They openly proclaim that pretty much everything Trump has ever done and everyone he’s ever talked to is under some sort of investigation: https://web.archive.org/web/20181216132810/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/mounting-legal-threats-surround-trump-as-nearly-every-organization-he-has-led-is-under-investigation/2018/12/15/4cfb4482-ffbb-11e8-862a-b6a6f3ce8199_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.44a3a313ebc3
Phoenix Suns owner Robert Sarver may not be the most popular guy in Arizona these days, but I’d venture to guess that not many people hate his guts more than Greta Rogers. Rogers has quickly become an internet sensation thanks to her merciless evisceration of Sarver at a Phoenix city council meeting this week. One … Read more
by TheAngryHippii Misleading information is the bane of all who are undergoing the process of self-actualization. Or as some refer to it, awakening. The problem therein lies the fact that we are forced to interpret our past based off of our perception. And, our perception can be manipulated by those who pose themselves to be … Read more
via testaczzz: Data from Public Opinion programme, The University of Hong Kong (People’s Confidence in HK’s Future), using Excel as visualization tool. Please note that the x-axis is not equally proportioned.
via TVUmK: Data was provided by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, found here. I used the ggplot2 and gganimate R libraries for the visualization. The code is available on Github.
by Undercover5051 The report comes as the company faces thousands of lawsuits claiming that its talc products caused cancer. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-46572536? Reuters reviewed Johnson & Johnson documents produced as part of the trials, many of which had been shielded from view by court orders. The documents revealed that from at least 1971 to the early 2000s … Read more
by Thinker On December 3, the Center for Security Policy held its annual Freedom Flame Award Dinner in honor of Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton. Joe diGenova, founding partner of diGenova & Toensing, LLP and former United States Attorney, District of Columbia, introduces Freedom Flame Award recipient Tom Fitton. Well, once again it looks like justice … Read more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WW13I0iXJM So what do you think? Will it start on the 22, 24, 28? This year? Next? Before Jan 3rd? Actually the best Christmas gift is unsealed indictments beginning on the 22nd. h/t Proud Trump Supporter
by Thinker History shows the people who choose to seek it out, that most wars, corruption, blackmail, theft, dishonor, comes from an individual without honor, pride, and a content of character they want to hide. If your an American over the age of fifty and have watched the corruption as it grew after the murder … Read more
via northmantrader: Oh dear. Ten trading days left in the year and things are looking grim. Last week’s 100 handle rip off of the Monday lows was sold again amid relentless fund outflows producing the lowest weekly close on $ES in 2018. Many sectors made new yearly lows including banks, transports and small caps. The 2009 bull … Read more
via Sunny Oh Investors fled U.S. equity funds at the fastest pace on record in the week ended Wednesday, according to data from Lipper. More than $46 billion was redeemed from U.S. stock mutual funds and ETFs between Dec. 5 and 12, the largest weekly outflow since Lipper began tracking weekly flows in 1992. The … Read more
via Colby Smith In the decade since the financial crisis, central bankers around the world have taken on the mantle of reinvigorating the global economy. By keeping interest rates low and buying up trillions of dollars’ worth of government bonds and other assets, these institutions helped to prop up growth at a time when the world … Read more
by QuantalyticsResearch US Markets End of Day Snapshot US stocks sold off, moving lower from open until the session closed; the risk-off sentiment that drove the sell-off is rooted in concerns over the health of the global economy The S&P500 closed today at a level last seen in April, it is down almost 3% year … Read more
Russian officials have threatened to block Google’s access in Russia unless it complies with a law that asks it to ban certain websites. The Vladimir Putin-led country is putting intense pressure on internet companies to block content it deems harmful after passing a law in September that required search engines to comply with the state … Read more
Google owned YouTube published the YouTube Community Guidelines Enforcement report for the third quarter of 2018 yesterday. The report highlights that YouTube removed 7.8 million videos, 224 million comments, and 1.6 million channels in the quarter alone based on policy violations. The majority of videos and comments that were removed by YouTube were removed automatically. … Read more
via stripes: RAQQA, Syria — This ruined, fearful city was once the Islamic State’s capital, the showcase of its caliphate and a magnet for foreign fighters from around the globe. Now it lies at the heart of the United States’ newest commitment to a Middle East war. The commitment is small, a few thousand troops who … Read more
Original Post Jeffrey Gundlach’s DoubleLine Total Return Bond Fund webcast for the month of December 2018, discussing the how the global growth is slowing. TAB I – GLOBAL ECONOMY “Scared sick looking at it” – Ernest Hemingway MSCI ACWI and Central Banks Source: Bloomberg, DoubleLine BoJ = Bank of Japan, ECB = European Central Bank, MSCI ACWI … Read more
via CBS Sacramento: STOCKTON (CBS13) — A special letter mail carriers are delivering to hundreds of homes in Stockton will hopefully bring a little financial relief in the New Year. The money is part of the city’s basic income pilot program. Stockton is the first city in the country to launch it. The letter 1,200 people … Read more
by Jim Quinn You will find more infographics at Statista Out of the major tech companies, people trust Facebook the least with their personal information. Amazon and Twitter come in a distant second and third, with 8 percent of people saying they trust these companies the least with their personal information. Five times more people place Facebook as the least trustworthy company … Read more