Smartphones have disturbing, long-term effects on children’s brains

via marketwatch: Madonna does not want her younger children living in a material world with their noses glued to smartphones. Speaking to British Vogue, Madonna said she has imposed stricter smartphone rules for her younger children. The singer, actress, producer, director and mother of six told the magazine that she hasn’t yet allowed her 13-year-old son … Read more

The Political Elite and the Rise of Global Populism

by Jesse “What the two sets of party elites also share is contempt for their parties’ base of activists, voters and non-donor constituencies. Aside from paying them lip service during election season, Republican elites have no use for their base of religious voters, anti-immigrant activists and small-business people… Similarly, Democratic Party leaders have no use … Read more

Trump’s China Tweet

by Martin Armstrong Trump wrote on Twitter over the weekend that tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese goods could rise to 25%. He said that a 25% tariff will soon be assigned to a selection of $325 billion in presently untaxed goods. The tweet sent the Dow Jones Industrial Average down sharply while the yield … Read more

7 Laws of Investing

by Gary Christenson Miles Franklin sponsored this article by Gary Christenson. The opinions are his. Lance Roberts listed James Montier’s 7-Immutable Laws of Investing. They are: Always insist on a margin of safety. This time is never different. Be patient and wait for the fat pitch. Be contrarian. Risk is the permanent loss of capital, never a number. Be leery … Read more

Chinese Social Credit Scoring System is already here in the US… They just call it your “Reputation Score”

by kit8642 It’s funny how the establishment is able to manipulate the public through words. As we all have been rightfully fearmongering about the Social Credit Scoring System China has introduced, here in the US they are quietly creating the same system, But with different words. They call it the “Online Reputation Score” and there … Read more

Rush Limbaugh Exposes the “LIES” of Hillary Clinton & Gang – Whole World Is Watching

by Thinker 2020 Elections Filled With Liars, Losers, Haters, Traitors…WHO HAS A CLEAN “SUCCESSFUL” history like Donald “JOHN” Trump? Who can even come close to the record Trump has made who is just into his third year, he’s breaking records!!! What have the candidates who have been career politicians done to make a difference for … Read more

Joe Biden: “First thing I’d do is repeal those Trump tax cuts.”

Joe Biden: “First thing I’d do is repeal those Trump tax cuts.”   Democrat presidential candidate Joe Biden threatened to raise taxes during a speech in Colombia, South Carolina this Saturday. “First thing I’d do is repeal those Trump tax cuts,” said Biden. https://www.atr.org/biden-first-thing-i-d-do-repeal-those-trump-tax-cuts?amp   h/t MrCoolone

This week six CNN journalists produced an article falsely claiming US-appointed Venezuelan coup leader Juan Guaidó was elected, before quietly issuing a misleading correction.

by AssuredlyAThrowAway   CNN and other corporate media clearly have been engaging in a conspiracy to undermine the government of Venezuela (either to obtain its natural resources or to promote defense contracts for their shareholders), and its quite telling that the network attempted to correct the following false statement; The helicopter crash comes as pressure … Read more

‘Alexa’ Eavesdropping On You This Whole Time… ‘Enough Data To Make East German Secret Police Blush’

Would you let a stranger eavesdrop in your home and keep the recordings? For most people, the answer is, “Are you crazy?” Yet that’s essentially what Amazon has been doing to millions of us with its assistant Alexa in microphone-equipped Echo speakers. And it’s hardly alone: Bugging our homes is Silicon Valley’s next frontier. Many … Read more

“‘Trade War’ In May… And Go Away”

Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, Over the weekend, President Trump decided to reignite the “trade war” with China with two incendiary tweets. Via WSJ: “In a pair of Twitter messages Sunday, Mr. Trump wrote he planned to raise levies on $200 billion in Chinese imports to 25% starting Friday, from 10% currently. He also wrote … Read more

When Deutsche Bank’s Crisis Becomes Our Crisis

Authored by Christopher Whalen via The American Conservative blog, Americans generally think of Europe first as a wonderful place to visit. They rarely ponder the economic and financial ties between the United States and European Union, but in fact these ties are extensive and significant to the stability of both economies. One area of particular connection involves … Read more

FEDERAL REGULATIONS AMOUNT TO A $15,000 ‘HIDDEN TAX’ ON FAMILIES, REPORT FINDS

The federal regulatory apparatus imposed a roughly $14,600 “hidden tax” on American households in 2018, according to a report by the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI). “That amounts to 20 percent of the average pretax income of $73,573, and 24 percent of the average expenditure budget of $60,060,” CEI’s Wayne Crews wrote in his annual Ten … Read more