investmentwatchblog--2020-08-01--You can now be fined, jailed, and assaulted for not wearing a mask

Are you ready for this week ’ s absurdity ?
Here ’ s our Friday roll-up of the most ridiculous stories from around the world that are threats to your liberty , risks to your prosperity… and on occasion , inspiring poetic justice .
The pandemic has made Governors so power hungry that they are now telling restaurants what counts as a meal .
States like California and New York are forcing restaurants and bars to only serve alcohol with meals .
That prompted some establishments to add special menu items so that patrons who just wanted a drink didn @ @ @ @ @ @ @ meal .
But now that tactic has caught the eye of Comrade-Governors Newsom and Cuomo .
They have decided that not only is it within their power to tell restaurants if they are allowed to serve drinks and food , but these Governors also claim the power to dictate what counts as a meal .
The dictator of California officially decreed that buffalo chicken wings are not a meal .
Nor are reheated frozen entrees , “ pizza bites ( as opposed to a pizza ) ” , or “ any small portion @ @ @ @ @ @ @ main course when it is not served in a full portion or when it is intended for sharing in small portions.
” And the dictator of New York said the food available has to be “ More than just hors d ’ oeuvres , chicken wings , you had to have some substantive food .
The lowest level of substantive food were sandwiches.
” There you have it , sandwiches are a meal , chicken wings are not .
So says the politburo .
Click here to read the full story .
Amid @ @ @ @ @ @ @ E canceled its reality TV show “ Live PD ” to try to appease the Twitter mob .
Does this seem counterintuitive to you ?
It does to me .
Following cops around with a camera seems like it would INCREASE police accountability .
But A & E seems to think that if they stop filming the police , then transparency and accountability will improve .
In other news , 2+2 = 5 .
But it turns out bowing to the Twitter mob isn ’ t necessarily good for business .
A & @ @ @ @ @ @ @ dropped by over 50 % in the week after the show was cancelled .
And the channel has hardly recovered since then .
Compared to this time last year , A & E has suffered a 36 % total decline in viewers .
“ Live PD ” and its spin-offs were by far the most successful shows on A & E and sometimes made up 85 % of its programming .
The shows brought in almost $ 300 million last year in advertising revenue .
Click here to read the full story .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ its first new general education requirement in 40 years .
Students at all 23 college campuses will now be required to take a class on either social justice , or ethnic studies .
But this new requirement was met with ANGER by the California Faculty Association .
They said it was “ deplorable and disrespectful ” that this requirement was passed without the consultation of CSU Council of Ethnic Studies .
And they were disappointed that the new rule didn ’ t go far enough , because some of the classes that fulfill @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to ethnic studies .
This is a great reason to absolutely NEVER try to appease the Twitter mob– they won ’ t be satisfied , they will always want more .
And YOU might even become a target for being the wrong kind of woke .
But this is a great way to truly mark the point where a college degree becomes worthless ( especially when you are paying full tuition for online classes ) .
Click here to read the full story .
Woman pepper-sprays couple for not wearing masks during picnic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ park to have lunch .
They set up their picnic , properly socially distanced from other park-goers , and removed their masks to eat .
That ’ s when they began being harassed by an older woman .
She flipped them off , and yelled obscenities about them not wearing masks in public .
Then this woman walked up to the picnicking couple and pepper sprayed them .
It was all caught on camera by another person at the park .
As the culprit walked off , she claimed she was defending herself… @ @ @ @ @ @ @ minding their own business , eating lunch .
So now , because of the Covid hysteria , people think it ’ s “ defense ” to physically attack strangers for not wearing a mask .
That ’ s where we are as a society .
Click here to read the full story .
Indiana Executive Order carries 6 months in jail for no mask First it was individual towns threatening jail time over not wearing masks .
Now the entire state of Indiana will force residents to wear masks anytime they are in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hanging over anyone who does not comply .
The Governor of Indiana thinks six months in jail is appropriate for people who don ’ t wear a mask in public .
But he said , “ We are going to continue to try to appeal to Hoosiers to do the right thing… mask police will not be patrolling Hoosier streets.
” So then what ’ s that six months in jail for ?
Click here to read the full story .
… but Mask Police WILL be patrolling Miami streets The mask police @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to look for violators showing their dirty faces in public .
Anyone caught without a mask will be charged $ 50 for a first offense , then $ 100 .
A third offense comes with a $ 500 fine , and arrest .
Click here to read the full story .
… yet somehow Federal employees are exempt from wearing masks You can now be fined $ 1,000 in Washington DC for not wearing a mask in public .
But the Mayor exempted lawmakers , judges , and federal employees from the order @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to spread the virus ?
That must be why the laws only apply to peasants like us , not to the important people making and enforcing the laws .
Click here to read the full story .

by Simon Black
Are you ready for this week’s absurdity? Here’s our Friday roll-up of the most ridiculous stories from around the world that are threats to your liberty, risks to your prosperity… and on occasion, inspiring poetic justice.
Governors proclaim chicken wings are not a meal
The pandemic has made Governors so power hungry that they are now telling restaurants what counts as a meal.
States like California and New York are forcing restaurants and bars to only serve alcohol with meals.
That prompted some establishments to add special menu items so that patrons who just wanted a drink didn’t have to order an entire meal.
But now that tactic has caught the eye of Comrade-Governors Newsom and Cuomo.
They have decided that not only is it within their power to tell restaurants if they are allowed to serve drinks and food, but these Governors also claim the power to dictate what counts as a meal.
The dictator of California officially decreed that buffalo chicken wings are not a meal.
Nor are reheated frozen entrees, “pizza bites (as opposed to a pizza)”, or “any small portion of a dish that may constitute a main course when it is not served in a full portion or when it is intended for sharing in small portions.”
And the dictator of New York said the food available has to be “More than just hors d’oeuvres, chicken wings, you had to have some substantive food. The lowest level of substantive food were sandwiches.”
There you have it, sandwiches are a meal, chicken wings are not. So says the politburo.
Click here to read the full story.
A&E loses half its viewers after canceling “Live PD”
Amid calls for police accountability, A&E canceled its reality TV show “Live PD” to try to appease the Twitter mob.
Does this seem counterintuitive to you? It does to me. Following cops around with a camera seems like it would INCREASE police accountability.
But A&E seems to think that if they stop filming the police, then transparency and accountability will improve. In other news, 2+2 = 5.
But it turns out bowing to the Twitter mob isn’t necessarily good for business.
A&E’s total prime time viewership dropped by over 50% in the week after the show was cancelled.
And the channel has hardly recovered since then. Compared to this time last year, A&E has suffered a 36% total decline in viewers.
“Live PD” and its spin-offs were by far the most successful shows on A&E and sometimes made up 85% of its programming.
The shows brought in almost $300 million last year in advertising revenue.
Oops.
Click here to read the full story.
California State Universities now require Social Justice course
The California State University system is adding its first new general education requirement in 40 years.
Students at all 23 college campuses will now be required to take a class on either social justice, or ethnic studies.
But this new requirement was met with ANGER by the California Faculty Association.
They said it was “deplorable and disrespectful” that this requirement was passed without the consultation of CSU Council of Ethnic Studies.
And they were disappointed that the new rule didn’t go far enough, because some of the classes that fulfill the requirement are not closely enough related to ethnic studies.
This is a great reason to absolutely NEVER try to appease the Twitter mob– they won’t be satisfied, they will always want more. And YOU might even become a target for being the wrong kind of woke.
We are primarily funded by readers. Please subscribe and donate to support us!
But this is a great way to truly mark the point where a college degree becomes worthless (especially when you are paying full tuition for online classes).
Click here to read the full story.
Woman pepper-sprays couple for not wearing masks during picnic
A couple went to a San Diego park to have lunch.
They set up their picnic, properly socially distanced from other park-goers, and removed their masks to eat.
That’s when they began being harassed by an older woman. She flipped them off, and yelled obscenities about them not wearing masks in public.
Then this woman walked up to the picnicking couple and pepper sprayed them.
It was all caught on camera by another person at the park. As the culprit walked off, she claimed she was defending herself… against people in an outdoor park, minding their own business, eating lunch.
So now, because of the Covid hysteria, people think it’s “defense” to physically attack strangers for not wearing a mask. That’s where we are as a society.
Click here to read the full story.
Indiana Executive Order carries 6 months in jail for no mask
First it was individual towns threatening jail time over not wearing masks.
Now the entire state of Indiana will force residents to wear masks anytime they are in public, with the threat of jail hanging over anyone who does not comply.
The Governor of Indiana thinks six months in jail is appropriate for people who don’t wear a mask in public.
But he said, “We are going to continue to try to appeal to Hoosiers to do the right thing… mask police will not be patrolling Hoosier streets.”
So then what’s that six months in jail for?
Click here to read the full story.
… but Mask Police WILL be patrolling Miami streets
The mask police have formed a 39-officer-strong unit in Miami to look for violators showing their dirty faces in public.
Anyone caught without a mask will be charged $50 for a first offense, then $100.
A third offense comes with a $500 fine, and arrest.
Click here to read the full story.
… yet somehow Federal employees are exempt from wearing masks
You can now be fined $1,000 in Washington DC for not wearing a mask in public.
But the Mayor exempted lawmakers, judges, and federal employees from the order. So apparently federal employees are unable to spread the virus?
That must be why the laws only apply to peasants like us, not to the important people making and enforcing the laws.
Click here to read the full story.


investmentwatchblog--2020-08-01--The fake news media doesn’t want you to see this clip, so let’s drive them crazy and make it go vira

The fake news media doesn’t want you to see this clip, so let’s drive them crazy and make it go viral!

