According to Reuters, the World Health Organization (WHO) is now preparing to declare an “international emergency” over the latest Ebola epidemic fast spreading through central Africa. Image source: AP The deadly disease, which can take just days to kill an Read more…
As our tariff and credit cycle mixture bakes in the economic cake, infinite monetary inflation will be the response. The new money then enters circulation, indistinguishable from that which already circulates. Since the ending of Bretton Woods (with the sole Read more…
As we profiled earlier this year, this could provide significant ammunition for Democrats who are calling for corporate tax increases as a staple of many 2020 platforms. This is almost twice the decline that official budget forecasters had estimated. At Read more…
In a wild burst of brilliance, it solved most but not all of the problems associated with the great dream of a new cash for the internet, one that is fully denationalized: operating outside states and borders. Blockchain tech has Read more…
Amid fears that the US is running headlong into yet another sure to be disastrous war in the Middle East, acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan told reporters Friday that the Pentagon is prepping “contingency plans” should things quickly escalate militarily. “When Read more…
[PT] While we are at it, here is the most recent update of the VEF (bolivar) to USD black (read: free) market exchange rate – this chart shows the unadjusted rate, but in August 2018 five zeros were actually shaved Read more…
A Tesla driver appeared to be “fully sleeping for at least 30 miles” while barreling down a Southern California freeway, according to NBC. Eyes shut, hands nowhere near the steering wheel. How could anyone get the wrong idea by a Tesla Read more…
Via CaseyResearch.com, Doug Casey says we're well into what he calls the Greater Depression. Here's how a Victorian freethinker, Winwood Reade, accurately described it: Rome lived upon its principal till ruin stared it in the face. By day the Ostia road Read more…
Though it has been indefinitely suspended, Lam made it clear that she wasn't killing the bill, and that it would be re-considered some day. According to the NYT, city leaders hope that indefinitely halting the extradition bill might cool public Read more…
Authored by Simon Black via SovereignMan.com, For this weekend's roll-up of bizarre and disturbing stories from around the world, we found ourselves zeroing-in on some ridiculous data privacy violations. But they already can't keep our photos and information secure. As Read more…