$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…
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…
Sen. Al Franken To ‘Fight Every Step Of The Way’ Against Rolling Back Net Neutrality
U.S. Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., Tuesday put the administration on notice, saying he will “fight every step of the way” to preserve net neutrality, which requires internet service providers to enable access to all content and applications, regardless of source….
Sen. Warren asks for answers about Wells Fargo complaint website that vanished
WASHINGTON — Sen. Elizabeth Warren wants the acting Labor secretary to explain why a website for complaints from Wells Fargo & Co. employees disappeared after President Donald Trump took office, and she has requested an update on the department’s investigation…
Trump’s Infrastructure ‘Plan’ Is Another Tax Giveaway For The Rich
At the beginning of the Obama administration Democrats had control of the Congress and passed the “stimulus.” Unfortunately only a third of that was for infrastructure work. Then Republicans in Congress obstructed every proposal since then to fix up our…
RBS prepares to pay for ‘painful’ sub-prime legacy
Royal Bank of Scotland says it has set aside 3.1 billion pounds (3.6 billion euros) to settle claims by the US Department of Justice. The future settlement relates to mis-sold toxic investments linked to sub-prime mortgages in the run up…
Putin, Russia and the Return of Cold War Liberals
In the days and weeks before Donald John Trump was sworn in as the 45th president, there was a lot of attention focused on a 55-year-old film, The Manchurian Candidate. Given Russian interference in the U.S. election, naturally gravitated to…