Syngenta, one of the world's largest agrochemical corporations is now literally the Chinese government. State owned ChemChina bought them. So…

So the EPA office in charge of cleaning up superfund sites is now run by an ex-Dow chemical lawyer, and they’re doing things like this EPA Wants China to Sell Bee-Killing Pesticide For 165 Mil Acres of US Farmland Thiamethoxam is a pollinator killing pesticide that is known to be a bad decision if people … Read more

Is it possible to pay $0 in taxes on a six-figure income? Yes it is and here is how you do it.

Source:  Investor Junkie It is worth going through each section individually.  Here we are assuming a couple that is both working.  Their combined income is $110,000 per year.  They max out their 401k contributions of $18,000 per year.  Next, one of the above works as a teacher with the access to a 457 account.  This essentially … Read more

The Growing confrontation with China.

A couple weeks ago I ran across this article which talked about how the US is looking to slowly get out of the middle east and move to confront China & Russia in the Pacific: The Pentagon is considering plans to send heavily armed, versatile Marine Corps Expeditionary Units to East Asia, curtailing some deployments in the … Read more

Baltimore reporter interviews students who want “guns gone”

by DCG Utopia for some. Unrealistic in the real world. As you know Maryland has VERY strict gun control laws. Here’s a sample: Magazine capacity restrictions: Illegal to purchase, sell or manufacture magazines with a capacity of greater than 10 rounds within Maryland. However, possession of magazines greater than 10 rounds is legal if purchased out of state. … Read more

Federal Spending: 5 Charts That Tell The Story

by Daniel J. Mitchell I write constantly (some would say incessantly and annoyingly) about entitlement spending. And I occasionally write about discretionary spending. It’s time to address the budget in a comprehensive fashion. Let’s look at five charts to put everything in context and to show how we got into our current mess. Our first chart (based on Table 8.2 from the Office of … Read more

Endless Wars: Pentagon Drone Program Partners With Google

by stockboardasset Google’s artificial intelligence technology is being deployed by the United States Department of Defense (DOD) in the form of computer algorithms and artificial intelligence systems to analyze unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) footage, a controversial move that unleashed a firestorm among Google employees as they learned their employer is actively promoting America’s endless wars. According to an internal … Read more

Study: Trump TV Coverage 91% Negative

by Chris Black If you’re a news hound like yours truly, this may not seem like breaking news to you, but what’s interesting is that despite Donald Trump’s first year in office which proved to be a boon for the rich cats (the stock market breaking record after record, the economy booming, jobs coming back, … Read more

MAG: BEZOS WEALTH SWELLS RECORD $39B — IN YEAR! 42% of Americans have less than $10,000 saved; May retire broke; Ron Paul warns market dangers 'bigger than ever'

Meet The Members Of The Three-Comma Club Capitalism’s global conquest continues as entrepreneurs around the globe mint fortunes in everything from cryptocurrencies to telecom to bridal dresses. Forbes has pinned down a record 2,208 billionaires from 72 countries and territories including the first ever from Hungary and Zimbabwe. This elite group is worth $9.1 trillion, … Read more

(UN)HEALTHY HOUSING MARKET

THE OLD NORMAL #QE & #ZIRP drove yields lower, caused herding into risk assets. It funded the least qualified borrowers/corps  helps explain why CPI has exploded (yet) With rates rising & #QT, does this loop continue ? The below trend line would have been an orderly doubling of home prices in around 33 years (60-120) … Read more

FINMARKET REVIEW

Is it safe to trade with FinMarket? If you are thinking of partnering with FinMarket trading as an online broker, then you’re probably already aware of the brand’s good reputation in the industry, known to offer a secure and safe trading environment for its investors. Known also for their tight spreads, transparent pricing, and efficient … Read more

Visualizing the World's Most Admired Companies

by howmuch “It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you’ll do things differently,” Warren Buffett once said. Reputations are a tricky thing to measure, and they are especially hard to grasp when a company’s products impact millions of people every single day. Lucky for us, … Read more