This video, in French but with English subtitles, explains why the EU countries are in such a horrible state financially. It’s because of stupid rule (article 123) created by the Lisbon Treaty … Continue reading EU Government debt problem explained (in a few minutes)

Could we even be facing an ice-free Arctic summer? Source: ‘Unusually’ Thin And Fractured Arctic Ice Hints At Yet Another Record Melt Continue reading ‘Unusually’ Thin And Fractured Arctic Ice Hints At Yet Another Record Melt

Voters in the Philippines elected Rodrigo Duterte president despite — or because of — campaign speeches peppered with jokes about rape and viagra. It’s happening all over the world, people upset with … Continue reading Filipinos Just Elected Rodrigo Duterte, Their Version of Trump, as President

An average apartment in London now costs nine-tenths of an average worker’s pay. This is a consequence of the massive accumulation of wealth going on in the world, and the lack of … Continue reading Rents in London? Will consume all of your pay.

Presumptive Republican presidential nominee said Monday that his recent comments about renegotiating or restructuring debt with creditors are being misconstrued… “People said I want to go and buy debt and default on … Continue reading Donald Trump: People are misrepresenting what I said about renegotiating debt

In Brussels, hundreds of lobby consultants make a (rather generous) living by running lobby campaigns on behalf of anyone who pays them. The borders between communication and PR strategies, law expertise and … Continue reading The lobby firm that works both sides of the room

  “That’s what drives us: Americans want to vote.” Vote.org should make registering to vote easy for all of us, check your status, or get an absentee ballot. One step closer to … Continue reading There’s a New Way to Register to Vote — And It Could Revolutionize American Elections

Twitter cut off U.S. intelligence agencies from access to a service that sifts through the entire output of its social-media postings, in the the latest example of tension between Silicon Valley and … Continue reading Twitter Bars Intelligence Agencies From Using Analytics Service

The column, on CNN.com, was written by a corporate lobbyist and edited by Correct the Record, one of several pro-Clinton Super PACs. Hmmm, so this is what Super PACs are all about. … Continue reading Atlanta Mayor’s Column Ripping Bernie Sanders Drafted by Lobbyist, Emails Show

In an interview, Ben Rhodes suggests a clueless press did the White House’s bidding. Holy moly, this quote from a top Obama official. https://t.co/sggL8z2Nvl pic.twitter.com/XZmybh8Yqc — Matt Pearce (@mattdpearce) May 7, 2016 … Continue reading Obama official: Journalists today are clueless

That's where classic economics is wrong. Loanable funds theory has been proven wrong. https://t.co/wf7bU1ltGN https://t.co/YLZRHaIZk7 — Nathan Becker (@netbacker) May 8, 2016 Source: Nathan Becker on Twitter: “That’s where classic economics is wrong. Loanable funds theory has been proven wrong.” Continue reading That’s where classic economics is wrong. Loanable funds theory has been proven wrong

Doesn’t University of Pennsylvania economist Guido Menzio know that you should never do Al Gebra on a plane? From FB: Unbelievable… Flight from Philly to Syracuse goes out on the tarmac, ready … Continue reading Don’t even think about doing algebra on a plane!