Corruption and racketeering invoke images of the mafia, drugs, violence, and connected judges or politicians. But sometimes organized crime covers more mundane businesses than nightclubs and casinos.There is a racket in Nevada that is robbing the elderly not only of their property but of their rights.People are being deemed unfit to look after themselves for superficial or trumped up reasons. Then...Read More
Corruption and racketeering invoke images of the mafia, drugs, violence, and connected judges or politicians. But sometimes organized crime covers more mundane businesses than nightclubs and casinos.There is a racket in Nevada that is robbing the elderly not only of their property but of their rights.People are being deemed unfit to look after themselves for superficial or trumped up reasons. Then...Read More
Patents seem like a good idea on paper. If you come up with something innovative, you should reap the rewards. That safeguards the hard work and money someone puts into an invention or technology.But patents really amount to a legal monopoly, granted by government. And as is typical with government, this intervention into the economy creates some interesting side effects.Patent trolls are business...Read More
Patents seem like a good idea on paper. If you come up with something innovative, you should reap the rewards. That safeguards the hard work and money someone puts into an invention or technology.But patents really amount to a legal monopoly, granted by government. And as is typical with government, this intervention into the economy creates some interesting side effects.Patent trolls are business...Read More
It’s all illegal! That’s Madrid’s position on the referendum in Catalonia. Of about 5.5 million eligible voters, about 2.4 million chose–or were able–to cast ballots. 90% of them voted in favor of independence from Spain.Spanish courts have ruled, and leaders have repeated, that the country’s Constitution does not allow a region to separate. European Union cour...Read More
It’s all illegal! That’s Madrid’s position on the referendum in Catalonia. Of about 5.5 million eligible voters, about 2.4 million chose–or were able–to cast ballots. 90% of them voted in favor of independence from Spain.Spanish courts have ruled, and leaders have repeated, that the country’s Constitution does not allow a region to separate. European Union cour...Read More
On September 15, Quadron Cannatech Corporation (CSE:QCC) released their new proprietary, automated, next generation CO2 Extraction System - the "BOSS".Equity Guru highlights the new extractor system and its capabilities, and discusses the extraction technology, and why everyone in the cannabis industry is getting excited about it.Please find below an excerpt and a link to the full article. We...Read More
The media says, “Jump.” And the public responds in unison, “How high?”“As high as you ever have jumped before, except maybe after 9/11, or the Kennedy assassination.”Of course, when there is news, it should be reported. Today it is reported sensationally, as entertainment. Is it meant to inform, or induce?Which came first, the media’s obsession with violen...Read More
The media says, “Jump.” And the public responds in unison, “How high?”“As high as you ever have jumped before, except maybe after 9/11, or the Kennedy assassination.”Of course, when there is news, it should be reported. Today it is reported sensationally, as entertainment. Is it meant to inform, or induce?Which came first, the media’s obsession with violen...Read More
Of the twenty-five countries I have explored, the most memorable trip I’ve made so far has been to the city of Amritsar. It is the religious center of the Sikhs and border town to Pakistan in India. It is a place of beauty and adventure. Here I had one of the most profound experiences of my life.Walking the streets of every city in the world, you will come across the homeless. You see pover...Read More
Of the twenty-five countries I have explored, the most memorable trip I’ve made so far has been to the city of Amritsar. It is the religious center of the Sikhs and border town to Pakistan in India. It is a place of beauty and adventure. Here I had one of the most profound experiences of my life.Walking the streets of every city in the world, you will come across the homeless. You see pover...Read More
Puerto Rican authorities are blaming the White House for not properly responding to the disaster caused by Hurricane Maria. Trump, in turn, tweeted that about the poor leadership within Puerto Rico and claimed the politicians were just trying to score political points.There have been unverified reports that officials in Puerto Rico were, in fact, holding back supplies unless there were accompanyi...Read More
Puerto Rican authorities are blaming the White House for not properly responding to the disaster caused by Hurricane Maria. Trump, in turn, tweeted that about the poor leadership within Puerto Rico and claimed the politicians were just trying to score political points.There have been unverified reports that officials in Puerto Rico were, in fact, holding back supplies unless there were accompanyi...Read More
If you don’t feel free, chances are you don’t feel happy either.Both of these words, free and happy, are pretty loose in their official definitions. Scientific studies have used various metrics to measure happiness; self-reporting, brain waves, psychological evaluations, and family member surveys. As for freedom, the studies mainly use the self-reported metric, how free a person feels....Read More
If you don’t feel free, chances are you don’t feel happy either.Both of these words, free and happy, are pretty loose in their official definitions. Scientific studies have used various metrics to measure happiness; self-reporting, brain waves, psychological evaluations, and family member surveys. As for freedom, the studies mainly use the self-reported metric, how free a person feels....Read More
Everything you do and think is racist, you probably just don’t realize it because you’re so super privileged.You can’t just sit back and hide in your white supremacist neighborhoods anymore. There’s no more abstaining from taking a side on this one. The sins of your ancestors have caught up to you! (Or at least the sins of the ancestors of people who look like you, consider...Read More
Everything you do and think is racist, you probably just don’t realize it because you’re so super privileged.You can’t just sit back and hide in your white supremacist neighborhoods anymore. There’s no more abstaining from taking a side on this one. The sins of your ancestors have caught up to you! (Or at least the sins of the ancestors of people who look like you, consider...Read More
No scientific fact is ever settled beyond dispute. Challenging the status quo is the best way to ensure scientific findings are as accurate and truthful as possible.It's great that in the scientific community, you are always free to disagree. In fact, it is encouraged! Just kidding!When it comes to climate change, you better tout the official story or keep your mouth shut.It started when the globa...Read More
No scientific fact is ever settled beyond dispute. Challenging the status quo is the best way to ensure scientific findings are as accurate and truthful as possible.It's great that in the scientific community, you are always free to disagree. In fact, it is encouraged! Just kidding!When it comes to climate change, you better tout the official story or keep your mouth shut.It started when the globa...Read More
NFL players are kneeling, standing, sitting maybe, and probably laying down at times. Perhaps they are protesting police killings, or maybe they hate America, and some of them are very patriotic and do or do not support Donald Trump. I don’t know. Who cares?How many headlines has this stupid manufactured controversy taken up? How many arguments and fights have ensued? Do people even know wha...Read More