FACEBOOK to invest $300 MILLION into ‘Local News’ propaganda
via YAHOO: NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook says it is investing $300 million over the next three years in news initiatives, with a focus on local news partnerships and other … Read more
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I got a part time job at a local tax refund place. The level of fraud is crazy
by Jeff_43 I took a part time job at a local tax place (national chain company.) My 1st shift was today and man the level of fraud people are trying … Read more
CNN calls a San Diego news station for local view on the border, declines their reporter after finding out wall works
via kusi: SAN DIEGO (KUSI) – Thursday morning, CNN called the KUSI Newsroom asking if one of our reporters could give them a local view of the debate surrounding the border … Read more
How Many of Your Local Taxes and Fees Are Rocketing Higher?
by Charles Hugh-Smith While wages have supposedly gone up 3.4% in 2018, taxes and fees are rising at much higher rates. Here’s a list of tax and fee increases hitting … Read more
Downturn in Local Housing Markets Hit National Averages
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Existing home sales across the US drop 7% from a year ago, plunge 15.4% in the West. Sales of existing homes — including single-family houses, townhouses, … Read more
Would you register your home surveillance cameras with the local police department?
by DCG Renton, a city south of Seattle, has asked citizens and businesses to register their surveillance cameras with the police department so they can get access to thousands of private … Read more
Local government foils evil terrorist entrepreneurs once and for all
by Simon Black Tens of thousands of years ago, humankind was practically an endangered species. Our early proto-ancestors had little means to protect against the harsh elements or defend against terrifying … Read more
As California Wildfires Rage Local Utilities Get BAD NEWS
Michael sheetz for CNBC reports, Shares of California utility companies plunged Monday as deadly wildfires scorched thousands of acres and continued to threaten life and property. Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: … Read more
$6 trillion of local government debt may be lurking under the surface in China: S&P
The actual level of off-balance-sheet Chinese local government debt could be several times more than what is publicly disclosed and range as high as 30 trillion yuan to 40 trillion … Read more
In a blink, US state and local unfunded pension liabilities jump $2.3 Trillion!
by SpontaneousDisorder www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-09-27/fed-accounting-change-boosts-unfunded-pension-obligations-chart In case you missed it, the Federal Reserve’s quarterly Financial Accounts report last week included a change to accounting for state and local pension-fund programs. The central … Read more
Society Breaks Down as Local Walmart DESCENDS INTO CHAOS During Hurricane Florence
Chris Agee for the Western Journal reports, As others opted to heed evacuation orders and travel inland to wait out Hurricane Florence, many others along the East Coast opted to … Read more
CHANGE: The Government May Want to Buy Your Dying Mall. “Local governments worry that dying malls will blight the landscape, so they are buying them up.”
via WSJ: While malls in wealthy neighborhoods continue to attract shoppers and tenants, growing government involvement with shopping centers in less affluent areas is another sign that private investors may … Read more
Man repeatedly crashes truck into local FOX studios; Ranting… ‘Treason’
via foxnews: A man intentionally crashed his truck into the side of the studios for FOX 4 in Dallas early Wednesday before jumping out of the vehicle and started “ranting,” … Read more
46 More Sears and K-Marts Are Closing ASAP: Are Your Local Stores on the Chopping Block?
by Daisy Luther, The Organic Prepper The retail apocalypse continues as Sears closes another 46 stores. Last year, hundreds of stores closed, and this year, even more shops have been scheduled to shut … Read more
The Price of Cheap Dollar/Euro Debts: Local Currencies Come Unglued, Debt Crises Ensue
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Grand Collapse in Turkey; to avoid the same fate, Argentina hikes rate to 45%. On Monday, Argentina’s central bank responded to the currency chaos in Turkey … Read more
New OIG Report – FBI Agent took Bribes, Lied to local Law Enforcement, Protected Illegal business, Withheld Evidence, among other findings – yet Criminal Prosecution was DECLINED.
by ver0egiusto The title pretty much covers it, but it is yet another major blow against FBI leadership coming out of the OIG. On the tail of McCabe’s ouster, this latest … Read more