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CNBC reports: Robots are likely to replace 50 percent of all jobs in the next decade, according to Kai-Fu Lee, founder of venture capital firm Sinovation Ventures and a top voice on tech in China. Artificial intelligence (AI) is the wave of the future, the influential technologist told CNBC, calling it the “singular thing that … Read more

by Pamela Williams   OK…now it is all making sense.  We have been in an argument with South Korea about the THAAD Missile System.  South Korea does not want it, and now we know why.  If we do not take this system back, well, we must take it back.   This is the key to stopping … Read more

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTiwAnxWaaY Fred Maxwell for western journalism reports, Hospitalized on April 14, Former President George H.W. Bush remains at the Houston Methodist Hospital, where he is being treated for chronic bronchitis. Read More/Source/Credit(FAIR USE): http://www.westernjournalism.com/geor…

by James Quinn  Courtesy of: Visual Capitalist Back in 2000, less than 1% of retail sales came from e-commerce. However, online sales have climbed each and every year since then, even through the Great Recession. By 2009, e-commerce made up about 4.0% of total retail sales, and today the latest number we have is 8.3%. … Read more

by Michael Snyder Our world is changing at a blinding pace that is accelerating with each passing day.  Thanks to the Internet, information travels at a speed that would have been unimaginable at other times in human history, and our technological capabilities are advancing at a rate that is exponentially increasing.  What all of this … Read more

By Gabrielle Seunagal   Friday marked the first day of this year’s annual gathering of the National Rifle Association convention. NRA leaders and members are meeting at the Georgia World Congress Center on April 28-30 to admire the plethora of guns that embody America’s beloved Second Amendment. I was privileged enough to attend the event … Read more

by Robert Carbery   Looking back on his first 100 days in office, President Trump is realizing that the reality of running the world’s largest economy, biggest and baddest military, and likely most politically divided country in the world right now is much more of a headache than he imagined on the campaign trail.   … Read more

By Michael Snyder Those that were predicting that the U.S. economy would be flying high by now have been proven wrong.  U.S. GDP grew at the worst rate in three years during the first quarter of 2017, and many are wondering if this is the beginning of a major economic slowdown.  Of course when we … Read more

Umar Farooq   Almost every one of us knows that we are on the brink of an imminent economic and market crash considering the surrounding circumstances. Here is a list of eight major systemic risks that vindicate this fear.   1.China’s Hidden Debt   Rising defaults in China are unearthing hidden debt at companies across … Read more

by Robert Carbery   Photo: ScotHibb/Reddit Megan, a server at a Tex-Mex restaurant in Missouri recently got this “tip” from someone who is not a fan of the individual income tax. Undoubtedly, a libertarian.   On the tip line, the customer put a big zero, in addition to: “Taxation is Theft.” To further clarify, the … Read more

by Umar Farooq A trade deficit occurs when an economy imports more than it exports. If this persists, it will eventually cause a shift in the exchange rate, making imports more expensive and–crucially–exports cheaper as the “invisible hand” of the price mechanism brings trade back into balance.   “American politicians have long complained of trade … Read more

Bloomberg reports: Prosecutors in Florida have told jurors a former congresswoman financed a lavish lifestyle of Beverly Hills shopping trips and fancy parties on donations to a charity ostensibly set up to help poor children with scholarships. Testimony will continue for a second day Thursday in the trial of former U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown, 70. … Read more

Politico reports: It seems like nobody is doing anything about it. Worse—they’re pretending that they are. There are currently multiple investigations into the Russian interference in the 2016 election and possible involvement by the Trump campaign. But all of them are compromised to one degree or another by incompetence, listlessness and deliberate foot-dragging. Congress is completely … Read more

by Michael Snyder Do you ever feel like you have been completely abandoned by the world?  Do you struggle with feelings of loneliness, isolation and depression?  If so, you are far from alone.  Thanks to technology Americans are more isolated than they have ever been before, and as you will see below, this is really … Read more

By Michael Snyder We have just witnessed one of the greatest routs in modern American political history.  We are still waiting to see if a spending agreement can be reached so that a government shutdown at midnight on Friday can be averted, but whether a shutdown actually happens or not, the Democrats have won this … Read more

by Mark Angelides Up to two fifths of Americans describe themselves as Conservatives, and in England that number is roughly the same. The beliefs and principles that relate both the US and UK Conservatives are generally similar, yet any individual definition of what Conservatism means to each person who identifies as such would probably differ … Read more

by Mark Angelides Trying to track the value of your opinion based on those that seek to deny you that opinion should be made into the national sport; at the very least you should be allowed to place bets on it. Whose opinion outweighs whose? What type of person will be “no-platformed” next? The betting … Read more

Milking Cancer Eli Lilly has taken pinkwashing to a whole new level. By adding rBGH to the products they sell, Eli Lilly has completed its cancer profit circle: it creates cancer with rBGH, it sells cancer treatment drugs like Gemzar, and it sells a drug, Evista, to reduce the risk of breast cancer in women … Read more

from dailycaller: A House committee is referring the head of a company that managed Hillary Clinton’s private email server to the Justice Department for obstruction of justice and making false statements. Texas Rep. Lamar Smith, the chairman of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee, issued the referral for Treve Suazo, the CEO of Platte … Read more