What Did World Leaders Study at School?

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by visualcapitalist When it comes to the extremely challenging job of running a nation, a university education can help in setting up a leader for success. The vast majority of heads of government have some sort of post-secondary education – 83%, in fact – but their areas of study vary greatly. Some leaders, like Alain Berset … Read more

SILK ROAD BLUES: China’s Global Building Spree Runs Into Trouble in Pakistan. “To fund a 70-nation infrastructure initiative, Beijing has been extending loans in opaque deals often contingent on using Chinese contractors.”

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via WSJ: Financed and built by Chinese state-run companies, the soon-to-be-finished overhead railway through Lahore is among the first projects in China’s $62 billion plan for Pakistan. Beijing hoped the $2 billion air-conditioned metro, sweeping past crumbling relics of Mughal and British imperial rule, would help make Pakistan a showcase for its global infrastructure-building spree. … Read more

Gowdy: If There Was Evidence That President Trump Committed Any Crime, “Adam Schiff Would Have Leaked It”

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Rep. Trey Gowdy told FNC’s Bret Baier on FOX News Sunday that while there are documents he has not seen, he knows that if there were any evidence that President Trump committed any crime with regard to Russia “Adam Schiff would have leaked it.” Schiff, the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, said this week that … Read more

DNA collection all the rage

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by bringsmemes ” Sound paranoid? Consider the case of Google. (One of the founders of 23andMe, Anne Wojcicki, is presently married to Sergei Brin, the founder of Google.) When it first launched, Google billed itself as a faithful servant of the consumer, a company devoted only to building the best tool to help us satisfy … Read more

Is the US Economy Really Going to Pop 4.5% in Q2?

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Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter At least one of them is very wrong: Atlanta Fed GDPNow v. New York Fed Nowcast. On July 27, the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) will release its “advance estimate” of GDP growth for the second quarter. Based on preliminary and incomplete data, this number is what everyone puts under the … Read more

“Desperate” Tesla Asks Suppliers for Cash Back Retroactively to 2016

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Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter The request is “essential to Tesla’s continued operation.” Tesla burned $1.1 billion in cash in Q1 and likely more in Q2 – we’ll find out on August 1. It cut its workforce by 9% in June and promised to cut other spending. CEO Musk told the entire world in a bizarre … Read more

Remember When ISIS Was Sawing Off Heads During the Obama Administration?? Yeah… Russia Has Destroyed Nearly All of the Brennan/Obama/CIA Terrorist Army

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via voat: More than 200 ISIS militants WIPED OUT in precision Russian air strike in Syria Russia’s FSB wipes out ISIS sleeper cell near Moscow Brave Russian soldier wipes out band of ISIS fighters after calling in airstrikes on himself after being surrounded by jihadists Russian Airstrikes Wipe Out Israeli U.S ISIS Army In Raqqa, Syria: … Read more

MARKETS – We Are Going To See A Drop This Week

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TRADE WAR: China devalues yuan after Trump threatens tariffs in HUGE threat to US https://www.express.co.uk/finance/city/992344/trade-war-usa-china-donald-trump-tariffs-yuan-devalue-currency-manipulation and even greg mannarino says we are going to see a drop this week. and he has been right so far… Disclaimer: Consult your financial professional before making any investment decision.

The Senate Intelligence Committee is one of the most politically corrupt committees in congress.

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This is a good read … https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2018/07/22/oh-my-this-is-either-a-sting-or-the-most-corrupt-u-s-dept-of-justice-in-history/#more-152065 An excerpt: The Senate Intelligence Committee is one of the most politically corrupt committees in congress. This is the committee where: •Dianne Feinstein was Vice-Chair in 2016, and her former staffer, Dan Jones, is heavily involved in Fusion GPS and Christopher Steele. [See Here] By position Feinstein was … Read more

Trump To Iran’s Rouhani: NEVER THREATEN THE US AGAIN OR SUFFER CONSEQUENCES

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US President Donald Trump has promised “consequences the likes of which few have ever suffered before” to Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in a late-night Sunday tweet in all caps. In the tweet, addressed to Rouhani, Trump cautions the Iranian leader to “never, ever threaten the United States again” or suffer “consequences the likes of which few throughout history … Read more

Nunes: Mueller Knows Russians Also Targeted Republicans, Why Is That Not In Indictment?

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Great question. Only serves to prove how much of a political sham this investigation is. House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes said special counsel Robert Mueller’s recent indictment of 12 Russian officials on charges of hacking Democrats’ computers during the 2016 campaign looks “ridiculous” because it left out the fact that Russians also targeted Republicans. … Read more

Public Sector Pensions: The Parasite Devours Its Host

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by John Rubino The Wall Street Journal recently highlighted a better method of analysing the impact of public sector pensions on state and local budgets. The results are ominous for government finances, the bond markets, and pretty much everything else: Why Your Pension Is Doomed A new study shows that benefits are rising faster than GDP in … Read more