You know America's economy (and politicians) has become entirely financialized when Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid says the following:
Stocks are down 10% from their highs after doubling or more for 6 years. Speechless.
Here's why!!
Mainstream business media could not stop itself from exuberating all over Netflix' earnings last night, but apparently some sober reading overnight reminded investors that US member growth is slwoing and cash burn hit a record high. From up 10% to down 6%... NFLX is tumbling...
and FANTAsy stocks are FUBAR once again...
According to the director of the Search for extraterrestrial intelligence (Seti), this century will see the end of humanity as we know it as a new species of aliens rise to power. Seth Shostak says the end of mankind will happen as a result of designer babies and artificial intelligence (Ai) merging. ‘We can eventually produce offspring that are as different from us as dogs are from grey wolves,’ Shostak said in an article for Seti.
The Department of Defense have hastily deleted an article in which Donald Rumsfeld admits that a missile hit the Pentagon during the 9/11 attacks. The article has been preserved on the Wayback Machine, and in the transcript below you will find references to Rumsfeld saying that a “missile damaged this building“, and other words to that effect. From Defense.gov: Interview with Lyric Wallwork Winik, Parade Magazine Q: Let me start by asking you, most of us are programmed to leave a building with smoke.
From the Archive: Martin Luther King Day is a rare moment in American life when people reflect on the ideals that guided Dr. King’s life and led to his death. Thus, the struggle over his message is intense, pitting a bland conventional view against a radical call for profound change, said Brian J. Trautman in 2014. By…