Has anyone noticed the abundance of “Do It Yourself” Youtube channels with videos almost exclusively pushing you to “just buy it instead” and making every attempt at creating something look crappy and useless?

by UsingUsernamesIn2018 I’m not talking about “Can you make a car? No, Just buy one.” I’m talking about things that are easily made yourself and typically are better than bought, but every Youtube guide incarnation shows nothing but fuckups. It’s …

READ MORE

The worst deal anyone ever made…

by Simon Black It’s considered the worst merger in history. Back in January 2000, AOL bought Time Warner for $162 billion, which was considered an astonishing amount of money back then. Their goal was to create a tech/media giant. And they …

READ MORE

“Is Anyone Actually Dumb Enough Not to Recognize These Are Bubbles?”

DEFORM THE COST OF #MONEY (#INTERESTRATES), DEFORM THE VALUE OF EVERYTHING https://twitter.com/OccupyWisdom/status/1007487736096411648 https://twitter.com/jtepper2/status/1007250459780886528 https://twitter.com/OccupyWisdom/status/1007503545514512384 Bitcoin $BTC support levels: ̶1̶9̶,̶0̶0̶0̶ ̶1̶8̶,̶0̶0̶0̶ ̶1̶7̶,̶0̶0̶0̶ ̶1̶6̶,̶0̶0̶0̶ ̶1̶5̶,̶0̶0̶0̶ ̶1̶4̶,̶0̶0̶0̶ ̶1̶3̶,̶0̶0̶0̶ ̶1̶2̶,̶0̶0̶0̶ ̶1̶1̶,̶0̶0̶0̶ ̶1̶0̶,̶0̶0̶0̶ ̶9̶,̶0̶0̶0̶ ̶8̶,̶0̶0̶0̶ ̶7̶,̶0̶0̶0̶6,0005,0004,0003,0002,0001,000666420690 — Ramp Capital (@RampCapitalLLC) June 13, 2018 Tesla Net …

READ MORE

For anyone interested in what’s going on with Israel/Iran/Syria, here’s a live map that’s updated as events occur and has sourced information to the right of the map.

https://syria.liveuamap.com/ This is a great resource to find information on the ongoing military engagements happening right now. Israel has successfully prodded Iran to attack promises a massive retaliation. These are uncertain times for sure, but it appears all involved are …

READ MORE

Then Why Is Anyone STILL on Facebook?

Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Where’s the panicked rush to “delete” accounts? Things at Facebook came to a head, following the disclosure that personal data from 50 million of its users had been given to a sordid outfit in the UK, …

READ MORE

Here is why “wage inflation” shouldn’t be a concern for anyone. Income has barely moved in terms of purchasing power since 1999.

https://twitter.com/OccupyWisdom/status/972171068613058560 Stronger jobs +313k.. wages still flat as a pancake like 2s10s +2bps.. Encites a more aggressive Bear Flattening from the Fed as cost of living rises exacerbating over indebted consumer weakness. $SPY $TLT #LateCycle. pic.twitter.com/EhP7hSVdrg — PlungeProtectionTeam (@gamesblazer06) March …

READ MORE