Facebook is surveillance monster feeding on our personal data – Richard Stallman

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Our world today may be a high-tech wonderland, but we, the users, own nothing in it, with our personal data being the new oil for Big Tech. How do we break its grip on our digital lives? We asked Richard Stallman, the founder and leader of the Free Software Movement. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9c3sv30w158 BuzzFeed: We Have ‘Absolutely … Read more

2019 credit rating by state..look at this map closely.

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via independent.org: Writing at City Journal, Steven Malanga hones in on 10 state governments that have chronic overspending problems. Since 2003, ten states, like impulse buyers wandering through a mall on Black Friday, have repeatedly run deficits, spending more than they generate in taxes, fees, and federal grants, and “pushing off to future taxpayers some past costs for … Read more

IMF Hands $4.2 billion in loans for Ecuador for Julian Assange

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by Martin Armstrong The evidence of political pressure on Ecuador is surfacing. The IMF Executive Board Approved US$4.2 Billion  (435% of quota and SDR 3.035 billion) Extended Fund Facility for Ecuador. The Executive Board agreed to this arrangement with strings attached. The Board’s decision enables the immediate disbursement of US$652 million (equivalent to SDR 469,7 million, or … Read more

Ken Starr Former Special Prosecutor Admits Withholding Facts on Vince Foster from Congress

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by Martin Armstrong Kenn Star admitted FBI agents investigating the death of Deputy White House Counsel Vince Foster learned that Hillary’s humiliation of Foster in front of staff pushed him over the edge and triggered his suicide. The killing of Vince Foster was clearly a cover-up for the body was moved to the park. Only … Read more

Turkey & the Real Risk of a Debt Crisis

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by Martin Armstrong The Treasury and Finance Ministry of Turkey announced that the country’s net external debt stock totaled $286.2 billion going into the end of the 3rd quarter of 2018. The country’s net external debt stock to its gross domestic product (GDP) ratio was 34.4% at the end of the third quarter of 2018. However, … Read more

Cher: Los Angeles ‘Can’t Take Care of Its Own, How Can It Take Care of’ More Immigrants

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Via Breitbart Pop icon Cher said Sunday that Los Angeles, California, “can’t take care of its own” residents, much less newly arrived illegal and legal immigrants. Cher said she failed to understand how the city of Los Angeles in the sanctuary state of California could afford to admit and take care of any more immigrants when … Read more

How May Was Installed, How She Hid Defence Ties To The EU, How The Media Lied About The October Brextension

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by John Ward In a triple-header of revelations today, The Slog assembles the evidence to condemn the Prime Minister as an anti-democratic, unconstitutional and enthusiastic supporter of Superstate hegemony and coordinated European defence. We trace her suspicious rise to power, the defence agreements signed during 2018 that nobody knew about, and how the media have been … Read more

IMF WARNING TO GOVERNMENTS: Get Your Debt Under Control Before Next Recession!

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by Mac Slavo of SHTFplan The International Monetary Fund issued a bold and stark warning to governments around the globe.  If these governments want any hope at all of surviving the next global economic recession, they had better get their debt under control. While the financing of the debts held by governments is not a huge problem currently, … Read more

Visualizing the Cost of Living Around the World in 2019

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by howmuch The Economist’s Intelligence Unit recently released its 2019 Worldwide Cost of Living report, which compares 400 individual prices across 160 products and services in 133 cities around the world. Our latest visualization takes 20 of these cities, as provided in the free version of the report, and compares the cost of four different products … Read more

Reshma Kapadia on Rising College Fees and Your Retirement

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by FS We spoke with Reshma Kapadia, a senior writer at Barron’s, about her recent article “How Your Kids Can Ruin Your Retirement, and How to Make Sure They Don’t,” to understand how parents can protect their retirement in the face of rising college tuition costs. Making the Best Decision It isn’t necessarily always the best idea to … Read more

Scientists print world’s first 3-D heart

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A team of Israeli researchers has “printed” the world’s first 3-D vascularized, engineered heart.   On Monday, a team of Tel Aviv University researchers revealed the heart, which was made using a patient’s own cells and biological material. Until now, scientists have successfully printed only simple tissues without blood vessels. “This is the first time … Read more

We Have Seen This Happen Before The Last 3 Recessions – And Now It Is The Worst It Has Ever Been

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by Michael Snyder Since the last financial crisis, we have witnessed the greatest corporate debt binge in U.S. history.  Corporate debt has more than doubled since then, and it is now sitting at a grand total of more than 9 trillion dollars.  Of course there have been other colossal corporate debt binges throughout our history, … Read more