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So the Dow closed down 724.42 (or 2.93%) First of all the Dow Jones Industrial Average is only 30 Stocks and a terrible Economic Indicator, it doesn’t even relate well to the general Stock Market. Most professional traders look at the S&P 500 which, as the name implies, includes 500 firms (that is down 68.24 …

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You may ask why I feature Bernie Sanders a lot and there are two principal reasons. First, he’s certainly the most popular Democratic (Socialist) Politician nationally by a mile. Second, I think the Democratic Party is controlled by an Elitist Neo Liberal group of Republican-Lite Conservatives that like to style themselves “Progressive” who want to …

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Rogue individuals with mental illness. Who Is Mark Conditt, the Suspected Austin Bomber? By MICHAEL GOLD, The New York Times MARCH 21, 2018 Mr. Conditt created a blog about his political views as a requirement for a political-science class he took at Austin Community College, according to McKenna McIntosh, a classmate of Mr. Conditt’s. In …

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It seems that everyone is pretty much acknowledging that BBC 4 got the scoop on the Cambridge Analytica story, at least as far as the video presentation. I like to present original sources, there is already a ton of commentary about the information that has been revealed, check Google News for a wide sampling. After …

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Unsurprisingly John Oliver, who brought down the FCC website with his call for comments on Net Neutrality (Ajit Pai has provided absolutely no evidence of his mysterious because it didn’t happen DDoS attack), is #1 on Amazon today for the children’s book written and illustrated by some of his staff which he promoted on his …

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Bad News, Worse News, and (Yay!) Good News Despicable Human Beings Who Pretend To Be Democrats Prosecutors

Inspired by this. So how hard could it be to put a Stingray near Trump and shut off his Twits?

Crap. I don’t do “Breaking” and I have more than enough to do to get my Basketball pieces up on time but I happen to be up and this was just on- As they say, the important bit is at the end. “Was she threatened in any way?” “Yes.” “Was she threatened physical harm?” “Yes.” …

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Fundamentally no more valuable than Tulips, Gold, Oil, or Bananas (say goodbye to the Cavendish you’re used to) it has a certain utility as a medium of exchange provided you can find a market that accepts it. Federal Reserve Notes (look in your wallet) are mandated by the United States Government with all the power …

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Ladies and Gentlemen (I’m being terribly optimistic today) Lewis Black. Give it a chance, it takes a while to ramp up. From yesterday as near as I can determine.