by Charles Hugh-Smith What cannot be replaced by corporate chains is neighborhood character and variety. There is much more to this article than first meets the eye: In a Tokyo neighborhood’s last sushi restaurant, a sense of loss “Eiraku is the …
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China’s $32 trillion problem. No worries, right? China’s unbelievably massive hidden debt is something that can’t be papered over. This can’t be swept under the rug. The problem is only getting worse and of course, there’s nothing stopping this as …
Businesses are vital to the economy because they provide both goods and services as well as employment. Due to tough economic times prevailing across the world, many people have found themselves jobless. Trying to find a new job hasn’t been …
Technology developed by the federal Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will soon be deployed at police stations across the country, enabling local law enforcement to identify and track people “deemed suspicious” and to permanently store their DNA in databases of …
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 programs. The money will go toward reporting grants for local …
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 is crazy. Our place gives same day loans of someone …
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 wall and government shutdown. KUSI offered our own Dan Plante, …
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 residents of one of the counties I call home; the list …
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, condos, and co-ops — in November, dropped 7.0% from November …
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 cameras installed throughout the city. From the MyNorthwest.com story: “It’s called …
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 predators. And finding enough food was a constant challenge. Tribes …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ow2tHaMfNUs 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: https://www.cnbc.com/2018/11/12/ediso…
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 yuan, or about $4.34 trillion to $5.78 trillion, S&P Global …
by SpontaneousDisorder https://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 bank revised its data for unfunded liabilities, applying a “projected benefit …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9PtEtS1V2w 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 hunker down and ride it out. For many retailers …
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 be losing interest in the worst performing malls, even ones …
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,” the station said. In a Twitter post, FOX 4 said …
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 their doors for good. Strangely, Sears is closing their stores …
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 and other sections of the Emerging Markets, including the ongoing …
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 revelation clearly shows that a Special Agent broke numerous laws …
by DCG From Fox News: The Haitian national accused of shooting a Florida cop in the head Saturday has had an immigration detainer filed against him, officials said Wednesday, ending nearly a decade during which authorities arrested Wisner Desmaret numerous times but didn’t …
We are made to believe that we must rely on government. This dependency is the root of their power. No matter how bad the powers that be are, we must have a ruler. When pushed humans are capable of remarkable …
by DCG Local sanctuary-loving progressives are not honoring ICE detainers and are releasing criminals back into their communities. Wait until you read the details regarding some of the crimes these illegal aliens committed and how the local county did not comply …
This is extremely important. The group VOP ALPHA CO was looking for homeless veterans, but instead they found an extremely bizarre camp. They saw straps on trees that were made to subdue people. They found an entrance to an underground …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHs4WOYo654 Jeff Sessions is weak, compromised, and afraid of repercussions from the deep state. Does Jeff Sessions have stock in the private prison industry? Sessions must go. WM
by howmuch Tax policy experts usually think about sales tax in one of two ways. On the one hand, it is aregressive tax because it takes a greater percentage of income from poor and middle-class people than the wealthy. But on …
A full-scale training exercise known as Dark Sky is May 15-17 in Brown, Calumet, Dane, Fond du Lac, Milwaukee, Outagamie and Winnebago Counties. Utility companies, law enforcement and first responders will be part of the power outage simulation. “The …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-nVe__WFJ0 Insane this is how the civil war begins…
MEDIA GO NUTS AFTER SINCLAIR LOCAL HOSTS ALL READ ANTI-FAKE NEWS MESSAGE. Here’s Why That’s Ridiculous: There are companies that have tried to cram down particular viewpoints on hosts. That’s awful. But this isn’t that. Again, this message is utterly anodyne. The leftist media’s universal …