The latest talking point from the mainstream media and politicians is that fake news is taking control of the political process. Despite being the champions of fake news, the mainstream media is encouraging the likes of Facebook and Google to rein in supposed sources of fake news, which is rather preposterous. Indeed, all of the […]
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5 random things for Friday (U.S. consumer debt, democracy, Trump vs. Friedman)
News Story of the Day: American consumers have a fierce appetite for credit and debt, says new data from WalletHub, a personal finance website. According to its 2016 Credit Card Debt Study, consumers in the United States racked up $21.9 billion in credit card debt during the third quarter. This is the seventh biggest Q3 […]
How Trump Can Bring Outside-the-Box Thinking to Bear on the Fed
By Stefan Gleason President-elect Donald Trump will soon have the opportunity to put his stamp on the Federal Reserve. And that is making the elite body of central bankers nervous. On the campaign trail, Trump harangued Fed chair Janet Yellen for pumping up financial markets with cheap money – accusing the Obama appointee of being […]
White House confirms Obama won’t shut down Gitmo (video)
President Obama has made many broken promises, and has failed massively in the world of foreign policy. Despite campaigning as a peace candidate, he has been anything but for the last eight years. And it seems one policy measure that was the corner stone of his presidential campaign won’t be happening. Obama had pledged to […]
Worst moments of Nancy Pelosi over the last 10 years (video)
Nancy Pelosi is the personification of a politician. She is one of those public officials who defines what is wrong with politics, government, cronyism today. Pelosi has been proven to be a liar, she has been proven to be inconsistent in her views and she has been proven to be wrong on so many occasions. […]