Two of Jeffrey Epstein’s Prison Guards Arrested

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The two prison guards who were responsible for keeping watch over accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein on the night he committed suicide inside his New York City jail cell have been arrested. The two unnamed guards are charged with falsifying prison records, according to The New York Times. The arrests are the first by federal … Read more

Saudi Crude Oil Exports Drop To 2-Year Low In September

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By Tsvetana Paraskova Saudi Arabia’s crude oil exports dipped to a 22-month low of 6.67 million bpd in September, when the Kingdom was hit by attacks on its oil infrastructure that knocked 5 percent of global daily supply offline for weeks. According to data released on Monday by the Joint Organisations Data Initiative (JODI) database, which collects self-reported figures … Read more

A Huge Red Flag? India Shutters Power Plants Citing Lack Of Demand

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By Irina Slav Half of India’s power generation capacity using coal and nuclear power is being shut down because of lackluster demand, the Indian Express reports, adding that some of the shutdowns have been temporary, lasting just a few days, but other power plants have been closed for months. Some 65.13 GW in generation capacity has been shut … Read more

Cracks Spread in the Bullion Banks’ Price Management System

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by moneymetals Department of Justice prosecutors charged a sixth JPMorgan executive for cheating in the precious metals markets. Jeffrey Ruffo stands accused of racketeering and spoofing metals prices from 2008 – 2016, along with other crimes including conspiracy to commit wire fraud. The indictment outlines nearly a decade spent coordinating with other traders in JPMorgan’s precious metals department … Read more

As Gold Soars, Silver Readies to Catch Up

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  Photo by Flickr.com | CC BY | Photoshopped From Birch Gold Group This week, Your News to Know rounds up the latest top stories involving gold and the overall economy. Stories include: How gold is standing out among other precious metals, gold prices likely to keep rising as demand intensifies, and Serbia buys nine tons of gold after the … Read more

It pays to be a race hustler: Al Sharpton received $1M in pay from his own charity

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by DCG He needs that big salary as he still owes $698,470.99 in back federal taxes for three of his companies. From Fox News: He’s the million-dollar minister. The Rev. Al Sharpton raked in $1,046,948 from his own charity last year, according to National Action Network’s latest tax filings obtained by The Post. Sharpton got a $324,000 … Read more

The Repo Crisis

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by Martin Armstrong QUESTION: Marty; The goldbugs are back and claiming the Repo Crisis is MMT and this is again just printing money endlessly to cover up a major banking crisis in the USA so buy gold of course. You said at the WEC cocktail party this would happen because these people never understand the world … Read more

China’s Grand Plan to Take Over the World

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By John Mauldin When the US and ultimately the rest of the Western world began to engage China, resulting in China finally being allowed into the World Trade Organization in the early 2000s, no one really expected the outcomes we see today. There is no simple disengagement path, given the scope of economic and legal … Read more

FORK IT OVER: Supreme Court Allows Victims Of Heart Disease, Obesity To Sue Utensil Manufacturer.

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WASHINGTON, D.C.—Acme Forks & Knives was trying to block a lawsuit brought against them by the obese community. The lawsuit suggested that the company’s utensils were deadly tools that caused people to become overweight. The Supreme Court has blocked the company’s attempt to block the lawsuit, paving the way for victims of heart disease and … Read more

Louisiana election update. You decide.

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There’s a gal on YT that has a channel – she was first in line and pumped to Vote. The Machine wasn’t working properly…KelliAnnHubbNews The audio is hard to discern and you’ll have to slow it a bit to catch all her typed up bits but right out the gate she recorded what happened. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gc5FF5iYj0U&list=UUU2ROr_DEcRsN_jHuWwf3Yg&index=2&t=0s … Read more

PG&E might shut off power this week

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This morning (Nov. 18), PG&E began 48-hour advance notifications to customers about a potential Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) in portions of 25 counties. Worsening dry conditions and expected high wind gusts pose an increased risk for damage and sparks on the electric system that have the potential to ignite fires in areas with dry … Read more

Scientists can use wifi to read your emotions

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A good deal of attention is being given to emotion detection systems that use machine learning algorithms and deep learning networks to identify the emotion a person is experiencing from their facial expressions, the words they use and the way their voice sounds. Many of these systems are remarkably successful but they are somewhat limited by the necessity … Read more

FBI Asks Congress To Permanently Reauthorize The Phone Record Collection The NSA Voluntarily Shut Down(supposedly)

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arlier this year, the NSA — after a few months of hedging — finally mothballed its phone record collection program. The modified phone metadata collection had posed problems for the NSA since its remodeling with the enactment of the USA Freedom Act, which forced the NSA to ask telcos for specific records, rather than just demanding they hand … Read more