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via heraldmailmedia: BEIJING — China’s ambitious plan to assign lifelong scores to citizens based on their behavior has stoked international concern, even as the project remains nascent and numerous hurdles must be overcome before the experiment can be implemented nationwide. In fact, the so-called social credit system is merely an extension of the myriad ways the … Read more
via afp: Is the dream of one global internet still alive? Increasingly, moves by governments to filter and restrict content are threatening to fragment the system created with the promise of connecting the world with a largely unified body of content. China for years has walled off some western services, and the fragmentation may be accelerating … Read more
Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton discusses the efforts made by some on the far-left to undermine President Trump. Courtesy of “Lou Dobbs Tonight”
by John Ward We should all be grateful to the Establishment for their antics over the last two weeks, for they have made one thing crystal clear: they all want a superstate solution to their problems, and care not a fig whether this addresses our problems or not. Every tribal voter in the land must surely now recognise the blindingly … Read more
Also General Douglas MacGregor demands Trump declare martial law on US Border watch the interview, it all makes sense now. Trump stopped their plans to bomb every country in the Middle east. That is why they are attacking him! Anybody that votes for a democrat is a moron. Max Boot claims that we … Read more
by northmantrader At the beginning of March I issued a warning about $BA when the stock was trading at $441. The stock has dropped over $70 since. Of course I could not have known the company would experience a disaster with the plane crash and the subsequent software issues and fleet groundings and now canceling of orders. My … Read more
by Frank Holmes, CEO, U.S. Global Investors On Wednesday of next week, the world’s largest presidential election will be held. Voters in Indonesia will go to the polls to decide whether to give incumbent president Joko Widodo another five years, or elect former general Prabowo Subianto. I think of Indonesia’s presidential election as the “world’s … Read more
by AC Facts. 1. The mainstream media have proven their “snooze” news is all in favor of their corporate agendas. 2. Twitter, Facebook, Google/Youtube owners were threatened to cooperate with censorship demanded by dummycrats or they would be next to fall. 3. The police locked up a kid in New Zealand for simply relaying … Read more
An Uber driver in California was arrested after he dropped a customer off at the airport before swinging back to try to rob the customer’s home. According to the San Mateo Police Department, Uber driver Jackie Gordon Wilson had dropped off his client before returning to the customer’s home about an hour later in an … Read more
Clothing retailers, consumer electronics companies and home furnishing businesses will need to close more stores across the U.S. as e-commerce sales proliferate, according to UBS. In a note to clients this week, the investment firm said “store rationalization needs to accelerate meaningfully as online penetration continues to rise.” Assuming online sales’ share of total retail … Read more
Via The Babylon Bee WASHINGTON, D.C.—While President Trump had initially indicated he would not be filling out a March Madness bracket this year, the president changed his mind and released one late last night. Amazingly, the bracket was perfect. Trump unveiled the world’s first flawless bracket at a White House press conference, proudly declaring how … Read more
By Nick Cunningham Oil prices jumped to five-month highs this week, pushed higher by a bullish cocktail of supply outages, geopolitical unrest and a sputtering shale sector. The most recent factor is the sudden eruption of the long simmering feud in Libya between rival factions. The attack on Tripoli by the Libyan National Army (LNA), … Read more
Bernie Sanders admits he is a MILLIONAIRE as he prepares to release ten years of tax returns and says: ‘If you write a best-selling book, you can be a millionaire too!’ Bernie Sanders announced he will release 10 years of his tax returns and revealed he is a millionaire He said his money came from … Read more
by Michael Snyder According to the Labor Department, the number of job openings in the United States just plunged by the largest amount we have seen in nearly four years. The latest JOLTS report shows that the number of job openings has declined by 538,000, and that is a really big number for just a … Read more
by Charles Hugh-Smith Geography matters, the balance of power matters, and democracy–it’s not yet clear if democracy matters or not. I’ve been asked to comment on Brexit. I’m happy to do so, but not by promoting a position yes or no, or by attempting to unravel the political machinations, as I have neither the knowledge nor the interest to … Read more
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter There are now many of them. Shoring up the balance sheet is the opposite of “shareholder friendly.” It’s “creditor friendly.” The amount of investment-grade corporate bonds outstanding by non-financial companies in the US and Europe – so excluding bonds issued by banks, insurance companies, and the like – has more than tripled (+204%) … Read more
“The traditional private equity model should have no place in retail.” By Don Quijones, Spain, UK, & Mexico, editor at WOLF STREET. Shares of UK-based multinational department store Debenhams — with 165 stores in the UK and Ireland and with 58 franchise stores in 19 other countries — were suspended today after the company and its creditors … Read more
If you haven’t heard the term “mobile responsive web design” or “mobile optimized web design” it is time to start familiarising yourself with them. If you already have built a strong online presence, and a high-functioning website, you’ve already done most of the leg work. Having a mobile responsive site – that looks great … Read more
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via Zerohedge: The Saretsky Report contributed to this article. Just like last month, when Grant’s Interest Rate Observer dubbed the Vancouver housing market as “ghastly”, in April Vancouver once again reported the fewest monthly sales in 33 years. According to the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver, total housing sales were 46.3% below the 10-year March sales average and was … Read more