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via UPFINA: The August University of Michigan consumer confidence report was highly discussed because it showed a big decline in confidence. It caused some to think the trade war was significantly … Read more
No Matter Who Wins In 2020, There Will Be Blood. I actually doubt this. When you get off of Twitter and out of a few deep-blue fever swamps, people seem pretty … Read more
via The Washington Post: Your best friend may not know when you last had sex, but it’s possible that Facebook does. At least two menstruation-tracking apps, Maya and MIA Fem, were … Read more
by howmuch It’s no secret that $1 now will get you less than it would 100 years ago, but just how much has the purchasing power of the U.S. Dollar … Read more
by HibikiSS I think a lot of the things we take for granted in society are made to harm us. This documentary from Adam Curtis is about the way consumer/capitalist society … Read more
by boxer-collar For the interactive version with commentary, see blog.ebemunk.com/century-of-plane-crashes/ I gathered the data from ASN Aviation Safety Database and put it in a PostgreSQL database. This database contains ~22,000 records of plane crashes … Read more
via Otavio (Tavi) Costa: Gold in yuan terms breaking out while stocks are selling off. Credit bubbles always burst.
BY SRSROCCO After Columbus discovered the New World in 1492 and the Spanish began to extract vast amounts of gold and silver from Mexico and South America during the 16th … Read more
by JealousEntrepreneur After Argentinia in June 2017 sold it’s first 100 year bonds, Austria jumped on the train in September 2017 and sold them successfully for a coupon of … Read more
by: JD Heyes (Natural News) In the late 1800s and early 1900s, many small tenement apartments inhabited by European immigrants often doubled as workplaces and living spaces. There, men and … Read more
by Charles Hugh-Smith The net result is we have an economy that’s supposedly expanding smartly while our well-being and financial security are collapsing. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and other metrics … Read more
Josh Sigurdson reports on the massive merger of Disney with 21st Century Fox and what it means for the rest of us as the spread of information becomes more … Read more
via silverdoctors: It is no longer just a few big name, legendary investors like Ray Dalio who are buying gold. Lesser known hedge funds are also making a move into gold. In fact, … Read more
via @TaviCosta: Long gold in CNY; short global equities. Remarkable how well this trade performed in all Chinese and global economic downturns of the last 40 years. In-depth analysis follows below: … Read more
Police: ‘Empire’ actor Jussie Smollett in custody, due in court Thursday. Smollett claimed he was the victim of a racial and homophobic assault. Now, he’s accused of making it up … Read more
Another great video from the Corbett Report. It amazes me how so many people fall for the same trick every time. I guess religions and cults have this trick figured … Read more