Locked Up: How the Modern Prison-Industrial Complex Puts So Many Americans in Jail

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by Sam Jacobs     Where you find the laws most numerous, there you will find also the greatest injustice. -Arcesilaus, Greek philosopher and student of Plato on power and personal sovereignty There’s no two ways about it: The United States of America and its 50 state governments love putting people in prison. The U.S. has both the … Read more

DON’T MAKE FUN OF ANA NAVARRO. I think she’s actually a closet Trump supporter who’s figured out how to make his opponents look ridiculous while hanging on to her cushy media gig.

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This is painful on so many levels. She literally wouldn't even let him answer the question then accuses him of "mansplaining." https://t.co/Buv9VceCbu — Courtney (@CShadegg) October 11, 2019 And now you know the answer to this question.     h/t GR

Liz Warren Will Be A Terrible Nominee. And She’ll Probably Be The Nominee

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Warren’s same-sex marriage quip captures what some find exciting — and others distressing — about her. About 90 minutes into Thursday’s forum on LGBTQ issues in Los Angeles, a gay rights leader posed a question to Sen. Elizabeth Warren: How would she respond if a voter approached her and said, “I’m old-fashioned, and my faith … Read more

My University Is Dying; Soon, Yours Will Be Too.

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via taxprof: Chronicle of Higher Education op-ed:  My University is Dying, And Soon Yours Will Be, Too., by Sheila Liming (University of North Dakota): I live in a land of austerity, and I’m not just talking about the scenery. When most people think about North Dakota — if, indeed, they ever do — they probably imagine bare, … Read more

SAY IT AIN’T SO: Fox News pollster Braun Research misrepresented impeachment poll: analysis.

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Funny these news stories never go the other way. The story got the headlines it wanted. No one will see this correction. via NYPOST: The poll released last week by Fox News that claimed most Americans favor the impeachment of President Trump underrepresented Republican and independent voters, The Post has found. The poll said 51% … Read more

Active Shooter at Town Center Mall in Boca Raton, Florida

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https://www.broadcastify.com/listen/feed/28863 https://twitter.com/MISTERMORT/status/1183467208158121985 Swat Team going in for active shooter #bocaraton pic.twitter.com/bttJQsKLpA — Rachel Cohn (@umdontbejelly) October 13, 2019 Fire trucks and police surrounding every entrance as we try to leave #bocaraton pic.twitter.com/AkOp8n5Wjo — Rachel Cohn (@umdontbejelly) October 13, 2019 https://twitter.com/TheTonyFilms/status/1183466876023824385 https://twitter.com/jenniferdermer/status/1183466607022137346 Tiroteo en town center at boca ratón 🔫 pic.twitter.com/uNBbAmICl5 — SEBAS 🐼 (@js20bf) October … Read more

5 Explosions During the Cali Blackout

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by FanboyXP The PG&E electric company is saying it was doing the intentional blackouts that has affected 800k of their customers in order to prevent high winds from damaging their outdated electrical lines which they claim would’ve caused major forest fires, yet at the same time the fires happened anyways regardless of the blackouts that … Read more

You thought US small caps were doing poorly? Well, Chinese stocks are much worse.

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You thought US small caps were doing poorly? Well, Chinese stocks are much worse. China, the engine of global growth, is stumbling. pic.twitter.com/ifDigbrwml — Otavio (Tavi) Costa (@TaviCosta) October 10, 2019 China can’t afford having a strong currency. This currency pact, if true, is doomed to fail. The Chinese economy is at the outset of … Read more

Fed continuing repo and launch of qe is probably to get ahead of upcoming turmoil – now what the fed sees that we don’t — is still to be determined.

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They say it’s not QE, but “the problem the Fed has with its communication is that the first month’s purchases are triple the size of the ECB’s newly announced monthly QE purchases. .. When it swims like a duck and quacks like a duck ..” @CapEconUS — Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla) October 11, 2019 fed continuing … Read more

GDP follows job openings almost precisely. At some point these macro imbalances will matter.

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Nothing to see here. GDP follows job openings almost precisely. At some point these macro imbalances will matter. pic.twitter.com/Q9bB2phtkS — Otavio (Tavi) Costa (@TaviCosta) October 11, 2019 Markets tend to like to wait until the last minute, usually forming a topping process around the same time unemployment starts ticking up. So, all pretty normal so … Read more

How I’m playing Brexit

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by optionshoppin Boris Johnson has stated that if no deal is reached by Oct. 31st then no-deal brexit is happening. There are analysts saying no deal brexit would tank the British economy in ways almost at 2008 recession levels. some reading material I found an ETF with high volume, volume over a million today already. Analyst Report: … Read more

Too much money chasing too many dumb deals. Gee, when have we seen that before?

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Too much money chasing too many dumb deals. Gee, when have we seen that before? More broadly, easy $ cycles not fueling 70s-style "real #economy" inflation. They're fueling "asset economy" #inflation, underwriting excessive financial engineering, encouraging high-risk lending etc https://t.co/zg4fcbAtVP — Mike Larson (@RealMikeLarson) October 10, 2019

It’s not just the NBA and Blizzard.

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via mashable: While the spotlight has been shining brightly on the NBA for its handling of a critical tweetabout China’s response to pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong, the NBA isn’t alone. Major global companies have been bowing to both direct and indirect pressure from China’s political leaders to control how the economic powerhouse of a country is … Read more