Trump risks trade war with dated claim that China manipulates currency
During his presidential campaign, Donald Trump said he declare China a currency manipulator on “day one.” He hasn’t done so yet, but the new administration looks ready to, risking a trade war between the world’s two largest economies. In his…
Obama Creates Propaganda Ministry; Now Trump Owns It
Just before the Christmas holiday, former President Obama signed into law the National Defense Authorization Act which provides funding for the military. Buried inside the NDAA was another bill that officially establishes an anti-propaganda center in order for the State…
The Real Reason Republicans Hate Obamacare
I think it is time to address to address the really black elephant in the room because it seems like people have been ignoring this humongous black elephant – that has an ass so big that it touches every corner…
$BITCF The Money Solution for the Cannabis Industry
First Bitcoin Capital (BITCF): The Money Solution for the Cannabis Industry First Bitcoin Capital Corp. (BITCF) is the first publicly-traded Bitcoin entity to enter the arena. Without a doubt, the company is unlike any other right now and can tap…
Checks & Balances Aren’t Enough to Stop Trump’s Agenda
Wouldn’t the checks and balances of the U.S. government stop most of Donald Trump’s acts? No. Not unless we…
A New Low For Wells Fargo: Are You Still Using Gross Big Banks?
Stories about big banks deceiving their customers have become so commonplace, they’re almost not newsworthy more. However, some examples are particularly egregious, particularly when the bank in question keeps breaking the law over and over again. Case in point: San…
Will MasterCard Send Kill Bitcoin?
With all due respect to Betteridge’s Law, which states that any opinion piece headline that is a yes/no question will invariably be answered no, the answer is… no. MasterCard Send is a new service that will allow card holders to…
Bill Moyers: Donald Trump Is Turning American Democracy into Demolition Derby
We’re a week into the Trump administration and it’s pretty obvious what he’s up to. First, Donald Trump is running a demolition derby: He wants to demolish everything he doesn’t like, and he doesn’t like a lot, especially when it…
A famed journal blacklist is dead. Long live a blacklist!
T he community of science watchdogs has lost an important voice with the sudden and mysterious takedown of a website devoted to outing unscrupulous publishers. The site, Scholarly OA (for “open access”), listed more than 1,000 so-called predatory journals and…
Bitcoin and the Nuclear Clean Up of Pacific Islands
Between 1977 and 1980, the US military cleaned up the Enewetak Islands of nuclear debris created by years of testing done over the islands. The reason for the cleanup effort was, seemingly noble, to prepare the islands to be…