Users can’t remove Facebook messages from the inboxes of people they’ve sent them to, but Facebook enabled the use of such a feature for Mark Zuckerberg and other executives

Extending features to executives and not end users is not, per se, the most egregious action FB has taken in recent years. That said, allowing only Executives to whitewash their chat history from the inbox of other users seems a bit dangerous in terms of precedent.   You can’t remove Facebook messages from the inboxes of … Read more

Facebook Donated to 46 of 55 Members on Committee that Will Question Zuckerberg

As Congress gets ready to investigate Facebook over various privacy issues, Fred Wertheimer, the president of the Democracy21 campaign finance reform group, told USA Today that Facebook’s donations to “committees that have jurisdiction over them” only undermine “public confidence that the members are going to make decisions in the best interests of the American people.” … Read more

Which Sectors Created 2.2 Million Jobs In 12 Months? Brick & Mortar Melts Down. Governments Shed Jobs Too, Even Information Tech.

Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter In the jobs report today, the Bureau of Labor Statistics provided a trove of granular data on which industries and governments created jobs over the past 12 months, and which destroyed jobs – with some counter-intuitive results. I have lumped education jobs at state and local governments into one category to … Read more

Fund Manager: The Housing Market Is Heading South

by Dave Kranzler of Investment Research Dynamics A subscriber from Canada emailed me last night about the Canadian housing market: “Toronto and Vancouver sales down 40% and 30% YoY respectively. Prices are still up in Vancouver but down 14% in Toronto. I don’t know how prices stay up if the volume continues to trend down. Canadians are even … Read more

MA District Judge Upholds Assault Weapon Ban and more…

“Federal Judge Sides With AG Healey, Rules Second Amendment Does Not Cover AR-15s & High-Capacity Mags” BOSTON — Attorney General Maura Healey is hailing a federal judge’s dismissal of a lawsuit challenging Massachusetts’s 1998 assault weapons ban, a ruling she said “vindicates the right of the people of Massachusetts to protect themselves from these weapons … Read more

Harry Dent – “We Are On The Verge Of A Recession Making 2008 Look Like Nothing”

Harry Dent breaks down the latest economic and geo political news in this important video, Harry shares his thoughts on the stock markets and potential crash which could make the 2008 crash look insignificant. TOPICS IN THIS INTERVIEW: 00:35 US trade deficit at all-time highs 05:45 The dire economic situation based on debt 08:10 Tensions … Read more

How Your Government Will SELL ALL of Your Country’s Assets For Pennies On the Dollar!

Your country is in debt. But according to many, it doesn’t matter because “we owe it to ourselves”. Well ask Greece, Cyprus, Italy, and just about every other country what they’ve been dealing with since the financial crisis. Assets have been sold off for pennies on the dollar because of their massive debt situation. National … Read more

There Is A Silent War Being Waged Behind The Scenes

Facebook had plans to take people’s private medical records and correlate with their information on Facebook. Zuckerberg’s messages have been deleted which include messages from the executive staff. Russia demolishes the poising hoax. The UK might not get out of this one.Nikki Haley threatens Russia. Erdogan tells France to choose sides, deep state or not. … Read more

The Third Time Is Not A Charm: Why A Dollar Collapse Is Not Just Inevitable But Also Due

by Alasdair Macleod via GoldSeek “Naturally, the smooth termination of the gold-exchange standard, the restoration of the gold standard, and supplemental and interim measures that might be called for, in particular with a view to organizing international credit on this new basis, will have to be deliberately agreed upon between countries, in particular those on which there devolves … Read more

A Presidential Bump (In The Road) For Stocks?

by Dana Lyons Historically, the next 2 quarters represent the worst 2-quarter stretch for stocks in the entire Presidential Cycle. The Presidential Cycle refers to the pattern of behavior in stock prices throughout the four years of a presidential term. While there are many factors influencing stock prices during a particular period of a particular presidential … Read more