Month: August 2018

via ucsb.edu:  Seats in Congress Gained/Lost by the President’s Party in Mid-Term Elections     F. Roosevelt – Trump  Year Lame Duck? President Party president’s job approval % House Seats Senate Seats early Aug late Aug early Sep late Sep early Oct late Oct 1934 Franklin D. Roosevelt D nd nd nd nd nd nd +9 +9 … Read more

Andrew Maguire interviewed by Jay Taylor on Turning Hard Times Into Good Times An Emerging Modern Day Gold Standard? Andrew Maguire Explains Andrew Maguire explains how the newly created Kinesis Monetary system, which combines gold and silver with block chain technology, enables transactions and earns a yield.

from Financial Survival Network Rick Ackerman joined us today for a quick look at the market and the economy. Are we in a new Trumpian Paradigm where markets keep going higher and higher and commodities keep going lower and lower? The recent market action can make one wonder. But Rick believes that the January 2018 Dow Peak … Read more

Via Business Insider In late 2017, the investing legend Jeremy Grantham was officially on bubble watch. He said as much in a quarterly letter he coauthored for his firm, Grantham, Mayo, & van Otterloo (GMO), back in December. It wasn’t an extremely pressing concern quite yet but something in the back of his mind. That all changed in January … Read more

by Chris Martenson There are ample warning signs that another serious financial crisis is on the way. These warning signs are being soundly ignored by the majority, though. Perhaps understandably so. After 10 years of near-constant central bank interventions to prop up markets and make stocks, bonds and real estate rise in price — while … Read more

From Birch Gold Group From August 7th to August 13th, the DOW dropped 475 points close to close. On Monday alone, the DOW dropped 125 points before recovering losses. The week-long losing streak was linked to Turkey’s currency crumbling and a trade war tariff it dropped on U.S. goods. Turkey is a NATO ally, so any news about … Read more

by TFittonJW Today’s Judicial Watch Update! Our big Clinton email find here: 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 Dana Lyons After failing at major downtrend resistance, commodities are testing a key secular support line. Back in early May, we noted that the commodity complex, stuck in a multi-year malaise, was potentially on the cusp of a big move. At least, that was our read based on the chart of the Thomson Reuters Equal Weight … Read more

From Anti-Media: San Onofre, CA — A nuclear power plant in Southern California that was shut down in 2012 continues to leak radioactive material and poses a threat to nearby communities. The aging San Onofre, located in San Clemente, CA, was shut down in 2012 amid a leak that occurred due to malpractice. According to a report released in … Read more

Celebrities were shaming Green Party voters in OH-12 even though the math doesn’t add up and many Ohioans stayed home.

UMich sentiment slumps to all time lows, people are putting their spending plans on hold. The entire system has been breaking down since 2008. The central bank created an illusion to make each and everyone of use believe the economy recovered, we know it did not. Now the same central bank is getting ready to … Read more

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PaOp1RXIbw Yes, you can’t escape from the TRUTH Nancy! Joe Saunder for the Western Journal reports, The Washington Post, a newspaper that has spent President Donald Trump’s entire term vilifying the president, turned some of that fire Tuesday onto the leader of the Democrats in the House of Representatives. Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: https://www.westernjournal.com/nancy-…

by Daniel Carter The 70+ year alliance between the US and Turkey has finally come to a dramatic end. But this turn of events was nowhere near unforeseen. In fact, I have been writing about the progression of this calamity for over a year. In April, I even wrote that Turkey was getting ready for … Read more

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkuGH03cKqk The crisis between the US and Turkey is worsening. Washington is threatening to impose further rounds of sanctions if Ankara does not release an American evangelical pastor held on suspicions of partaking in a failed 2016 coup attempt. But some are questioning if this fight between NATO allies is really about religious freedom as … Read more

https://youtu.be/aDWDwpehLvY In just a few days’ time, we will officially reach the 10-year anniversary of the bull market. With the S&P 500 up 340%, you’re probably not alone in wondering how close the party is to being over. That’s why, for this week’s episode of Stansberry Investor Hour, we bring in John Gillin, who left … Read more

Via ZeroHedge Glassdoor is out with its annual report on the 25 highest-paying jobs in America, over half of which, 13, are in the technology sector. Taking the top three spots, however, are physicians, pharmacy managers and pharmacists – with average salaries of $195,842, $146,412 and $127,120 respectively. In tech, enterprise architects, software development managers, software engineering managers … Read more

by Raúl Ilargi Meijer William Hogarth Humours of an Election, Plate 2 1754  Two thirds of Americans want the Mueller investigation (inquisition, someone called it) over by the midterm elections. Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani has said that if Mueller wants to interview Trump, he’ll have to do so before September 1, because the Trump camp doesn’t want … Read more