Wikileaks: “British Army creates a 1,500 strong team of Facebook psychological operations warriors…3 years ago.”

    A link to the original tweet https://mobile.twitter.com/wikileaks/status/987043452109148160 And a link to The Guardian article contained within.   Tip of the iceberg: Astroturfing Information Megathread Government Shills The Guardian: US military studied how to influence Twitter [and Reddit] users in Darpa-funded …

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WORST. LAWSUIT. EVER.

As David Bernstein pointed out here, the DNC filed a lawsuit against, well, everybody they don’t like. I’ve read the papers and the legal term for this Complaint is “batsh*t crazy.” Leaving out the fact that they’ll never be able to properly serve …

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GE profit tops estimates, shares rise in ‘relief rally’

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ge-results/ge-profit-tops-estimates-shares-rise-in-relief-rally-idUSKBN1HR1H1 General Electric Co (GE.N) posted quarterly results that topped expectations on Friday, as earnings from aviation, healthcare and transportation offset weak power and oil-and-gas profits, sending shares sharply higher in premarket trading. …company’s aviation, transportation and healthcare businesses produced …

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The Power Of Mainstream Narratives

by Daniel Carter Most of us would like to think that we’re individuals, that we are above the influence of group pressure and that we view the world objectively. In reality, we are often under the influence of powerful people that …

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The Bears Don’t Take The Stairs

It took 19 months (6/16-2/18) for the #SP500 to gain 44% and less than two weeks to lose nearly 10%   It took the SP500 five years (10/02-10/07) for the SP500 to gain 100% and only 18 months (10/07-03/09) to …

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