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Via NBCBayArea.com, How dirty is San Francisco? An NBC Bay Area Investigation reveals a dangerous mix of drug needles, garbage, and feces throughout downtown San Francisco. The Investigative Unit surveyed 153 blocks of the city – the more than 20-mile stretch includes popular tourist spots like Union Square and major hotel chains. The area – bordered … Read more
Reason.com’s Mike Riggs talks with Illinois Policy Institute’s Adam Schuster about how to fix the state’s pension debt crisis… Illinois is running out of time to fix its public sector pension problem. A new report from Moody’s Investors Service identified the Prairie State as one of the two most likely to suffer during an economic downturn. Illinois … Read more
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2 million more EACH YEAR would: 🔻Crush wages for working class 🔻Kill blue collar jobs 🔻Ravage Medicare & Social Security 🔻Drain federal treasury 🔺Crowd schools & hospitals ALERT: Joe Biden wants to almost triple immigration! 2 million more EACH YEAR would: 🔻Crush wages for working class🔻Kill blue collar jobs🔻Ravage Medicare & Social Security🔻Drain federal … Read more
via NYPOST: Bankruptcies are back — flashing warnings that more Americans are knee-deep in debt in big cities like New York. While total bankruptcy petitions nationwide by consumers and businesses are still well below Great Recession levels, analysts say there is an unmistakable trend upward. New York state’s bankruptcy filings, for instance, have risen steadily … Read more
It’s a win win. I’m getting an extra day of battery life per charge. Most iPhones are only good for 1000 charges before battery needs replaced. Apple experts David and David tell you about the seven #iPhone #settings to should turn off immediately. Here are the seven settings to change: 0:12 iPhone Analytics: Turning this … Read more
by Lance Roberts Risk Happens Fast Over the last few weeks, we’ve been discussing the potential for a correction due to the extreme extension of the market above the 200-dma. To wit: “In the very short-term, the market is grossly extended and in need of some correction action to return the market to a more normal … Read more
From AP News: Burger King will begin selling the plant-based Impossible Whopper nationwide next week after a successful test run in seven markets. From next Thursday until September, Burger King will offer delivery and mobile customers two sandwiches – an original Whopper and an Impossible Whopper – for $7 so they can compare them. The rollout … Read more
Statement from Attorney General William P. Barr on the Death of Jeffrey Epstein Attorney General William P. Barr issued the following statement: “I was appalled to learn that Jeffrey Epstein was found dead early this morning from an apparent suicide while in federal custody. Mr. Epstein’s death raises serious questions that must be answered. In … Read more
by DCG Any wonder why they say “liberalism is a mental disorder?” Read here screed on Twitter here. h/t Twitchy DCG
by Martin Armstrong Malaysia filed criminal charges on Friday against 17 current and former directors at subsidiaries of Goldman Sachs Group Inc (GS.N) following an investigation into a multi-billion-dollar corruption scandal that led to the demise of state fund 1MDB. Those charged include Richard Gnodde, chief executive of Goldman Sachs International, Michael Evans, president of Alibaba … Read more
https://twitter.com/cgkkai/status/1160549785117450240 Hong Kong police and protesters refine battle tactics https://t.co/FVQwi6T58e — Teng Olahong (@OlahongTeng) August 11, 2019 https://twitter.com/estherttse/status/1160550312790245378 AC
via @TaviCosta: Just as high as it was at the peak of the tech & housing busts.
by AsthmaticAudino I’m an accountant and I pass this on to all my customers about how to get someone live on the phone at the IRS: Call 1-800-829-1040 Press 1 to confirm English if you speak English. When you get past choosing a language, in the first menu of prompts, press 2. When it gets … Read more
by RVWood I wanted to share as I think this is big for making this incredible wealth building strategy more simplified. Using the mega backdoor Roth method was cumbersome previously. You had to really know what you are doing and then make periodic phone calls to to a conversion. But I learned Fidelity has now … Read more
via Otavio (Tavi) Costa: Now valued at over $1,700 per sq.ft. on its secondary residential market. Insane. This can’t be sustainable. Could Chinese capital outflows be causing this?
via @chigrl: /s Risk assets have tumbled while bonds rallied on an escalation in US-China trade tensions Cross-asset performance since Trump tariff announcement (31 July) as of 7 August 2019 Reposting this because of the article circulating that says China may stop buying oil from the US …they have not yet ANZ Global Trade Index … Read more
via thesoundingline: Since January 2009, China’s M2 money supply has grown by over $133 trillion Chinese Yuan, or nearly $20 trillion. During the same period, China’s annual GDP grew by roughly $8.4 trillion. Amid a historic torrent of financial accommodation and credit creation, the amount of money in China’s economy has outgrown the goods and services in China’s economy … Read more