By LV When the Roman civil wars ended in 31 BC with the defeat of Antony and Cleopatra, Augustus Caesar consolidated his power in Rome through the use of an elite guard called the Praetorians, whose sole duty was to protect the Emperor. The special military unit did so with devastating efficiency through the use of … Read more
by Thinker The former FBI director denied giving Clinton special treatment; congressman gives his take on ‘Special Report.’ Trey Gowdy Lost His Cool After Reading Newly Released Email – Nothing Has Changed in Government Except that Covering Up Corruption is an on going thing on the Capital Hill. Everyone has to plead the fifth to … Read more
by Ruby Henley After reviewing real-time transcripts and audio from the Las Vegas Metro Police Department, along with Firefighters; it is shocking to realize the Las Vegas massacre was a mass shooting event with multiple shooters. Not long after real-time audio events between the police and firefighters, the mainstream news media began a false narrative … Read more
by Vinator People used to pay each other in gold and silver. Difficult to transport. Difficult to divide. Paper money was invented. A claim to gold in a bank vault. Easier to transport and divide. Banks gave out more paper money than they had gold in the vault. They ran “fractional reserves”. A real money maker. … Read more
by know_comment This post is a response to the unsurprising news that Bank of America has downgraded Chipotle due to their wages being too high. This will be much shorter than it should be, so I’d urge others to fill in any blanks here: Chipotle’s commitment to fresh ingredients and the ethical treatment of animals has helped … Read more
by ReadMurrayBookchin The Great Recession of 2008 has never really ended – it has just been postponed. Since 2008, the world’s major central banks – the Fed, ECB, and BoJ – have massively intervened in the global economy in an unprecedented way, masking the structural unsustainability of the debt fueled financial capitalism that caused 2008 in … Read more
More evidence is mounting against Hillary Clinton: Judge Napolitano just said that the new e-mails found on Anthony Weiner’s computer will lead to an indictment for Hillary Clinton if the FBI reopens the case: On Tuesday, Judicial Watch reported that 2,800 new emails that were Huma Abedin government files were found on Weiner’s computer: As evidence mounts … Read more
by Chris Black The mainstream media is currently in absolute panic mode and working frantically to control the damage. Why? Well, it’s official now: all roads from Russia lead to Donald Trump. Just kidding. As you may already know, according to a very lengthy and well documented/sourced article published by The Hill, a bombshell revelation … Read more
US Recession Could Be Closer Than We Think Charts Show The ratio of the Goldman Sachs commodities index to the S&P 500 shows the ratio of commodities to stocks. Commodities are as cheap on a relative basis as they were in the late 1990s and at the beginning of the 1970s. Margin-Adjusted PE Ratios At … Read more
Most people know they should be saving for retirement. But what people ought to be doing and what they’re really doing is starkly different: One-third of the people in the workforce have not saved for retirement, and 23% have less than $10,000 saved up, according to an online survey from GoBankingRates that examined the spending … Read more