Visualizing the World’s Tech Giants 2018

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by howmuch Technology companies have a unique advantage over other businesses, and it’s called the network effect. Each new user who joins a platform adds value to everyone already on it. Facebook would be boring if you were the only one on it. Google would be useless if websites opted out of its indexing services. Amazon … Read more

NEW VERITAS — Secrets & Lies: Oregon Governor Kate Brown, Fmr Campaign Manger Details “Graft & Corruption”

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by james_okeefe_iii Kicking off our elections stories. There is more to follow. • On Hidden Camera: Former Campaign Manager, “She’s a really awful manager of people, operations and structures.” • “The government side can’t direct the campaign side, which is what was happening.” • Governor’s Chief of Staff Alleged to Have Illegally Fired Campaign Staff … Read more

Globalism Free Trade Immigration Connection

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by Thinker How is your life going under the Global Empire? If you answer honestly, for non billionaires, the response must reflect disappointment if not immense distress. Middle America stands on the precipice of oblivion. While the recent past decades have shown steep declines in financial security and net wealth, the future looks much more … Read more

FOX NEWS: “Some anti-Kavanaugh protesters were paid to help make ‘viral moments,’ Vice News editor says”

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When “This Week” host Jonathan Karl tried to clarify, Thomas added: “There were people who were paid by organizations like UltraViolet, to — to try to harness that energy in a way that would make the viral moments that we ended up seeing.” https://www.foxnews.com/politics/some-anti-kavanaugh-protesters-were-paid-to-help-make-viral-moments-vice-news-editor-claims ABC Panelist Shawna Thomas Admits There Were ‘Paid’ Anti-Kavanaugh Protesters h/t … Read more

U. of Southern Maine professor offered students course credit to harass Sen. Susan Collins on Kavanaugh

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by Dr. Eowyn The University of Southern Maine (USM) is a multi-campus public (i.e., taxpayer-supported) university and part of the University of Maine System. USM’s three primary campuses are located in Portland, Gorham and Lewiston. Susan Feiner, 64, a recently-retired USM professor of women and gender studies, created a one-credit, tuition-free “pop-up” course on “Engaged Citizenship”. Pop-up courses offer … Read more

Your kids hate your smartphone addiction

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Via Cnet I can’t stay off my phone. And I’m afraid it’s hurting my 2-year-old son. Sometimes it’s a breaking news story that draws me in, other times it’s boredom. Whatever it is, this device in my hands — which gives me access to nearly all human knowledge plus all the cat videos I could ever … Read more

Justice Elena Kagan: Legitimacy Of The Supreme Court Is Now At Risk

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Via ZeroHedge Associate Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan said that the highest court in the land risks losing legitimacy without a centrist swing-vote, reports Bloomberg. In Friday comments made just hours after the US Senate cleared the way for USSC nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation, Kagan said that the court benefitted from having centrist Justices Sandra Day … Read more

All Markets Are Cyclical – When Will This One End?

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by Lance Roberts I always enjoy reading John Stepek’s work at MoneyWeek. Just recently he addressed the question of where are we in the current market cycle. To wit: “In his latest memo to clients, [Howard Marks] outlines his basic philosophy and how it affects Oaktree’s investment process at the moment. Marks’ basic point – which appears … Read more

The Dynamics Of Decadence Are Weakening The Social And Economic Order

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by Charles Hugh Smith via Of Two Minds In the present era of decadence, Universal Basic Income (UBI) is the modern equivalent of Bread and Circuses. The dynamics of decadence are easy to understand: as affluence becomes the norm that is widely assumed to be permanent, shared purpose and sacrifice for the common good is replaced by self-absorbed decadence and … Read more

SPANISH SHOCK: “Thousands in Spain attend rally of fledgling far-right party” (Patriot, anti-immigration party emerging in Spain)

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MADRID (AP) — Thousands of Spaniards attended a rally Sunday of the fledging far-right VOX party as it tries to grab a foothold in Spain’s political spectrum. Javier Ortega, the party’s general secretary, told the crowd at Madrid’s Vistalegre sports hall that VOX has “one clear objective: Spaniards first.” Ortega also railed against abortion and what … Read more

Booming Global Economy at Risk of going Bust as Debt Soars, IMF warns

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by Martin Armstrong QUESTION: Do you concur with the IMF WARNING? RKC ANSWER: The IMF said: “No financial regulatory framework can or should aim to reduce the probability of crisis to zero, so regulators should remain humble.”  What the IMF is warning about is the risk of interest rates rising and countries who have borrowed in dollars are … Read more

Kavanaugh’s first vote as a member of the Supreme Court could involve a Trump admin request to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census

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Just a day after Justice Brett Kavanaugh was sworn in as a member of the US Supreme Court, there has been speculation that his first vote could revolve around a Trump administration request to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census. According to Politico, Kavanaugh’s first vote could come as soon as Tuesday or … Read more

Wells Fargo Has Done It AGAIN! – The Return Of Mortgage Backed Securities!

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Josh Sigurdson talks with author and economic analyst John Sneisen about Wells Fargo’s latest move to once again issue mortgage backed securities despite the vast trouble they landed themselves in in 2007. This is Wells Fargo’s first post-crisis mortgage bond tied to U.S. home loans without government backing. The non-agency bond will be $441 million … Read more