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Bitcoin's 'Message' & Tax Reform's 'Hidden Agenda'

Bitcoin's 'Message' & Tax Reform's 'Hidden Agenda'

Authored by James Howard Kunstler via Kunstler.com,

The hidden agenda in the so-called tax reform bill is to act as stop-gap quantitative easing to plug the “liquidity” hole that is opening up as the Federal Reserve (America’s central bank) makes a few gestures to winding down its balance sheet and “normalizing” interest rates. Thus, the aim of the tax bill is to prop up capital markets, and the apprehension of this lately is what keeps stocks making daily record highs. Okay, sorry, a lot to unpack there.

Avoiding Nuclear War Is Our First Priority

Avoiding Nuclear War Is Our First Priority

Paul Craig Roberts

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Michel Chossudovsky, a distinguished professor in Canada, directs the Centre for Research on Globalization and the website Global Research, a font of important information unavailable from the presstitute Western media. In this article he tells us that if we do not focus on peace instead of war, we are all going to die: https://www.globalresearch.ca/what-you-need-to-know-about-north-korea-and-the-dangers-of-nuclear-war/5615328

WeWork: London's Soon-To-Be Biggest Property Renter Makes Massive Bet On Office Market Despite Brexit

WeWork: London's Soon-To-Be Biggest Property Renter Makes Massive Bet On Office Market Despite Brexit

The rationale for creating WeWork, the eco-friendly serviced workspace provider, was simple as co-founder Adam Neumann explained to the New York Daily News.

“During the economic crises, there were these empty buildings and these people freelancing or starting companies. I knew there was a way to match the two. What separates us, though, is community.

Politico: Trump's "Fake News Mantra" Provides Global Dictators A "Shield For Human Rights" Abuses

Politico: Trump's "Fake News Mantra" Provides Global Dictators A "Shield For Human Rights" Abuses

Apparently Trump's efforts to call out reporters for their biased, misleading, inaccurate and/or often just outright false reporting (A.K.A. "Fake News") is now tantamount to endorsing human rights abuses by dictators the world over...at least according to Politico.  Per an article published earlier this morning, Politico argues that "by aligning themselves with Trump’s words, despots have been able to use the U.S. president as a shield for their attacks on press freedom and human rights."

Time For Détente With North Korea

Time For Détente With North Korea

Authored by Robert McCoy via The Strategic Culture Foundation,

While the military and political environments on the Korean Peninsula have evolved, American policy towards the North has not changed since 1991

North Korea’s Hwasong-14 ICBM. Photo: KCNA via Reuters

The reality is North Korea has nuclear weapons – perhaps thermonuclear bombs – and they are probably miniaturized enough to fit atop its missiles, one of which will soon be, if not already, able to reach all parts of the continental United States.

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