The Brexit Short: How Hedge Funds Used Private Polls to Make Millions
"Private polls—and a timely ‘concession’ from the face of Leave—allowed the funds to make millions off the pound’s collapse."
"Private polls—and a timely ‘concession’ from the face of Leave—allowed the funds to make millions off the pound’s collapse."
"Emotion, not genuine geopolitical insight, drives popular support for inflated defense spending."
"While Turkish President Erdogan was busy talking up his currency and begging his people not to sell Lira for dollars, his air force was once again running interference with Greece."
"Emergencies are when people are most likely to lose their freedom at the hands of their own government."
"What the Venezuelan people are teaching Americans is that disarmament is a mistake that a nation can make only once."
"False flag operations succeed because many people reflexively jump to accept official narratives. Conveniently timed attacks that give pretexts for war, however, are not always what they seem."
"The legions of do-gooders who want to compel you and others to eat just what they think you should eat are—despite their persistence—failing miserably at their jobs."
"The ubiquitous presence of law enforcement in public schools has led to serious infringements of students' Fourth and Fifth Amendment rights, and it has increased the likelihood that minor disputes between students will escalate into criminal justice issues."
"Commissioner Scott Gottlieb said in a statement Tuesday that the agency was taking the 'novel' action because of growing concerns that abuse of Imodium A-D and similar medications was adding to the death toll of the nation's opioid epidemic."
"The House Intelligence Committee's dueling partisan memos about FBI surveillance of a Trump campaign adviser will result in federal agents keeping secrets to themselves because they no longer trust Congress, experts warn."