by visualcapitalist If you’ve ever paid attention to any report on financial literacy from around the world, you’ll likely know that the results aren’t exactly awe-inspiring. For example, according to one global survey, only about 33% of adults are financially literate. Americans tend to fare better on average, but not as much as you might imagine. In fact, … Read more
Journalists are up in arms that Trump is “dog whistling” with his tweet about white farmers in South Africa. Which is strange because not even a year ago many mainstream sources including the Associated press were covering this story. Even Newsweek wrote about it and they are a left wing publication. So what changed? Why … Read more
Kinda laughable. I really dont think they wanted to go public though. Will keep watching them for a couple years if they are still not bankrupt. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-08-22/nobody-trusts-facebook-twitter-is-a-hot-mess-what-is-snap-s-evan-spiegel-doing On the second floor of the new headquarters of Snap Inc. in Santa Monica, Calif., is a room dedicated to helping employees open up. It’s round and lined with potted … Read more
US Economy Showing Deteriorating Signals As we mentioned, the NFIB small business index is looking great and the S&P 500 earnings growth is strong. However, the Merrill Lynch chart below shows not all companies are prospering. It shows the percentage of Russell 2000 members which aren’t making any money. It’s remarkable to see that the percentage has increased even … Read more
by KillingTime56 The Internet is a buzz with financial advisers and other so called experts talking about the glories of waiting to collect Social Security. DELAY, DELAY, DELAY, they say. They promise a 7-8% “annual return.” But it is not a true annual return. Instead your monthly checks will be 7-8% higher if you delay collecting … Read more
Chinese-owned telecommunications giant Huawei has been blocked from rolling out Australia’s 5G network due to security concerns. The government said Thursday that the involvement of a company “likely to be subject to extrajudicial directions from a foreign government” presented too much risk. … The decision also affects ZTE Corp, a Chinese maker of mobile devices. … Read more
via @OccupyWisdom: https://twitter.com/OccupyWisdom/status/1032504372616474624 https://twitter.com/OccupyWisdom/status/1032504390362574848 https://twitter.com/OccupyWisdom/status/1032504400261070848
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CunY2WcwLE Charlie Spiering for Breitbart News reports, President Donald Trump defied the notion that campaign finance violations were a serious crime, pointing on Wednesday to a former financial settlement with former President Barack Obama’s campaign. Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: https://www.breitbart.com/big-governm…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsnEmSHCoEc The quake struck 155 miles north-west of Puerto Maldonado in south-eastern Peru. http://marygreeley.com/?p=74474
Via Marketwatch Who owns the huge and growing U.S. national debt? By and large, Americans. Some 70% of the national debt is owned by domestic government, institutions investors and the Federal Reserve. A shade under 30% is owned by foreign entities, according to the latest information from the U.S. Treasury. The nation’s debt climbed to a … Read more
by David Robertson In a famous Indian parable [here] a group of blind men encounter an elephant. Since each blind man encounters a different part of the elephant (e.g., the tusk, the leg), there is a great deal of disagreement as to what the elephant is. The moral of the story is that “humans have a tendency … Read more
via Mike Shedlock: As traders cheer the longest bull market in history, they ought to be wondering “what’s next?” The bulls are cheering loudly today as the S&P Hits Record, Equals Longest Bull-Run The benchmark S&P 500 hit an all-time intraday high on Tuesday, the same day it equaled its longest-ever bull-market run, as U.S. stocks rose … Read more
Ohr’s wife worked for firm hired by Clinton to produce the Dossier -Ohr passed Dossier to FBI -FBI used “salacious and unverified” Dossier to spy on the President’s campaign Who all knew about this at the DOJ? They all did. Sessions is stalling as long as possible for his masters. h/t cookiecutterhipster
The left is now strongly opposed to paying off former partners, don’t tell Bill Clinton that. They are opposed to anything Trump is for they are for anything he is against, that is the formula. Sometimes it works out for them and sometimes it doesn’t. Often times it is embarrassing. Ms-13, one of the deadliest … Read more
Trump slams Sessions – YouTube Donald J. Trump ‏Verified account @realDonaldTrump “Department of Justice will not be improperly influenced by political considerations.” Jeff, this is GREAT, what everyone wants, so look into all of the corruption on the “other side” including deleted Emails, Comey lies & leaks, Mueller conflicts, McCabe, Strzok, Page, Ohr…… “Department of … Read more
AWOL AG Sessions unloaded on President Trump Thursday afternoon in a rare statement in response to the President’s interview with FOX & Friends host Ainsley Earhardt. “I took control of the Department of Justice the day I was sworn in, which is why we have had unprecedented success at effectuating the President’s agenda,” Sessions said … Read more
New article making the MSM news rounds, now 12 foot thick sea ice around Greenland in summer is “normal” and because there is is much more ice than predicted its because of shifting winds, not cooling Atlantic water temperatures or the water pulse of cooler water under the ice. No mention of underwater volcanoes in … Read more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAcqVYEAbes Jack Davis for the Western Journal reports, Hillary Clinton will move back into the political spotlight this fall to help the Democratic National Committee raise cash in its effort to gain ground in Congress. Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: https://www.westernjournal.com/hillar…
by FS Copper, European banks, and emerging markets all entered into bear market territory last week and the trillion dollar question strategists are asking is whether US markets are likely to get pulled down as well, especially with fears that a full-blown trade war may crash the global economy. With this now being the longest bull … Read more
Some numbers and resources from DHS 2010 on. https://www.dhs.gov/news/2016/10/24/fact-sheet-combating-human-trafficking-dhs https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1MAnZZoD7y5Ydwx2rSrZualrZTNUYDY7gozTXkT0YUOs/htmlview#gid=0 h/t Millejon0114
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KL52d6lyGMU Cassandra Fairbanks for the Gateway Pundit reports, Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren initially dodged a question about Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez banning press from her public events, but eventually threw shade at the candidate by saying that she believes in the press being free to question candidates and elected leaders. Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018…
LATE-STAGE SOCIALISM: The exodus from Venezuela threatens to descend into chaos. Threatens? EVER since Nicolás Maduro became president of Venezuela, the plight of the country’s citizens has gone from bad to worse. On August 19th 1,000 Venezuelan migrants fled from the Brazilian border town of Pacaraima after locals attacked them with sticks and stones. Around 60 … Read more
Typhoons Soulik & Chimeron combine over Hokkaido Island Japan with record snow on tap after flooding N & S. Korea. Summer snow in Saudi Arabia, same location it snowed in Jan 2018 and 2016 record snow in the Kingdom. Snow expected in Norway and Iceland as well these next few days but the media keeps … Read more
by TFittonJW We just uncovered more evidence of HRC national security crimes: https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/judicial-watch-uncovers-six-more-clinton-emails-containing-classified-material-on-her-unsecure-non-state-gov-email-system/
by Dr. Eowyn From Art Moore, “Memo Reveals Soros-Funded Social-Media Censorship Plan,” WND, August 20, 2018: The recent wave of censorship of conservative voices on the internet by tech giants Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Apple mirrors a plan concocted by a coalition of George Soros-funded, progressive groups to take back power in Washington from President Trump’s administration. … Read more