by visualcapitalist The Chart of the Week is a weekly Visual Capitalist feature on Fridays. As you read this, know that you are not alone. Statistically speaking, over 50% of people are consuming media in some form at this given moment. In fact, the latest data shows that Americans spend over 12 hours per day consuming media in various forms. This means … Read more
More than 3,200 vacant lots on the city’s South and West sides will be sold to nearby homeowners for just $1 each. This is the seventh annual Large Lots Program. http://wgntv.com/2018/05/17/chicago-selling-3200-vacant-lots-for-just-1/ AC
Facebook is partnering with the Atlantic Council to combat election meddling, the company announced on Thursday. The Atlantic Council, an anti-President Donald Trump, George-Soros funded think tank, has a “stellar reputation looking at innovative solutions to hard problems,” Facebook said in a press release. The Atlantic Council violated their own “ethos and policies” and possibly even … Read more
A floating Pacific island is in the works with its own government, cryptocurrency and 300 houses from CNBC. The Floating Island Project plans to create off-shore housing that uses its own currency and operates outside of government regulations. The project is a pilot program in partnership with the government of French Polynesia. A long-term … Read more
by Michael Snyder The worst Ebola outbreak in a number of years has health officials on high alert, and the fact that a case is now being reported in a major city is extremely concerning. As we have seen during past outbreaks, Ebola can spread very rapidly, and the mortality rate during an outbreak is … Read more
by Egon von Greyerz We are now in the final stages of a journey which by future historians will be seen as unreal as Lewis Carroll’s “Alice in Wonderland”. Just like Alice called the “Mad Tea Party”, “the stupidest tea party she had ever been to”, the last 100 years could be called the Craziest Extravaganza … Read more
by stockboardasset Coined shortly after the great financial crisis of 2007–2009, the so-called “gig economy” or “sharing economy” refers to the increasing list of companies like Airbnb, Doordash, Etsy, Lyft, Postmates, TaskRabbit, and Uber–platforms that hire temporary workers who provide an array of on-demand services: delivery, ridesharing, home rentals, and odd jobs. The “gig economy” in … Read more
Ever wonder about the signals going in and out of your phone and internet modem at home ? Check this video , this guy has a emf meter and shows how bad this stuff is for us. Cell phone Wifi h/t sranjesuper
Every movement of pupils at Hangzhou Number 11 High School in eastern China is watched by three cameras positioned above the blackboard. The “smart classroom behaviour management system,” or “smart eye”, is the latest highly-intrusive surveillance equipment to be rolled out in China, where leaders have rushed to use high-tech equipment to monitor the wider … Read more
In a SHOCKING admission on Wednesday The New York Times reported the FBI opened an investigation dubbed “Crossfire Hurricane” into Trump’s campaign 100 days before the Presidential election. The FBI was spying on the opposition party’s campaign 100 days before the election. The spying was based on a phony Russian dossier that was paid for … Read more
by Daniel Carter Humans have had a great ride. We’ve overcome vicious predators, drastic shifts in climate, diseases, large-scale warfare and many other things that would have put an end to lesser species. These days, life is so comfortable and sheltered for many of us that we often take the survival of our species for … Read more
by soowhatchathink I was in a store the other day and I saw some “Prescription Savings” cards claiming you can save up to 80% on medications without insurance at certain pharmacies. I’ve seen these before and I never paid attention to them because, really, how are you supposed to save 80% on medications just because … Read more
Central #Banks Slam #Gold Prices $1286.10: As Demand Surges, Supply Contracts and #Stocks, #Bonds, #Property, and credit BUBBLES! When Central banks become unable to manipulate the price of gold the #USD will plummet, as will other assets. pic.twitter.com/c1pyI3wyHL — Planet Ponzi (@PlanetPonzi) May 16, 2018 QT in progress sending US10Y >3% pic.twitter.com/udZcemAqst — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) … Read more
via Tom Bowley yesterday. The 10 year treasury yield ($TNX) closed at 3.08%, its highest close in the past 7 years. It’s very significant in my view because it’s occurred after a double bottom printed and it sure seems to be giving us a signal like we haven’t seen in 35-40 years. In my opinion, we are now … Read more
An entertaining but hard hitting look at how the problems we face today are nothing new, and why leaders throughout history have warned us and fought against the current financial system we have in America today. h/t zhanli
The current political climate of either being forced to be a hardcore Republican or hardcore Democrat leaves no room for new ideas or ideologies. In the last presidential election, I feel like we were choosing between the lesser of two evils with Hillary being bought by big companies and Trump having huge conflicts of interest … Read more
WTF–> "76% of companies that went public in 2017 had negative earnings, the highest level since the peak of the dot-come era," h/t @macrodidact pic.twitter.com/44svckh6Nc — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) May 17, 2018 "Corporations have returned $992 billion to shareholders in the past 12 months. At the current rate, 2018 will mark the first year that corporate … Read more
Who's Next In The Emerging Market Sudden Stop? Countries increased imbalances getting used to cheap and abundant inflows. Now the reversal is painful. pic.twitter.com/UZxnCSqVqu — Daniel Lacalle (@dlacalle_IA) May 18, 2018 do not read this pic.twitter.com/q02AIIpqI0 — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) May 17, 2018 Maersk Line, The World's Largest Shipping Company <MAERSK_A> versus $SPX … WTF WTF … Read more
The #ESBie. European "Safe Bond". The European Commission Believes That Packaging Bonds Makes Them Safe. Notice any similarity? 🤔 pic.twitter.com/0U5MdAU8B7 — Daniel Lacalle (@dlacalle_IA) May 18, 2018 #Eurobonds or #Esbie Only a bureaucrat can believe this can work. Package debt from various financially irresponsible countries into one “safe bond” through a structured product. “Only private … Read more
by Daniel Carter If news is fake now, imagine the inaccuracies of history books. How often were they distorted to make the victor look good and the loser look evil? How often do history books leave out cause-effect relationships that reveal the true nature of geopolitics? How often do they simply leave out important information … Read more