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via thefreethoughtproject: Savannah, GA — A rather shocking, but not surprising report this week out of Georgia reveals the unsettling state of America’s election and voting system. Voters in Georgia are now reporting that after they confirm their votes, they watch on the screen as their ballots mysteriously switch to the opposite candidate. Later this month, … Read more
by WARREN MOSLER Highlights A solid rise in residential spending offset a mixed showing for non-housing components and made for a 0.1 percent July rise in overall construction spending to barely come within Econoday’s consensus range. Residential spending rose 0.6 percent but July’s gain was entirely centered in home improvements which jumped 2.1 percent to offset … Read more
by Dana Lyons Several key equity trendline tests are underway across the European region. The past few editions of our #TrendlineWednesday feature on Twitter have not exactly been the most intriguing we’ve ever posted. In fact, it has been a challenge at times recently to even find enough candidates to publish the feature. This week, however, is a … Read more
Road To Roota, Released on 9/5/18 One media Giant decided NOT to accept an invitation to testify in front of the US Congress about their policies and practices…hmm..Wonder if they’ll block my advertisers on this post!
by Dr. Eowyn While the Democrats and MSM continue to obsess and rant about the alleged Trump-Russian collusion, for which not a shred of credible evidence has been unearthed after more than a year of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation, America is oblivious to the real foreign threat — China. For all its market reforms since … Read more
via dw: Beijing has promised to invest tens of billions in infrastructure projects across Africa. Both Chinese and African leaders have rejected claims that Beijing is trying to build a “new colonialism.” Chinese President Xi Jinping (above, with Somalian President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed) pledged $60 billion (roughly €52 billion) in aid to African leaders during a major summit … Read more
via neonnettle: Retired d senior Scotland Yard officer and former advisor to the Mayor of London says Sadiq Khan has “coherent strategy” to fight crimes in London.The murder rate in London has tripled in the last eight months as knife attacks and shootings soar to an unprecedented level, yet Khan remains complacent about the soaring violent … Read more
COLUMBIA, Md. (WJZ) — A 64-year-old Maryland woman was mauled to death by a pit bull she recently rescued, police said Tuesday. According to Howard County Police, officers were called to a home on Tamar Drive on Labor Day for a report of a woman being mauled to death by her dog. Robin Conway was found … Read more
by Michael Snyder While most of the general population has been lulled into a false sense of security, bankers and tech executives are spending millions upon millions of dollars to prepare for the collapse of society. Do they know something that the rest of us do not? Apparently talk of doomsday scenarios has become very … Read more
by howmuch Female entrepreneurialism is on the rise. According to a new ranking from Forbes, the combined net worth of the country’s top 60 self-made women has increased 15% over last year, totaling an impressive $71B. And the minimum threshold to even make it onto the list increased to $320M. With so much money at stake, … Read more
by Kimble Charting CLICK ON CHART TO ENLARGE Did the Hang Seng Index just create a “Double Top” at the same price it peaked in 2007? Let’s investigate! This chart looks at the Hang Seng Index on a weekly basis over the past 15-years. As you can see it peaked in 2007 and then proceeded to lose over two-thirds of its … Read more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHy0DlcfdoE We need more of this in our country. who else is sending this to their senators and congressmen and city council?
Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg said her company would present “alternative facts” to combat what she described as “misinformation” spread on Facebook’s digital platform. She offered her remarks during a Wednesday Senate Intelligence Committee hearing ostensibly examining “Russian interference in U.S. elections” in Washington, DC. https://truepundit.com/busted-facebook-coo-sheryl-sandberg-we-use-alternative-facts-to-combat-misinformation-and-fake-news/
On Wednesday Alex Jones crashed the Senate Intelligence hearing on foreign influence on their platforms. The US House is holding a hearing later today on tech giant censorship of conservative voices. In August Facebook, Apple, Google-YouTube and Spotify colluded to eliminate Alex Jones and Infowars from their platforms. https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018/09/breaking-infowars-founder-alex-jones-crashes-senate-hearing-on-online-censorship-of-conservatives-video/ Lol Alex Jones at the Senate … Read more
As it currently exists, AI shows little ability to transfer learning towards new tasks. Typically, it must be trained anew from scratch. For instance, the same neural network that makes recommendations to you for a Netflix show cannot use that learning to suddenly start making meaningful grocery recommendations. Even these single-instance “narrow” AIs can be … Read more
by Fabius Maximus Summary: Our elites display their arrogance and belief in their own superiority. A moment’s thought reveals that this is politically foolish – and wrong in several ways. This cartoon by Will McPhail from The New Yorker was endless reposted and tweeted after Trump’s election. The unstated message was Those stupid Americans – spurning our leadership! It is … Read more
by stockboardasset Florence, which became the first significant hurricane (Category +3) of the 2018 Atlantic season, had maximum sustained winds of 130 mph, according to the National Hurricane Center (NHC). The powerful Category 4 storm is some 2,000 miles from the US coastline, but it is moving northwest at 13mph, will generate big swells in Bermuda starting Friday … Read more
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter An entire generation working on Wall Street has never seen Treasury yields this high. The one-month treasury yield rose to 2.0% yesterday at the close and is at about the same level today, the highest since June 10, 2008. It is starting to price in a rate-hike at the Fed’s September … Read more
Do you believe that emerging markets will be in BETTER or WORSE shape by 2019? Emerging markets are getting destroyed right now. All through 2018, we have watched several emerging market currencies declining and the contagion is spreading.
by stockboardasset The US Air Force is nearing completion of a secret $100 million drone base in northern Niger that will target militant groups operating in the area. Foreign Policy says weaponized drones could be ready for action in the coming months, marking a significant escalation in the war against terrorists in Africa. The base is located in … Read more