Month: August 2018

Why is the Media Dividing Us?

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by Daniel Carter If you’ve seen my prior work, you know that I often focus on the dirty deeds of mainstream media. Last week, I posed the question: “Is the Press an Enemy of the People”. Of course, when I say “press”, I am referring to the six mega-corporations that own 90% of the media. And … Read more

Why Aren’t Widespread Labor Shortages Translating Into Roaring Wage Inflation?

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by John Rubino Google “labor shortage” or “wage hikes” and the result is a picture of an overheating economy. Some examples from August 10: 911 Emergency: Call Centers Can’t Find Workers Why Disneyland’s $15-an-hour labor deal is a win for workers everywhere Colorado small businesses seek help with labor shortage Washington growers struggle with labor … Read more

A story about the last few decades of American economic life

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The housing crash hurt the poor and middle class more than the rich, who rode the bull stock market. From Bloomberg: The financial crisis and the Great Recession were absolutely devastating for the wealth of middle- and lower-income Americans. A report from the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis shows just how big of a hit they took: The … Read more

Airbus Spy Drone Breaks Flight-Endurance Record To 25 Days

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by stockboardasset A solar-powered spy drone developed by Airbus Defence and Space recently broke the record for the longest continuous flight. The unmanned aircraft is known as Zephyr, a unique, re-usable solar-powered plane, providing a broad scope of applications, ranging from military surveillance, border patrol missions, communications, forest fire detection and monitoring. According to the press release, the aerospace company … Read more

Donald Trump helped Marine abandoned by Obama to rot in Mexican prison

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by Dr. Eowyn Do you remember Sgt. Andrew Tahmooressi? He’s the U.S. Marine veteran who has post-traumatic stress disorder after serving two tours of duty in Afghanistan. On March 31, 2014, Sgt. Tahmooressi was headed to dinner with friends in San Ysidro on California’s border with Mexico, when he missed a freeway exit and mistakenly wound up at a border … Read more

Is High Beta Switching To “Risk Off”?

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by Dana Lyons High Beta stocks may be losing their key leadership status. In analyzing risk in the market, we predominantly rely on quantitative models that we’ve developed over the years. There are, however, other indicators that we monitor which we’ve found helpful in instructing us as to the “risk-on” vs. “risk-off” situation in the market. These … Read more

KUSHNER’S TRACK RECORD HAS BEEN PRETTY GOOD

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Jared Kushner helps Trump pave rare bipartisan path to big win. Thursday’s roundtable at President Trump’s summer White House in New Jersey to address prison and sentencing reform with governor’s is the latest bid by top aide Jared Kushner to give his father-in-law a rare bipartisan victory on a once controversial issue. In getting Trump … Read more

America’s Predicament

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by Daniel Carter The United States of America is embarking on what could be the most consequential period in Its 242-year history. From its humble beginnings as a backwater colony of the British Empire, it became the most powerful nation in human history, an empire of its own. But the benefits of world conquest are eventually … Read more

Tech Giants Stumbling in Social World They Created… Big Tech Shows Net Neutrality Battle Was About Power, Not an Open Internet

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via CNBC: Alex Jones, a right-wing provocateur, suddenly found himself banned from most major social platforms this week. Twitter remains a lonely holdout on Jones. It’s particularly difficult for huge tech companies to balance public goods such free speech with the need to protect their users from harassment, abuse, fake news and manipulation. Who knew … Read more

BREAKING: SHOTS FIRED! Mueller Team Gets NASTY Goes After Judge Ellis in UNPRECEDENTED Move

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UaihtkQuv8 Cristina Laila for the Gateway Pundit reports, Mueller’s prosecutors filed a formal complaint against Judge T.S. Ellis this week claiming he violated protocol by ‘unfairly’ blasting the prosecutors over a witness. Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018/08/muellers-prosecutors-file-complaint-against-judge-ellis/

America Is Headed In A Frightening Direction

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPYgFkgz_EE   Were screwed Trump can’t do any arrest without FULL support of AG, military, Congress, Republicans and so on. One man against The Evil Powers That Be. He can’t even depend on his entire Administration. We have too many girly boys in gov that don’t have the guts to back President Trump. Not to … Read more

Is this Market More Like 1994 or 1998?

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by FS Source: Vermilion Research In a recent podcast, Stocks in a 1994-Style Congestive Phase, Dave Nicoski of Vermilion Research said there are a number of striking parallels between our market today and 1994, just prior to a major breakout and the launch of the tech bubble. Here’s what he had to say… The 1994 Roadmap In … Read more

Been There, Done That—-So Get Out Of The Casino Now!

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By David Stockman Getting Lonely At The Top weakening. Courtesy Morgan Stanley Carl Icahn Is Right: The Cigna-Express Scripts Merger Is Among The Worst Deals—Bubble Finance Stupidity At Work “Purchasing Express Scripts may well become one of the worst blunders in corporate history, ranking up there with the Time Warner/AOL fiasco and General Electric’s long-running … Read more