BREAKING: Dam Collapses in LAOS – Hundreds Missing

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Hundreds of people are missing and an unknown number dead after a dam under construction collapsed in south-east Laos, state media reported. The collapse at the hydroelectric dam in Attapeu province late on Monday sent flash floods through six villages, Lao News Agency said. More than 6,600 people have been made homeless, it added. Pictures … Read more

Hollyweird Is Making the Biggest Existential Mistake in Defending James Gunn | America Won’t Forget

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https://youtu.be/DI42ZRFp1ew Revealing Comments follow: I come from a family which lived for decades in the heart of Silver Era Hollywood. My mother used to say over and over hundreds, if not thousands of times: “HOLLYWOOD IS A CESSPOOL”. She always used the same words. Why? She was on boards to try and save endangered women, … Read more

We Are Seeing Heat And Drought In The Southwest United States Like We Haven’t Seen Since The Dust Bowl Of The 1930s

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by Michael Snyder Despite all of the other crazy news that is happening all around the world, the top headlines on Drudge on Monday evening were all about the record heatwave that is currently pummeling the Southwest.  Of course it is always hot during the summer, but the strange weather that we have been witnessing in … Read more

10 Down-to-Earth Things Powell Said about Cryptocurrencies

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Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Go find someone else to regulate them. Fed Chairman Jerome Powell, during his testimony before the House of Representatives Committee on Financial Services, was asked by representatives Patrick McHenry (R, North Carolina) and Juan Carlos Vargas (D, California) about the Fed’s thinking on cryptocurrencies. Instead of pussyfooting around the issues, as Fed chairs … Read more

Bond Yields Rise Worldwide On Stimulus Concerns; Earnings Loom

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via Trevor Hunnicutt Fear that U.S. and Japanese policymakers will scale back economic stimulus sent quivers through debt markets on Monday, while U.S. stocks gained ahead of major company earnings reports. Bond yields climbed as investors forecast the Federal Reserve will continue raising interest rates due to stronger growth and inflation pressures despite U.S. President … Read more

CALIFORNIANS ASKED TO TURN OFF LIGHTS

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The California Independent System Operator (ISO), the grid operator, said it issued the so-called “Flex Alert” due to high temperatures across the western United States, reduced electricity imports into the state, tight natural gas supplies in Southern California and high wildfire risk. The ISO’s alert followed an earlier notice by Southern California Gas Co (SoCalGas), … Read more

AI everywhere! New method allows full AI on basic laptops! supercomputers could QUADRUPLE neural networks!

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scientists have developed a revolutionary method that quadratically accelerates artificial intelligence (AI) training algorithms. This gives full AI capability to inexpensive computers, and would make it possible in one to two years for supercomputers to utilize Artificial Neural Networks that quadratically exceed the possibilities of today’s artificial neural networks. The scientists presented their method on June … Read more

Researchers Warn Income Inequality In US Getting Worse, It Was “Intentional”

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by stockboardasset According to researchers at the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), a Washington, D.C.-based liberal think tank, the top 1 percent of American families took home approximately 26.3 times as much income as the bottom 99 percent in 2015— a 4 percent increase from 2013. The report titled “The New Gilded Age: Income inequality in the U.S. by … Read more

Gold a Safeguard From Italy’s Exit From the EU

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From Birch Gold Group This week, Your News to Know brings you the latest stories involving gold and the overall economy. Stories include: Italy’s exit from the EU could be the source of the next crisis, gold could soon regain favor among investors, and a Russian shipwreck allegedly carrying $130 billion in gold. Italy’s exit from the EU … Read more

Significant Activist Hedge Fund Activity (Last 7 Days)

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by badpauly These are the latest Schedule 13D forms filed by activist investors in the last 7 days. Activist investors are investors that make an investment with the intention of influencing management in some way. There is evidence that following activist investors into investments can generate excess returns. Schedule 13G forms, in contrast, are filed … Read more

Calls To Declassify Grows Louder, Deep State Panics

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Peter Strzok wife was put into the SEC position to block all FBI investigations. Carter Page’s FISA exposes the hoax and this is the heavily redacted FISA application. Clapper blames everything on Obama, they are pointing fingers at each other because they know time is ticking down. Judicial watch calls for declassifying the IG report. … Read more

U.S. Breaks Up Fake I.R.S. Phone Scam Operation — 21 people sentenced for up to 20 yrs, 32 in India indicted

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by L1ghtf1ghter Some good news for those who have experienced this scam or know people who have been duped by the same: With stiff sentences for 21 conspirators last week in the United States and a round of indictments in India, the Justice Department says it has broken up what appeared to be the nation’s first … Read more