by Charles Hugh-Smith The cold truth is homelessness and soaring rents are the only possible outputs of central bank policies that inflate asset bubbles. It’s been a long, strange economic boom since the nadir of the Global Financial Meltdown in 2009. A 10-year long boom that saw the S&P 500 rise from 666 in early 2009 … Read more
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter What banks & housing markets in Sydney and Melbourne are facing in 2019. As investors are fleeing Australia’s housing bust, sales of new houses have plunged to record lows, and home prices in the Sydney and Melbourne metros have dropped 12% and 9% from their respective peaks in mid and late 2017. Combined, the … Read more
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Oh dude, glad no one saw it. My fancy-schmancy Fed Hawk-o-Meter checks the minutes of the Fed meetings for signs that the Fed believes the economy is strong and that “accommodation” needs to be further removed by hiking rates, or that the economy is strong but not strong enough to raise … Read more
by visualcapitalist For most investors, 2018 was both an eventful and frustrating year. Between the looming threat of trade wars and growing geopolitical uncertainty, the market also skipped a beat. Volatility took center stage, and the S&P 500 finished in negative territory for the first time in 10 years. Although many asset classes finished in negative … Read more
We have just built this powerful Wall in New Mexico. Completed on January 30, 2019 – 47 days ahead of schedule! Many miles more now under construction! #FinishTheWall pic.twitter.com/TYkj3KRdOC — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 20, 2019 It’s Beautiful! The President will have it built before they mount ther historical battle to stop Trump’s … Read more
via readynutrition: There has been a huge surge in CBD oil sales from Millennials. With this generation being dubbed “the most anxious,” they are often the butt of jokes stemming around being entitled, emotionally fragile, and lazy; but perhaps older generations have jumped to conclusions considering what the pressures Millennials are under. Recent surveys and studies have … Read more
As attorney general William Barr takes the reigns at the Department of Justice, he’s expected to contend with a number of scandals. One may include SPYGATE, which is the claim the FBI tried to embed informant Stefan Halper in the Trump campaign to cause damage to then-candidate Trump’s presidential bid. One America’s Jack Posobiec sat … Read more
By Lance Gaitan It’s probably a good thing the government partially shut down in December. It delayed the exposure of some dreary economic updates in the face of a falling stock market. Retail sales figures for the important holiday month were finally updated last week, and they were terrible. Excluding auto and gasoline, sales were … Read more
Of course this is blacked out in the U.S. MSM because in the context of the Class War the media is the tool of the corporate masters. When the worker class starts winning the real war, The Class War, the US television and mainstream print media black the story out. Good thing we have people … Read more
Summary: HB 1442 is a bill(not law yet) in North Dakota that prohibits drunk stops or other interference with free travel unless there’s reasonable articulable suspicion that the driver is intoxicated by something, or some other infraction or violation. The video is stupid and too long. I hope the bill passes, but it shouldn’t even … Read more
by Playaguy She makes definitive statements she cannot back up and changes the subject whenever she is called out. A great illustration to how “Fake News” is crafted. Joe does a very good job of calling her out, simply by asking for evidence of her claims, which makes her completely melt down. Worth the … Read more
During his View From The Top talk, Chamath Palihapitiya, founder and CEO of Social Capital, discussed how money is an instrument of change which should be used to make the world a better place. “Money drives the world for better or for worse. Money is going to be made and allocated – you have a … Read more
In this video, we give you the latest breaking news on Ocasio-Cortez and the progressive movement with David Icke. What is the truth?
U.S. businesses have been pulling shipments forward ahead of expected tariff increases and China’s Lunar New Year holiday, when the nation’s factories shut down for several weeks. That stacked-up inventory is straining logistics capacity around the neighboring ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, which together comprise the biggest U.S. trans-Pacific gateway. “In 30 years, … Read more
In this video, we give you the latest breaking news on 5g technology with Max Igan. Igan expertly breaks down what the future holds for this technology and humanity and how it will change a lot more than just your cell phone.
Matteo Salvini has moved to end the Italian Central Bank, Jail Bankers and Repatriate it`s Gold. They are also opposing The Draconian Article 11 and 13. Good! It`s about time someone stood up to the EU!! …listen and learn… AC
Unlike Western countries who seek 3rd world population replacement therapy, Russia seems to be taking a more realistic and pragmatic approach as they are calling on all aspects of church, state and education to promote… BABIES. Long list of new incentives. They don’t seem to be screwing around. AC
via dailyreckoning: Since the end of QE and the “taper” in October 2014, the Fed has been trying to “normalize” their balance sheet and interest rates. The balance sheet needed to be reduced from $4.5 trillion to about $2.5 trillion through “quantitative tightening” or QT, which is tantamount to burning money. Interest rates needed to be … Read more
Via ZeroHedge Just one day after officially launching his campaign for the 2020 Democratic nomination during an interview on Vermont Public Radio, Bernie Sanders has already raised more than $6 million through more than 220,000 individual contributions, according to CNN. Sanders, who consistently ranks near the top of most polls alongside former Vice President Joe Biden, saw the … Read more
by John Ward I CAN HARDLY BEAR TO WATCH FOR THE NEXT ATTEMPT OF THE POLITICAL CLASS TO GET IT EVEN HALF RIGHT ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ Returning briefly to last night’s study of purposeful incompetence compensated for by cunning guile, there is an insurance commercial on UK television at the moment. It has a claim in the … Read more
The Senate on Thursday cleared legislation to make lynching a federal crime. The bill, introduced by Sens. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and Tim Scott (R-S.C.), makes lynching punishable as a hate crime. The bill previously passed the Senate in December, but it did not clear the then-GOP controlled House before the end of … Read more
by jessefelder There has been a lot written recently about the forces that have led us to the current “winner-take-all” economy, or what some have called a new, “gilded age,” a reference to the time when a handful of large “trusts” dominated their respective industries. Most seem to blame the lack of antitrust enforcement and … Read more
McCabe tells ‘Late Show’ host Stephen Colbert he remains suspicious of President Trump https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhQnpcFaEKM
New interstate migration survey from the U.S. Census Bureau says high taxes and regulation bleed Blue states, pump up Red. Americans flee high rates of both to live where they can keep more of their own money and be left alone. The migration changes the electoral map. More empirical proof that Conservative principles work…if fleeing … Read more
by Jake Socialism is just another capitalistic Program by the rich at the top to enslave the masses. Rosanne Barr! Roseanne Barr calls AOC ‘bug-eyed Farrakhan loving b***h’ in expletive laden YouTube rant (VIDEO) Scandal-prone former sitcom star Roseanne Barr let loose against leftist Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and her ‘green new deal’ with a torrent … Read more