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Submitted by Nick Bernabe via TheAntiMedia.org,

The Mexican drug cartels are finally meeting their match as a wave of cannabis legalization efforts drastically reshapes the drug trafficking landscape in the United States. It turns out that as states legalize cannabis use and cultivation, the volume of weed brought across the border by Mexican drug cartels dramatically decreases — and is putting a dent in their cash flow.

Submitted by Mike Krieger via Liberty Blitzkrieg blog

I don’t find conversations about how morally repugnant Trump is to be interesting when the rest of the candidates seem to also support imperialistic and fascist policies concerning drone strikes, torture and mass surveillance.

 

Do I like Trump’s platform? No, I think most of it is silly and misguided, but at least it is not the same bullshit casserole that has been on the menu in Washington DC for as long as I have been alive.

 

The FBI have launched a new program forcing high schools across America to report students that display “anti-government” or rebellious behavior to authorities.  The program is an attempt to prevent future terrorists from manifesting, in the governments ongoing “war on terror”. The FBI are urging school teachers to report any “suspicious behavior” to authorities in their new guidelines entitled “Preventing Violent Extremism in Schools“.

JPM's head quant Marko Kolanovic is best known for timing the market's inflection points and quantifying - in plain English - the marginal buying and selling technicals at any given moment. In his latest overnight note he does not disappoint, explaining in simple terms "what the fate of the market rally is." We will give readers his answer... tomorrow.

Submitted by Andrew Bacevich via TomDispatch.com,