Censorship Tightens As Governments Lose Control

Authored by Tom Luongo, Governments have lost control of the narrative that they are in control of events. Everyday I wake up to another instance of outrageous censorship from some ‘social media’ company blocking or banning someone for no apparent reason. The latest outrage is Twitter banning the account of Wikileaks publisher Julian Assange’s mother, Christine. Australian … Read more

Why The Fed Keeps Propping Up The Market

by Jesse Colombo The bull market of the past decade since the Great Recession has been an unusual one: despite all of the economic damage that occurred during the global financial crisis and rising risks (including global debt rising by $75 trillion), it has been the longest bull market in history. The explanation for this paradox is … Read more

ACCOUNTABILITY IS FOR THE LITTLE PEOPLE: Fremont Destroyed Decades of Police Misconduct Records Shortly Before Transparency Law Took Effect.

via kqed.org: Last year, while state lawmakers were considering a landmark bill to open up previously confidential police misconduct records to the public, the city of Fremont quietly destroyed a large archive of papers, cassettes and computer files documenting over four decades of internal affairs investigations and citizen complaints. It is not known if the destroyed … Read more

Health Is Part Of Your Financial Plan

by Richard Rosso How’s the diet going? How much weight have you lost? How many hours of sleep do you get a night? Welcome to client/advisor conversations of the future. And the future is now. It’s easy to comprehend how unhealthy people accumulate less wealth, may be forced to retire sooner and suffer shorter life expectancies. … Read more

Democrats: The Party of Cheaters

by Wayne Allyn Root Last week the biggest news story in America was the college cheating scandal. Wealthy arrogant parents cheated and bribed to get their children into elite colleges. Democrat politicians acted outraged. But why would anyone in the Democrat Party be shocked by cheating. It’s in their DNA. Look at their presidential candidates. Elizabeth Warren cheated … Read more

One Last Warning For The U.S. Shale Patch

By Arthur Berman Oil price lost 44% of its value late last year. That price collapse was a signal to tight oil companies to stop over-producing. The message will be repeated until action results. From October 3 to December 24 2018, WTI fell from $76.41 to $42.53 (Figure 1). Figure 1. The oil-price collapse of … Read more

Baltimore mayor Pugh resigns from university medical board after her book deal with them is exposed

by DCG From Baltimore Sun: Baltimore Mayor Catherine E. Pugh has resigned from the board of the University of Maryland Medical System following a controversy involving a deal with the hospital system to buy her children’s books. Last week, Pugh (demorat) and others on the health system’s board were criticized by Gov. Larry Hogan (R) and top … Read more

Risks of Financial Instability “Appear to Be Elevated But Contained”: Australia’s Central Bank on Housing Bust

Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Crackdown on lending shenanigans and bank misconduct plus an onslaught of new condos at worst possible time worry the RBA. The Reserve Bank of Australia has kept its policy rate at the historic low of 1.5% for the 31st month in a row, to do what it can to keep Australia’s … Read more

HERE’S GRAPHIC PROOF OF MSM ANTI-TRUMP BIAS

This is a great example of how smart, honest journalists can use the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) not only as a resource for holding government accountable but also each other. The Washington Free Beacon’s Brent Scher used the government’s online FOIA database to count FOIA requests submitted to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) by the New York Times, … Read more

You don’t want to be a science denier, do you?

THE SCIENCE IS SETTLED: Research Shows Gun Control Laws Do Not Reduce Violent Crime or Suicides. “California’s comprehensive background check and misdemeanor violence prohibition policies and firearm mortality” by Daniel Webster, ScD, MPH, Garen Wintemute, MD, MPH, et al, in February’s Annals of Epidemiology. We love this one, because it is one of the few from … Read more

KIRA DAVIS: 8 Alternatives to College Financially Strapped Families Should Consider.

via medium:   For parents (and students) who might be out there right now fretting over college tuition and applications and aren’t rich Hollywood players , here are some college alternatives to consider. Free yourself from the “labels” of elite institutions. If they’re thinking of becoming a lawyer (but seriously, how many more of those do we … Read more

I’M BEGINNING TO HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THIS ROBERT O’ROURKE FELLOW:

● Peak 2020: Beto Once Presented a “Verdant Turd” to His Wife as an Avocado. ● Beto O’Rourke ate dirt after losing to Ted Cruz. ● Baristas to Beto: Get off the countertops. I’m hope you’re sitting down for this last item: ● O’Rourke rocked by major scandal: He once supported basic fiscal responsibility. If 2016 was any indication, that’s … Read more

Elizabeth Warren DECLARES She’ll ELIMINATE The Electoral College Then Trump Hits Her in the Face

Amanda Becker from Yahoo News reports, Senator Elizabeth Warren, one of more than a dozen Democrats vying for the 2020 presidential nomination, at a CNN Town Hall on Monday explicitly called for the scrapping of the electoral college, for the First time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3fGneW4Kyk Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: https://news.yahoo.com/warren-calls-s…