Tucker Carlson lights up Dr. Anthony Fauci for dodging Jim Jordan ‘ s questions on protests and coronavirus

The fake news media doesn't want you to see this clip, so let's drive them crazy and make it go viral!!! t.co/nKtoOQxxcY — Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) July 31, 2020
WATCH: Rep. Jim Jordan asks Dr. Fauci if nationwide protests helped spread the coronavirus
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Tucker Carlson lights up Dr. Anthony Fauci for dodging Jim Jordan ‘s questions on protests and coronavirus
Tucker Carlson lights up Dr. Anthony Fauci for dodging @Jim_Jordan's questions on protests and coronavirus: "What a fraud this guy is!"t.co/iPCHZlJO6g pic.twitter.com/c795SqMqXJ — Scott Morefield (@SKMorefield) August 1, 2020


investmentwatchblog--2020-08-01--We Are Experiencing Economic Collapse Devastation On A Scale That America Has Never Seen Before

For a very long time we have been warned that a U.S. economic collapse was inevitably coming , and now it is here .
Fear of pandemic and unprecedented societal collapse in our major cities have combined to plunge us into a historic economic meltdown , and nobody is exactly sure what is going to happen next .
On Thursday , we learned that U.S. GDP was down 32.9 percent on an annualized basis last quarter .
That officially makes last quarter the worst quarter in all of U.S. history , and many people believe that this new economic depression @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the mainstream media was telling us that the U.S. economy would come surging back to life during the third quarter , but we continue to get more signs that indicate that the economy is starting to slow down again .
For example , the Labor Department just released some new numbers that were more than just a little bit startling .
If you can believe it , another 1.434 million Americans filed new claims for unemployment benefits last week .
That was an increase over last week ’ s revised number , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ row that initial claims have risen .
Overall , new claims for unemployment benefits have now been above one million for 19 weeks in a row .
Personally , I don ’ t know how this is even possible .
Prior to this year , the all-time record for a single week was just 695,000 .
The numbers that we have been getting week after week are so obscene that they are truly difficult to believe .
Overall , a grand total of more than 54 million Americans have filed new claims for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
But there were only 152 million Americans working when employment peaked back in February .
So how is it possible that 54 million workers have filed initial claims for unemployment benefits so far this year ?
Have things really gotten that bad ?
Maybe they have .
Bloomberg just reported on a recent Census Bureau survey that found that 30 million Americans claim that they did not have enough food to eat during the week that ended on July 21st… Once again , those numbers are so shocking that they are hard @ @ @ @ @ @ @ really tens of millions of Americans that can not afford three meals a day right now ?
Maybe there are , but it is still difficult to grasp the fact that we have fallen so far in such a short period of time .
Meanwhile , we just got more bad news about the restaurant industry .
According to the National Restaurant Association , at least 15 percent of all restaurants in the entire country will be shutting down .
In the end , I think that we are going to lose hundreds @ @ @ @ @ @ @ deeply grieves me to say that .
Of course every industry is going to be devastated by this new economic depression , and even the biggest names are going to get hit really hard .
In fact , you know that things are starting to get really bad when even Walmart starts laying off workers… More big corporations are going to go bankrupt , more businesses are going to fail , more workers are going to be laid off , and the financial dominoes are going to start to fall at a pace @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the things that myself and so many other economic writers have been warning about are starting to happen .
A great unraveling has begun , and it is imperative for all of us to find a way to survive the severe economic collapse pain that is ahead of us .

For a very long time we have been warned that a U.S. economic collapse was inevitably coming, and now it is here. Fear of pandemic and unprecedented societal collapse in our major cities have combined to plunge us into a historic economic meltdown, and nobody is exactly sure what is going to happen next.
On Thursday, we learned that U.S. GDP was down 32.9 percent on an annualized basis last quarter. That officially makes last quarter the worst quarter in all of U.S. history, and many people believe that this new economic depression is just getting started. Originally, the mainstream media was telling us that the U.S. economy would come surging back to life during the third quarter, but we continue to get more signs that indicate that the economy is starting to slow down again.
For example, the Labor Department just released some new numbers that were more than just a little bit startling. If you can believe it, another 1.434 million Americans filed new claims for unemployment benefits last week. That was an increase over last week’s revised number, and it represents the second week in a row that initial claims have risen.
Overall, new claims for unemployment benefits have now been above one million for 19 weeks in a row.
Personally, I don’t know how this is even possible. Prior to this year, the all-time record for a single week was just 695,000. The numbers that we have been getting week after week are so obscene that they are truly difficult to believe. Overall, a grand total of more than 54 million Americans have filed new claims for unemployment benefits during the last 19 weeks.
But there were only 152 million Americans working when employment peaked back in February. So how is it possible that 54 million workers have filed initial claims for unemployment benefits so far this year?
Have things really gotten that bad? Maybe they have. Bloomberg just reported on a recent Census Bureau survey that found that 30 million Americans claim that they did not have enough food to eat during the week that ended on July 21st… Once again, those numbers are so shocking that they are hard for me to believe. Are there really tens of millions of Americans that cannot afford three meals a day right now?
Maybe there are, but it is still difficult to grasp the fact that we have fallen so far in such a short period of time.
Meanwhile, we just got more bad news about the restaurant industry. According to the National Restaurant Association, at least 15 percent of all restaurants in the entire country will be shutting down. In the end, I think that we are going to lose hundreds of thousands of restaurants, and it deeply grieves me to say that.
Of course every industry is going to be devastated by this new economic depression, and even the biggest names are going to get hit really hard.
In fact, you know that things are starting to get really bad when even Walmart starts laying off workers…
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More big corporations are going to go bankrupt, more businesses are going to fail, more workers are going to be laid off, and the financial dominoes are going to start to fall at a pace that is absolutely breathtaking.
So many of the things that myself and so many other economic writers have been warning about are starting to happen.
A great unraveling has begun, and it is imperative for all of us to find a way to survive the severe economic collapse pain that is ahead of us.


investmentwatchblog--2020-08-01--Swing Voters in Michigan Just Offered the WORST News for Joe Biden!

Cristina Laila from The Gateway Pundit reports , Swing voters in Michigan say they will vote for President Trump in @ @ @ @ @ believe Biden is a “ puppet ” who is “ not mentally capable of being @ @ @ @ @ group included nine swing voters in Michigan who voted for Barack Obama in 2012 , @ @ @ @ @ .

Cristina Laila from The Gateway Pundit reports, Swing voters in Michigan say they will vote for President Trump in the November election because they believe Biden is a “puppet” who is “not mentally capable of being president.” The Axios focus group included nine swing voters in Michigan who voted for Barack Obama in 2012, but voted Trump in 2016.
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investmentwatchblog--2020-08-01--EPIC! Bill Barr Sips His Coffee After He Shuts Down Democrat Lawmaker with Snarky Remark

Cristina Laila from The Gateway Pundit reports , US Attorney General Bill Barr on Tuesday appeared before the House Judiciary @ @ @ @ @ unhinged , rude and abusive toward Bill Barr .
The Democrats kept interrupting Bill Barr @ @ @ @ @ “ I ’ m reclaiming my time .
”

Cristina Laila from The Gateway Pundit reports, US Attorney General Bill Barr on Tuesday appeared before the House Judiciary Committee. Democrat lawmakers were unhinged, rude and abusive toward Bill Barr. The Democrats kept interrupting Bill Barr with the same line: “I’m reclaiming my time.”
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investmentwatchblog--2020-08-01--Goldman Sachs Warns U.S. Dollar Days Are Numbered. Gold Price Hits RECORD HIGH!

