13,779 Reasons To Own Some Gold

by SP 2 Year Gold Price Chart in Venezuelan Bolivars (VEF)   Venezuela inflation hits 13779 percent, parliament says Hurriyet Daily News–6 hours ago Venezuela‘s dizzying inflation rose 13,779 percent in the past year, a study released on May 7 by the opposition-dominated National Assembly has found. The figure confirmed other estimates showing that Venezuela has by far the world’s highest inflation … Read more

Amazing article on how the Mueller investigation is now in complete Jeopardy

via Zerohedge: A funny thing happened on the way to impeaching Donald Trump. After two-years of investigations by a highly politicized FBI and a Special Counsel stacked with Clinton supporters, Robert Mueller’s probe has resulted in the resignation of National Security Advisor Michael Flynn, the arrests of Paul Manafort and Rick Gates, and the indictment of 13 Russian … Read more

PENTAGON: “FLUORIDE linked to developmental delays for fetuses and infants”

by SS The water at or around 126 military installations contains potentially harmful levels of perfluorinated compounds, which have been linked to cancers and developmental delays for fetuses and infants, the Pentagon has found. In a March report provided to the House Armed Services Committee, the Pentagon for the first time publicly listed the full … Read more

Welfare Cash Withdrawn at Strip Clubs, Cruise Ship, Casinos

Fox25 exposes Massachusetts welfare recipients spending welfare in strip clubs, casinos, marijuana, out of state vacations etc – -EBT card holders racked up nearly $4 million in out-of-state welfare cash withdrawals, including $290,000 in Florida. -Taxpayers footed the bill for welfare dollars used in Hawaii, Myrtle Beach and even the Virgin Islands – where more … Read more

Record attendance at NRA Dallas convention

by DCG Suck it, Hogg. From Dana Loesch Twitter: “New record attendance for #NRAAM: 87,154 law-abiding attendees over the three-day weekend in Dallas. #2A” Meanwhile, Oliver North has been named the new President of the NRA. From MSN: “Oliver North is poised to become president of the National Rifle Association “within a few weeks”, the gun rights group announced Monday. The process … Read more

More than 30,000 nursing home eviction notices to be sent in Louisiana Thursday

“The Louisiana Department of Health is beginning the process of notifying all impacted enrollees that some people may lose their Medicaid eligibility,” Department of Health spokesman Bob Johannessen said. “The goal of the department is to give notice to all affected people as soon as possible in order that they begin developing their appropriate plans.” … Read more

Mapped: What Each State Needs the Most from International Trade

by howmuch President Trump’s trade war rhetoric is causing a fair amount of economic uncertaintyright now. Is he planning to implement tariffs on imported goods from other countries or not? And what about other countries planning their own tariffs on American-made goods? All this back-and-forth debate got us thinking about which industries import the most goods in … Read more

Medical Industrial Complex

by Grover I just watched this 60 minutes segment https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-problem-with-prescription-drug-prices/ that started with a problem in Rockford, Illinois. Rockford self insures medical expenses for their 1,000 employees and dependents. Because of drug prices (astronomical) increase on one drug in particular (Acthar,) it caused the city to severely downsize other key functions to pay these costs. (That one drug … Read more

GDP is a classic measure of a healthy economy and many others, claim we are in a “healthy recovery,” while, in actuality, we are in the worst economy of our lifetimes.

https://twitter.com/OccupyWisdom/status/993278806654967809 "Global Slowdown: – Developed Economies Seeing Weaker Growth, Led by EU and Japan– So Far, Emerging Markets Holding Better, But Risk of a Sudden Stop and Currency Fears Start to Impact Leading Indicators," h/t @dlacalle_IA pic.twitter.com/kE9Fu8GvZw — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) May 5, 2018 Chart 6: Chinese slowdown to impact the rest of the world pic.twitter.com/L87bAZGvRq … Read more

Central Banks Switching From Sellers To Buyers Of Gold Has Had A Stunning Impact On The Market

by Steve St Angelo of SRSrocco Report The switch from Central bank gold sales to purchases had a big impact on the gold market.  Precious metals investors fail to realize that Central banks sold a staggering amount of gold into the market up until 2009.  It’s also quite interesting that Central banks became net purchasers after the 2008 … Read more