BLUE WAVE CRASHING: DNC Chief Delivers Address to EMPTY EVENT at Atlanta Mall: 9 people showed up

DNC Chairman Tom Perez delivered remarks to liberal supporters at an “indoor Latin mall” in Atlanta, Georgia this week, speaking to a nearly empty room as Democrats struggle to connect with American voters just months ahead of the 2018 midterm elections. Perez was speaking at the Plaza Fiesta shopping center Wednesday when he slammed President … Read more

Larry Kudlow to Trump Cabinet: China’s ‘Terrible’ Economy ‘Heading South’

White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow told President Donald Trump and Cabinet members in a White House meeting on Thursday that China’s most recent economic numbers show a southward turn. Trump asked Kudlow in the Cabinet meeting how the U.S. economy was doing compared to China’s economy. “The latest batch of numbers from China,” Kudlow … Read more

Tencent’s Slide Drags Down U.S. Chipmaker Stocks

China regulators delay approval of video game licenses  Micron, Nvidia tumble as all 30 stocks in Philly index slump via Lily Katz China’s freeze on approving new video and streaming games is icing American chipmaker stocks. All 30 members of the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index fell at least 0.5 percent Wednesday, with Micron Technology Inc. plunging more … Read more

Turkey Has Sold-Off Half Of Its Physical Gold Holdings This Year To Defend The Lira

David McAlvany and Kevin Orrick on the McAlvany Weekly Commentary Talking Turkey: “This will be the single largest default in financial history” Capital controls are like Hotel California… You can’t leave. Will Turkey, Iran, Russia, Germany abandon the West & turn to China? Gold: Massive “Short” paper market now needs to be covered. Thanks for listening to … Read more

NVDA falls after earnings for the first time in nearly 2 years

Nvidia stock fell by 6 percent on Thursday after the company reported better-than-expected earnings and lower-than-expected revenue guidance. Here are the major numbers: Earnings: $1.76 per share, excluding certain items, vs. $1.66 per share as expected by analysts, according to Thomson Reuters. Revenue: $3.12 billion, vs. $3.10 billion as expected by analysts, according to Thomson Reuters. Overall, Nvidia’s … Read more

The Cresting Wave: “Housing Tipping Back to a Buyer’s Market”… Just Like 2008: FBI Investigating Multi-Billion-Dollar Mortgage Fraud Case

via CNBC: Approximately 14 percent of all listings in June had undergone a price cut, that’s up from a recent low of 11.7 percent at the end of 2016, according to a new report from Zillow. Home price growth is slowing in nearly half of the 35 largest U.S. metropolitan markets. In San Diego, 20 … Read more

Are Interest Rates Peaking? Watch The Copper/Gold Ratio!

by Chris Kimble If you spend time researching market relationships you can better understand money flows, rotation, and reasons why money flows rotate. This can be very helpful in identifying trend changes as well. Today, we’ll look at the relationship between 10 Year US Treasury Bond Yield (INDEXCBOE: TNX) and the ratio of Copper (NYSEARCA: JJC) to Gold (NYSEARCA: GLD). Interest Rates … Read more

Slow Down – Lessons Unlearned

by Jesse “There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn’t true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true.” Søren Kierkegaard “Narcissists are unstable and go through repeated cycles of self-destruction, with other people usually paying the heft of the price.   Narcissists tend to be divisive, vindictive, confrontational, … Read more

It’s now apparent that the spying on political enemies continued unabated, and in fact accelerated in the last days of the Obama Administration.

2013 FLASHBACK: Two Dems Warn NSA Violations Just ‘Tip of a Larger Iceberg.’ A pair of civil-liberties Democrats whom the White House tried to appease in a closed-door meeting warned today that fresh reports of thousands of privacy violations by the National Security Agency are just the “tip of a larger iceberg.” On Thursday, the Washington … Read more

Introducing Veritas Leaks!

by PV_media We’re scaling up our program geared towards protecting, recruiting, and working with sources. Read more about it here:https://www.projectveritas.com/2018/08/16/veritas-leaks/ – Project Veritas Staff UPDATE: To be clear, we do not encourage any sensitive file transfers or communications directly to our website, nor do we store any sensitive materials there. The program directs communications to secure … Read more

Retail sales, Housing starts, Philly Fed

by WARREN MOSLER June was revised lower, so best to hold back judgement on July until August is released. Note vehicles were revised quite a bit lower for June, with the initially reported .9 jump suspect in any case: Highlights Demand for autos has cooled but not overall retail sales which rose 0.5 percent in … Read more

Here’s How “External Dollar Debt” Produces An “Emerging Market Crisis”

by John Rubino Emerging market currencies are collapsing pretty much everywhere these days. But it’s safe to assume that most people don’t understand exactly what’s causing this outbreak, why it’s happening now, or what “external dollar debt” has to do with it. So here’s a quick primer followed by the obligatory apocalyptic prediction: Prelude: cheap … Read more

The Paul Manafort Case Shows Beyond Reasonable Doubt the Double Standards of the Justice System in America

by Chris Black There is something going on in America on a profound social-political-philosophical-legal level. And it’s very wrong. If we don’t address this issue, which in my opinion poses the greatest threat to this country, we don’t have a future. What I am talking about is the lack of accountability of people in power, … Read more

China harvests over 90% of transplanted organs prisoners, many of which are still alive while they’re harvested

Although this is documented, it gets very little coverage in the western press. China is a huge human rights violator and because of the size of their economy, is given a free pass. Play Communist Games, get Communist Results. via biomedcentral: Abstract Background Over 90% of the organs transplanted in China before 2010 were procured from … Read more

Government spying and Censorship is the start of widespread bookburning. Everyone is guilty of something , anyone can be silenced!

the nsa was exposed of spying. the recent censorship of alex jones is just the start. With constant recording and exploiting peoples mistakes and words they are able to label people crazy. They can shut down anyone. Government and big tech are the vaulves to the flow of information and they are clamping down and … Read more

Has anyone noticed the abundance of “Do It Yourself” Youtube channels with videos almost exclusively pushing you to “just buy it instead” and making every attempt at creating something look crappy and useless?

by UsingUsernamesIn2018 I’m not talking about “Can you make a car? No, Just buy one.” I’m talking about things that are easily made yourself and typically are better than bought, but every Youtube guide incarnation shows nothing but fuckups. It’s like the old TV shows where they’d portray someone in blackface acting like a fool. … Read more

Nomi Pins: You Should Fear The Emerging Market Debt Bubble

by Nomi Prins via Daily Reckoning Global debt has ballooned since the financial crisis as central banks have distorted markets and fueled debt bubbles in particular. A lot of the increase in global debt has come from emerging market (EM) economies, especially China. In fact, a record amount of EM debt has accumulated during the past decade, mostly … Read more