'Truth Decay' Makes Facts Subjective and Polarization More Extreme ... Disagreements over policy have always existed-but disagreements over basic facts have not. It's a phenomenon that RAND CEO Michael Rich calls "truth decay." -Rand Corporation blogMichael Rich, head of Rand Corporation has come up with a new phrase to describe "fake news," calling it "truth decay." The Rand Corporation is a le...Read More
Looking for how to invest in gold?What does that mean to the average investor?Do you think of running out to the local bullion dealer to begin stockpiling gold bars in your basement?Or perhaps visiting a local jeweller or pawn shop to buy a bunch of gold chains or coins?Although purchasing jewellery or bullion do create an exposure to gold, they are hardly the only (or most effective) ways. The ma...Read More
Zuckerberg: Facebook will develop tools to fight fake news ... Fake news sites designed to trick you ... Mark Zuckerberg has outlined a series of measures that should help prevent fake news from being shared on Facebook. The planned controls, which were announced in a late night Facebook post, follow accusations that a flood of fake news stories influenced the U.S. presidential election. -CNNFaceb...Read More
Zuckerberg: Facebook will develop tools to fight fake news ... Fake news sites designed to trick you ... Mark Zuckerberg has outlined a series of measures that should help prevent fake news from being shared on Facebook. The planned controls, which were announced in a late night Facebook post, follow accusations that a flood of fake news stories influenced the U.S. presidential election. -CNNFaceb...Read More
Barack Obama on fake news: ‘We have problems’ if we can’t tell the difference The US president denounced the spate of misinformation across social media platforms, including Facebook, suggesting American politics can be affected. -GuardianIs fake news the new "conspiracy theory." We’ve read that it may be, and it seems likely to us.That’s because "conspiracy theory" h...Read More
Well now!! i was a pilot of a B 29, on the raids of both Hiroshima and Nagasaki. i am 96 years old. Yes we firebombed these cities as well as Tokyo. But there were A bombs dropped on the two cities in question. -ALPHAMEG feedback to DB articleWe've written numerous articles referring to the Pentagon's lies about its nuclear program - both today and over the past 65 years or so. Now someone (see e...Read More
Barack Obama on fake news: ‘We have problems’ if we can’t tell the difference The US president denounced the spate of misinformation across social media platforms, including Facebook, suggesting American politics can be affected. -GuardianIs fake news the new "conspiracy theory." We’ve read that it may be, and it seems likely to us.That’s because "conspiracy theory" h...Read More
Well now!! i was a pilot of a B 29, on the raids of both Hiroshima and Nagasaki. i am 96 years old. Yes we firebombed these cities as well as Tokyo. But there were A bombs dropped on the two cities in question. -ALPHAMEG feedback to DB articleWe've written numerous articles referring to the Pentagon's lies about its nuclear program - both today and over the past 65 years or so. Now someone (see e...Read More
Donald Trump will often be mocked in the coming months as the anti-elitist, anti-establishment disruptor of politics who wants to lower taxes on the elite and who is not above hiring establishment figures such as Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus for his team. The mockery will mostly be misplaced simply because the terms “elite” and “establishment” are u...Read More
Trump Versus the Pentagon ... On the campaign trail, Trump called the military a "disaster" ... He pledged to vastly increase the sizes of the Army and Marines and to buy scores of new ships and planes. Does that make sense? - BloombergWe'll answer Bloomberg's question: No it doesn't make sense. America doesn't need a bigger military anymore than it needs a bigger prison system.The American...Read More
Donald Trump will often be mocked in the coming months as the anti-elitist, anti-establishment disruptor of politics who wants to lower taxes on the elite and who is not above hiring establishment figures such as Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus for his team. The mockery will mostly be misplaced simply because the terms “elite” and “establishment” are u...Read More
Trump Versus the Pentagon ... On the campaign trail, Trump called the military a "disaster" ... He pledged to vastly increase the sizes of the Army and Marines and to buy scores of new ships and planes. Does that make sense? - BloombergWe'll answer Bloomberg's question: No it doesn't make sense. America doesn't need a bigger military anymore than it needs a bigger prison system.The American...Read More
Pershing Gold is about to restart operations at its Relief Canyon project in the mining-friendly state of Nevada. Investor's Digest mining columnist Mike Kachanovsky notes that the mineral resources at Relief Canyon are close to the surface and another surge in gold and silver prices could generate gains of several hundred per cent.The precious metals sector has been unkind to investors for the la...Read More
India gold import ban rumored ... The Indian Bullion and Jewellers Association has warned members of a potential gold import ban ... The association told Indian media the move could come by March 31 as part of the government's 'black money' crackdown. -Mining JournalPrime minister Narendra Modi recently decided to confiscate the cash of hundreds of millions of Indians, and now he may forbid In...Read More
Hillary Clinton's Popular Vote Lead Expands to Over 1 Million ... Hillary Clinton currently has 61,964,263 votes compared with Trump’s 60,961,967 As Americans' votes continue to be counted, Hillary Clinton's lead over Donald Trump in the popular vote has grown to more than 1 million people. -TIMEThis is a meme that is powerfully growing in popularity. The idea that Hillary swept the popula...Read More
It's Time to Stop Spending Taxpayer Dollars on Elon Musk and Cronyism ... The Senate Finance Committee and the House Ways and Means Committee have launched a probe into tax incentives paid to solar companies, according to The Wall Street Journal. The committee probes, led by their respective Republican chairmen, Rep. Kevin Brady of Texas and Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah, have found an appropriate and...Read More
India gold import ban rumored ... The Indian Bullion and Jewellers Association has warned members of a potential gold import ban ... The association told Indian media the move could come by March 31 as part of the government's 'black money' crackdown. -Mining JournalPrime minister Narendra Modi recently decided to confiscate the cash of hundreds of millions of Indians, and now he may forbid In...Read More
Hillary Clinton's Popular Vote Lead Expands to Over 1 Million ... Hillary Clinton currently has 61,964,263 votes compared with Trump’s 60,961,967 As Americans' votes continue to be counted, Hillary Clinton's lead over Donald Trump in the popular vote has grown to more than 1 million people. -TIMEThis is a meme that is powerfully growing in popularity. The idea that Hillary swept the popula...Read More
It's Time to Stop Spending Taxpayer Dollars on Elon Musk and Cronyism ... The Senate Finance Committee and the House Ways and Means Committee have launched a probe into tax incentives paid to solar companies, according to The Wall Street Journal. The committee probes, led by their respective Republican chairmen, Rep. Kevin Brady of Texas and Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah, have found an appropriate and...Read More
Trumpism as a stress test for democracy .... A series of populist anti-globalism shocks is a test for Western democracies. Trump's stunning ascent to the White House is the clearest signal yet of an anti-establishment revolt unfolding in major democracies, stretching across the Atlantic. - Swiss Info TechWas Trump's victory actually created by the very globalist elites that Trump is supposed to h...Read More