The government shutdown is far worse than we even imagined

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by Simon Black Last Thursday, I published a Notes article saying I would use five-to-six figures of the money I saved last year in taxes to pay rent for furloughed government employees. And so far, the response has been amazing. We’ve already sent money out the door to help these people during the government shutdown. And we’ve also received some … Read more

“Shooting going on at the border close to the bridge to Pharr, TX” Are parts of the border with Mexico as dangerous as this video claims? If so, why hasn’t this made the news cycle?

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by Tha_Dude_Abidez Crazy video that claims to be audio footage of a gunfight going on across the border with Mexico. https://youtu.be/k6nS-6cRan4   Anthony was live — shooting on the bridge to Pharr, TX , lasted over half hour yesterday… #SecureTheBorder we knew this was coming to our borders Source: True Conservatives Minutes [TCM]

Chinese police are expanding facial recognition sunglasses program

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via theverge: China’s police have been testing sunglasses with built-in facial recognition since at least last month to catch suspects and those traveling under false identities. Now China is expanding the facial recognition sunglasses program as police are beginning to use them in the outskirts of Beijing, according to Reuters. The program was used as extra security while Parliament voted … Read more

2019’s Five Most Mispriced Tail Events

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Via Global Macro Monitor, 1. Trump Leaves Office By Year-End There is only one thing Trump likes more than power – money.  As his legal troubles grow exponentially in 2019, the president has an epiphany that he could lose all his wealth.  He cuts a Spiro Agnew-like deal and resigns from office in return for leniency.   The … Read more

What Gen Z Learned From Millennials: Skip College

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Authored by Andrew Moran via LibertyNation.com, Generation Z is already learning from the millennial generation’s mistakes… For years, millennials have scoffed at the notion of fixing someone else’s toilet, installing elevators, or cleaning a patient’s teeth. Instead, they wanted to get educated in lesbian dance theory, gender studies, and how white people and western civilization … Read more

A group of Mark Zuckerberg-funded researchers is testing implantable brain devices as part of a $5 billion quest to end disease

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via businessinsider: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his pediatrician wife, Priscilla Chan, have sold 29 million Facebook shares to raise $5 billion for an ambitious biomedical-research program called the Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI). Related to the CZI is the Chan-Zuckerberg Biohub, which employs top-notch scientists from Stanford University, UC Berkeley, and UC San Francisco. Researchers including a Biohub investigator … Read more

The Fed IS the Ugly Truth

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by Raúl Ilargi Meijer Rembrandt van Rijn Man with a falcon on his wrist (possibly St. Bavo) 1661  This Fed thing just keeps going on, and it needs to stop. There is nothing in the discussion about the Federal Reserve these days that has any value other than it provides even more proof that the Fed has … Read more

Italy’s Crumbling Economy! – Is The BIG Recession Coming?

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Josh Sigurdson talks with author and economic analyst John Sneisen about the crashing Italian economy as many warn of an impending recession. Italy’s manufacturing sector continues to fall at a rapid rate hitting lows on a monthly basis. With its subservience to the European Union dragging them down and manipulating their markets dramatically as well … Read more

U.S Government just confirmed the existence and use of military tribunals in Gitmo!

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Well, well, well. It’s finally out in the open. The U.S. Department of Defense posted a press release announcing the invitation of Alternate Media to cover military commission pre-trial proceedings (military tribunal) at Guantanamo Bay (Gitmo)! Main Stream Media was not and will not be invited! https://dod.defense.gov/News/Article/?1723093=military-commissions-media-invitation-anno​unced-for-united-states-v-khalid-shai&Press-Advisories=Press-Advisory-Vi​ew Snip IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Military Commissions Media Invitation Announced … Read more

WATCH! #BREAKING: Military coup underway in Gabon Africa

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WATCH! #BREAKING: #Military #coup underway in #Gabon Africa Source: #BREAKING: Military coup underway in Gabon, according to broadcast on national radio – TheWatchTowers.org https://thewatchtowers.org/breaking-military-coup-underway-in-gabon-according-to-broadcast-on-national-radio/ More info here… https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/01/gabon-army-seizes-national-radio-station-apparent-coup-attempt-190107064110054.html AP has picked up the Gabon story and… https://apnews.com/d88e0eca3c654812888e08a053d603f1 …neighboring Congo delays announcing election results. https://apnews.com/2edbb1ac45bd4e7a87c80cfd27c14d89 https://twitter.com/AFPAfrica/status/1082205078440824833 https://twitter.com/potus_schedule/status/1081344718649344003?s=21   h/t Google_It

The government doesn’t “give” money, it takes it from one group and gives it to another. In the process it picks who the money goes to. That’s “crony capitalism” aka socialism.

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via capitalismmagazine:   There’s capitalism, and then there’s “crapitalism” — crony capitalism. Capitalism is great because it lets entrepreneurs raise money so they can scale up and get their products and services to more people. If there is free competition, innovators with the best ideas raise the most money, and the best and cheapest products spread … Read more

Why Goldman Just Drastically Slashed Its Oil Price Prediction

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By Irina Slav Goldman Sachs reduced its outlook for oil prices this year citing abundant supply, Bloomberg reports, quoting a note to clients. The investment bank’s analysts now expect Brent crude to average US$62.50 a barrel this year, down from an earlier projection of US$70 a barrel. West Texas Intermediate, according to Goldman Sachs, will average … Read more

BREXIT EXPLOSIVE: Is this Theresa May’s last-minute Agatha Christie “twist” moment?

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by John Ward There’s an odd little cross-Party game going on as we head into Brexit’s final furlong under May. There’s an odd little article featuring junior Brexit Minister Kwarsi Kwarteng in The Guardian. I wonder if the Brexiteers are paying close enough attention to the game. I wonder if The Guardian has stumbled on why … Read more