NEW: Tense exchange between @CBP agents & @USBPChief today in Laredo—Chief Ortiz says they signed up for this job. Agent says, “For evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing… Good men are doing nothing. You’re allowing illegal …
Today begins the Crimea Platform international summit, which is convened by Ukraine in the capital Kiev. It took more than a year for President Zelensky’s political technologists to formulate nebulous goals to be achieved through the new international consultative format …
by jessefelder “Marriage is the triumph of imagination over intelligence. Second marriage is the triumph of hope over experience.” -Oscar Wilde Substitute “investing during a mania” for “marriage” in the quote above and you’ll understand what is going on in the …
via CNBC: Active managers who claim that they would do better during periods of heightened volatility are going to have to find another argument. For the ninth consecutive year, the majority (64.49 percent) of large-cap funds lagged the S&P 500 …
By LV In the third quarter of the nineteenth century, when he was confronted with damning evidence of Tammany Hall corruption, William “Boss” Tweed famously challenged anyone who made such an accusation with this taunt: “Well, what are you going to …
by Jon Rappoport In several recent articles (all here under category: socialism), I’ve exposed the myth that socialism is a revolution of and for the people. I’ve presented evidence that socialism is actually a movement owned, operated, and funded by ultra-wealthy …
by LV By definition, a plutocracy is government by the wealthy. The only thing worse than an outright plutocracy is a stealth plutocracy. The anger and hopelessness so many Americans feel stems from the fact that we are effectively being …
By definition, a plutocracy is government by the wealthy. The only thing worse than an outright plutocracy is a stealth plutocracy. The anger and hopelessness so many Americans feel stems from the fact that we are effectively being ruled by …