By Whitney Webb The coalition of the US, UK and France are establishing new military bases throughout Northern Syria in support of its Kurdish-majority proxy army, angering nearby Turkey and cementing the coalition’s hold over Syria’s most oil rich region. Despite the fact that President Trump recently considered withdrawing U.S. forces from Syria, the United … Read more
By Brenden Weber The world’s largest retailer of diamond jewelry is set to join the blockchain program Tracr, according to a press release recently released by De Beers Group. Signet Jewelers joins a project that aims to provide transparency, consumer insight, and efficiency throughout the industry. According to Cointelegraph, Signet Jewelers is the number one diamond retailer in Canadian, … Read more
by visualcapitalist The United States is the world’s largest economy, but sometimes it’s easy to forget just how massive a $19 trillion economy actually is. The only comparable economy in size would be China, but unfortunately the incredible scope of China’s economic boom is something that is also difficult for foreigners to wrap their heads around. … Read more
WSFA.com Montgomery Alabama news. MONTGOMERY, AL (WSFA) – Gov. Kay Ivey announced a program Wednesday that will train administrators in school security. The voluntary Alabama Sentry Program will allow administrators in schools without a school resource officer to have a firearm on campus in a safe in order to respond to an active shooter. Administrators who … Read more
via reddit: Somebody posted this story Line 5 pipeline study: Canada gets the oil, Michigan gets the risk in /r/Politics. It talks about a dispute over an oil pipeline at the bottom of the Straits of Mackinac. It’s a lengthy, in-depth article, yet it never mentions where the Straits of Mackinac are– between and connecting Lake Michigan and Lake Huron. So it … Read more
by Beej67 We are at a low valley of homicide rates we haven’t experienced since the 1950s. If you’re Gen X or younger right now is the safest it’s been from homicide your entire life. But that’s not at all what people’s perceptions of it are like, because they’re all plugged into their phones and … Read more
by whatevawhatevvathroa That’s right. As they pretend to be champions of The The Free Press and Free Speecn in this age of Trump, the DNC has sued the only journalistic organisation with a 100% track record of accuracy for publishing material exposing deeply unethical behavior devestating to their party’s agenda. Make no mistake ladies and gents, the … Read more
From Bloomberg: Whether cryptocurrencies and the technology that powers them will reshape the financial system remains to be seen. What’s not in doubt is their ability to transform the career paths of bright young minds on Wall Street. Adrian Xinli Zhang was climbing the ranks at Deutsche Bank AG in New York when he discovered Bitcoin. … Read more
by John Ward Lampoon: deliver a sharp, often virulent satire directed against an individual or institution; a work of literature, art, or the like, ridiculing severely the character or behavior of a person, society, etc. ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ There is a young chap – I assume he is young because he admits to being only a Junior Barrister … Read more
by SuperCharged2000 The 20th Century showed us that if you want to make a people richer, you need more free markets. More socialism equals more poverty. Democrats as a whole, believe Government is the solution to problems and redistribution of wealth is a solution to inequality. But real life shows when you take more and more, … Read more
via CNBC: President Donald Trump said Wednesday drugmakers are going to announce “voluntary massive” price cuts in two weeks. Trump and Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar unveiled a blueprint to lower drug prices earlier this month. President Donald Trump said Wednesday drugmakers are going to announce “voluntary massive” price cuts in two weeks. While signing … Read more
via washingtonexaminer: The Trump tax cuts, which prompted hundreds of companies to dole out $2,000 bonuses and wage hikes, has also prompted several states to proposed reduced taxes, according to a sweeping review of the nation. About a quarter of all governors have proposed tax cuts, said a new analysis of the 47 “State of … Read more
She also gave money to the Democratic Party group and over $400,000 to the Hillary Victory Fund. Her husband spent nearly $30 million to defeat Trump. via foxnews: The wife of a Facebook co-founder has contributed the majority of cash to a political action committee led by Black Lives Matter activist Shaun King that targets … Read more
Sarah Sanders GOES OFF on Media After ROSEANNE Firing For Being Massive Hypocrites! 5/30/18
EUROPEAN banks fear the dramatic crash of the Turkish lira could spark a crisis reminiscent of the one that hit Wall Street financial institutions 20 years ago. As oof last week, the lira was down 17 percent against the US dollar for the year, spooking global investors as many banks have borrowed money from Turkish … Read more
by AC Where has this story been? And why is nobody reporting about this? Controversy continues to swirl around how the consulting firm Cambridge Analytica obtained personal data from over 50 million Facebook users without their knowledge and used it to target ads to individuals in an effort to help Donald Trump be elected president … Read more
The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee is accusing Fusion GPS founder Glenn Simpson of giving “extremely misleading” statements, if not telling “outright lies,” during Senate testimony in 2017. Simpson may have lied when he denied working for clients to investigate President Donald Trump after the 2016 election, Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley said in a … Read more
by tektonic_plates Aussie bank stocks have been on a downward trend for more than a year with further sharply declines recently. At current levels some income investors may want to take a look. All 4 that trade on the US markets (exchange and OTC) have dividend yields of over 6%. 1.Company: Westpac Banking Corp (WBK) … Read more
by zade1996 So I was in the shower, pondering life’s mysteries and throwing out some comebacks to my school bullies 4 years too late, when I began to start thinking about the positive changes I’ve made financially. They saved my ass a couple of times, and so I wanted to share. I. The saving accounts. … Read more
