Reddit is Beholden to Marketing Agencies With Agendas – Reddit is regularly manipulated by marketing agencies who use the platform to shill for fake news, products, and reputation management

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via The_In-Betweener: Aug 27th, 2018 – https://www.macobserver.com/news/reddit-financial-services-companies/ Reddit moderators are aware of this, and do their best to combat this type of shilling. It’s a tough battle, because the first thing they look at to verify an account’s authenticity is to look at its age and level of karma. But there are known examples—like Gallowboob—of old accounts … Read more

Charity Hospital Conspiracy: Why the second oldest free hospital in the United States was abandoned after Katrina.

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Three weeks after the events of Hurricane Katrina, the Louisiana Governor announced that Charity Hospital would not reopen. Despite the effort from the military, FEMA, and volunteers who pumped the remaining flood water out of the hospital and prepared it to reopen. Many claim the hospital was fully functional and ready to reopen when the … Read more

Vanguard employees don’t have access to S&P 500 funds in their 401k plan anymore

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by thawowtso https://www.marketwatch.com/story/vanguard-employees-wont-have-sp-500-funds-in-the-401k-plan-2018-06-06 I just became aware of this change when my employer chose to follow in Vanguard’s footsteps, so this is a bit of old news (from June). The article title is also a bit misleading. Essentially, Vanguard has chosen to replace the access to an S&P 500 Index Fund (VINIX for Vanguard, VFIAX … Read more

Hmm. Strzok is looking curiouser and curiouser.

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WELL: SOURCES: CHINA HACKED CLINTON’S PRIVATE EMAIL SERVER. A Chinese-owned company operating in the Washington, D.C., area hacked Hillary Clinton’s private server throughout her term as secretary of state and obtained nearly all her emails, two sources briefed on the matter told The Daily Caller News Foundation. The Chinese firm obtained Clinton’s emails in real time … Read more

IT TOOK NEARLY A FULL DAY TO ADMIT THIS: Twitter Reverses Ruling After Backlash, Concedes It’s Against The Rules To Wish Death Upon Dana Loesch’s Children.

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via dailycaller: Twitter reversed course Monday and suspended a Twitter account that said National Rifle Association (NRA) spokeswoman Dana Loesch “has to have her children murdered.” “The only way these people learn is if it affects them directly,” Twitter user Milan Legius wrote in a reply to Loesch on Sunday. “So if Dana Loesch has … Read more

“CNN used Lanny as an anonymous source while stating in the same story that he declined to comment. They lied.”

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“CNN used Lanny as an anonymous source while stating in the same story that he declined to comment. They lied.” CNN used Lanny as an anonymous source while stating in the same story that he declined to comment. They lied. — Phil Kerpen (@kerpen) August 28, 2018 CNN: “Contacted by CNN, one of Cohen’s attorneys, … Read more

Fool me once, shame on Elon. Fool me twice. . .

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by Simon Black There’s no doubt you know the story… On August 7, in the middle of the trading day, Tesla founder Elon Musk surprised investors with a tweet saying he was considering taking Tesla private at $420 per share (a $72 billion valuation) with “funding secured.” He quickly followed up with “Investor support is confirmed.” … Read more

Early Indicators Show China’s Economy Weakening Again in August

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via bbg The earliest indicators for China’s economy show that the pace of expansion slowed for a fourth month in August, highlighting the pressure for the government to push through pro-growth policies. The data suggest the economy weakened further as demand from trading partners lost steam, with the decline in stock prices reflecting worsening sentiment. … Read more

Seattle judge extends 3-D printed gun ban pending state challenge

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by DCG The good judge (appointed by Bill Clinton) claims that Cody Wilson’s First Amendment rights are “currently abridged, but it has not been abrogated.” Wow, just wow. From Fox News: A judge in Seattle extended a ban on publishing instructions for 3-D printed guns during state litigation over the controversial practice, handing a procedural victory to gun-control advocates. The ruling, handed … Read more

I thought the left hated corporations? Oh, wait…

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IT’S ALL ABOUT TRANSACTION COSTS: How Obamacare and other regulations are leading to the demise of the independent doctor and the corporatization of healthcare. Like many American physicians, my wife no longer works for herself. Under the same pressures that have forced many once-independent practices to consolidate, she was lucky enough to find a large health-care … Read more

Markets may be signaling rising recession risk: Fed study

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via Ann Saphir A narrowing gap between short-term and long-term borrowing costs could be signaling heightened risk of a U.S. recession, researchers at the San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank said in a study published on Monday. The research relies on an in-depth analysis of the gap between the yield on three-month and 10-year U.S. Treasury securities, … Read more

Bot hunts fish… Droid butlers coming to Miami hotel… Robot strawberry pickers could end need for human workers

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Robot butlers are coming to this downtown hotel. Is Miami ready for robo-room service? Welcome to the 21st century, where a request for extra towels in your hotel room may be answered by a roughly 4-foot-high purple robot on wheels. Miami YotelPad — an unfinished 30-story mixed-use development in downtown Miami — will employ three robot … Read more

Default rates on student loans by university type

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https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/08/25/opinion/sunday/student-debt-loan-default-college.html Millions of students will arrive on college campuses soon, and they will share a similar burden: college debt. The typical student borrower will take out $6,600 in a single year, averaging $22,000 in debt by graduation, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. There are two ways to measure whether borrowers can repay those … Read more