NBC: Thousands of foreign students in U.S. on student visas may have ‘worked’ for fake companies

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WASHINGTON — A federal visa program allowing international students to work at firms in the United States after graduation appears to have been exploited by fake companies providing false employment verifications, according to an NBC News/NBC Bay Area investigation. The F-1 visa program includes a component that allows students to stay in the U.S. to … Read more

100 Years of Communism—and 100 Million Dead The Bolshevik plague that began in Russia was the greatest catastrophe in human history.

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by Playaguy Already famous throughout Europe, this international bestseller plumbs recently opened archives in the former Soviet bloc to reveal the actual, practical accomplishments of Communism around the world: terror, torture, famine, mass deportations, and massacres. Astonishing in the sheer detail it amasses, the book is the first comprehensive attempt to catalogue and analyze the … Read more

China’s Gas Demand Growth Slows Significantly

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By Tsvetana Paraskova Natural gas consumption in China rose by 4 percent year on year in November 2019—a much slower growth pace than the 20-percent rise in November 2018, in a sign that Chinese gas demand growth has slowed down significantly over the past year. According to the latest data from China’s National Development and … Read more

Oil Soars Following U.S. Killing Of Iran’s Top General

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By Tom Kool Oil prices soared early on Friday morning after U.S. forces in Iraq assassinated Iran’s most powerful and visible military leader, Qassem Soleimani. The United States killed the Iranian general in an airstrike early on Friday morning according to Pentagon reports. Influential Iraqi militia commander and advisor to Soleimani, Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, was … Read more

This is the future in regards to warfare. Drone swarms carrying out “missions”. The payloads vary between cameras, bombs etc.

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I think these swarms are evidence of military training and it’ll become common knowledge the more they pop up. The strange lights began appearing in the night sky a week before Christmas. A formation of unidentified drones, some in groups of 30, have been reported flying high above a corner of rural northeastern Colorado and … Read more

No Sign Of Bottom Yet

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by UPFINA The November International Trade in Goods report showed a lower deficit than expected which raised GDP growth forecasts. Specifically, the deficit was $63.2 billion which was much below the consensus of $69.5 billion and even below the lowest estimate which was $65 billion. It fell from $66.8 billion in October. Exports were up 0.7% … Read more

Central banks have broken economics. Caught in a trap they themselves created, where nothing works the way it’s ‘supposed’ to now. (God help us on the next down turn)

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Central banks have broken economics.Caught in a trap they themselves created, where nothing works the way it's 'supposed' to now.(God help us on the next down turn)@DiMartinoBooth @paranoidbull https://t.co/7KYiSFWeHf — Markets-like people-should be free-TQN-👑 (@TechQn) January 2, 2020 Note the correlation of Fed balance sheet expansion to market gain over 4 months. https://t.co/OikIfCbYPr — David … Read more

As you enter 2020, start and maintain a budget sheet throughout the year (and beyond). It will give you more control and power over your finances.

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by JebusJM Hey all, this is my first time actually contributing to the sub. Usually I come here for advice but now I have some for you. At the end of 2018 I downloaded a budget template and logged all transactions throughout 2019 and I have never felt more in control of my finances. By … Read more

Day Trading, how I lost it all.

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by jeweled_sky The year is 2017, my parents had a successful real estate business with over a dozen rental properties and several fix and flip projects in production. Our assets totaled a million and a half after paying off all loans if we ever liquidated everything. Which we did, and that’s just the tip of … Read more

Honestly, It seems like whatsapp did the right thing here. Nobody told them this was a legit spying operation.

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Police Tracked a Terror Suspect—Until His Phone Went Dark After a Facebook Warning. A team of European law-enforcement officials was hot on the trail of a potential terror plot in October, fearing an attack during Christmas season, when their keyhole into a suspect’s phone went dark. WhatsApp, Facebook Inc. ’s popular messaging tool, had just … Read more

The Fed Is Creating a Monster Bubble

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By John Mauldin Ignoring problems rarely solves them. You need to deal with them—not just the effects, but the underlying causes, or else they usually get worse. In the developed world and especially the US, and even in China, our economic challenges are rapidly approaching that point. Things that would have been easily fixed a … Read more

“BOMB-O-GRAM FOR GENERAL SOLEIMANI!”

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Iraqi TV: Iranian military commander General Soleimani killed in Baghdad strike. “Gen. Qassim Soleimani, the head of Iran’s elite Quds Force, was killed in an airstrike at Baghdad’s international airport Friday, Iraqi television and three Iraqi officials said. The strike also killed Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the deputy commander of Iran-backed militias known as the Popular Mobilization … Read more

Iraqi PM Abdul-Mahdi: The attack is a breach of the deal that permits US presence in Iraq. Could require US to leave immediately… The Mahdi Army has been reactivated.

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Iraqi caretaker PM Abdul-Mahdi: The attack is a breach of the deal that permits US presence in Iraq. Called parliament for an extraordinary meeting. UPDATES: • Iraqi caretaker PM Abdul-Mahdi: The attack is a breach of the deal that permits US presence in Iraq. Called parliament for an extraordinary meeting • Iran’s Khamenei is participating … Read more

Stacey Abrams loses again…

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https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/…ter-rolls/ Stacey Abrams Fails to Reinstate 100K Voter Registrations to Voter Rolls Failed Democrat gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams failed to convince a federal judge that nearly 100,000 inactive voter registrations should be reinstated to Georgia’s voter rolls. In a ruling this week, U.S. District Court Judge Steve Jones denied an attempt by Abrams’ Fair Fight … Read more

Must See! Sen. John Kennedy Explains HIS Vision for the Senate Impeachment Trial

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ju0VtkrjBe4 Henry Rodgers from The Daily Caller reports, Republican Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy on Sunday explained how he would like to see the Senate run the impeachment trial against President Donald Trump. Appearing on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Kennedy was asked if the American people would think the impeachment trial would be fair if … Read more