Looking at the US dollar as the reserve currency of the world today , may be challenged at some point @ @ @ @ @ gold take its place ?
Perhaps a basket of currencies ?
Only time will tell @ @ @ @ @ Worst Month in Almost a Decade – WSJ Gold Rips Up Record Book as $ @ @ @ @ @ for Haven From Simple Confusion To Confiscation : Some Nursing Homes Aren ’ t Giving @ @ @ @ @ CBS Pittsburgh

Looking at the US dollar as the reserve currency of the world today, may be challenged at some point in the future. Will gold take its place? Perhaps a basket of currencies? Only time will tell.
Dollar on Course for Worst Month in Almost a Decade – WSJ
www.wsj.com/articles/dollar-on-course-for-worst-month-in-almost-a-decade-11595855269
Gold Rips Up Record Book as $2,000 Test Looms in Hunt for Haven
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Gold ETF Commentary and Statistics | Gold ETF Holdings | Gold ETF AUM | Goldhub
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Wu-Xia Shadow Federal Funds Rate – Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
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From Simple Confusion To Confiscation: Some Nursing Homes Aren’t Giving Residents Their Stimulus Checks – CBS Pittsburgh
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Trump Push for FBI Building Funds in Coronavirus Relief Package Sparks Opposition, Confusion – WSJ
www.wsj.com/articles/trump-push-for-fbi-building-funds-in-coronavirus-relief-package-sparks-opposition-confusion-11595952413


investmentwatchblog--2020-08-01--When It Rains It Pours, Florida Edition

When It Rains It Pours, Florida Edition

Problems often come in bunches .
And each new one adds — sometimes exponentially — to the complexity of a given situation .
See One Problem Is Manageable .
Five Might Not Be .
The latest example of this unfortunate principle in action is the mess Florida might face in a few days .
The state is already battling a resurgent pandemic ( see Florida reports 253 new coronavirus deaths in third straight daily record ) , apparently due to its surplus of retirees and lack of a coherent plan .
But that ’ s one problem and could , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ good sense , be manageable .
Unfortunately , it ’ s hurricane season and South Florida is smack dab in the middle of Hurricane Alley .
And here comes a storm .
From CNN : As a tropical storm , Isaias whipped Haiti and the Dominican Republic and left hundreds of thousands of people without power on Puerto Rico alone .
Now a hurricane , it ’ s heading toward the Bahamas and Florida on Friday morning — and may eventually have much of the US East Coast in its sights .
Isaias @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Thursday after crossing the Dominican Republic , and — with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph — was hitting the southernmost Bahamas islands with rain and wind Friday morning .
The hurricane is expected to slam the Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos with 4 to 8 inches of rain and leave potentially life-threatening flooding Friday and Saturday , the National Hurricane Center says .
Isaias ’ center then is expected to get close to Florida ’ s east coast Saturday or Sunday — a threat that has prompted the state to shut @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Rains from outer bands could hit South Florida by Friday night .
The storm comes at a sensitive time during the coronavirus pandemic .
Florida reported nearly 10,000 new Covid-19 cases Thursday , the highest total for one state on that day , according to data from Johns Hopkins University .
Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Giménez told CNN on Thursday he would be concerned about keeping evacuees socially distanced if a hurricane hit the state .
“ Look , if we have a major hurricane here , then we ’ re going to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and then we ’ re going to have to … try to keep them separated as much as possible , ” he said .
“ That ’ s a concern.
” “ When you ’ re not testing is also a concern , ” he added .
“ But the greater danger , the immediate danger has to be taken care of first , and that ’ s getting our people out of harm ’ s way.
” The latest forecast ( see below ) has the storm grazing rather than slamming into @ @ @ @ @ @ @ drift to the west over the next couple of days would put it dead center on Miami .
In which case the mayor ’ s concern over “ trying to keep them separated ” will have to be addressed .
And it ’ s not clear how you evacuate a million ( mostly aged ) people and stash them in a safe place while also maintaining social distancing and other anti-viral protocols .
Hopefully Florida dodges this particular bullet .
But hurricane season runs through November so this is , very possibly , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ complex journey .
The point of this series is not Schadenfreude .
It ’ s to illustrate the wisdom of financial caution .
Whether you ’ re an individual , state , or nation , borrowing too much money leaves you vulnerable to sudden , big , multi-part crises .
If you ’ re debt-free with money in the bank , you have a chance of muddling through .
If you ’ re broke and deeply in debt , your odds of survival – let alone success — plunge .
In that sense @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .

BY JOHN RUBINO
Problems often come in bunches. And each new one adds — sometimes exponentially — to the complexity of a given situation. See One Problem Is Manageable. Five Might Not Be.
The latest example of this unfortunate principle in action is the mess Florida might face in a few days. The state is already battling a resurgent pandemic (see Florida reports 253 new coronavirus deaths in third straight daily record), apparently due to its surplus of retirees and lack of a coherent plan.
But that’s one problem and could, with the right combination of luck and good sense, be manageable.
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Unfortunately, it’s hurricane season and South Florida is smack dab in the middle of Hurricane Alley. And here comes a storm. From CNN:
Hurricane Isaias heads toward Florida after battering Puerto Rico As a tropical storm, Isaias whipped Haiti and the Dominican Republic and left hundreds of thousands of people without power on Puerto Rico alone.
Now a hurricane, it’s heading toward the Bahamas and Florida on Friday morning — and may eventually have much of the US East Coast in its sights. Isaias strengthened into a Category 1 hurricane late Thursday after crossing the Dominican Republic, and — with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph — was hitting the southernmost Bahamas islands with rain and wind Friday morning. The hurricane is expected to slam the Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos with 4 to 8 inches of rain and leave potentially life-threatening flooding Friday and Saturday, the National Hurricane Center says. Isaias’ center then is expected to get close to Florida’s east coast Saturday or Sunday — a threat that has prompted the state to shut down some testing sites for Covid-19. Rains from outer bands could hit South Florida by Friday night. The storm comes at a sensitive time during the coronavirus pandemic. Florida reported nearly 10,000 new Covid-19 cases Thursday, the highest total for one state on that day, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Giménez told CNN on Thursday he would be concerned about keeping evacuees socially distanced if a hurricane hit the state. “Look, if we have a major hurricane here, then we’re going to have to evacuate a number of people and then we’re going to have to … try to keep them separated as much as possible,” he said. “That’s a concern.” “When you’re not testing is also a concern,” he added. “But the greater danger, the immediate danger has to be taken care of first, and that’s getting our people out of harm’s way.”
The latest forecast (see below) has the storm grazing rather than slamming into South Florida. But even a slight drift to the west over the next couple of days would put it dead center on Miami. In which case the mayor’s concern over “trying to keep them separated” will have to be addressed. And it’s not clear how you evacuate a million (mostly aged) people and stash them in a safe place while also maintaining social distancing and other anti-viral protocols.
Hopefully Florida dodges this particular bullet. But hurricane season runs through November so this is, very possibly, just the first step in a seriously complex journey.
The point of this series is not Schadenfreude. It’s to illustrate the wisdom of financial caution. Whether you’re an individual, state, or nation, borrowing too much money leaves you vulnerable to sudden, big, multi-part crises. If you’re debt-free with money in the bank, you have a chance of muddling through. If you’re broke and deeply in debt, your odds of survival – let alone success — plunge. In that sense, we’re all Floridians now.


investmentwatchblog--2020-08-01--Charts: The Economic Impact of COVID-19 in the U.S. So Far

In the second quarter of 2020 , the U.S. recorded its steepest drop in economic output on record .
As COVID-19 continues to spread around the country leaving economic upheaval in its wake , many economic indicators are trending in undesirable ways .
The graphic above is a snapshot of the overall health of the economy at this pivotal moment in time .
To put this quarter ’ s 9.5 % drop into perspective , it helps to look back in history .
Since record keeping began in 1947 , quarterly GDP had never exceeded even a 3 % drop @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a few of the problems currently plaguing the economy : Employment : Well over 50 million people are still out of the workforce as businesses shutter permanently and restrictions continue in many parts of the country .
New unemployment claims have now exceeded 1 million for 19 consecutive weeks .
Consumer Spending : This makes up more than two-thirds of the U.S. economy , and it sank by the sharpest rate in April—declining by 12.6 % .
The weekly payments of $ 600 provided through the CARES Act helped bolster household income , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the payments expired July 31 , and may not be renewed as an initiative .
Monetary Policy : Trillions of dollars have been borrowed to counter the crisis , money supply ( M2 ) has rapidly risen , and central bank balance sheets are shattering records .
Despite the injection of money into the system , inflation has dropped to almost zero–well below the Fed ’ s ideal 2 % rate–signalling deflationary pressure on the economy .
Despite the significant challenges facing the American economy , there are some areas that are showing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 500 : The flagship index is the most prominent positive , recording its best quarter in over two decades .
Reaching a high-water mark in June , the index shot up over 25 % over the second quarter .
Federal stimulus packages stoked optimism in the markets , with the Fed at one point purchasing $ 41 billion in financial assets daily .
Purchasing Managers ’ Index ( PMI ) : Widely seen as a leading business indicator , the PMI is also rebounding .
Manufacturing output stabilized as production facilities slowly reopened @ @ @ @ @ @ @ manufacturing cycle is anticipated to begin .
Big Tech : Business is booming for Big Tech in the latest quarter .
Amazon ’ s earnings doubled compared to last year , while both Facebook and Apple witnessed double-digit earnings jumps .
The shift to remote work has figured prominently in this rise .
Bright spots aside , COVID-19 is set to become America ’ s third most common cause of death ( after accidents ) .
With an infection curve that remains stubbornly unflattened , it isn ’ t just the public that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ itself on life support as well .

