via thefreethoughtproject: On June 5, 1968, Senator Robert F. Kennedy had just won the California Democratic presidential primary when he was shot following a speech at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. As Americans remember the tragic night 50 years …
via CNN: That’s what the Social Security and Medicare trustees projected in their 2018 annual report released Tuesday. The trustees estimate that by 2034 the combined trust funds for Social Security — which help fund the old age and disability …
Social Security trust fund again projected to run dry in 2034 via marketwatch: Medicare’s finances were downgraded in a new report from the program’s trustees on Tuesday, while the projection for Social Security’s stayed the same as last year. Medicare’s hospital …
by FS Paying Back College Loans Student debt has topped $1.5 trillion in the US, and many are concerned about their ability to both pay for college and cope with loans after graduation. But it isn’t as dire as some …
Image by iStock/BrianAJackson From Kitco News: While the face of the gold market might change in the next 30 years as technology develops, the asset class and its safe-haven appeal will remain solid, according to the World Gold Council (WGC). In …
by howmuch Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano is now threatening to destroy more homes, forcing the authorities to order a mandatory evacuation for additional neighborhoods. There’s no telling when the volcano will finally stop, but it has already destroyed 82 structures. That means we …
via Kathy Orton Mortgage rates continued their upward march this week, extending the most prolonged increase in rates in 46 years. According to the latest data released Thursday by Freddie Mac, the 30-year fixed-rate average climbed to 4.66 percent with an …
by Thinker Flint native Jada Coleman decided to step up when she watched a Netflix documentary about her own city and felt it only told just part of the story. It talked about the crime and poverty, the scandalous water …
https://youtu.be/qOAaz26bmjU a growing camp is saying industry pavment concrete and over population/exploitation willl wipe humands in 10 years or less AC
Home Values Rise at Fastest Pace in 12 Years Median home values across the nation rose 8.7 percent over the past year to $215,600, according to the April Zillow Real Estate Market Report – Home values across the U.S. are …
Josh Sigurdson talks with author and economic analyst John Sneisen about the recent bond bloodbath in Italy as we see a chain reaction throughout Europe and the United States. Italian 2 year yields spiked most since October 2014 and Italian …
by Chris Black Motto: In a world of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act. War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength-George Orwell A sixty year old Swedish man was accused of hate-speech, an Orwellian term …
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by John Rubino Here’s a new indicator for you: It seems that the difference between the price of oil here and abroad is a measure of tightness in the market, with a rising spread indicating higher prices in the future, …
via Rex Nutting: If you saw that story on MarketWatch by my colleague Alessandra Malito that said you should save double your annual salary by the time you’re 35 for your retirement, you might be wondering along with half of Twitter if that’s …
Inconvenient Science: NASA data show that global temperatures dropped sharply over the past two years. Not that you’d know it, since that wasn’t deemed news. Does that make NASA a global warming denier? Writing in Real Clear Markets, Aaron Brown …
via Motley Fool: Homebuilding stocks have been struggling with interest rate increases, particularly once residential mortgage rates rose above 4.30% (MBA 30-year rate). Of course, lumber prices almost doubling over the past year isn’t helping.
via UPI: Archaeologists have recovered evidence of early cultural innovations dating to 67,000 years ago from a cave near the coast of East Africa. Until now, little was known about human history in East Africa over the last 78,000 years, …
by Jim Quinn This news brings into question a couple narratives being peddled to the American public. If the world is awash in all that U.S. fracking oil, why have oil prices gone up 65% in the last year, from …
by Martin Armstrong In Illinois is a State that should just commit suicide and be emerged into surrounding states. It is following the EXACT pattern as the fall of the city of Rome itself. Constantine the Great moved the Roman capital from Rome …
via americanmilitarynews: Former California Sen. Leland Yee was sentenced to five years in prison on Wednesday for accepting bribes and trafficking in arms. Throughout Yee’s political career, he was a staunch gun control advocate, the Washington Post reported. Yee was arrested for …
New proposals are being examined by the Sentencing Council for England and Wales, which suggest that people should face up to six years in prison for writing comments online that “target people” based on religion or gender. AC
2019 is precisely 90 years from start of Great Depression. Not a prediction, just an interesting and slightly unnerving fact. Add in wealth gap, record asset prices, record debt etc etc etc. Lot of similarities https://t.co/LOZlb0EthF — Zach Abraham (@KYRRadio) …
Uber is mounting a charm offensive with the US government as it presses ahead with plans to send flying cars into city skies in as little as two years. The technology giant will this week host officials including Donald Trump’s …
by Dana Lyons While U.S. indices once again plumb their post-correction lows, it is important to remember that there is a whole world of potential investments out there. In other words, you don’t have to just trade the S&P 500. Some …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mdFFZLXolY It’s been four years since the flint water crisis began and, sadly, Flint residents are still feeling the effects of the crisis. The EPA is giving a grant to the research team who discovered the lead in Flint’s water …
Watch the latest video at foxnews.com Legendary comedian Bill Cosby was found guilty Thursday of drugging and assaulting a woman, capping off the star’s slow demise that began in 2014 when dozens of women began accusing the TV icon of …
Chanos: We’re the least short on China we’ve been in eight years from CNBC. Widely followed short-seller Jim Chanos, Kynikos Associates founder, shares his position on China.
Wow! Kanye is really breaking the conditioning! https://twitter.com/kanyewest/status/989272340432240641 h/t Voluntaryist
by Thinker The time has come for us to reap what we sow. and in the Catholic church it isn’t good, but for the victims of the priest who used the name of the Creator to do a satanic act …