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by John Ward The Prime Minister is deluding herself if she thinks the ‘collective consensus’ of Chequers is any kind of checkmate ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ The BBC (who else?) led the way this morning in the peddling of Orwellian Newspeak about the Cabinet’s “crunch” Brexit meeting at Chequers yesterday. The Cabinet had, the Beeb insisted, agreed ‘a collective … Read more

You’ll no longer be able to post written reviews as of July 30, and then in mid-August existing written reviews will be removed. Soon, it’ll be a little harder for you to tell everyone what you thought of Marvel’s The Avengers. Netflix is removing a desktop-only feature this summer that allowed users to read and write … Read more

by John Ward Great historical events, sensational news reporting and genuine scientific advance do not immediately lend themselves to humour. But when those guiding such events are clearly mediocre, when twisted bumboy media owners spin failure into success, and when both groups conspire to present brazen lies as accepted truth, only mordantly ironic satire stands even … Read more

“LSD and DMT have long been substances of choice in the psychonaut community, and with good reason. Both of these substances are known to profoundly alter a user’s mental state and and result in vivid hallucinations. Yet due to a decades-long moratorium on psychedelic research in the United States, researchers still don’t have a very good … Read more

At least 362,000 Americans with overdue tax debts will be denied new or renewed passports if they don’t settle these debts, the Internal Revenue Service says. https://www.wsj.com/articles/thousands-of-americans-will-be-denied-a-passport-because-of-unpaid-taxes-1530869401 Revocation or Denial of Passport in Case of Certain Unpaid Taxes https://www.irs.gov/businesses/small-businesses-self-employed/revocation-or-denial-of-passport-in-case-of-certain-unpaid-taxes IRS may deny 362K Americans passports for unpaid taxes Have overdue tax bills? Now the Internal … Read more

Some 70 million accounts, a number roughly equal to 20 percent of Twitter’s monthly active users, have been yanked off of the platform in May and June, as the company opts for user ‘safety’ over free speech, it’s been reported. The social media company has exacerbated its crusade against the ‘fake accounts’ accused of spreading … Read more

Forget the Golden Arches of McDonald’s, or the Whopper at Burger King, even the double double of In-N-Out Burger. Chick-fil-A is the tops for those wanting a fast meal. The chicken chain was named the favorite limited-service restaurant by consumers according to the 2018 American Customer Satisfaction Index’s Restaurant Report, USA Today reported. Chick-fil-A beat … Read more

Man Arrested After Threatening To Kill GOP Rep. Zeldin Campaign Worker. “A man was arrested in Suffolk County, New York on Friday for making “terroristic threats” against a campaign worker for GOP Rep. Lee Zeldin. . . . According to the release, Astrof threatened to kill supporters of Congressman Lee Zeldin and President Donald Trump at … Read more

by Dave Kranzler of Investment Research Dynamics Enron was a product of the late 1990’s dot.com / tech bubble.  Similar to Tesla’s “production tent,”  Enron would set entire floors of buildings to look like elaborate energy trading rooms.  The operations were nothing more than a fraudulent shell game, set-up for the benefit of Wall Street analysts and journalists. … Read more

From Thorsten Polleit at Mises Wire: You get a lot of attention if you shout out things like “The stock market is about to collapse”, or “The US dollar crash is just around the corner”, or “The housing market slump is about to unfold”. But from the viewpoint of sound economics, making these kinds of predictions … Read more