List of ways China keeps tabs on citizens getting longer

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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

Tucker Carlson interview about Max Boot & Liberals want Trump to bomb every country in the Middle East & General MACGREGOR demands martial law

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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

Icarus Warning

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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

What You Need to Know About Indonesia Ahead of Next Week’s Election

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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

‘Retail Apocalypse Now’: Analysts say 75,000 more U.S. stores could be doomed

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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

Better Late Than Never: Trump Just Unveiled His NCAA Bracket And He Nailed Every Prediction

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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

Smart Money Is Piling Into Oil

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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

This is How Stocks Get Hit When BBB-Rated Companies Try to Dodge a Downgrade to “Junk”

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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

UK-Based Multinational Department Store Debenhams Collapses, After 200 Years of Trading

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“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

Why a Mobile Responsive Website is Important

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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

“Ghastly” Vancouver Home Sales Crash By 46%, Lowest Since 1985

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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