back to it. … Read more
Iran has threatened to attack the White House in response to President Donald Trump’s warning that any strike on American interests in the region will bring massive retaliation. ‘We can attack the White House itself, we can respond to them on the American soil. We have the power, and God willing we will respond in … Read more
Obama’s first Secretary of State – before it was Hillary – was former US Senator and Presidential candidate, John Forbes Kerry. In 2009, Kerry’s younger daughter from his first marriage, Dr. Vanessa Bradford Kelly, married Iranian-American physician, Dr. Brian (Behrooz) Vala Nahid. The Best Man at their wedding, Mahdi Zarif, was the son of Iran’s … Read more
from Financial Survival Network John Grace returns… The numbers: Americans increased spending in November at the fastest rate in four months, suggesting households still have plenty of buying power to keep the economy growing at a steady pace through the holiday shopping season. Consumer spending rose 0.4% last month, the government said Friday. That’s the biggest increase … Read more
by Playaguy The official Bureau of Labor Department statistics show that the median earnings of full-time female workers is 77 percent of the median earnings of full-time male workers. But that is very different than “77 cents on the dollar for doing the same work as men.” The latter gives the impression that a man … Read more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNaYT59cd4U&feature=youtu.be WOW~ HOLY COW. This was very interesting, lots truth in this video by Judge Joe Brown speaks much truth about history on Trump and politics. #wwg1wga AC
by Chris Powell of the Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee (GATA) Dear Friend of GATA and Gold: In his new “Frank Talk” column, U.S. Funds CEO Frank Holmes ranks his May interview with your secretary/treasurer among his five most popular financial interviews this year. Holmes calls it “a must-read for anyone seeking information on the gold market that traditional financial … Read more
By David Stockman All you need is buybacks and an easy Fed and the charade can me maintained for years:
Omgawd look at the meltdown! Lost my Schiff!😂🤣🤣🤣 pic.twitter.com/x03ptaVjWw — Karli Bonne’ 🇺🇸 (@KarluskaP) January 3, 2020
by Amy S. US-Iran tensions rise after Qassem Soleimani, head of Iran’s elite Quds Force, killed in Baghdad by US air strike. Tensions between the United States and Iran have escalated dramatically after a US air strike killed Qassem Soleimani, head of Iran’s elite Quds Force, and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, deputy commander of Iran-backed militias known … Read more
Iran’s state television reported that the country will no longer abide by any of the limits of its 2015 nuclear deal. The announcement came Sunday night after another Iranian official said it would consider taking even-harsher steps over the U.S. killing of Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani on Friday in Baghdad. State TV cited a statement … Read more
An ugly report. How will it impact the overall economy? By Wolf Richter for WOLF STREET. US manufacturing took a turn from lousy to worse in December, according to the Manufacturing ISM Report On Business, released today, with employment, new orders and new export orders, production, backlog of orders, and inventories all contracting. The overall Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) … Read more
Amid a slew of problems. By Nick Corbishley, for WOLF STREET: Italy could be on the verge of approving rules that would make it much easier and cheaper to revoke highway concessions. And that could be very bad news for Autostrade per l’Italia (ASPI), the private toll road operator that controls more than half of Italy’s aging toll roads … Read more
Sales fall for second year in a row, as car sales collapse further and truck sales barely tick up. By Nick Corbishley, for WOLF STREET: Sales of passenger cars and light trucks in Canada fell 3.7% to 1.91 million vehicles in 2019, the second year in a row of declines, and were down 6.1% from peak-year 2017, according to … Read more
by Fabius Maximus Summary: This is one of the best essays I’ve seen about the causes of Brexit, going beyond Britain’s elites (and their journalist servants) blaming the ignorant racist proles (which conveniently excuses them of any responsibility). Professor Mark Blyth shines a light on the real forces at work, and shows how the US has similar problems. … Read more
Money manager Michael Pento says, “I have 10% of my portfolio in gold, and I am going to increase that. I would think you need at least 10% in gold, physical gold, right now. If you don’t have that, then you are doing yourself a great disservice. I include gold, silver and platinum in the … Read more