Widespread flu activity across the country NEW YORK (FOX 5 NY) – Federal authorities are reporting widespread flu activity across the country and two states with especially high levels. Colorado and Georgia were singled out for high rates of influenza-like illnesses reported. New York City and nine states (Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, New Jersey, … Read more
from Financial Survival Network Danielle Park notes that it’s been a long time coming, but at long last the stock markets are heading downward. What seemed like an impossibility just a few short months ago has now become a stark new reality. Danielle believes that it could keep on tumbling until it reverts to the mean. Pity … Read more
via Jeremiah Johnson: Mullein is a pretty easy herb to come by. It grows in “waste” places; that is to say, in arid, rocky, or sandy soil without many nutrients. It is a pretty common sight all over the United States and is actually considered a nuisance by many, although it was brought to the U.S. … Read more
BECAUSE GOVERNMENT: One year of legal pot sales and California doesn’t have the bustling industry it expected. Here’s why. As the first year of licensed sales comes to a close, California’s legal market hasn’t performed as state officials and the cannabis industry had hoped. Retailers and growers say they’ve been stunted by complex regulations, high taxes … Read more
Sears could face liquidation within 24 hours from CNBC. via CNBC: The employer of more than 68,000 filed for bankruptcy in October. Its last shot at survival is a $4.6 billion proposal put forward by its chairman, Eddie Lampert, to buy the company out of bankruptcy through his hedge fund, ESL Investments. ESL is the … Read more
Dec. 27, 2018 – A Huntington Beach man died after bystanders wrestled with him at the end of a bizarre Christmas Eve rampage in which he rammed several other cars with a stolen van, smashed out the windows of two other cars with a tire iron and tried to carjack a third vehicle, authorities said. … Read more
Ryan Saavedra for the Daily Wire reports, Senior Trump administration adviser Stephen Miller humiliated CNN’s Wolf Blitzer on Thursday night after Blitzer claimed without evidence that “Democrats support border security.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeVoPWQ_6EM Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: https://www.dailywire.com/news/39581/… Senior Trump administration adviser Stephen Miller humiliated CNN’s Wolf Blitzer on Thursday night after Blitzer claimed without evidence that “Democrats support … Read more
by Raúl Ilargi Meijer Francis Tattegrain La ramasseuse d’épaves (The Beachcomber) 1880 I haven’t really written about finance since April of this year, and given recent fluctuations in what people persist in calling the markets, maybe it’s time. Then again, nothing has changed since that article in April entitled This Is Not A Market. I was right then, … Read more
Via Campus Reform Campus Reform rounded up the five most viewed Campus Reform videos of 2018. While students had a lot to say on various issues, they didn’t always offer a lot of knowledge on those issues. In 2018, Campus Reform videos received millions of views across social media and right here on CampusReform.org. From January to December, Campus … Read more
by DCG A primate example of why you cannot rely on anyone but yourself for your personal safety. A good reason to believe in the Second Amendment and exercise that right. From Yahoo: Lauren McCluskey, the 21-year-old Utah track athlete who was abducted outside her Salt Lake City dorm and killed in October, had called both University … Read more
Some of the biggest and most promising experiments were plagued by delays and shutdowns. From the MIT Technology Review: Silicon Valley loves the idea of universal basic income. Many in the tech elites tout it as the answer to job losses caused by automation, if only people would give it a chance. The idea is that … Read more
by zenmasterzen3 Could the 38 Billion given to Israel by the US be used to feed, cloth and shelter America’s 500,000 homeless? 38 * 1000 * 106 / (500000) = 76,000 So yeah that’s enough for food and shelter and probably a car and a overseas holiday. Is there something wrong with my math? edit: it’s … Read more
The co-founder of LinkedIn, Reid Hoffman, has apologized to Republican Roy Moore for funding an organisation that faked a ‘Russian bot’ involvement to mar his election campaign in Alabama. https://youtu.be/54IcPmfqHlo
from Zero Hedge The global scramble for a little known metal called vanadium is officially underway. The metal, which when used in small amounts can help strengthen steel significantly, is in high demand following new Chinese regulations on infrastructure and buildings. The new rules, which came as a result of a 2008 earthquake that devastated part of … Read more
Bill Holter interviewed by James Howard Kunstler on KunstlerCast Bill Holter joins the KunstlerCast for an up-to-date and hard-hitting interview on the current state of the economy. Think the breakdown of our financial system is a possibility? Bill Holter says it’s not a possibility but a mathematical certainty. Don’t miss this important update for all the latest economic and … Read more
by Amy S. There are long term trends developing. The problem is not a trading war or China. What worries me is that the FED also seems to be surprised by weakness – although our indicators showed that already in early 2018. Frightened sellers commonly cause a crash. An unexpected economic event, catastrophe, or crisis triggers … Read more
Audio Only. Turn sound down on this one. You hear him refer to more information here by Julian. h/t Pinkorchid- Not NPC
by Thinker Who will get caught up in the scam and corruption in the crypto currency. It’s never good to put all your eggs in one basket. Variety always works and goes further. Stop giant AI vaporize dollars! Wake-up! https://youtu.be/XuG6BXSTvEg Jim Rickards | Axis of Gold: Sanctions Weaponize the Dollar Jim Rickards, author of The … Read more
How will technology revolutionize our world? Will it empower individuals and free expression, or tighten the noose of the controllers? It seems that there is a constant paradox, an ebb and flow. Such is the case with Nikola Tesla and his wireless energy tower – which he intended to use to broadcast free wireless energy … Read more
‘Immune banks’ will hold immune cells and can be delivered to hospitals in hours •The treatment is said to be the ‘ultimate’ approach to using the immune system •It’s set to be used as early as next year with impressive results so far groundbreaking treatment for cancer which uses immune cells from strangers could save … Read more