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Bitcoin

Business & Lifestyle

COMMENTARY: Like the government, central banks are afraid of Bitcoin and crypto

(Heartland Newsfeed) -- Since the dawn of cryptocurrency trading, there have always been projections and predictions of doom-and-gloom bear markets. From the amateur day trader to so-called market experts like Jim Cramer, they have all predicted that Bitcoin, everything that encompasses it and the entire cryptocurrency marketplace will collapse into the void in which it came from, or something to such effect. These same predictions also come from ignorant journalists and so-called hubristic economists who know nothing about cryptocurrencies, hence […]

todayJanuary 21, 2019 66

Columnists

Rix Quinn’s Minute Story Flashback: Charles Perrault

Editor Note: Rix is off on assignment. Here's one of his Minute Stories, originally published on August 18, 2018. We’d like to recognize Charles Perrault, who preserved the folk tales of “Little Red Riding Hood”, “Sleeping Beauty” and many more. We’d bake a cake in his honor, but since he was born in 1628, he’s 375 now. Few folks that age can blow out the candles. Perrault painstakingly transcribed centuries-old stories that taught important lessons like bravery, honesty, and witch […]

todayJanuary 18, 2019 17

Business & Lifestyle

GET OUT OF DEBT GUY: My dad is going to lose his military pension over my student loans

Question: Dear Steve, I just contacted a pro-bono legal service in my hometown to try to deal with Federal & private defaulted student debt but I wanted to reach out to you as well to get another perspective. My dad, a veteran, who co-signed, might lose his military pension if I can’t deal with this. I’m also out of work due to downsizing and I’m not particularly smart about money at all! Help! Holly Answer: Dear Holly, Federal student loans […]

todayJanuary 18, 2019 19

Michael Madigan legislative

Business & Lifestyle

COMMENTARY: New legislative cycle, same old chaos

As a new General Assembly legislative session convenes this week, the same political chaos continues. The newly-established Democratic super-majority continued to elect the same corrupt leadership in Michael Madigan and John Cullerton, just as Republicans did the same with Jim Durkin and Bill Brady. This only confirms that the duopoly embraces corruption. In other words, the same political clusterfuck still exists: Illinois still spends nearly $143.79 billion for every $108.53 billion taken in. The state has an operational debt of […]

todayJanuary 10, 2019 56

spouse finance debt

Business & Lifestyle

Inheriting a spouse’s debt

My question is about each married individual’s responsibility in case of the death of the other. I will use my husband and I as an example. We have separate bank accounts, separate loans, and separate credit cards except for our heating utility company. Our marriage is the second for each of us. While I have established a very good credit history, my current husband has bad credit. Will I be responsible for paying off his debt if he should die […]

todayJanuary 8, 2019 34

rix quinn

Columnists

Rix Quinn’s New Year Minute Story

Happy new year! So, have you ever wondered about the history of New Year celebrations? Ancient Egyptians celebrated New Year when the Nile River overflowed, usually in June. Then someone suggested, “If we change New Year to January, we won’t drown coming home from the party.” Early Romans named their celebration for Janus, a deity with two faces. One face looked backward, the other forward. Today, we also reflect on the past, and plan for the future. But we no […]

todayJanuary 1, 2019 22

Columnists

Heartland Newsfeed: what to expect in 2019

As we near our second anniversary online, we've passed many thresholds throughout 2018 and we would like to continue this success going into 2019. Some highlights from 2018: On fourteen occasions throughout the year, we've broken the top 100,000 websites worldwide as well as in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom and Australia. We peaked worldwide at #67,947, in the United States at #22,467, in Canada at #19,327, in the United Kingdom at #9,684 and in Australia at #27,447. We […]

todayDecember 28, 2018 34

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Columnists

Rix Quinn’s Christmas Extravaganza

Christmas Trees Christmas trees are like a distant cousin. They come to your house, surround themselves with presents, stay a month…then they begin to shed, and need somebody to drive them off. People often do strange things with cut trees. One of my neighbors pulled out a chain saw and widened his front door three feet. That allowed him to bring in the tree without bending it, and it made a great spectacle the neighbors could video. Once inside the […]

todayDecember 25, 2018 37

Columnists

EDITORIAL: Libertarian, alternative candidates are making some serious moves

(Heartland Newsfeed) -- Libertarian and alternative candidates as of recent have made some serious moves in the past several weeks and it has become apparent that the voting public is seeking an alternative to the Democratic and Republican political machines. Illinois gubernatorial race In Illinois, Libertarian gubernatorial nominee Kash Jackson and Conservative Party nominee Sam McCann have appeared in five consecutive polls dating back to late June. In the June poll from Victory Research, Jackson polled at 2% while McCann […]

todayAugust 27, 2018 48

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