by visualcapitalist
In the second quarter of 2020, the U.S. recorded its steepest drop in economic output on record.
As COVID-19 continues to spread around the country leaving economic upheaval in its wake, many economic indicators are trending in undesirable ways. The graphic above is a snapshot of the overall health of the economy at this pivotal moment in time.
The Big Picture
To put this quarter’s 9.5% drop into perspective, it helps to look back in history. Since record keeping began in 1947, quarterly GDP had never exceeded even a 3% drop (non-annualized). Here are just a few of the problems currently plaguing the economy:
Employment: Well over 50 million people are still out of the workforce as businesses shutter permanently and restrictions continue in many parts of the country. New unemployment claims have now exceeded 1 million for 19 consecutive weeks.
Consumer Spending: This makes up more than two-thirds of the U.S. economy, and it sank by the sharpest rate in April—declining by 12.6%. The weekly payments of $600 provided through the CARES Act helped bolster household income, partially offsetting steeper losses. However, the payments expired July 31, and may not be renewed as an initiative.
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Monetary Policy: Trillions of dollars have been borrowed to counter the crisis, money supply (M2) has rapidly risen, and central bank balance sheets are shattering records. Despite the injection of money into the system, inflation has dropped to almost zero–well below the Fed’s ideal 2% rate–signalling deflationary pressure on the economy.
Bright Spots
Despite the significant challenges facing the American economy, there are some areas that are showing signs of recovery.
S&P 500: The flagship index is the most prominent positive, recording its best quarter in over two decades. Reaching a high-water mark in June, the index shot up over 25% over the second quarter. Federal stimulus packages stoked optimism in the markets, with the Fed at one point purchasing $41 billion in financial assets daily.
Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI): Widely seen as a leading business indicator, the PMI is also rebounding. Manufacturing output stabilized as production facilities slowly reopened. As a result, an expansionary manufacturing cycle is anticipated to begin.
Big Tech: Business is booming for Big Tech in the latest quarter. Amazon’s earnings doubled compared to last year, while both Facebook and Apple witnessed double-digit earnings jumps. The shift to remote work has figured prominently in this rise.
What’s Next?
Bright spots aside, COVID-19 is set to become America’s third most common cause of death (after accidents). With an infection curve that remains stubbornly unflattened, it isn’t just the public that’s at risk–the economy may find itself on life support as well.


investmentwatchblog--2020-08-01--Trump is banning TikTok!

Trump is banning TikTok!

BREAKING : Trump tells reporters aboard Air Force One he is banning TikTok We are still in the air on Air Force One , landing shortly .
Trump came back to speak with us off the record and agreed to move the portion about TikTok on the record Trump says he will ban TikTok through executive action as soon as Saturday President Donald Trump on Friday told reporters he will act as soon as Saturday to ban Chinese-owned video app TikTok from the United States , NBC News reported .
Trump made the comments while chatting with reporters on Air @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Washington from Florida .
“ As far as TikTok is concerned we ’ re banning them from the United States , ” Trump said , calling the action a “ severance.
” Trump did not specify whether he will act through an executive order , or another method .
such as a designation , according to NBC News .
“ Well , I have that authority .
I can do it with an executive order or that , ” Trump said .
Trump says he will BAN TikTok in US within 24 hours

BREAKING: Trump tells reporters aboard Air Force One he is banning TikTok
BREAKING: Trump tells reporters aboard Air Force One he is banning TikTok — Josh Lederman (@JoshNBCNews) August 1, 2020
We are still in the air on Air Force One, landing shortly. Trump came back to speak with us off the record and agreed to move the portion about TikTok on the record — Josh Lederman (@JoshNBCNews) August 1, 2020
We are still in the air on Air Force One, landing shortly. Trump came back to speak with us off the record and agreed to move the portion about TikTok on the record
Trump says he will ban TikTok through executive action as soon as Saturday
President Donald Trump on Friday told reporters he will act as soon as Saturday to ban Chinese-owned video app TikTok from the United States.
Trump did not specify whether he will act through an executive order, or another method such as a designation, according to NBC News.
Trump’s comments come as it was reported Friday that Microsoft has held talks to buy the TikTok video-sharing mobile app from Chinese owner ByteDance.
President Donald Trump on Friday told reporters he will act as soon as Saturday to ban Chinese-owned video app TikTok from the United States, NBC News reported.
Trump made the comments while chatting with reporters on Air Force One during the flight back to Washington from Florida.
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“As far as TikTok is concerned we’re banning them from the United States,” Trump said, calling the action a “severance.”
Trump did not specify whether he will act through an executive order, or another method. such as a designation, according to NBC News.
“Well, I have that authority. I can do it with an executive order or that,” Trump said.
Trump says he will BAN TikTok in US within 24 hours
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investmentwatchblog--2020-08-02--An excellent rundown on investing in gold/silver…

First , here ’ s a visual representation of the strong correlation between real interest rates and gold prices .
@ @ @ @ @ extremely bullish environment with negative real interest rates .
And , here ’ s a @ @ @ @ @ nondogmatic assessment to investing in gold/silver .
Disclaimer : This information is only for educational @ @ @ @ @ any investment decisions based on the information in this article .
Do you own due @ @ @ @ @ professional before making any investment decision .

by dryam2000
First, here’s a visual representation of the strong correlation between real interest rates and gold prices. We are currently in an extremely bullish environment with negative real interest rates.
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And, here’s a link to a fairly comprehensive nondogmatic assessment to investing in gold/silver.
Disclaimer: This information is only for educational purposes. Do not make any investment decisions based on the information in this article. Do you own due diligence or consult your financial professional before making any investment decision.


investmentwatchblog--2020-08-02--GRAPH OF DEATH: COVID TREND USA

GRAPH OF DEATH: COVID TREND USA

And finally , deaths from the beginning to yesterday .
( Along with your periodic reminder that New York State @ @ @ @ @ 5000 probable deaths recorded by New York City and the CDC . )
pic.twitter.com/k0HugoRg4Q

And finally, deaths from the beginning to yesterday.
(Along with your periodic reminder that New York State still is not reporting over 5000 probable deaths recorded by New York City and the CDC.) pic.twitter.com/k0HugoRg4Q
— The COVID Tracking Project (@COVID19Tracking) August 1, 2020


investmentwatchblog--2020-08-02--Joe Biden Is About To Pick His Running Mate, And That Choice Could Have Extremely Serious Implicatio

Joe Biden Is About To Pick His Running Mate, And That Choice Could Have Extremely Serious Implications For Our Future

Originally , I wasn ’ t going to write about Joe Biden ’ s search for a running mate , but I changed my mind .
Most of the time running mate picks are of relatively little consequence as far as the election outcome is concerned , and many of those on tickets that do not ultimately win end up being forgotten by the public fairly rapidly .
If you doubt this , just try to name the running mates of failed presidential candidates Bob Dole , Michael Dukakis and John Kerry off the top of your head .
In @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reading this article probably can not name Hillary Clinton ’ s running mate without looking it up .
But this time is different .
In 2020 , Joe Biden is very likely picking someone that will become the president of the United States .
And I am not talking about in eight years either .
Over the past couple of years , Joe Biden has frequently made comments that indicate that he may not serve more than one term .
The following comes from the Detroit News… In an effort to ease concerns @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Democratic nominee has said he wouldn ’ t seek reelection if his mental or physical health declined .
He has also referred to himself as a “ transition candidate , ” acting as a bridge to a younger generation of leadership .
Biden is rarely known for sticking to a script , and the comments are evidence of his candid style .
But they ’ re also contributing to intense speculation about who is best positioned to lead the party after him .
And considering the fact that he is currently 77 years @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that he will even make it through a single term .
Of course the Biden campaign has been saying all of the right things about his health , and a recent three page health assessment described him as “ healthy ” and “ vigorous ” … But everyone can clearly see that the Joe Biden of 2020 is definitely not the old Joe Biden .
I was on YouTube recently and a Joe Biden fundraising ad popped up before the video I was going to view , and out of curiosity I decided @ @ @ @ @ @ @ his pitch , I was stunned by his inability to get the words out .
This was a recorded ad , so his team could have redone it over and over again until they got it perfect , and apparently the version that I saw was the best that they could come up with .
Of course there isn ’ t anything wrong with declining in our capabilities as we get older .
It happens to every generation , and it is going to happen to all of our leaders eventually .
But @ @ @ @ @ @ @ advanced state of decline , many believe that it was a huge mistake for the Democrats to nominate him .
On his podcast , Joe Rogan made this point very bluntly earlier this year… If the election was held today , the polls indicate that Joe Biden would have a really good chance of beating Donald Trump .
And if Biden wins and he can ’ t make it through the next four years , that would mean that his running mate would become the next president of the United States .
In @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are speculating that there is a possibility that Joe Biden may not even make it to election day in November .
So whoever Biden picks as his running mate may have to fill his shoes sooner rather than later .
At this point , it appears that Kamala Harris , Karen Bass and Susan Rice are the three leading contenders .
The following comes from CNN… Personally , I think that the choice is going to be either Harris or Bass based on the buzz that I am hearing .
Harris has been @ @ @ @ @ @ @ process , but Bass seems to have picked up a lot of momentum right here at the end .
In either case , Biden is going to face a lot of criticism for his choice .
The previous remarks that Bass made about Fidel Castro are starting to get a lot of attention , and her links to communist organizations go back for decades .
As for Harris , her big problem is that a lot of people just don ’ t like her .
“ Likability ” is one of the most @ @ @ @ @ @ @ can have today , and that is one area where she really comes up short .
It is the big reason why her presidential campaign completely flopped , and it is definitely a factor in why so many top Democrats have been publicly lobbying against her .
If for some reason Biden was not able to make it to election day , all of a sudden either Harris or Bass would be Trump ’ s opponent , and needless to say that would dramatically shift the outlook of the race .
On the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it to November and he is able to win , there is a very good chance that he will not make it all the way through his first term .
And that would mean that “ Vice-President Harris ” or “ Vice-President Bass ” would become the leader of the free world .
The last time a vice-president ascended to the presidency without being elected was when Gerald Ford replaced Richard Nixon in 1974 .
We could soon see it happen again , and considering the fact that our nation is moving into @ @ @ @ @ @ @ could occur at a very critical moment in our history .
This choice by Joe Biden could have extremely serious implications for our future , and from what I am hearing his pick is coming very soon .

