The solution to Seattle’s homeless crisis? An “Innovation Advisory Council”

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by DCG You deserve this madness, Seattle. You elected these ineffective officials. From MyNorthwest.com: Many have asked where Seattle’s largest companies and the business community have been as the city faces multiple crises. Apparently, they’ve been talking with Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan. “Working together, we have to seize the opportunity to address our shared challenges in new and … Read more

Streaming TV Doubles During Second Quarter, Report Says

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by stockboardasset As a result of the larger cord-cutting trend, streaming TV increased in the second quarter, according to a new report from Conviva, a real-time measurement and intelligence platform for many of the world’s largest streaming TV publishers, which found content consumption more than doubled over the last 12 months. The Conviva sensor is installed in … Read more

HUGE–Obama FBI met with Steele 13 times during campaign! Paid him 11 times!

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by TFittonJW Yesterday’s major Steele release: https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/judicial-watch-fbi-records-show-dossier-author-deemed-not-suitable-for-use-as-source-show-several-fbi-payments-in-2016/ Here is the link to the docs: https://www.judicialwatch.org/document-archive/jw-v-doj-00916-complete/ Discuss them in our Update:

Investing is a business. Therefore, treat it as a business. No room for emotional decisions. The more you think business like, the better you develop the required temperament.

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by rodbarc123 Understand the different investing vehicles out there. Indexing is convenient, but I personally prefer to invest in individual stocks because my goals when investing are oriented towards safety, income, and consistency. Many companies from the index fail to meet this criteria. Therefore, I don’t do index investing, because I don’t want to be invested … Read more

Emails show corrupt Strzok snagged “problematic” declassification authority for Mueller anti-Trump op. Judicial Watch on it.

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by TFittonJW Here is the interview: Here is release on our Strzok find: https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/judicial-watch-new-emails-reveal-fbi-official-peter-strzok-insisted-on-retaining-declassification-and-other-authorities-for-mueller-special-counsel-assignment/ And here are the emails: https://www.judicialwatch.org/document-archive/jw-foia-documents-strzok-assignment/ @RealDonaldTrump is right. AG Sessions should UNRECUSE himself and take back control of the Justice Department. Shut it down! https://t.co/HpjgkydHOg pic.twitter.com/5Yx6QNzelw — Tom Fitton (@TomFitton) August 4, 2018

Melted asphalt, shoes for dogs: Europe wilts in heat… Lisbon breaks max temp record: 111.2°… Portugal battles wildfire, power outage

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Melted asphalt, shoes for dogs: Europe wilts in heat MADRID (AFP) –  Europe sweltered Saturday in intense heat with temperatures due to hit near-record highs of 46 degrees Celsius (115 degrees Fahrenheit) in Portugal, while elsewhere high temperatures melted the asphalt or saw police dogs fitted with shoes. Here is a roundup: – Portugal: peak heat … Read more

5 Pitfalls New Cryptocurrency Traders and Investors Must Learn to Avoid

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The cryptocurrency industry offers a world of exiting opportunities because it promises exponential levels of profitability that traditional assets such as stocks can’t match. However, the cryptocurrency industry is not one large bed of roses—you’ll be bedeviled by gut-wrenching volatility at every turn and the volatility can help or hurt you depending on your position … Read more

How to Invest in People’s Sins

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Image: Pixabay.com Playing the stock market game can be a very risky venture if you don’t necessarily know where to begin. For these situations, it might be best to play it safe and go for investments you know are rock solid, even if the payout might not necessarily be all that much. However, there is … Read more

CULTURE OF CORRUPTION: The Obamas are worth 30 times more than when they entered the White House in 2008.

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The Obamas are worth 30 times more than when they entered the White House in 2008. Barack Obama’s net worth is currently estimated to be $40 million. Aside from the six-figure pension he receives as former president, Obama has made millions from speaking engagements and his bestselling books.   Yet another argument for my revolving-door surtax. BUT ALL THE BEST … Read more

Berkshire Hathaway (BRKB) with strong results in Q2

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by skuggic Strong results from Berkshire Hathaway last quarter: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-berkshire-results/berkshire-profit-surges-as-insurance-other-businesses-gain-idUSKBN1KP0E7 They increased operating earnings by 67% as all of their business segments grew year-over-year, although part of this was caused by Q2 last year being particularly bad due to underwriting losses from hurricanes. They are now sitting on a massive war chest of 111 billion … Read more

3 episodes of China capital flight:

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(i) the 2012 anti-corruption crack-down; (ii) the 2014 unwind of short $/CNY carry trades; (iii) “true” capital flight after the Aug. 11, 2015 step deval. The sheer size of the recent depreciation says to me that capital flight is likely back. https://twitter.com/RobinBrooksIIF/status/1025496493250289665

@KennedyNation on universal basic income: “This dangerous trend of endless handouts cannot continue if this country plans on existing in 50 years. We already spend too much.”

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.@KennedyNation on universal basic income: "This dangerous trend of endless handouts cannot continue if this country plans on existing in 50 years. We already spend too much." pic.twitter.com/T9sqyVQRma — FOX Business (@FoxBusiness) August 4, 2018 Universal Basic Income is not universal, basic or income. It is a subterfuge to create a zombie dependent subclass.#BasicIncome #UBI … Read more

By many metrics, no American generation since WWII has had a more distressed start to their professional years than millennials.

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via 13D Research: In an article on America’s declining birthrate (WILTW July 19, 2018), we cited an unnerving finding from a recent Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis study: “the average net worth of a family headed by someone born in the 1980s — the bulk of millennials — remains 34% below what past trends would predict for their age group — the worst … Read more

Equity buying exhaustion and Bond selling exhaustion?

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How interesting is this: SPX https://twitter.com/mcm_ct/status/1025669671494803456 Stocks and QE https://twitter.com/Silver_Watchdog/status/1025621518431047680 00 07 18 This is a very compelling chart of bond pattern allocation that shows clear patterns that expressed change of sentiment at each previous highs https://twitter.com/mcm_ct/status/1025560666550292480

Online Secret Police Acknowledged At Senate Hearning

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwNOtMqo274 Recently, The Senate Intelligence Committee held a hearing on the use of social media misinformation campaigns by foreign actors. While the Senators did address the Russian internet troll farms known as Internet Research Agency. There was a gaping hole in their hearing when it comes to the troll farms being utilized in other countries … Read more

Customers are waiting for around 6 weeks to get title from $TSLA.

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This is shady as f**k. Customers are waiting for around 6 weeks to get title from $TSLA. Is Tesla using these cars for ABL loans in the interim as they still have the title? https://forums.tesla.com/forum/forums/still-waiting-title-common-colorado … https://forums.tesla.com/forum/forums/still-waiting-title-common-colorado … https://twitter.com/EnronCapital/status/1025780225278390274