An alarming number of shoppers are still paying off debt from last Christmas
• https://www.cnbc.com, Emmie MartinAs the holiday season approaches, the pressure to spend spikes. This year, gift-buying Americans plan to spend $660 on average.
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Using Spacex BFR to rapidly and affordably build interplanetary photonic railway by the 2030s
• nextbigfuture.com by brian wangThe Lubin UCSB laser propulsion system efforts have been funded by Breakthrough Starshot for $100 million.
Amazon Go Getting Ready To Roll Out Cashierless Store
• telegraph.co.uk By Olivia ZaleskiYou will walk in, walk out, get billed and go home with stuff. Amazon will have collected massive psychographic information about you. What items did you look at? How long did you stare? Did you read the ingredients? Did you frown or smile?
Bezos Cashes in on Lobbying Washington With Amazon's $53 Billion Deal to Supply Pentagon
• http://www.mintpressnews.com, By Whitney WebbAs Amazon continues to entrench itself as the nation's commissary, huge government supply deals like the $53 billion Pentagon-Amazon procurement deal Congress is set to authorize leave little room for competitors and raise the specter of government
Hipster Games Company 'Buys' Land To Prevent Trump Building Border Wall
• https://www.prisonplanet.comThe Company that produces the game 'Cards Against Humanity', a toilet humor hipster game, says it has purchased vacant plots of land along the border in order to 'save America' from President Trump's proposed border wall.
Meredith Bid for Time Inc. Said to Be Backed by Koch Brothers
• https://www.nytimes.comTime Inc. is said to be in talks to sell itself to the Meredith Corporation, in a deal backed by Charles G. and David H. Koch, the billionaire brothers known for supporting conservative causes.
Why America's Retail Apocalypse Could Accelerate Even More In 2018
• By Michael SnyderIs the retail apocalypse in the United States about to go to a whole new level? That is a frightening thing to consider, because the truth is that things are already quite bad.
This Startup Is Rebranding Penis Pills And Hair Loss Treatments For Millennials
• https://www.fastcodesign.comThe first time I saw the website for Hims, a new men's wellness startup, I thought it was elaborate satire.
Capitalism and Competition
• https://www.fff.orgMarket competition is at the heart of the capitalist system. It serves as the driving force for creative innovation, the mechanism by which market supplies and demands are brought into coordinated balance for multitudes of goods, and an institutional
Antiwar.com Expands Cryptocurrency Acceptance for Enhanced Privacy
• bitcoin.com by Jamie RedmanThis week the web portal Antiwar.com, a site dedicated to non-interventionism and the opposition of war, has announced the nonprofit is expanding its acceptance of digital currencies.
Weed is the new craft beer, says former Budweiser exec: 'Ignore it at your peril'
• business.financialpost.comChris Burggraeve is one of many entrepreneurs and investors increasingly flocking to the cannabis industry from the traditional business world
Mattel announces Ibtihaj Muhammad doll, the first Barbie to wear a hijab
• buzz.blog.ajc.com by Jennifer BrettOlympic fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad is quite a doll – literally.
Alibaba's Single Day sales 5 times US Black Friday+ Cyber Monday
• nextbigfuture.com by brian wangAlibaba Group Holding Limited (NYSE:BABA) announced that US$25.3 billion (RMB168.2 billion) of gross merchandise volume (GMV) was settled through Alipay on November 11, 2017, (Single's Day) an increase of 39% compared to 2016. Mobile GMV settled th
This Robot Swarm Finishes Your Grocery Shopping In Minutes
• https://www.fastcodesign.com, By Jesus DiazOcado's warehouse technology would probably make Jeff Bezos green with envy.
Openbazaar Sees a Variety of New Vendors After Privacy Enhancements
• https://news.bitcoin.com, Jamie RedmanThis past September the cryptocurrency-based decentralized marketplace, Openbazaar, launched its 2.0 platform with a slew of new features. Now a couple of months later, the marketplace seems to be seeing some significant growth as vendors from Darkne
Waymo to Offer Paid-Ride Robot-Only Chauffeurs 2018
• https://www.themaven.net, by Mike Mish ShedlockWaymo vans loaded with laser LiDAR, radar, cameras, computers, AI and no human safety drivers will pick up Arizonans registered in its "Early Riders" program within a few months. Commercial, paid-ride service starts in 2018.
Decentralized Electricity Could be Blockchain's Trojan Horse
• https://cointelegraph.com, By Jon BuckThe tale of the Trojan Horse first told in Homer's Odyssey, explains how the Greeks were able to defeat the armies of Troy through a simple trick.
In Just 5 Days Without Trucks, Chaos Would Erupt in America
• http://www.theorganicprepper.caHave you ever thought about how fast things could go sideways in America? What if we went 5 days without trucks moving supplies across the country? Have you considered how JUST ONE THING could change the world as we know it?
How To Profit From The $6 Trillion A Year Cyber Crime Threat
• nextbigfuture.com by brian wangCybercrime attacks are expected to cost us $6 trillion a year by 2021.
New York Preschool Accepts Bitcoin, Shuns Credit Cards
• https://www.cryptocoinsnews.com, Sonny AxisEase of payment, low fees, and speed of transactions are some of the reasons why a preschool in New York City has opted for tuition payments in Bitcoin.
The Economy Is Okay? U.S. Retail Store Closings Hit A New Record...
• theeconomiccollapseblog.com, By Michael SnyderIf the U.S. economy is doing just fine, why have we already shattered the all-time record for retail store closings in a single year?
Wall Street gushes over the prospect of a Disney and 21st Century Fox asset deal
• https://www.cnbc.com, Tae KimDisney and 21st Century Fox shares are rising as Wall Street praises the potential of an asset deal between the two media companies.
Communist Burlesque: The Comecon Trade Trainwreck
Jim BovardInternational Trade Under the Soviets: A Comedy of Errors
Amazon Rakes In Huge Money and Perks From Government
• https://www.truthdig.comJeffrey Preston Bezos is the man of unbounded ambition who founded Amazon, the online retailing colossus that trumpets itself as "Earth's most customer-centric company."
New French Restaurant in New York City Accepts Bitcoin, Ditches Visa/MasterCard
• https://www.cryptocoinsnews.comA new French restaurant in New York City is taking things one step further to give diners a unique experience: it's letting them pay in bitcoin.
Is Bitcoin Becoming Harder to Spend Amid All-Time Highs?
• https://www.cryptocoinsnews.comDespite bitcoin enjoying an upward rise in value, the digital currency is getting harder to spend, according to Canadian reporter Don Pittis.
"They're Ba-ack!" - Citi Says Synthetic CDOs May Reach $100 Billion In 2017...
• http://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden"They're Ba-ack!" - Citi Says Synthetic CDOs May Reach $100 Billion In 2017, 5x Increase In 2 Years
How Pharma Sabotaged the Drug Enforcement Agency and Caused Hundreds of Thousands of Deaths
• lewrockwell.com By Joseph MercolaOpioid-related statistics reveal the U.S. has an enormous problem on its hands.
Etherecash Aims to Change the Way We Lend, Send and Spend; Announces ICO
• https://www.cryptocoinsnews.comFinancial inclusion has been touted as critical to reducing world poverty and achieving inclusive global growth. However, more than 2 billion people remain unbanked despite advances to modern technology. The cause of this problem can be attributed to
Bankera: The Bank For The Blockchain Era
• https://www.cryptocoinsnews.comAs the bank for the blockchain era, Bankera is well on its way to achieving the economies of scale that major banks enjoy, but utilizing the advantages of blockchain technology. The company already has significant infrastructure and financial service
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