Are the internet stocks in a bubble? Since January 2009 Netflix is up 8,180%. Tencent is up 3,963%. Amazon is up 3,069%. Apple is up 1,629%. Alphabet is up 600%. While US nominal GDP is only up 33%.

It’s the stock buybacks. Companies are expected to buy back 10% of their market cap this year. They are borrowing money to do it. Likely be a huge credit crisis and crash in the future from it, but enjoy the …

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What’s Wrong with the Internet

by Martin Armstrong While the Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg made the admission during questioning on Capitol Hill Wednesday that his personal data was in the Cambridge Analytica leak, there is something seriously wrong with the entire scheme of the internet which …

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Our Dental Insurance Sent us “Free” Internet-Connected Toothbrushes. And this is What Happened Next

Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter When the product is “free,” WE are the product. Last December, we changed dental insurance. The new insurer included in its offering a set of “free” electric toothbrushes, the vibrating “sonic” kind called evocatively “Beam Brush.” …

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ASSANGE CUT OFF FROM INTERNET

ASSANGE CUT OFF FROM INTERNET Julian Assange has been living at the embassy in London since June 2012 Swedish authorities have dropped their investigation into Mr Assange  But he believes he will be extradited to the United States for questioning over …

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Behind the Facebook data scandal is the drive to censor the Internet: The media is working to create the political climate for the further implementation of mass censorship.

This article argues that the recent drama surrounding Facebook is almost entirely manufactured with the ultimate goal of increasing the censorship of the internet. The growth of working-class opposition is the real target of the media firestorm over Facebook’s alleged …

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Did you know that 80% of internet news consumed by people is referred by Google and Facebook? Two companies have complete control over how the Western World perceives reality.

Facebook Fines Not Enough: Open Markets Institute Demands Full-Restructuring “To Protect Democracy” It appears Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s non-apology apology statement and robotic CNN interview, that he feels bad and is sorry, were not enough to quell the concerns of both shareholders and …

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