“American Mythology and the loss of democracy”, this piece spells out corporate control and why immigrants have flooded Europe

We’ve had a corporate coup d’etat. Our “leadership” is not beholden to the will of the people. No one on top ever goes to prison for what they do. We have a corrupt legal system. We have 5 major corporations that own the media. No declaration of war has happened since WWII, etc etc, etc … Read more

#PayToPlay. Report Implicates Mueller, Holder, Comey and Hillary Clinton Shutting Down Investigation into Weapons Tech Being Sold to US Enemies

via thefreethoughtproject: Washington, D.C. – A bombshell report by True Pundit revealed that former FBI Director Robert Mueller and former Attorney General Eric Holder colluded with James Comey, who was at the time a general counsel for Lockheed Martin, to shut down an FBI investigation into the international theft of U.S. stealth defense technology from a small Florida … Read more

Shadowbanned: Prominent Republicans missing from Twitter search

Searching Twitter for the accounts of several prominent Republican lawmakers, and even the chairwoman of the Republican Party, produces, it seems, no results in the drop-down menu, prompting complaints of a “shadowban.” If you were looking for the account of GOP chairwoman Ronna McDaniel or representatives Mark Meadows (R-North Carolina), Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), and Matt … Read more

BREAKING: Explosion at US embassy in China

AN EXPLOSION has reportedly occurred outside the US embassy in Beijing. The US embassy complex is located in Beijing’s Chaoyang District. The Israeli, Indian and South Korean embassies are also nearby. Witnesses have posted images on Twitter of smoke surrounding the building. Another bystander said there had been injuries. According to media reports, a witness … Read more

Hillary Clinton had dinner with Hollywood mogul-rapist Harvey Weinstein 5 weeks after she lost election

by Dr. Eowyn If you need yet more evidence that Hillary Clinton is utterly corrupt, here it is. On December 13, 2016, five weeks after she lost the 2016 presidential election to Donald Trump, Hillary and her rapist husband, Bill, dined with Harvey Weinstein — the former Hollywood producer who is charged with rape, a … Read more

Why Robotic Surgery Could Increase Human Surgeon Demand

BY PATRICK WATSON Economists disagree about job automation. Some see imminent doom, others think we can adjust. There’s not a lot in-between. Time will tell who’s right. Meanwhile, the machines are climbing the skill ladder, learning complex tasks only the most skilled humans do now. Surgery is in that category. You might be thinking now that surgeon jobs are … Read more

Which College Degrees Get the Highest Salaries?

by visualcapitalist If you’re a college graduate, you likely went to school to pursue an important passion of yours. But as we all know, what we major in has consequences that extend far beyond the foundation of knowledge we build in our early years. Any program we choose to enroll in also sets up a track … Read more

When Long-Brewing Instability Finally Reaches Crisis

Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, Keep an eye on the system’s buffers. They look fine until they suddenly collapse. The doom-and-gloomers among us who have been predicting the unraveling of an inherently unstable financial system appear to have been disproved by the reflation of yet another credit-asset bubble. But inherently unstable / imbalanced … Read more

Announcing The 2nd FAANG To Stumble: Facebook

by Adam Taggart While handily beating earnings, Facebook just announced revenue and user numbers lower than Wall Street hoped for on its Q2 2018 earnings call this afternoon. After trading up to a record high earlier today before the call, Facebook stock is now down a whopping 21%(!) in the aftermarket: So Netflix disappointed two weeks … Read more

EXPLODING MORE FAKE NEWS

Maddow is wrong. The White House didn’t edit a video or a transcript to remove a question posed to Putin. Plus: If you don’t want Trump telling people not to trust what they’re told by the news media, try not telling people things that aren’t true, just because you want them to be. Also: The … Read more

We Are Reaching Levels Of Liberal Tolerance That Shouldn’t Be Possible

  The tolerant left everyone THIS IS THE EQUIVALENT OF ASKING CATS NOT TO BE OBSESSED WITH LASER POINTERS: Please, Please, Please Stop Reporting on Viral Receipt Stories. Readers of these stories aren’t looking for evidence that some guy is an open bigot. They’re looking for evidence that millions of people are secret bigots, people who live in places like … Read more

Chris Martenson – When Credit Cycles Blow Up, They’re Really Destructive, Wealth Transfer Coming Real Assets Needed

Futurist and economic researcher Chris Martenson says people can protect themselves with real assets as opposed to paper assets. Martenson says, “Real assets are the place you need to be if and when a paper tower comes crumbling down. I am diversified myself. I believe in land. I believe in real estate. I believe in … Read more

Dem Rep. Joe Crowley Suggests Families Who Crossed Border Illegally Be Financially “Compensated”… Millionaire Democrat Wants To Tax Parents With More Than Two Kids As “Irresponsible Breeders”

As a tax payer, I would like to be compensated for the bus ticket they get for the free ride and sack lunch they get to take home. Millionaire Democrat Wants To Tax Parents With More Than Two Kids As “Irresponsible Breeders”   A democrat congressional candidate in Pennsylvania has desires to tax parents who have more … Read more