Study Confirms That Alcohol And Tobacco Are Way More Dangerous Than Cannabis – It Turns Out That Legal Substances Are Far More Harmful to the Population Than Illegal Ones

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Among all addictive substances, tobacco was found to have the most detrimental effect, largely due to the higher rate of consumption around the world with just over 15 percent of the global population being smokers. Second on the list was alcohol with one-fifth of adults reporting heavy drinking at least once in the last month. … Read more

Make America 1929 Again

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via EDWARD LUCE The Republican senator, Ben Sasse, put it best: “‘Make America Great Again’ shouldn’t be ‘Make America 1929 Again’.” Most of the world, including the majority of America’s business community, see Donald Trump’s punitive trade actions in a similar light. They are searching for economic logic where none exists. His impulse is political. Though … Read more

Next to blame for UK knife stabbings: Wealthy drug users at middle class parties

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by DCG As I have said before, the UK is toast. From Express UK: DavidGauke has claimed that “middle class dinner parties” are to blame for the recent surge in knife crime across the capital (London). He told Sky News during a wide-ranging interview that wealthy cocaine users should feel guilt for fuelling the recent spate of stabbings in London. Since the beginning of the year, … Read more

Liquidity Crisis Looms: Here, There, Everywhere

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Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk, Jim Puplava thinks a liquidity crisis is on the horizon. I agree, adding that the problem is global. Please pay attention to Jim Puplava at Financial Sense. He says a Liquidity Crisis Looming. In total, index funds represent $7 trillion of U.S. stock funds that have no active manager. All … Read more

Credit where credit is due. Brooke Baldwin of CNN ripped Samantha Bee and Keith Olbermann, saying “Conservatives Right to Claim Double Standard”

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via mediaite: On CNN on Thursday, host Brooke Baldwin addressed the same topic NBC’s Megyn Kelly mentioned earlier with regard to TBS’s Samantha Bee attack on Ivanka Trump: Double standards. “Conservatives have been pointing to a double standard on how liberal stars who say these offensive things are treated, versus their conservative counterparts,” she said. “And in many cases, rightfully so.” Baldwin then played … Read more

UK Counter Extremism Bill To Target Ordinary Citizens

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by Thinker A UK terror law watchdog has warned that new counter extremism measures planned by the government target innocent citizens and threaten to completely eradicate people’s personal freedoms. According to David Anderson QC, the independent reviewer of the controversial terrorism legislation, the UKs new Counter Extremism Bill will see citizens with anti-establishment views unfairly … Read more

Brazil drama – Brazil Generals Say `Thanks, But No Thanks’ to Military Takeover

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/30/brazil-truckers-strike-protest-military-dictatorship “Brazil faces calls for return to military dictatorship amid truckers’ strike” Update – https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-05-30/military-intervention-in-brazil-ruled-out-by-nation-s-leaders “Brazil Generals Say `Thanks, But No Thanks’ to Military Takeover” https://finance.yahoo.com/news/brazil-oil-workers-plan-strike-061055682.html “Brazilian oil workers planned a 72-hour strike starting on Wednesday, despite a court order, in a new blow to President Michel Temer and an economy reeling from a truckers’ … Read more

Walmart Offers Employees College For $1 A Day

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College for $1 a day? If it sounds too good to be true, it’s not. Walmart, the largest private sector employer in the U.S., announced a new plan yesterday to pay for college for its 1.4 million employees. Here’s how it works and what you need to know. Walmart College Plan Walmart will offer all full-time, … Read more

George Soros funding and winning DA races across America

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by Dr. Eowyn Billionaire financier George Soros, is flooding cash — massive donations typically only seen in gubernatorial, congressional or presidential campaigns — into local district attorney (DA) races, and winning. In so doing, the evil POS in extending his tentacles into local criminal justice policies across the country. In 2015-2017, Soros spent more than $8 million … Read more

Did Google just go full-retard?

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Per drudge. Less than a week before the California primary, Google listed “Nazism” as the ideology of the California Republican Party. In the “knowledge panel” that provides easy access to information next to search results, Google was showing “Nazism” as an “ideology” of the party as of Thursday morning. The word “Nazism” was hyperlinked to … Read more

TCO: Tesla Model S insurance almost $1,800 a year, Autopilot crashes again. “The high cost of repairs has made the Model S the most expensive car to insure.”

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via arstechnica: Does Tesla’s Autopilot software have something against emergency services? That’s a flippant question, but there’s something underneath it. On Tuesday, a Model S electric vehicle—with Autopilot engaged, according to the driver—crashed into a police car in Laguna Beach, California. The police car was unoccupied at the time, but the Tesla driver sustained minor injuries. Last … Read more

Total Debt Now at $67T & 340% of GDP vs. 150% Long-Term Average

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https://twitter.com/RealDavidJensen/status/1001970602599645184 US Debt Growth vs GDP growth. ‘Deleveraging’ debt = maintaining $3.45 of added debt per $1.00 of GDP growth ea year @ 0% interest rates. Watch what happens now as rising rates bite w/ $30T of excess debt in the economy, by historical measures Long-term Debt/GDP to avoid deceiving visual: #EndTheFed #Gold Study: Some … Read more