The Fed Is Going To Crash Stocks To Save Bonds

via The Phoenix  The single most important bond in the world is the 10-Year US Treasury bond. This bond represents the “risk free” rate of return for a total economic cycle (roughly 10 years) denominated in the global reserve currency (the $USD). Put simply, this is THE bond to watch if you want to keep an … Read more

Fentanyl-Related Deaths Double; The Third Wave Will Be A “Crisis”

by stockboardasset According to the CDC’s Mortality and Morbidity Weekly Report, the number of overdose deaths involving fentanyl and fentanyl analogs doubled in the last several years. The third wave of the opioid epidemic is here, as new synthetics [fentanyl analogs] that are 10,000 times as potent as morphine and used to tranquilize elephants are attributing to … Read more

Trump is declaring war on the soy boys

Cassandra Fairbanks Verified account @CassandraRules They’re declaring war on the soy boys. The Trump administration will start cracking down on calling nondairy products like soy and almond drinks “milk.” “An almond doesn’t lactate, I will confess,” said FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb at #ProSummit https://t.co/gDMRpOrbDp pic.twitter.com/cKqZB7042a — POLITICO (@politico) July 17, 2018 The head of the … Read more

Starbucks Ditches Plastic Straws to Save Oceans, Ends Up Using Even More Plastic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Hkq-hIRYGk Jack Davis for the Western Journal reports, Last week, Starbucks announced that it would be abandoning the use of plastic straws, an announcement greeted with gushing praise. The action was “an Environmental Milestone,” The New Republic proclaimed. Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: https://www.westernjournal.com/starbu…

Mike Lofgren, a congressional staff member for 28 years, joins Bill Moyers to talk about what he calls Washington’s “Deep State,” in which elected and unelected figures collude to protect and serve powerful vested interests.

Lofgren tells Moyers [26 min] Historical context to everything is important. Bill Moyers is a man most people consider credible in the mainstream. Worth investigating. Mike Lofgren, a congressional staff member for 28 years, joins Bill Moyers to talk about what he calls Washington’s “Deep State,” in which elected and unelected figures collude to protect … Read more

Russia Dumped Most/All its US Treasury Holdings, Disappeared from List

Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Who stepped up to the plate? It’s a good thing Russia never held as many US Treasury securities as China and Japan. The scenario would have been different. The “grand total” of US Treasury bonds, notes, and bills held by official foreign investors (central banks, governments, etc.) and non-official foreign investors … Read more

How can any reasonable person claim that 17 US intelligence agencies are wrong about Russia hacking the DNC and Podesta?

JK LOL!!! Colin Powell – UN Security Council – Feb 5th 2003 The material I will present to you comes from a variety of sources. Some are U.S. sources. And some are those of other countries. Some of the sources are technical, such as intercepted telephone conversations and photos taken by satellites. Other sources are … Read more

The 5 pillars of debt default

Image by iStock/erhui1979 From Tom Luongo of Gold, Goats ‘N Guns: Regular readers of Gold Goats ‘n Guns know that I’ve been handicapping a major sovereign debt default to begin here in 2018 or early 2019.  But, what do I mean by that? How does a sovereign debt default come about?  And who will default? There are a … Read more

Lawmakers clash with tech over political bias

Lawmakers clashed Tuesday at a contentious hearing over claims that social media platforms and tech companies are biased against conservative viewpoints. Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee said the hearing addressed a serious issue. But Democrats said the hearing, coming one day after President Trump dismissed Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election during a press conference … Read more

EU expected to fine GOOGLE record $5 billion over antitrust abuse

The case relates to the dominance of Google’s Android operating system, which is one of the world’s most popular mobile software systems. The EU has scrutinized that dominance, arguing that Google should look to make competition fairer and allow smaller players in the market to flourish. European Union regulators will slap Alphabet-owned Google with a $5 billion antitrust fine … Read more