Month: March 2018

China on Friday announced plans for reciprocal tariffs on 128 U.S. products that include pork, wine, fruit and steel. Beijing will take measures against the U.S. goods in two stages if it cannot reach an agreement with Washington. Commerce Secretary Ross: I don’t think we’re starting a trade war from CNBC. The world’s second-largest economy has … Read more

Despite avoiding an imminent trade war with the U.S. over steel and aluminum tariffs, Canada should not be breathing easier, this according to Shark Tank star Kevin O’Leary. “I don’t think the long-term outcome of the negotiations is going to be better for Canada,” O’Leary told Kitco News. “For example, on steel, what will probably … Read more

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQZOJ0tY52M Chris Agee for the Western Journal reports, A partisan feud over a pending border deal led to an attack inside Kosovo’s parliament Wednesday morning. As CNN reported, members of an opposition party launched canisters of tear gas inside the chamber, resulting in an evacuation as lawmakers emerged wiping their faces. Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: https://www.westernjournal.com/breaki…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TELdeRe1ito PARKLAND, Fla. — When Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School students return from spring break, they’ll be required by the local school district to use clear backpacks and wear identification badges at all times. Broward Schools Superintendent Robert Runcie told parents in a two-page letter about the security changes. It said the backpacks will be … Read more

By Harry Dent The crypto ship is sailing in rough seas at the moment. My advice? Stay away for now. Preserve your capital for after the major crash, and then pick winners from the bones. The bitcoin and cryptocurrency trends seem to be following the path the internet took back in the very late 1990s. That bubble came at … Read more

A meeting between Parkland students and anti-gun activists mobilizing for the highly anticipated March For Our Lives event in Washington, D.C. this weekend was captured on hidden audio Tuesday evening in Broward County, Florida. The meeting, which was described as a non-partisan briefing for students, parents, and staff members from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School … Read more

by jessefelder Many have noted recently that the spread between 3-month LIBOR and the overnight interbank lending rate has now risen to the highest level since the financial crisis, typically a sign of rising financial stress. At the same time, many have noted that this time there are other dynamics at work that suggest the rise … Read more

If you leave your sliding glass door open, you might let in a stray cat, raccoon, or bugs without knowing it. Some intruders are worse than others. All can be annoying. But let in a thief, who robs your home… and it only takes that one time to change your life forever. The U.S. has … Read more

By the end of January Wal-Mart will have shelf scanning robots in more than 50 U.S. stores (2:54). WCCO 4 Mid-Morning – Oct. 27, 2017

https://youtu.be/-RTuVwaP10s Can you imagine these morans are in charge of our government? hold me i’m scared!   h/t Jake

An alarming new study finds that homeownership in the U.S. is rapidly becoming a thing of the past. via Alex Henderson For generations, homeownership and the equity that comes with it have symbolized the American Dream. But a recent study from the apartment search website RentCafe.com finds that in the aftermath of the Great Recession, homeowners … Read more

via Mark Melin Perpetual bear Albert Edwards sees the ice age coming. The Societe Generale cross-asset research analyst looks at the Trump administration and considers the potential for a trade war amid competitive currency devaluation. While claiming that Trump is a rare politician in delivering on campaign promises if a trade war gets into full swing that ice age … Read more

by jessefelder Many have marveled at the massive amount of cash built up on the balance sheets of big tech companies in recent years. It’s truly astounding and almost incomprehensible. When you put together the assets of Apple, Microsoft, Cisco, Oracle and Intel the total recently surpassed a $1 trillion. (To put this astronomical number into … Read more

Josh Sigurdson reports on the absurdity of a recent announcement by the Canadian government that Service Canada employees should no longer assume their customers are a “he” or a “she”, to not call them “Mr” or “Mrs” and instead of calling them “mother” or “father”, call them “parent 1” or “parent 2” in order to … Read more

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgVsEDQFjh0 For More Information See: https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/08/jp-mo… http://www.businessinsider.com/toys-r… http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/03/17/… https://www.reuters.com/article/us-us…  

by DCG Dan Rather would approve this message. Pramila Jayapal is a progressive US representative from Washington’s 7thcongressional district. She was born in India and is a “civil rights activist,” a big fan of the $15 minimum wage and supports free community college. According to Seattle Capital Hill Seattle Blog, the congresswoman was at a town hall at … Read more

Real state and local income, sales and property taxes all hit records in 2017, according to data released this week by the Census Bureau. State and local governments collected a record $404,509,000,000 in individual income taxes in 2017, according to the Census Bureau. Before 2017, the greatest level of individual income tax revenues collected by state … Read more

by visualcapitalist If you’ve studied the history of markets, you know that sentiment can turn on a dime. Whether it is an unexpected wake-up call like the collapse of Lehman Brothers, or simply the popping of a bubble that’s blown too big, the tides can shift in a matter of hours or days. No one knows … Read more

European Superfreeze 2.0 brings snow on French Beaches, Record snow in Spain and what can only be considered super extra double unusual snow in Algeria during March. Dust storms with density of sand in the air that can only be described as a “Sand Blaster in the Atmosphere” and massive 1 KG / 2LB+ hail … Read more

Study: Medical bankruptcies may not be as common as thought. Medical bills can push patients over the financial cliff, but a new study says this may not happen as often as previous research suggests. Hospitalizations cause only about 4 percent of personal bankruptcies among non-elderly U.S. adults, according to an analysis published Wednesday in the … Read more