Rising health-care costs are eating away at your wages and you may not even realize it

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Via Marketwatch Health-care costs are quietly eating away at American wages. Employer-sponsored insurance premiums have jumped dramatically in the last 20 years, from almost $6,000 in 1999 to more than $18,000 in 2016, according to a report released Wednesday by the Economic Policy Institute, a progressive Washington-based economic think tank. Those health-care expenses accounted for 51.7% of … Read more

NEW CIVILITY WATCH: Former Attorney General Eric Holder: “Michelle [Obama] always says, ‘When they go low, we go high.’ No. No. When they go low, we kick them.”

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Eric Holder tells group to physically kick Republicans Democrat Eric Holder: When Republicans Go Low, "We Kick Them" pic.twitter.com/IJ2Wlxt4FZ — Ryan Saavedra (@RyanSaavedra) October 10, 2018 As Aaron Blake of the Washington Post adds, “This notably comes 2 days after Hillary Clinton justified Democrats not being civil.” UPDATE: In an article at the WaPo, Blake blames — … Read more

When the Market Crashes The Scenarios Make No Sense

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by Martin Armstrong Interest Rates have been on the rise since 2015.75 4th quarter. All of a sudden, the headlines claim U.S. stocks took a dump to close sharply lower because investors spooked by rising bond yields sold equities in all sectors. The Nasdaq Composite Index (COMP) fell 315.97 points, or 4.1%, to 7,422.05, its biggest decline … Read more

3 Big Retirement Vehicles Now Under Severe Stress

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From Birch Gold Group You’ve probably heard the saying, a rising tide lifts all boats. It means a strong or improving economy benefits everyone. And it should. The problem is, the “boats” that most people are in these days have leaks. It’s possible that you might not be aware of how big those leaks really are. … Read more

PLEASE: 35 States Tell the FCC to Get Off Its Ass and Do Something About Spoofed Robocalls.

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via gizmodo: Last November, the FCC created the 2017 Call Blocking Order, which is supposed to provide phone companies a means of weeding out and blocking robocalls. But a group of concerned attorneys general have observed that the robocall issue is getting worse, despite the order. In 2017, the Federal Trade Commission received 4.5 million complaints … Read more

CALIFORNIA’S CORPORATE BOARD QUOTAS: Yes, it’s unconstitutional for California to set quotas for women serving on boards of public corporations.

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via reason: California recently passed Senate Bill 826, a law requiring all publicly held corporations based in the state to have a minimum number of women on their boards. A corporation with four or fewer directors must have at least one woman on its board. If the board has five members, at least two women must be … Read more

ANALYSIS: TRUE. If Republicans Can Confirm Kavanaugh, They Can Repeal Obamacare.

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So Republican lawmakers do have spines after all. Who knew? Last weekend’s confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, notwithstanding the controversies surrounding his nomination, stemmed primarily from two sources. First, many Republican lawmakers objected to how Democrats politicized the nomination—holding allegations of sexual assault against Kavanaugh for more than a month, then leaking them days … Read more

The Banks Are NOT On You Side – Craig Hemke

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by Craig Hemke of Sprott Money News Certain precious metals analysts are once again claiming that, soon, the Banks will be “on your side”. This isn’t true, it hasn’t been true and it won’t ever be true so long as the fractional reserve and digital derivative pricing scheme continues. Since much of the current optimism is based upon … Read more

The mystery of the declining sperm rates in Western Males

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cb0fJArn6z8 The rate of men being treated for infertility has increased 700 percent in the last 15 years – and their semen quality is plummeting, new research shows. Researchers in the US and Spain analyzed semen samples from two major fertility centers between 2002 and 2017. They found the number of men seeking treatment went … Read more

VLOG: A Guide To The U.S. Corporate Debt Bubble

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by Jesse Colombo In this special video presentation, Jesse Colombo explains the U.S. corporate debt bubble that is inflating in the U.S. While the soaring stock market has attracted the most attention, a dangerous bubble has also formed in U.S. corporate debt. Since 2008, total outstanding non-financial corporate debt has increased by over $2.5 trillion or 40%. … Read more

IF WE CAN’T TAKE IT, WE’LL BREAK IT

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Google Exec. Responds to Brett Kavanaugh Confirmation: ‘Abolish the Senate.’ On Friday, when Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) announced her support for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, ensuring that he would receive the votes required for confirmation, a Google executive tweeted an ominous message about America’s system of government. He also joined an effort to bribe … Read more

Justice for Justice Kavanaugh–Will those Senators (Sen Booker) and others who violated the rules and laws be held accountable?

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by TFittonJW In this edition of “Inside Judicial Watch,” Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton describes the Brett Kavanaugh saga–the initial confirmation process, the allegations made against him by Dr. Christine Ford, the Senate voting to confirm Judge Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, and how Judicial Watch became involved.

For Better or WORSE? Amazon HQ2 Is Coming To A City Soon And Promises To Be The Next Silicon Valley

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_Xe9QClQBk Pete Saunders for Forbes reports, Thirteen months into the international derby that is the Amazon HQ2 selection process, it seems the end of the sweepstakes is near. It’s been a dizzying year-plus for the giant online retailer. Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: https://www.forbes.com/sites/petesaun…

HONEST LONDON MAYOR CANDIDATE UNDER FIRE

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3cY8T87Oeg https://dailykenn.blogspot.com/2018/10/london-mayoral-candidate-under-fire-for.html DAILYKENN.com — The Conservative Party’s candidate for mayor of London needs to clarify his views on unwed mothers, critics say. Actually the views of Shaun Bailey, 47, are easily understood. Read his views below. See any garble? Anything difficult to grasp?