In the harshest warning yet that China is actively contemplating a worst case scenario for its diplomatic relations with the US, a senior Chinese military official said that “a war within the president’s term’ or ‘war breaking out tonight’ are not just slogans, they are becoming a practical reality.” The remarks, first reported by the Read More…
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President Trump’s First Address To The Nation
US President Donald Trump made his first weekly address to the nation on Saturday, outlining the smorgasbord of actions he has taken in his first week… As AP reports, In it, Trump said he had met the leaders of some of the country’s top manufacturing companies and labour unions and told them that he wanted Read More…
“Fake News,” GDP Edition
With “fake news” a dominant conversation topic in recent months, we would like to remind readers that “non-GAAP reporting” has only recently became a distinctly political phenomenon, although it has been present in economic and financial circles for a long, long time. Nowhere is this more obvious today, than in the following “headline” revision from Read More…
The Most Important Civil Rights Issue Trump Could Solve With Executive Order: End The “War On Drugs” Gulag
Here is an opportunity for “Black Lives Matter” and the Trump administration to find common cause. President Trump has a golden opportunity to strike a major blow for civil rights with a single executive order: end the failed “War on Drugs” and shut down America’s drug-war gulag. None of the previous three presidents expended any Read More…
Google Permanently Bans 200 “Fake News” Sites
The crackdown has begun. In a blog post by Scott Spencer, director of product management for sustainable ads, posted on Wednesday, Google said it has banned 200 publishers from accessing its Adsense advertising service for posting fake news stories. Google said it had cracked down on sites which contained 1) Ads for illegal products; 2) Read More…
The US Is No Longer A “Full Democracy” According To The Economist
While the Economist’s endorsement of Hillary Clinton – and its antipathy toward Donald Trump – is no secret, we are “confident” there is little connection between the economic publication’s ideological leanings and the just released report by the Economist’s in house Intelligence unit, which has officially demoted the US to a second-class democracy. According to Read More…






