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The average price of insulin tripled from 2002 to 2013 and Type I diabetics are a captive market. Once again, oligopoly enforced by oligarchy is allowing the public to be gouged. via thehill: Rising insulin costs are drawing outrage from diabetes advocates, leading to calls for greater transparency and federal oversight of the market for … Read more
I see lots of stressed out faces in the American workplace. Seems like a conspiracy against us. Just sayin’. Article is “The Way We Work Is Killing Us”, with the author of Dying for a Paycheck My colleagues and I looked at 10 different workplace exposures and their effects on health—things like economic insecurity, work-family conflict, … Read more
Who are they to dictate what people read. Theres no smoke without fire and the narrative given for the Russian/British nerve agent attacks doesn’t makes sense. It’s right to question! https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/novichock-poisoning-amesbury-wiltshire-conspiracy-theories-salisbury-truth-facts-russia-a8432541.html A link to an article telling people not to read the conspiracy theories surrounding the novichok poisoning. New evidence means the main stream narrative … Read more
How do you measure the impact of a news story? In a world of Brexit, Trump and trade wars stories that would have once been a saga running for months race to the top of the agenda for mere hours. Recent times have seen a steady stream of sackings, snap elections and scandals – some … Read more
The whole opinion is a mess, but I was struck by this: As an initial matter, we have little trouble concluding that the plaintiffs have suffered concrete injuries as a result of the Minimum Wage Act. According to the amended complaint, Lewis and Adams work in Birmingham and earn less than $10.10 per hour. Birmingham Ordinance … Read more
By Doug “Uncola” Lynn via TheBurningPlatform.com In sales and advertising it’s always a numbers game. That is to say the more people are impressed upon with a certain pitch, or spiel as it were, the larger the response will be during any given campaign or promotional event. In advertising, “points” measure percentages of given populations and can be targeted to select demographics … Read more
From the Free Thought Project: As politicians and anti-gun rights activists continuously chant, “we don’t want to take your guns,” behind the scenes — in only the last five months — politicians have been working overtime to limit your right to bear arms. These laws are all a reaction to the tragic shooting in Parkland, Florida … Read more
‘I’m not going to be a punching bag anymore’: Inside Michael Cohen’s break with Trump https://www.washingtonpost.com/politi… Peter Strzok’s Out of Scope Polygraph https://www.c-span.org/video/?c473803… Jordan, Meadows explain filing for Rosenstein impeachment
Or even better: don’t use Twitter at all. As soon as Trump and his family leave the network can die a painful death as we watch with baited breath. Gab.ai Minds.com AC
YouTube issues a new strike against Alex Jones’ channel over hate speech and child endangerment The video site removed four of Jones’ videos on Tuesday Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ YouTube channel received a strike on Tuesday for violating the site’s community guidelines, The Verge has learned. YouTube removed four videos from Jones’ channel, which has 2.4 … Read more
HAIR-PULLING SOMETIMES WORKS: Maxine Waters is becoming less keen on the idea of mobs publicly confronting political opponents. The congresswoman who called for resistance activists to harass and confront members of the Trump administration is none-too-thrilled to find herself on the receiving end of targeted protests. Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., warned supporters this week to stay away … Read more
by Adam Taggart Here are a few headlines from the past 24 hours: Manhattan is now a buyers market at all price points Southern California home sales crash, a warning sign to the nation New Home Sales Tumble To 8-Month Lows Despite Price Plunge Housing Prices Hit “Breaking Point” Leading To Collapse In Demand ‘Buyer Fatigue’ … Read more
Hey everyone! I have made an animated video of “The Intelligent Investor” by Benjamin Graham. Warren Buffett claims it is, “The best book ever written on investing.” Warren Buffett was a student of Graham’s, and that this book has amazing insight that can still be used today when investing in the stock market, our health, … Read more
The national slowdown was particularly unkind to the province of BC. By Steve Saretsky, Vancouver, Canada, Vancity Condo Guide: Canadian housing data continued to disappoint in the month of June. Albeit the year-over-year decline in home sales was not nearly as disappointing as the month of May. National home sales fell 11% year-over-year in June, a … Read more
U.S. high-yield bond sales are on track to be the lowest for a year since 2009. Another recent shift in performance away from #SmallCaps could start to reverse #FundFlows @WSJ @soberlook @MorningstarInc Stock Outflows Swell as Investors Seek Refuge in Bonds “Flattening curve reengaged!” h/t @TheBondFreak $TLT $TNX Please check out my brand new HUGE … Read more
by Dr. Eowyn For those who don’t know, TPTB = The Powers That Be. 105 years ago, a group of powerful bankers and politicians met secretly on a privately-owned Jekyll Island off the coast of Georgia to create a banking cartel — the Federal Reserve Bank. On December 23, 1913, Congress passed the Federal Reserve Act … Read more
via ROBIN WIGGLESWORTH Next summer the current US economic expansion will become the longest in history, but it will still pale next to the runs of some other major countries. What nurtures long bouts of growth, and could the US enjoy a similar spell? Concerns that the US economy could keel over either before or soon … Read more
by Michael Snyder Is this the beginning of the fall of Facebook? After announcing disappointing numbers for the second quarter on Wednesday, Facebook’s stock price plunged more than 20 percent in after-hours trading. If that decline holds on Thursday, it will be the biggest stock price drop in Facebook’s entire history. But the truth is that we … Read more
by Dana Lyons While large-cap tech stocks continue to reach new highs, small-caps have struggled to keep up. For much of the post-February rally, we have seen small-cap stocks leading the way. That dynamic has kept much of the possible consternation over “bad breadth” at bay, thus far. In recent days, however, a few developments have … Read more
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