by Michael Snyder
Originally, I wasn’t going to write about Joe Biden’s search for a running mate, but I changed my mind. Most of the time running mate picks are of relatively little consequence as far as the election outcome is concerned, and many of those on tickets that do not ultimately win end up being forgotten by the public fairly rapidly. If you doubt this, just try to name the running mates of failed presidential candidates Bob Dole, Michael Dukakis and John Kerry off the top of your head. In fact, many of you that are reading this article probably cannot name Hillary Clinton’s running mate without looking it up. But this time is different.
In 2020, Joe Biden is very likely picking someone that will become the president of the United States.
And I am not talking about in eight years either. Over the past couple of years, Joe Biden has frequently made comments that indicate that he may not serve more than one term. The following comes from the Detroit News…
In an effort to ease concerns about his age, the 77-year-old presumptive Democratic nominee has said he wouldn’t seek reelection if his mental or physical health declined. He has also referred to himself as a “transition candidate,” acting as a bridge to a younger generation of leadership. Biden is rarely known for sticking to a script, and the comments are evidence of his candid style. But they’re also contributing to intense speculation about who is best positioned to lead the party after him.
And considering the fact that he is currently 77 years old, there is absolutely no guarantee that he will even make it through a single term.
Of course the Biden campaign has been saying all of the right things about his health, and a recent three page health assessment described him as “healthy” and “vigorous”…
Dr. Kevin O’Connor of The George Washington University released a three-page medical summary of Biden’s health on Tuesday at the request of his patient, in which he described Biden as a “healthy, vigorous, 77-year-old male, who is fit to successfully execute the duties of the Presidency to include those as Chief Executive, Head of State and Commander in Chief.”
But everyone can clearly see that the Joe Biden of 2020 is definitely not the old Joe Biden.
I was on YouTube recently and a Joe Biden fundraising ad popped up before the video I was going to view, and out of curiosity I decided to watch it. As I watched his pitch, I was stunned by his inability to get the words out. This was a recorded ad, so his team could have redone it over and over again until they got it perfect, and apparently the version that I saw was the best that they could come up with.
Of course there isn’t anything wrong with declining in our capabilities as we get older. It happens to every generation, and it is going to happen to all of our leaders eventually.
But with Joe Biden at such a clearly advanced state of decline, many believe that it was a huge mistake for the Democrats to nominate him. On his podcast, Joe Rogan made this point very bluntly earlier this year…
That’s the problem the Democratic Party is having right now with that Joe Biden guy. You guys have to be able to call it out. You can’t let this slide, because everybody else sees it, and Trump is going to eat him alive,” Rogan said. “He’s going to eat that guy alive.” “The guy can barely remember what he’s talking about while he’s talking,” Rogan said. “I’m looking at this like a medical condition.”
If the election was held today, the polls indicate that Joe Biden would have a really good chance of beating Donald Trump.
And if Biden wins and he can’t make it through the next four years, that would mean that his running mate would become the next president of the United States.
In fact, there are some people that are speculating that there is a possibility that Joe Biden may not even make it to election day in November.
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So whoever Biden picks as his running mate may have to fill his shoes sooner rather than later.
At this point, it appears that Kamala Harris, Karen Bass and Susan Rice are the three leading contenders. The following comes from CNN…
In more than two dozen interviews with CNN in recent days, members of Congress, top Democratic donors, Biden allies and others close to the vice presidential vetting process said California Rep. Karen Bass, the 66-year-old chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, has gained real traction in the late stage of the search. Amid furious last-minute lobbying and speculation about Biden’s historic decision, California Sen. Kamala Harris and Susan Rice, Barack Obama’s former national security adviser, are also believed to be among the most serious contenders.
Personally, I think that the choice is going to be either Harris or Bass based on the buzz that I am hearing.
Harris has been widely viewed as the favorite throughout this process, but Bass seems to have picked up a lot of momentum right here at the end.
In either case, Biden is going to face a lot of criticism for his choice. The previous remarks that Bass made about Fidel Castro are starting to get a lot of attention, and her links to communist organizations go back for decades.
As for Harris, her big problem is that a lot of people just don’t like her. “Likability” is one of the most important traits that a politician in America can have today, and that is one area where she really comes up short. It is the big reason why her presidential campaign completely flopped, and it is definitely a factor in why so many top Democrats have been publicly lobbying against her.
If for some reason Biden was not able to make it to election day, all of a sudden either Harris or Bass would be Trump’s opponent, and needless to say that would dramatically shift the outlook of the race.
On the other hand, if Biden does make it to November and he is able to win, there is a very good chance that he will not make it all the way through his first term.
And that would mean that “Vice-President Harris” or “Vice-President Bass” would become the leader of the free world.
The last time a vice-president ascended to the presidency without being elected was when Gerald Ford replaced Richard Nixon in 1974.
We could soon see it happen again, and considering the fact that our nation is moving into extremely troubled times, such a transition could occur at a very critical moment in our history.
This choice by Joe Biden could have extremely serious implications for our future, and from what I am hearing his pick is coming very soon.


investmentwatchblog--2020-08-02--Is it time for Civil Disobedience against the Covid19 cult of failed advice?

