Bitcoin Backlash as ‘Miners’ Suck Up Electricity, Stress Power Grids

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by Thinker Bargain electric rates are attracting digital currency entrepreneurs, but three public utilities districts are reassessing how they deal with the surging demand, and whether they should even try to keep up. Residential customers, meanwhile, worry that their rates will go up. By Paul Roberts Special to The Seattle Times Public hearings for rural … Read more

Academic normalization of pedophilia as natural and normal

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by Dr. Eowyn There is a systematic effort by academia to “normalize” pedophilia. Below are three examples: (1) 1981 book, Perspectives on Paedophilia, published by the respectable Batsford: Aimed at “social workers, community workers, probation officers and child care workers,” the book was edited by Sussex University sociology lecturer Brian Taylor. In his “Introduction,” Taylor decried society’s “prejudice” … Read more

College is a scam… and you’re paying for it

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From Reason: A new book makes the case against education. Who would argue against education? Economics professor Bryan Caplan. He tells John Stossel that “what we need to do is to go back to a world where college is not so accessible.” That’s because most people don’t learn much in college. Studies find that a third of … Read more

The Collapse of High-Yield Bonds Is Imminent

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BY JOHN MAULDIN The experts who investigate transport disasters, crimes, and terror incidents usually create a chronology of events. Reading them in hindsight can be haunting—you know what’s coming and you want to scream, “Don’t do that!” But of course, it’s too late. We do something similar in economics when we look back at past recession … Read more

Government policy right now favors these stocks

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From Frank Holmes at Frank Talk: The Dodd-Frank rollback is just the latest move by the Trump administration that should benefit smaller businesses.Quarter-to-date, the small-cap Russell 2000 Index is up more than 6%, compared to the S&P 500 Index, which is up 2.8%. Meanwhile, small business optimism , as measured by the National Federation of Independent Business … Read more

Chris Vermeulen: Are You Prepared for The Next Move In The U.S. Stock Market?

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***** by Chris Vermeulen of The Technical Traders Ever since the deep price rotation in late January/early February 2018, many analysts have attempted to pinpoint the next moves in the markets.  We recall reading the “doom and gloom” reports telling traders this is the big one and to prepare for a much lower price breakdown.  We also read … Read more

It’s Fear That Is Crippling Our Economy

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BY PATRICK WATSON Financial markets move when humans (or machines programmed by them) buy or sell. In theory, these decisions are rational. But in reality, they’re often driven by emotions. The two key investor emotions are fear and greed. Today, I want to talk about fear. Fear usually helps us avoid harmful and potentially dangerous situations. However, if … Read more

Fears Over 5G Tech… Cancer From Cell Towers?

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(CBS News/CBSNewYork) – The wireless industry is in a race to roll out 5G service. The network is supposed to be up to 100 times faster than current data speeds, but it requires cellphone tower equipment to be closer to users than before. Wireless companies in the U.S. say they’ll have to install about 300,000 new antennas … Read more

Inspector General Report: Social Security Paid $20 Million to 678 Dead People

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via cnsnews: (CNSNews.com) – The Social Security Administration is doing a better job of cutting off payments to dead beneficiaries, but the problem isn’t solved. According to a May 24 report from the Office of the Inspector General of the Social Security Administration, 678 beneficiaries who were verified as deceased as of April 2017 received approximately $20 … Read more

Rediscovering How Food Is Grown

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by SP I am really enjoying reading Barbara Kingsolver’s story of moving from Tuscon to a rural family farm in Virginia.  Animal Vegetable Miracle.  She is funny and perceptive. She talks about the loss of basic food growing literacy in the American people. … Most people of my grandparents’ generation had an intuitive sense of agricultural basics: when various fruits … Read more

Eurozone Crisis II: Its Here!

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by Dave Italian 10 year bond yields screamed up 48 basis points today on prospects of a new election in Italy.  The Italian President (a holdover appointee from the PD) rejected the new LN/M5S finance minister over the weekend, and now the wheels are coming off the wagon. https://tradingeconomics.com/bonds It seems as though this was expected by … Read more

UK Gov Thinks Rising Crime Rates are Due To Music Videos, so YouTube Deletes 30 ‘Violent’ Music Videos: Report

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by OT UK Gov thinks music videos with violent scenes are to blame for rising crime rates, so in the continuing of even more censorship, tells YouTube, who obliges, in pulling 30 Music videos mostly from the Chicago Drill Genre. Guns, sharp knives, porn, music. They are running out of things to ban. via billboard: YouTube … Read more