by Raúl Ilargi Meijer Raphael The school of Athens 1509-11 Allow me to start with a question: Has anyone seen any of the main newspapers and networks who went after Donald Trump for 3 years accusing him of colluding with “the Russians”, apologize to either Trump, or to their readers and viewers, for spreading all that fake news … Read more
via tomluongo: Germany is the key to the EU economy. This is not news. What is news is that Germany’s economy is in the toilet. Not slowing down…. not hitting some bumps. The Germans are industrial and exporting powerhouses. And the trends for those two things have been in decline for over a year. Balance of … Read more
by DCG The “democratic political professional student” worked for U.S. Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and previously worked for Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA). He also previously worked or was an intern with the office of Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA). As reported by NY Post: A former Democratic congressional staffer pleaded guilty Friday to federal charges after he posted leaked personal information about Republican senators … Read more
by Dr. Eowyn A survey of 1,000 U.S. teens ages 13-18 released this week by youth organization Junior Achievement USA and Citizens Bank found that: About 1 in 3 teens don’t believe they’ll be financially independent from their parents by age 30. 44% think they’ll be saving for retirement by 30. 43% think they’ll have paid off student … Read more
• 74% of Americans say Hillary Clinton’s use of a personal email to conduct government business while secretary of state is a “serious” problem; 81% of Republicans, 70% of independents and 73% of Democrats agree. • 59% say the practice was “illegal”; 68% of Republicans, 61% of independents and 49% of Democrats agree. • 28% overall … Read more
by TFittonJW Here is our latest Judicial Watch Update! https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/judicial-watch-sues-state-department-for-obama-ambassador-victoria-nulands-communications-related-to-the-anti-trump-dossier/ Judicial Watch filed the suit after the State Department failed to respond to a November 1, 2018, FOIA request (Judicial Watch v. U.S. Department of State (No. 1:19-cv-00574)). Judicial Watch seeks: Any and all records of communication between Ambassador Victoria Nuland and any of … Read more
Steven breaks down why CNN’s Brian Stelter is a piece of sh*t. h/t DS
People are receiving “NOTICE TO SURRENDER AIRGUN” letters now. PIC OF NOTICE: h/t Voluntaryist
via studyfinds.org: NEW YORK — How much free time do you get to enjoy each week? If you’re like the most people, it’s hardly enough to even be excited about. A new survey finds that the average American adult logs just four hours and 26 minutes of time to themselves in a given week. And if that … Read more
by Charles Hugh-Smith Central bankers and media handlers must be laughing at how easy it is to slaughter the Bears and doubters with another fake-news round of trade-deal rumors and another Fed parrot being prompted to repeat some dovish mumbo-jumbo. It’s not just tough being a Bear in a market rigged by trade deal rumors, … Read more
The jobs numbers! The Jobs numbers! It’s like Christmas for those in stocks. Guaranteed to be positive. They could fire 1 million people tomorrow but the jobs numbers show +200,000 and the market would roar higher. Get your facts straight. The U3 rate is fake. The jobs numbers don’t give you a picture of the … Read more
Collin Rugg from I Love My Freedom reports, During his show last weekend, Greg Gutfeld put together a montage of Rachel Maddow who is notorious for her far Left Trump-Russian collusion conspiracy theories which were recently debunked with the release of Attorney General William Barr’s summary of the Mueller report. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwBZz7mG-GY Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: https://ilovemyfreedom.org/watch-greg… … Read more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdsB4Oi1jHc President Donald Trump shared one hysterically funny and apt meme mocking Creepy Uncle Joe Biden after the former VP tried in vain to explain his habit of grabbing and touching people inappropriately, Breitbart reports. Bwahahaha! Biden published a video on Twitter on Wednesday indicating that he had received the message from several different women … Read more
via @hks55: Ray Dalio says the economy looks like 1937 and a downturn is coming in about two years
via upfina: The MBA mortgage applications index in the week of March 29th was very strong mostly because of the growth in refinancing due to the drop in interest rates. The composite index increased 18.6% on top 8.9% growth in the prior week. Weekly purchase index growth was 3% on top of 6% growth. The spring selling … Read more
via themarketear: Note that despite VIX falling to new recent lows, the ratio between 2 vs 8 mths refuses coming much lower. People have the October sell off in “fresh” memory and front month hedges are in relatively high demand. Bloomberg PLC a day ago at 15:10 Ramp up…but not in volumes. DOW volumes continue lower… … Read more
by Jim Quinn So the deficit is up $700 billion in the first six months, but the CBO is predicting a $900 billion deficit for the full year. With the economy slowing dramatically and corporate profits declining, revenues will decline in the 2nd half of the year. Does anyone think spending will slow down? We … Read more
Authored by José Antonio Ocampo, formerly United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, via Project Syndicate, This year, the world commemorates the anniversaries of two key events in the development of the global monetary system. The first is the creation of the International Monetary Fund at the Bretton Woods conference 75 years ago. The second is … Read more
by Thinker For every politician and negative voice calling the crisis on the border a hoax, you are a liar, who only seeks to divide and keep hate alive. When was the last time Americans saw and heard from the men and women on the border, and what their lives are like trying to defend … Read more
via nypost: Last year, socialite Jean Shafiroff was in the market for a new car. “I always thought it would be fun to have a pink convertible,” she said. “But my husband made it clear that we can only drive gray or black cars now. “It’s not cool to be too flashy,” Shafiroff, 64, added of … Read more
Prince Harry has described social media as “more addictive than drugs and alcohol” as he hit out at the impact it is having on children and young people. The Duke of Sussex made the comment as he was visiting a YMCA centre in West London to focus on the stigma that still exists around mental … Read more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmJyEMe3X3E Yep…it’s Left vs Right, dog and pony, bread and circuses rhetoric which serves to distract, deceive and divide us all so that we can be more easily controlled by the powers-that-shouldn’t be. It is, nonetheless, quite humorous to witness the actors play their part on the world’s stage. AC
“Last week, President Donald Trump’s transportation secretary, Elaine Chao, told senators that a gas tax hike was on the table when asked whether the White House would support such a move. And this week, Democrats are indicating that they too are ready to consider a tax increase — an effort that would fund publicly popular infrastructure improvements … Read more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkpknNQprPw The UK Prime Minister has written to the president of the European Council, asking for yet another Brexit delay, this time until June 30th. Anastasia Churkina reports on what Theresa May hopes will be her bargaining chip. READ MORE: https://on.rt.com/9rjz
by John Ward The pointless referendum that led to a pointed betrayal of Brexit has been, for most voters, a painful exercise in anger and tedium. But the learning experience mustn’t be wasted. In particular, it’s time to start seeing it as nothing more than one symptom along one dimension of a massive global trend: the … Read more