Craig Hemke – Oceans of Debt, Pools of Gold

from Financial Survival Network Craig Hemke a/k/a Turd Ferguson of TFMetalsReport.com is back… It’s no secret that the US debt has gone exponential, much like the stock market. While Donald Trump may be an expert in corporate bankruptcy, he’s never taken a country through Chapter 11 before. But it sure looks like he’s going to get his chance, sooner … Read more

Built on the Backs of Immigrants?

by Mark Angelides It is becoming a hugely popular sound bite used by politicos and pundits to state that “’X’ was built on the backs of immigrants.” We’ve heard it about America; we’ve heard it about the UK. But is it really true? And if so, what are the implications? First let’s examine what this … Read more

Update on the Splendid Housing Bubbles in US Cities

Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter A story of spikes and new flat spots. Home prices on a nationwide basis rose 6.3% from a year earlier (not seasonally-adjusted), according to the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller National Home Price Index for December, released this morning. The index has now surpassed by 6.3% the crazy peak of Housing Bubble 1 … Read more

YouTube has declared war on alternative media.

The Truth Factory covers politics and conspiracies. This channel has never broken any of YouTube’s TOS rules. Does the legacy media actually think they can eliminate there competition through purging independent citizen journalists? Have they ever heard of the #StreisandEffect? https://youtu.be/kri5IyvDmCE I keep telling people we are in the midst of a huge information war, … Read more

Trade, Durable goods orders, Consumer confidence, Richmond Fed survey, Atlanta Fed nowcast

by WARREN MOSLER More signs of a slowdown as exports fall, which means less gdp, and consumer imports down, meaning personal spending was lower than expected, as discussed might be the case previously due to lower personal income growth: Highlights Exports came back sharply in January to feed an oversized $74.4 billion goods deficit in January, … Read more

EU and China considering retaliation against popular American companies in response to potential Trump steel and aluminum tariffs

The EU is targeting products with political punch. Reportedly in its sights: items such as Harley-Davidson motorcycles, whose corporate headquarters is in House Speaker Paul Ryan’s home state of Wisconsin. China’s Ministry of Commerce is investigating whether to limit imports of U.S. sorghum, a cereal grain used to feed livestock. The Commerce Department is making … Read more

Examining The Many Failures Of Sheriff Scott Israel And Broward County Sheriff’s Office

by Duane Norman, Free Market Shooter There has been a great deal of information (and misinformation) that has emerged in the aftermath of the recent shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas (MSD) High School in Florida.  A majority of it has been focused on the conduct of the Broward County Sheriff’s Office (BSO) and Sheriff Scott Israel, … Read more