Despite Video of Them Torturing Handcuffed Man and Charged for It, 2 Cops Get Paid Vacation for Months

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via thefreethoughtproject: Elkhart, IN — Deeply disturbing video was released recently of several Elkhart police department officers conducting what looks like a torture scene from a Hollywood movie. Sadly, however, this was non-fiction and the handcuffed victim receiving the beat down of his life was not an actor. Adding insult to injury in this instance is … Read more

That’s A Real Shame When Folks Be Throwin’ Away A Perfectly Good Carrier Like That: Refuel The Truman—It’s The Law!

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via usni: The midlife refueling overhaul for the USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) is scheduled for 2024, but once again, the Department of Defense (DoD) wants to eliminate an aircraft carrier because it believes the refueling overhaul funds can be better used elsewhere. President Barack Obama’s administration tried to cancel the refueling midlife overhauls of the … Read more

The SPLC is a mix of grift and political hit-jobbery

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  THAT’S A REAL WINNING COMBINATION: The Southern Poverty Law Center Is Both a Terrible Place to Work and a Place That Does Terrible Work. The leadership shakeup, fueled by allegations that black staffers were shut out of key positions and that Dees personally harassed female staffers, has brought the SPLC considerable media scrutiny, and it’s … Read more

Robert Shiller on the housing market: ‘not as exciting’

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CNBC, Released on 3/27/19 Robert Shiller is an American economist, academic, and best-selling author. He currently serves as a Sterling Professor of Economics at Yale University and is a fellow at the Yale School of Management’s International Center for Finance. Mr. Shiller has been a research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) … Read more

How To Prepare For The Coming Debt Crisis | Jerry Robinson

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https://media.blubrry.com/silverdoctors/s/content.blubrry.com/silverdoctors/How_To_Prepare_For_The_Coming_Debt_Crisis_Jerry_Robinson.mp3 Jerry Robinson of Follow The Money interviewed by Elijah Johnson of Silver Doctors Business Insider reported the global economy is in the worst shape since 2009. Jerry Robinson from Follow The Money joins Silver Doctors to discuss. The interconnectedness of the economy means if one economy falls, other economies can be affected. The yield curve has inverted with respect to … Read more

WOW Airlines Downfall

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Passengers in Iceland advised to check for ‘rescue fares’ Founder Mogensen: ‘I will never be able to forgive myself’ Wow Air Hf has gone out of business, stranding thousands of passengers and creating potentially huge risks for Iceland’s tiny economy and its growing reliance on tourism. The discount carrier is the eighth European airline to have … Read more

Billion-dollar startup Zoom filed to go public — and shares of a totally unrelated company also called called Zoom shot up 1,100% (Business Insider)

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Zoom Video Communications, a $1 billion startup, filed for its much-anticipated IPO on Friday. Zoom Technologies, a completely unrelated company, saw its shares spike 1,100% in the aftermath. That company trades under the ticker symbol “Zoom,” which likely led to some confusion by trigger-happy investors. Zoom Technologies appears to be a mostly-defunct telecommunications company that … Read more

Apple (AAPL) – Technical Analysis Report

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by BR-Technicals BR Technicals’ Technical Analysis Report – Apple Inc. (AAPL)   March 21, 2019 (Published March 26, 2019)   Prepared By Brandon Ross, CMT Click to read the analysis with charts, and also download a PDF of the report: https://www.brtechnicals.com/apple-aapl-stock-report/ Long-Term Analysis AAPL is in a long-term channel that began in 2010. The channel bottom … Read more

Sweden: Swedbank Offices Raided for Money Laundering

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via DW: What we know so far Swedbank confirmed on Wednesday that its headquarters near Stockholm have been raided by Swedish authorities. The bank is under investigation by the New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) for giving misleading information related to the Mossack Fonseca tax evasion and money laundering scandal. Sweden’s Economic Crime Authority … Read more

Three companies, including my bank, don’t know where my money went. They’re all redirecting me to each other.

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by ChasingMyMoney Background: Several weeks ago I accidentally purchased a $100 Starbucks E-gift card through the Chase.com website on my computer browser. I wanted to send my sibling a belated gift of direct money. Within 2-5 minutes of sending the money and realizing my mistake, I called Chase and Starbucks to cancel the transaction. Chase said … Read more

Lending And Swap Rates Soar As Turkey Continues Monetary Repression

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by confoundedinterest This week, Turkey further roiled markets by preventing foreign banks from accessing the liras they need to close out their swap positions. That’s made it almost impossible for bankers to short the lira or exit carry trades, and forced the overnight lira rate up to about 1,000 percent from 23 percent. And the USDTRY overnight forward implied … Read more

Why Brexit could affect you personally, even if you don’t think you have a stake in the outcome.

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via dailyreckoning: The U.K. Brexit referendum on whether to remain with or leave the European Union (EU) took place on June 23, 2016. The result was a clear victory for the “leave” forces. But markets were shocked. All the “experts” had predicted voters would elect to stay. I was among the few to prepare investors for … Read more