This is today .
It is not 1933 .
But the global mob rule we are witnessing is as old as the hills .
As old , in fact , as the ancient Greeks who warned that the Herd Instinct , when married to Herd Ignorance , would inevitably lead to the Führerprinzip .
Plato predicted this earlier than most , but latterly George Orwell offered us a more exact description .
For some forty years now , the Internationalist bourgeois Left has treated Nineteen Eighty-Four as a blueprint .
Bizarrely , the globalist/blocist Corporate State builders have been doing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , the Guardian ’ s Executive Editor instructed her journalists in 2016 to call Climate Change doubters deniers .
This same collective noun is now being extended to Covid19 empiricists .
But at the same time , unelected bureaucracies have promoted those like top UK civil servant Sir Mark Sedwill and US Global Pharma creature Dr Fauci to positions of enormous power and influence….using completely unregulated censorship at will to dub contrarian Covid19 commentators ‘ Science deniers ‘ .
In recent years , one socio-political issue after another has been treated to the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Those with doubts about the multicultural model of society are diversity deniers .
Supporters of Brexit are Little Engander globalism deniers….and racists to boot .
Those noting the spread of Islamic Jihadism and Pakistani rape gangs are Islamophobes .
Critics of some elements of male homosexual lifestyles are homophobes .
Attacks on the radical feminist creed are the work of sexists lasciviously obsessed with male rape .
Over time , such framing has trickled down in an even more simplistic form to the mass electorate , creating a knee jerk mode of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ….such that , in 2012 I employed a plumber who actually said , “ In terdayzz mult-culchural-siety , that is a totelee hunacceptable dibollikal libe ’ ee ” .
The link back to the shot of Hitler Youth at the head of the post is extremely pertinent : for acceptance is now turning into not just unquestioning obedience , but also demands that contrarians be told to shut up ‘ for the Common Good ’ .
During the development of the official coronavirus narrative , we have all been treated to the Holier @ @ @ @ @ @ @ It ’ s people like you that… ” .
Who has not coughed in a queue for shopping and been greeted by glares from others ?
During the 2016 Brexit referendum , the day after Jo Cox ’ s assassination Leave supporters were treated to threats , and screams of “ murderers ” – Nigel Farage ( not even remotely connected to the alleged assassin ) was accused of being responsible for inciting the attack .
The metamorphosis of ideology into creed is rapidly creating a self-styled mob of Spanish Inquisitors – precisely @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the furious Groupthink of Krystallnacht eighty-five years ago .
Whether that mob be Momentum , The London Times , Antifa , the New York Times , Channel Four , Common Purpose , Black Lives Matter or the BBC , there is an enthusiasm for – an asumption , in fact – that the Bertold Brecht Weltanschauung of The Good Lie is not only acceptable , it is essential .
The naysayers must be silenced .
So much for diversity .
Such does not exactly provide rich soil for the discernment of lies and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , less tunnel-vision ) policy .
84 % of Brits now see Lockdown and the wearing of masks as ‘ necessary to control the virus ’ , even though the masks on offer are close to useless and lockdown has been shown to achieve little beyond approaching national bankruptcy .
Nor is the climate of ignorant fear a good one in which to put forward obvious contradictions between policies in use and the “ science ” they are supposedly led by .
And finally , the construction of informed conjecture about the real @ @ @ @ @ @ @ far beyond the closed mind , it is dismissed at Twitter – the ancestral home of bullying – with insults like “ you thick c**t ” .
All this darkness accepted , here and there one sees some signs that the largely silent Thinkers – estimated at around 16 % of the adult population – are beginning to wonder whether this virus has rather more to do with globalist finance , multinational Pharma profits and surveillance permissions than anything remotely approaching “ science ” .
This therefore seems to me like a good @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the majority approach to Covid19 – a fairly easy one to understand – and leave both the Mob and the Establishment with a question they will surely find it impossible to fend off .
From Day 1 of the Covid19 saga , we have been watching a tug-of-war between two sets of medical interests .
The highly regarded French newspaper France Soir has been creating a Covid19 drug-trials niche for itself by raising all kinds of methodological anomalies in relation to the Recovery trials being headed up by Peter Horby .
The articles @ @ @ @ @ @ @ director of publications Xavier Azalbert is that rare thing , a distinguished scientist who then switched to journalism .
But although the telling findings fly over the heads of most of the population , Azalbert ’ s overview about who the politicians listen to in the field of virology is a fascinating one that , for me , represents a genuine insight .
Neil Ferguson ( the man of multi-billion Pound mistakes ) is an epidemiologist , and professor of mathematical biology .
He has never been a medical practitioner in his life @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and Professor of Emerging Infectious Diseases and Global Health .
He has never been a medical practitioner in his life .
Anthony Fauci ’ s first degree was in classics .
He went on to medical school later .
The sum total of his clinical experience was a two-year hospital internship from 1966-68 .
He has never been a general practitioner in his life .
Chris Whitty , UK Chief Medical Officer , worked as a doctor and researcher in Africa and Asia and is a practising NHS consultant .
He has never @ @ @ @ @ @ @ total experience in the current century has been as a Professor , administrator and public sector office holder at Gresham College and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine ( LSHTM ) .
In 2008 , the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation awarded the LSHTM £31 million for malaria research in Africa .
At the time , Whitty was the principal investigator for the ACT Consortium , which conducted the research programme .
I probably don ’ t need to remind you of the lingering ethical doubts relating to that “ vaccination @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Fauci also have a long history of being funded by Big Pharma .
In short , the front line of Anglo-Saxon advice to government are all people Low in clinical experience and High in Big Pharma funding .
They are model builders , theorists and fund-attracters laden with multivariate conflicts of interest , and little or no depth in the vital process of patient obervation .
Their careers , needless to say , are all littered with groundless alarmism , major mistakes in counsel and the belief that vaccination is the answer to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ practising medics contend , is highly unlikely to ever work on a mutating coronavirus – let alone within two years to include drug trials .
This is the tug-of-war team that has a monopoly on access to government .
The other team – the practical , experienced medical practitioners – are variously depicted as minority nutjobs , eccentrics , headline-chasers , small-time and narrow deniers – there ’ s that word again – who are a constant risk to millions of human lives , and must be ignored .
In fact , never @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the cause , they must be smeared , censored and refused access to the debate .
In fact , it is the Horbys and Faucis that are the tiny minority infecting genuine medical science with their corrupted ideological creeds and flakey models .
So now , here is the $ 64 trillion question that the Establishment war-tuggers and the hopelessly general political class they blind with science can ’ t avoid : why are you listening only to atypical academic twaddle-theorists with conflicts of interest who have at best been hopelessly wrong and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and ruthlessly manipulated drug test trials ?
This is in no way an unfair framing of the question .
Ferguson ’ s death toll estimate was wrong , Horby ’ s drug trial of HCQ was fiddled , the entire process of lockdown was unaffordably broad , economically unaffordable and incompetent in the area of protecting the vulnerable , there is an inquiry going on into PHE ’ s massively overestimated UK death toll , and the Horby trials are being redone at yet more public cost .
Dr Fauci has deliberately misled @ @ @ @ @ @ @ his conduct has been the subject of some excoriating criticisms by the practitioners ’ supporter , the American Medical Association .
As I said , for the time being – until such time as the public mood changes – keep it simple .
To those who are awake , the reasons why all these dubious activities – the Bigging Up of Covid19 – have been undertaken are clear .
Nevertheless , park the power , money , geopolitical and Alt State hegemony madness and focus on this one question : why are you @ @ @ @ @ @ @ who ’ ve fucked up ?
Yesterday , Chris Whitty flatly stated that “ Coronavirus cases are rising in the UK because ministers pushed lockdown easing measures to their limits ” .
He openly rubbished Boris Johnson ’ s plan to get the UK back to normal by Christmas , insisting that “ relaxing rules further will absolutely , inevitably lead to a resurgence of the virus.
” Whitty put his foot down : lockdown loosening measures had to be ‘ stopped now ’ and maybe even ‘ pulled back a bit ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the future .
This was based on a daily death toll figure of 38 .
Out of 76 million .
In the US on the same day , the light use of lockdown produced 5 deaths .
Out of 330 million .
Lockdown has been at the very best a questionable policy , and a certain gdp disaster for a Britain that can ill afford one .
Whitty is not interested in even considering that his strategy ( which , let ’ s face it , not a single government anywhere knows @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , that the dangers are wildly overstated , and that Britain must move on or collapse .
And Boris Johnson ’ s Cabinet shows no sign of even considering that Whitty is a Pharma tool and , economically , a dangerous fool .

