Month: February 2019

U.S. military agrees with Donald Trump, says that proposed barriers along Mexico border could increase security against any potential Threat

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Air Force Gen. Terrence O’Shaughnessy, commander, U.S. Northern Command and North American Aerospace Defense Command, told a Senate committee that proposed barriers along the U.S.-Mexico border could increase security against any potential military threats coming from the south. But he said Russia’s advancements in training and capabilities, and its intent to hold the U.S. at risk, present … Read more

We Are Getting Stupider and Stupider, Civilization Will Collapse – Edward Dutton

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Freelance researcher and writer Edward Dutton joins Henrik to talk about his book “At Our Wits’ End: Why We’re Becoming Less Intelligent and What it Means for the Future.” We discuss why people are becoming less intelligent and the cyclical collapse of civilization as a consequence of “progress.” Dutton was born in London in 1980, … Read more

Trade, Factory Orders, Pending home sales

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by WARREN MOSLER Can’t be making Tariff Man happy: Highlights The effects of cross-border trade actions have been difficult to pinpoint in the national economic data but outlines may be appearing in goods trade. The nation’s goods deficit swelled to a much larger-than-expected $79.5 billion in December as exports fell 2.8 percent in the month to … Read more

A Date With ‘Death’ Has Been Set By Democrats—America’s Final Hours Have Begun…

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_CkGOcouRM For More Information See: https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign… https://www.theamericanconservative.c… https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020… https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/op… https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/… https://www.washingtonpost.com/busine…    

The Fed Has Destroyed Price Discovery

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by Chris If you were in a “”market”” where each and every day some major player stepped in to either cap prices (gold/silver) or put very firm floors under each selling moment, making V-bottoms at every slight decline, eventually you’d find that price discovery is utterly destroyed. This is where we find ourselves. After a … Read more

The “”Markets”” Continue…

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by Chris Here’s an update an hour later.  The “”markets”” remain in full lock-up mode. There have been a lot of ridiculous days of obviously stage-managed US equity “”markets”” but today is shaping up to be one of the more blatant examples. And it’s got some stiff competition. Not so coincidentally, Powell is busy answering … Read more

The Doomsday Scenario For The Stock And Housing Bubbles

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Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, It was always folly to believe that inflating asset bubbles could solve the structural problems of a post-industrial economy. The Doomsday Scenario for the stock and housing bubbles is simple: the Fed’s magic fails. When dropping interest rates to zero and flooding the financial sector with loose money … Read more