When the U.S. Marines and Allied forces stormed the beaches of Normandy in June 1944 over 200,000 Allied forces lost their lives in a matter of weeks. Now, courtesy of some futuristic military technology, "storming a beach" can be done from a completely remote location with some machine-gun wielding robots and not a single human casualty.
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So basically if you had bought Domino’s Pizza (US Pizza and junk food delivery) and Netflix (online video/film/TV series streaming) shares during the financial crisis, you would be very wealthy today !
Domino’s Pizza stock is up over 6000% since the end of 2008 and Netflix is up 5000%. Chart here above !
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It should come as no surprise that America's malls, the wonderlands of the 80s, are in big trouble. After slowly losing market share to online competition for years, brick-and-mortar retailers have finally succumb to changing consumer habits which has resulted in a massive surge in bankruptcies and store closings.
Of course, as we've pointed out before, mall owners have tried just about everything to fill their empty spaces including the addition of grocery stores, doctors' offices and even high schools.
In a nightmare for New York commuters, two subway trains became stuck in a tunnel as power blackout caused delays and service disruptions on several lines during the Friday morning rush hour. According to CBS2, an E train got stuck about halfway through a tunnel at the Seventh Avenue and 53rd Street station. A D train was also stuck in the tunnel. Luckily, passengers from both trains were disembarked without incidents.
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The Destruction of Inlet Beach
Paul Craig Roberts
Inlet Beach is an old Florida community in Walton County on the Gulf Coast of the panhandle of Florida. The community circa 1950 originated in federal land dispensed via a lottery to WW II veterans. Winners of the lottery received 1.25 acres in exchange for a $50 filing fee and agreement to construct an 800 square foot block house.