by John Ward
This is today. It is not 1933. But the global mob rule we are witnessing is as old as the hills. As old, in fact, as the ancient Greeks who warned that the Herd Instinct, when married to Herd Ignorance, would inevitably lead to the Führerprinzip.
Plato predicted this earlier than most, but latterly George Orwell offered us a more exact description. For some forty years now, the Internationalist bourgeois Left has treated Nineteen Eighty-Four as a blueprint. Bizarrely, the globalist/blocist Corporate State builders have been doing exactly the same.
So for example, the Guardian’s Executive Editor instructed her journalists in 2016 to call Climate Change doubters deniers. This same collective noun is now being extended to Covid19 empiricists. But at the same time, unelected bureaucracies have promoted those like top UK civil servant Sir Mark Sedwill and US Global Pharma creature Dr Fauci to positions of enormous power and influence….using completely unregulated censorship at will to dub contrarian Covid19 commentators ‘Science deniers‘.
In recent years, one socio-political issue after another has been treated to the same formula of rigid ‘framing’. Those with doubts about the multicultural model of society are diversity deniers. Supporters of Brexit are Little Engander globalism deniers….and racists to boot. Those noting the spread of Islamic Jihadism and Pakistani rape gangs are Islamophobes. Critics of some elements of male homosexual lifestyles are homophobes. Attacks on the radical feminist creed are the work of sexists lasciviously obsessed with male rape.
Over time, such framing has trickled down in an even more simplistic form to the mass electorate, creating a knee jerk mode of acceptance I call ‘Estuary pc’….such that, in 2012 I employed a plumber who actually said, “In terdayzz mult-culchural-siety, that is a totelee hunacceptable dibollikal libe’ee”.
The link back to the shot of Hitler Youth at the head of the post is extremely pertinent: for acceptance is now turning into not just unquestioning obedience, but also demands that contrarians be told to shut up ‘for the Common Good’.
During the development of the official coronavirus narrative, we have all been treated to the Holier than Thou fascist who begins with “It’s people like you that…”. Who has not coughed in a queue for shopping and been greeted by glares from others? During the 2016 Brexit referendum, the day after Jo Cox’s assassination Leave supporters were treated to threats, and screams of “murderers” – Nigel Farage (not even remotely connected to the alleged assassin) was accused of being responsible for inciting the attack.
The metamorphosis of ideology into creed is rapidly creating a self-styled mob of Spanish Inquisitors – precisely the sort of bullying that led to the furious Groupthink of Krystallnacht eighty-five years ago. Whether that mob be Momentum, The London Times, Antifa, the New York Times, Channel Four, Common Purpose, Black Lives Matter or the BBC, there is an enthusiasm for – an asumption, in fact – that the Bertold Brecht Weltanschauung of The Good Lie is not only acceptable, it is essential. The naysayers must be silenced.
So much for diversity.
Such does not exactly provide rich soil for the discernment of lies and promotion of more effective (as in, less tunnel-vision) policy. 84% of Brits now see Lockdown and the wearing of masks as ‘necessary to control the virus’, even though the masks on offer are close to useless and lockdown has been shown to achieve little beyond approaching national bankruptcy.
Nor is the climate of ignorant fear a good one in which to put forward obvious contradictions between policies in use and the “science” they are supposedly led by.
And finally, the construction of informed conjecture about the real purposes of whipped-up Covid19 fears is so far beyond the closed mind, it is dismissed at Twitter – the ancestral home of bullying – with insults like “you thick c**t”.
All this darkness accepted, here and there one sees some signs that the largely silent Thinkers – estimated at around 16% of the adult population – are beginning to wonder whether this virus has rather more to do with globalist finance, multinational Pharma profits and surveillance permissions than anything remotely approaching “science”.
This therefore seems to me like a good opportunity to take one overriding element of the majority approach to Covid19 – a fairly easy one to understand – and leave both the Mob and the Establishment with a question they will surely find it impossible to fend off.
From Day 1 of the Covid19 saga, we have been watching a tug-of-war between two sets of medical interests.
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The highly regarded French newspaper France Soir has been creating a Covid19 drug-trials niche for itself by raising all kinds of methodological anomalies in relation to the Recovery trials being headed up by Peter Horby. The articles are compelling because the paper’s director of publications Xavier Azalbert is that rare thing, a distinguished scientist who then switched to journalism. But although the telling findings fly over the heads of most of the population, Azalbert’s overview about who the politicians listen to in the field of virology is a fascinating one that, for me, represents a genuine insight.
Neil Ferguson (the man of multi-billion Pound mistakes) is an epidemiologist, and professor of mathematical biology. He has never been a medical practitioner in his life.
Peter Horby is an epidemiologist, and Professor of Emerging Infectious Diseases and Global Health. He has never been a medical practitioner in his life.
Anthony Fauci’s first degree was in classics. He went on to medical school later. The sum total of his clinical experience was a two-year hospital internship from 1966-68. He has never been a general practitioner in his life.
Chris Whitty, UK Chief Medical Officer, worked as a doctor and researcher in Africa and Asia and is a practising NHS consultant. He has never worked in general practice, and his total experience in the current century has been as a Professor, administrator and public sector office holder at Gresham College and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM). In 2008, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation awarded the LSHTM £31 million for malaria research in Africa. At the time, Whitty was the principal investigator for the ACT Consortium, which conducted the research programme. I probably don’t need to remind you of the lingering ethical doubts relating to that “vaccination” programme.
Ferguson, Horby and Fauci also have a long history of being funded by Big Pharma.
In short, the front line of Anglo-Saxon advice to government are all people Low in clinical experience and High in Big Pharma funding. They are model builders, theorists and fund-attracters laden with multivariate conflicts of interest, and little or no depth in the vital process of patient obervation. Their careers, needless to say, are all littered with groundless alarmism, major mistakes in counsel and the belief that vaccination is the answer to every problem….even a virus which, many practising medics contend, is highly unlikely to ever work on a mutating coronavirus – let alone within two years to include drug trials.
This is the tug-of-war team that has a monopoly on access to government. The other team – the practical, experienced medical practitioners – are variously depicted as minority nutjobs, eccentrics, headline-chasers, small-time and narrow deniers – there’s that word again – who are a constant risk to millions of human lives, and must be ignored. In fact, never mind ignored – for the good of the cause, they must be smeared, censored and refused access to the debate.
In fact, it is the Horbys and Faucis that are the tiny minority infecting genuine medical science with their corrupted ideological creeds and flakey models.
So now, here is the $64 trillion question that the Establishment war-tuggers and the hopelessly general political class they blind with science can’t avoid: why are you listening only to atypical academic twaddle-theorists with conflicts of interest who have at best been hopelessly wrong and at worst lied about Covid death stats and ruthlessly manipulated drug test trials?
This is in no way an unfair framing of the question. Ferguson’s death toll estimate was wrong, Horby’s drug trial of HCQ was fiddled, the entire process of lockdown was unaffordably broad, economically unaffordable and incompetent in the area of protecting the vulnerable, there is an inquiry going on into PHE’s massively overestimated UK death toll, and the Horby trials are being redone at yet more public cost. Dr Fauci has deliberately misled the American People about HCQ, and his conduct has been the subject of some excoriating criticisms by the practitioners’ supporter, the American Medical Association.
As I said, for the time being – until such time as the public mood changes – keep it simple. To those who are awake, the reasons why all these dubious activities – the Bigging Up of Covid19 – have been undertaken are clear. Nevertheless, park the power, money, geopolitical and Alt State hegemony madness and focus on this one question: why are you still taking the advice of the folks who’ve fucked up?
Yesterday, Chris Whitty flatly stated that “Coronavirus cases are rising in the UK because ministers pushed lockdown easing measures to their limits”. He openly rubbished Boris Johnson’s plan to get the UK back to normal by Christmas, insisting that “relaxing rules further will absolutely, inevitably lead to a resurgence of the virus.”
Whitty put his foot down: lockdown loosening measures had to be ‘stopped now’ and maybe even ‘pulled back a bit’ because they risk allowing another large-scale outbreak in the future.
This was based on a daily death toll figure of 38. Out of 76 million. In the US on the same day, the light use of lockdown produced 5 deaths. Out of 330 million. Lockdown has been at the very best a questionable policy, and a certain gdp disaster for a Britain that can ill afford one.
Whitty is not interested in even considering that his strategy (which, let’s face it, not a single government anywhere knows how to emerge from) is flawed, that the dangers are wildly overstated, and that Britain must move on or collapse. And Boris Johnson’s Cabinet shows no sign of even considering that Whitty is a Pharma tool and, economically, a dangerous fool.
Why?


investmentwatchblog--2020-08-02--Massive gold holdings power Russia’s reserves near all-time high despite global recession

In the midst of the worst global economic performance ever , Russia 's reserve position is near an all-time high @ @ @ @ @ or agricultural exports .
It 's because they have 20 % gold in their reserve @ @ @ @ @ the smartest central banker on earth .
pic.twitter.com/BS5IPQbpT4

In the midst of the worst global economic performance ever, Russia's reserve position is near an all-time high. Not because of energy or agricultural exports. It's because they have 20% gold in their reserve position. Elvira Nabuillina is the smartest central banker on earth. pic.twitter.com/BS5IPQbpT4
— Jim Rickards (@JamesGRickards) July 31, 2020


investmentwatchblog--2020-08-02--The Apple Fire in San Bernardino…Huge Walls of Flames Heading Towards Homes and Buildings

Looking for other Live Feeds .
This stream stopped about 40 minutes ago .
Cal Fire 10 Tankers are on @ @ @ @ @ got out of control very fast !

Wow. #AppleFire showing extreme fire behavior, massive walls of flames. And that’s without wind. This thing is roaring. pic.twitter.com/nEkbXOLOXN — Bill Melugin (@BillFOXLA) August 1, 2020
The #AppleFire is running uphill right at several homes. Heat, terrain, and heavy fuels helping it. Still not much wind. pic.twitter.com/yHFHSBpIbt — Bill Melugin (@BillFOXLA) August 1, 2020
www.pscp.tv/w/1OdKrWbXvyVGX?t=16m24s
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Cal Fire 10 Tankers are on it.
Damn. This got out of control very fast!
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Global Supertanker arriving on scene now.
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AC


investmentwatchblog--2020-08-02--Domestic Violence More Than Doubled Under Lockdowns, New Study Finds

New research shows that domestic violence surged during quarantine .
THe unintended consequences of the COVID-19 lockdowns have been severe @ @ @ @ @ drug overdoses and suicides , and widespread social unrest are but a few of them @ @ @ @ @ National Bureau of Economic Research released a paper detailing another : increased domestic violence .
@ @ @ @ @ , researchers Saravana Ravindran and Manisha Shah found evidence of a 131 percent increase in @ @ @ @ @ May 2020 in “ red zone districts , ” or districts that experienced the strictest @ @ @ @ @ districts that had less strict measures ( “ green zones ” ) .

New research shows that domestic violence surged during quarantine.
Monday, July 20, 2020
THe unintended consequences of the COVID-19 lockdowns have been severe: mass unemployment, increased drug overdoses and suicides, and widespread social unrest are but a few of them.
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On Monday, the National Bureau of Economic Research released a paper detailing another: increased domestic violence.
Analyzing government-mandated lockdowns in India, researchers Saravana Ravindran and Manisha Shah found evidence of a 131 percent increase in complaints of domestic violence in May 2020 in “red zone districts,” or districts that experienced the strictest lockdown measures, relative to districts that had less strict measures (“green zones”).
fee.org/articles/domestic-violence-more-than-doubled-under-lockdowns-new-study-finds/


investmentwatchblog--2020-08-02--Would you do this job for $25-$30 an hour?

