America Is Precariously Close To Losing Battle With China For Control Of Undersea Global Internet Data Grid As Huawei Tech Flexes Muscle

by Geoffrey Grider A new front has opened in the battle between the U.S. and China over control of global networks that deliver the internet. This one is beneath the ocean. The Internet, made available for mass public consumption in 1994, has grown into a global, One World Systemthrough which the majority of all buying and … Read more

Memo To Powell: The US Economy’s Not In A “Good Place”, But The Beached Whales Are Coming!

via kunstler: Just as presidents are expected to act presidentially, Federal Reserve chairpersons are expected to act oracularly — as semi-supernatural beings who emerge now and again from some cave of mathematical secrets to offer reassuringly cryptic utterances on mysteries of the economy. And so was Jerome Powell wheeled out on CBS’s 60 Minutes Sunday night, like a … Read more

Tips To Consider If You Are At Risk Of Getting A Severance Package

by Richard Rosso With the current economic expansion already extremely long, even by historical standards, there is a rising risk that record low unemployment most likely won’t stay that way forever. Could your job be at risk when the next recession comes? Severance packages are popular when companies seek to reduce workforce, especially older workers. … Read more

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 to buy back stock at all-time high prices and pay their executives huge bonuses for … Read more

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 Timbs, who was arrested in Indiana in 2015 for selling narcotics to undercover police officers. … Read more

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 will it be enough? RT America’s Natasha Sweatte has the details for the News with … Read more

Obama told the DOJ not to charge Hillary for server and mishandling classified information. Now we know why Comey took no action.

Lisa Page released testimony reveals. There are still 52 testimony docs to be released Watch the latest video at foxnews.com Former FBI lawyer Lisa Page admitted under questioning from Texas Republican Rep. John Ratcliffe last summer that “the FBI was ordered by the Obama DOJ not to consider charging Hillary Clinton for gross negligence in the handling of classified … Read more

AOC’s Puppet Masters Exposed… Turkish money?!

Of the seven congressmen listed below, three were chosen thru the audition process and they are, as far as I can tell, puppets of The Justice Democrats, Saikat Chakrabarti and Cenk Uygur.” Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was a bartender and was selected not because she had political aspirations, but because she would take orders and follow the … Read more

USA “gets ass handed to it” in WW3 simulations with China, Russia: analysts say

by Grif Laura Widener, writing for American Military News, outlined a chilling prediction from the RAND research organization that the United States would not survive in an all out war with Russia and China. Widener writes: The U.S. repeatedly “gets its ass handed to it” in World War III simulations, according to the global research … Read more

Top U.S. Companies by Import and Export Volume

via visualcapitalist: Nothing has transformed our economy quite like containerized shipping. From Rotterdam to Singapore, we see tangible evidence of the world’s bustling maritime shipping network as cranes load and unload uniform containers in a flurry of activity. The efficiency of this system has massively impacted the global economy, but this uniformity has also had the … Read more

Is the stock market still in a bear market?

by Troy The stock market has gone nowhere over the past 2 weeks. This is normal because most of the time, the stock indices simply aren’t as volatile as other markets like commodities. The big news today is that “bond king” Jeff Gundlach says that the stock market is still in a bear market, and … Read more

U.S. FAA gives approval for Boeing 737 Max to keep flying despite safety fears. Who cares about people’s safety when there are $bn’s at stake and the Corporation concerned spends $100m’s bribing the US gov & politicians?

US aviation agency gives nod to the 737 MAX as Boeing struggles to contain Ethiopia crash fallout The US Federal Aviation Administration has reaffirmed the airworthiness of the Boeing 737 MAX in the wake of the Ethiopian Airlines crash that killed 157 people. It comes after several countries and airlines grounded the aircraft. There have … Read more

You Can’t Get Blood Out Of A Stone

by John Coumarianos My title comes from Jeremy Grantham’s recent CNBC interview. This remark occurs in a discussion about likely returns from the U.S. stock market. Everyone at Grantham’s firm, Grantham, Mayo, van Otterloo (GMO), agrees that over the next two decades stocks will deliver around 2% after-inflation or “real” returns, says Grantham himself. Traditionally, the … Read more

Scientists build world’s first ‘time machine’… Defies laws of physics

Lead researcher Dr Gordey Lesovik said by putting scattered electrons back into their original shape they had effectively created a state which went against the ‘direction of time’ SCIENTISTS have built the world’s first time machine — sort of. Working with electrons in the bizarre realm of quantum mechanics, they first created the equivalent of a break … Read more

The College Admissions Scandal Is A Perfect Example Of How Deeply Corrupt America Has Become

by Michael Snyder Is there anything left in this country that has not been deeply tainted by corruption?  By now you have probably heard that dozens of people have been arrested for participating in a multi-million dollar college admissions scam.  Enormous amounts of money were paid out in order to ensure that children from very … Read more