by Michael Snyder The modern tradition of wearing costumes on Halloween can be traced back more than 2000 years to the Celts of ancient Britain. During a Druidic festival known as Samhain, which is still celebrated by Wiccans and other modern pagans, …
by Jim Quinn https://twitter.com/JackPosobiec/status/1054762514070847488 The Republican Slogan: #JobsNotMobs. The Democrat Slogan: There really aren’t that many murderers in the caravan if you consider how many people there are. — Scott Adams (@ScottAdamsSays) October 23, 2018 https://twitter.com/joshdcaplan/status/1054785787634565121
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-woOVtwgDgU Insect numbers are declining world wide, and no one knows why. In the last generation, insect numbers have dropped as much as 75 percent. More than 75 percent decline over 27 years in total flying insect biomass in protected …
by Disobedient Media Disobedient Media previously reported the tightening stranglehold of censorship across social media. Unfortunately, events that have taken place since the publication of this writer’s opinion that Julian Assange was the first domino to fall in a series of increasingly …
Millions of Venezuelans have left the country in the last two years, fleeing the oil-rich nation’s economic collapse. Shortages of food and basic goods, years of recession, soaring inflation and regular power shortages have left the country almost on its …
by Lily DF’s Ethically Challenged Business Ventures Dianne Feinstein has profited for 26 years from ethically challenged deals that have netted her and her crony husband tens of millions of dollars, enriching themselves at the expense of the US taxpayers. According …
by nowrongturns I see a common strategy that many tend to employ is to pick an index like the s&p and then pick some of the stocks in the top 10 of the index that they think are good companies. …
From Bloomberg: Years of doomsday talk at Silicon Valley dinner parties has turned to action. In recent months, two 150-ton survival bunkers journeyed by land and sea from a Texas warehouse to the shores of New Zealand, where they’re buried 11 …
REX @_ImperatorRex_ OK I’m allowed to say this: #1 – emails exist where #BlaseyFord is freaking out and admits the story is nonsense/BS to ‘well known names’ #2 – ‘there’s a Gorsuch letter’ AND #3 – ‘there is MORE’. Make …
by howmuch Mark Twain once quipped, “Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness.” But what if people are by and large only traveling to the same places? Our newest map highlights the countries with thriving international tourism industries, and …
by DCG It’s always about control. From The Detroit News: A resolution introduced in Wayne County seeks to encourage state and federal legislators to regulate and limit ammunition sales. Outgoing District 6 Commissioner Reggie “Reg” Davis submitted the resolution to the commission’s chair, Gary Woronchak, to encourage Michigan …
by Simon Black Last week I wrote about farmland in South Africa… And how it’s taken a pounding thanks to a radical politician who is threatening to seize farmland from white farmers without compensation. While I don’t think it’s time to buy …
via Twitter: Accurate summation. THE NEW RULES: Kavanaugh Accuser’s Lawyer Says It’s Not Her Job To Corroborate Her Story. HOLD THE VOTE TOMORROW: Another Alleged Witness Denies Seeing or Hearing What Kavanaugh’s Accuser Claimed. TAKE AWAY REASON AND ACCOUNTABILITY: Kirsten Gillibrand Says Republicans …
by Jesse “And I myself — soft, weak, obscene, digesting, juggling with dismal thoughts — I, too, was superfluous, de trop. Fortunately, I didn’t feel it, rather it was a matter of understanding it; but I was uncomfortable because I was …
IT’S SO HARSH’ Inside Amazon’s ‘hellish’ warehouses where underpaid staff are forced to perform cult-like chants while battling to hit ‘crushing’ targets set by the world’s richest man https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/7207232/amazon-warehouse-underpaid-staff-unrealistic-targets/ Staff at the web giant have said they are forced to …
via dataandmedia: Source for data is Nike Created using Tableau There is an interactive version of this data viz that also includes a bit of insight too!
https://violationtracker.goodjobsfirst.org/parent/barclays Here is Barclays. h/t @GTCost
Do you believe that wealth is concentrated into geographical areas? If we follow the money, where does it lead? Which states in the US have the most millionaires? Can you guess? 118-e6c5.jpg (1601×1906) https://cdn.howmuch.net/articles/118-e6c5.jpg Visualizing Where Millionaires Live in …
by Thinker Coinscidence that the people are disappearing/dying right before the real “TRUTH” about them is hitting the masses who believed they were something else? The “MATRIX” is crumbling right before our eyes, as truth is raining down all over …
by WaveML TLDR: Ridesharing companies’ massive valuations are based off of a driverless taxi future. However, it seems that in this future almost all the profits will go to the companies that have solved the hard tasks of manufacturing the …
An Appropriate quote from 1984, was Orwell a Psychic? This is clearly where we are going with the beginning of the Purge style censorship. Scary times friends, its going to get interesting when we are all silenced like in Communist …
THE HUMAN TOUCH: Why Banks Are Giving Tellers Raises, Instead of Firing Them All. When Goldman Sachs Group Inc. launched its digital consumer bank, it conducted a survey on customer attitudes. It turns out people want to find answers without assistance …
by howmuch A logical way to get rich is to study the habits of wealthy people, figure out what makes them special, and then replicate those things in your personal life. The good news is that our latest visualization highlights …
via Ellen Milligan and Alex Longley Time spreads, oil products, currencies are potential indicators Concerns are growing due to warning signs in emerging markets This is supposed to be a year of bumper oil demand, but economic warning signs are flashing across the …
Do you think it’s wise to hold onto exclusively FANG+ stocks at this point? Investors around the world are looking for increased corporate profits, better returns, and lower risk. But unless you’ve been living under a rock, you have …
by Thinker History shows the truth and that’s all the president of the United States, Donald Trump has been delivered. It’ all the ones that have called him out that are now being found to be the liars, and most …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5fSFpIAxHU Chris Agee for the Western Journal reports, Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is announcing one of her more public ventures since her failed 2016 presidential bid. According to the Washington Times, Clinton will be adding “executive producer” to …
BY JARED DILLIAN Lots of people (especially young folks) dislike cash. They say you can get pretty much whatever you want with a credit card. True, but now you have a credit card bill, and not many people pay it off …
by howmuch The single biggest expense in most people’s budgets is for housing. Whether renters or homeowners, personal finance experts agree that a housing payment should ideally be no more than 30% of income. If you spend more than that, the government …
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Tesla never ceases to astound with its hype and promises and with its results that are just mindboggling, including today when it reported its Q2 “earnings” – meaning a net loss of $718 million, its largest net loss …