Note : An “ influencer ” is a person who is paid by a company to show and describe its @ @ @ @ @ media ( like YouTube ) , encouraging other people to buy them .
The job @ @ @ @ @ than personal assistant .
But such is the lure of Hollywood that , like moths @ @ @ @ @ undoubtedly there ’ ll be many who will answer the ad .

by Dr. Eowyn
Note: An “influencer” is a person who is paid by a company to show and describe its products and service on social media (like YouTube), encouraging other people to buy them.
The job description reads more personal slave than personal assistant. But such is the lure of Hollywood that, like moths drawn to a flame, undoubtedly there’ll be many who will answer the ad.
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Source: CDAN and Daily Mail
~Eowyn


investmentwatchblog--2020-08-02--Ranked: The Best and Worst Pension Plans, by Country

The global population is aging—by 2050 , one in six people will be over the age of 65 .
As our aging population nears retirement and gets closer to cashing in their pensions , countries need to ensure their pension systems can withstand the extra strain .
This graphic uses data from the Melbourne Mercer Global Pension Index ( MMGPI ) to showcase which countries are best equipped to support their older citizens , and which ones aren ’ t .
Each country ’ s pension system has been shaped by its own economic and historical context .
This makes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ countries—yet there are certain universal elements that typically lead to adequate and stable support for older citizens .
MMGPI organized these universal elements into three sub-indexes : • Adequacy : The base-level of income , as well as the design of a region ’ s private pension system .
• Sustainability : The state pension age , the level of advanced funding from government , and the level of government debt .
• Integrity : Regulations and governance put in place to protect plan members .
These three measures were used to rank @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , representing over 63 % of the world ’ s population .
While all three sub-indexes are important to consider when ranking a country ’ s pension system , sustainability is particularly significant in the modern context .
This is because our global population is increasingly skewing older , meaning an influx of people will soon be cashing in their retirement funds .
As a consequence , countries need to ensure their pension systems are sustainable over the long-term .
There are several factors that affect a pension system ’ s sustainability , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ system , the state pension age , and the balance between workers and retirees .
The country with the most sustainable pension system is Denmark .
Not only does the country have a strong basic pension plan—it also has a mandatory occupational scheme , which means employers are obligated by law to provide pension plans for their employees .
Several countries scored high on adequacy but ranked low when it came to sustainability .
Here ’ s a comparison of both measures , and how each country scored : Ireland took first place @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on the sustainability front at 27th place .
This can be partly explained by Ireland ’ s low level of occupational coverage .
The country also has a rapidly aging population , which skews the ratio of workers to retirees .
By 2050 , Ireland ’ s worker to retiree ratio is estimated to go from 5:1 to 2:1 .
Similar to Ireland , Spain ranks high in adequacy but places extremely low in sustainability .
There are several possible explanations for this—while occupational pension schemes exist , they are optional and participation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ low fertility rate , which means their worker-to-retiree ratio is expected to decrease .
All countries have room for improvement—even the highest-ranking ones .
Some general recommendations from MMGPI on how to build a better pension system include : • • Increasing the age of retirement : Helps maintain a more balanced worker-to-retiree ratio .
• Enforcing mandatory occupational schemes : Makes employers obligated to provide pension plans for their employees .
• Limiting access to benefits : Prevents people from dipping into their savings preemptively , thus preserving funds until retirement .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ future liabilities : Ideally , these assets are more than 100 % of a country ’ s GDP .
Pension systems across the globe are under an increasing amount of pressure .
It ’ s time for countries to take a hard look at their pension systems to make sure they ’ re ready to support their aging population .

by visualcapitalist
The global population is aging—by 2050, one in six people will be over the age of 65.
As our aging population nears retirement and gets closer to cashing in their pensions, countries need to ensure their pension systems can withstand the extra strain.
This graphic uses data from the Melbourne Mercer Global Pension Index (MMGPI) to showcase which countries are best equipped to support their older citizens, and which ones aren’t.
The Breakdown
Each country’s pension system has been shaped by its own economic and historical context. This makes it difficult to draw precise comparisons between countries—yet there are certain universal elements that typically lead to adequate and stable support for older citizens.
MMGPI organized these universal elements into three sub-indexes:
Adequacy: The base-level of income, as well as the design of a region’s private pension system.
The base-level of income, as well as the design of a region’s private pension system. Sustainability: The state pension age, the level of advanced funding from government, and the level of government debt.
The state pension age, the level of advanced funding from government, and the level of government debt. Integrity: Regulations and governance put in place to protect plan members.
These three measures were used to rank the pension system of 37 different countries, representing over 63% of the world’s population.
Here’s how each country ranked:
The Importance of Sustainability
While all three sub-indexes are important to consider when ranking a country’s pension system, sustainability is particularly significant in the modern context. This is because our global population is increasingly skewing older, meaning an influx of people will soon be cashing in their retirement funds. As a consequence, countries need to ensure their pension systems are sustainable over the long-term.
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There are several factors that affect a pension system’s sustainability, including a region’s private pension system, the state pension age, and the balance between workers and retirees.
The country with the most sustainable pension system is Denmark. Not only does the country have a strong basic pension plan—it also has a mandatory occupational scheme, which means employers are obligated by law to provide pension plans for their employees.
Adequacy versus Sustainability
Several countries scored high on adequacy but ranked low when it came to sustainability. Here’s a comparison of both measures, and how each country scored:
Ireland took first place for adequacy, but scored relatively low on the sustainability front at 27th place. This can be partly explained by Ireland’s low level of occupational coverage. The country also has a rapidly aging population, which skews the ratio of workers to retirees. By 2050, Ireland’s worker to retiree ratio is estimated to go from 5:1 to 2:1.
Similar to Ireland, Spain ranks high in adequacy but places extremely low in sustainability.
There are several possible explanations for this—while occupational pension schemes exist, they are optional and participation is low. Spain also has a low fertility rate, which means their worker-to-retiree ratio is expected to decrease.
Steps Towards a Better System
All countries have room for improvement—even the highest-ranking ones. Some general recommendations from MMGPI on how to build a better pension system include:
Increasing the age of retirement: Helps maintain a more balanced worker-to-retiree ratio. Enforcing mandatory occupational schemes: Makes employers obligated to provide pension plans for their employees. Limiting access to benefits: Prevents people from dipping into their savings preemptively, thus preserving funds until retirement. Establishing strong pension assets to fund future liabilities: Ideally, these assets are more than 100% of a country’s GDP.
Pension systems across the globe are under an increasing amount of pressure. It’s time for countries to take a hard look at their pension systems to make sure they’re ready to support their aging population.


investmentwatchblog--2020-08-02--Unbelievable. Except, of course, that it’s completely believable.

Unfuckingbelievable .
Except , of course , that it ’ s completely believable .
t.co/dbeMYdqQz1

Unfuckingbelievable. Except, of course, that it’s completely believable. t.co/dbeMYdqQz1
— Ben Hunt (@EpsilonTheory) August 2, 2020


investmentwatchblog--2020-08-02--Stock Market Crash 2020: Warning Bells Are Ringing! The Stock Market Bubble Will Pop Soon

by Financial Argument via Financial Argument There are warning signs of a stock market crash on the horizon .
Things are becoming clearer every single day ; today ’ s stock market bubble will burst soon .
Whether any of you remember the dot-com bubble .
Well , some of you probably aren ’ t old enough to remember , since the bubble peaked in 2000 , but I ’ m sure the rest of you recall what happened that year .
There ’ s a reason I mention the dot-com bubble and the year 2000 .
Almost one week @ @ @ @ @ @ @ increasing and gained almost 2 % , setting a new record high .
Then , on that same day , it lost 2 % …plus a little extra .
This weird and unexpected situation has only happened one other time : March 7 , 2000 , the date the dot-com bubble reached its peak .
The Wilshire 5000 to GDP ratio also allows us to estimate the total market cap .
Don ’ t forget that the ratio hit a historic high – 155 % – right before the stock market crash in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ illusionary recovery is really a perilous signal for the stock market .
The threat is obvious .
The market sharks are selling , but rookies are buying… Instead , they ’ re investing in the stock market with the money they just got from their governments… Be prepared , folks ; don ’ t fall for the illusion of monetary tools .
Think of yourselves , your future , and your family ; they ’ re what we live for…

by Financial Argument via Financial Argument
There are warning signs of a stock market crash on the horizon. Things are becoming clearer every single day; today’s stock market bubble will burst soon.
Whether any of you remember the dot-com bubble. Well, some of you probably aren’t old enough to remember, since the bubble peaked in 2000, but I’m sure the rest of you recall what happened that year.
There’s a reason I mention the dot-com bubble and the year 2000.
Almost one week ago, the Nasdaq 100 index started increasing and gained almost 2%, setting a new record high. Then, on that same day, it lost 2%…plus a little extra. This weird and unexpected situation has only happened one other time: March 7, 2000, the date the dot-com bubble reached its peak.
The Wilshire 5000 to GDP ratio also allows us to estimate the total market cap. Don’t forget that the ratio hit a historic high – 155% – right before the stock market crash in March 2020.
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Therefore, this current illusionary recovery is really a perilous signal for the stock market.
The threat is obvious. The market sharks are selling, but rookies are buying…
Instead, they’re investing in the stock market with the money they just got from their governments…
Be prepared, folks; don’t fall for the illusion of monetary tools. Think of yourselves, your future, and your family; they’re what we live for…
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investmentwatchblog--2020-08-02--Facebook whistleblower Ryan Hartwig returns to SGT Report to discuss big tech CEO’s testimony before

Facebook whistleblower Ryan Hartwig returns to SGT Report to discuss big tech CEO ’ s testimony before the House Judiciary @ @ @ @ @ July 29 , 2020 .

Facebook whistleblower Ryan Hartwig returns to SGT Report to discuss big tech CEO’s testimony before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust on Wednesday July 29, 2020.
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investmentwatchblog--2020-08-02--Zuckerberg Can’t Name ONE Conservative Group Consulted for Facebook Policy-Making

During an exchange with Rep. Greg Steube ( R-FL ) Wednesday , Facebook ’ s CEO Mark Zuckerberg could not @ @ @ @ @ that the social media giant consults in its policy-making process while insisting that Facebook hires @ @ @ @ @ opinions .

During an exchange with Rep. Greg Steube (R-FL) Wednesday, Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg could not name any conservative think tanks that the social media giant consults in its policy-making process while insisting that Facebook hires and consults a diversity of opinions.
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