We've spent a lot of time this year discussing the complete collapse of mall-based retailers, a collapse which has resulted in more store closures in Q1 2017 than all of 2016 and will likely claim more victims by the end of this year than any year since the great recession nearly a decade ago. Here are a couple of recent examples:
While nearly two-thirds of Americans view North Korea as a “serious threat” and most would rather vacation literally anywhere else following the death of college student Otto Warmbier, Chinese adventure-seekers are visiting the North in ever-greater numbers, according to Reuters.
h/t: pistolnation.com
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The Unsung Summit of Putin and Trump
From Hiroshima To Hamburg.
by John V. Walsh
http://dissidentvoice.org/2017/08/the-unsung-summit-of-putin-and-trump/
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It's a triple-whammy - Americans are overworked, Americans are underpaid, and, now, potentially as a result of these, Statista's Isabel von Kessler writs that Americans are overweight - over 2 in 5 American workers have put on pounds at their present job.
A survey by Harris Poll on behalf of CareerBuilder, asked workers what they thought contributed most to weight gain at their current workplace.