Shilling: A U.S. Recession May Have Started This Quarter

by FS A U.S. recession probably started in the current quarter. First quarter real GDP growth, 3.2% at annual rates, was temporarily inflated by a jump in inventories, which contributed 0.65 percentage point to growth. This was no doubt unintended and undesired due to weaker-than-expected sales by manufacturing wholesalers and retailers and the resulting jumps … Read more

When It Comes To Governments, Local Is Better

Local government is close to the people’s needs. Because it doesn’t worry about global or even regional issues it can concentrate on improving conditions right at the level of the citizen. When large governmental entities arise, they do stupid things like the EU, importing immigrants completely foreign to the culture and traditions of the citizens. … Read more

TheHill: “Schiff blasts Trump’s ‘un-American’ order to intel agencies to cooperate with Barr probe”

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) blasted a Thursday evening order by President Trump ordering intelligence agencies to cooperate with Attorney General William Barr’s investigation into possible “spying” on Trump’s 2016 campaign, calling it “un-American.” https://thehill.com/homenews/house/445357-schiff-blasts-trumps-un-american-order-to-intel-agencies-to-cooperate-with Comment from the article: L1bertyHawk And so it begins. https://thehill.com/homenews/house/445357-schiff-blasts-trumps-un-american-order-to-intel-agencies-to-cooperate-with?mode=comments#comment-4474765906 Adam Schiff Verified account @RepAdamSchiff While Trump stonewalls … Read more

San Francisco: An Expensive, Shit-Coverd Cesspool Marked By Crime And Depression

Via ZeroHedge Thanks to high-crime, squalor, relaxed drug laws and an excruciatingly high cost of living, San Francisco has become one of the nation’s most depressing places to live, according to the City-Journal‘s Erica Sandberg. And it’s not just the shit-covered streets which require highly-compensated “poop patrollers” to try and keep up with the fecal fiasco, or the thousands of used drug needles littering the ground, … Read more

Assange Faces 170 Years in Prison as US Adds Charges Under Espionage Act

by axolotl_peyotl via antiwar: As the US prepares to try to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange through extradition, the Justice Department has revealed a new series of charges against him. Assange would face 170 years in US prison if convicted. The new allegations include 17 separate charges under the Espionage Act. According to the Justice Department, the charges … Read more

Brennan panicking and openly calling for Coates and Gina Haspel to defy AG Barr to protect him. MSNBC and CNN dutifully protect the poor defenseless CIA.

John Brennan: I’m not going to get into the specifics as you can imagine, but I am deeply, deeply concerned about what is going on right now, and how Mr. Trump is right now is authorizing what appears to be his personal attorney to pursue these efforts inside the intelligence community-the agencies, and to uncover … Read more

Greg Hunter: President Trump Has Shifted The Russian Collusion Hoax Into High Gear

Greg Hunter gives The Weekly News Wrap-Up for Friday, May 24th, 2019 Last night, President Trump kicked the Trump-Russian collusion hoax investigation into high gear. Trump ordered “the intelligence community to quickly and fully cooperate with the Attorney General’s investigation into surveillance activities during the 2016 presidential election.” President Trump is also giving the authority to declassify … Read more

Let The Chips Fall Where They May

by Dana Lyons Market-leading semiconductor stocks are plunging – is it do or die for this key sector? As the stock market engineered its historic 1st quarter rally off of the December lows, one industries leading the way was the semiconductor stocks. Not only did the group gain over 20% for the 1st quarter, as measured by … Read more

Eric Sprott: Recession is coming. Are you ready?

Eric Sprott interviewed by Craig Hemke on The Weekly Wrap-Up May 24, 2019 The trade war is heating up and spreading out, the stock market is showing signs of weakness, and all indications point to a recession. Central Banks are buying up gold. Should you follow their lead? Eric Sprott joins us once again with all the gold and … Read more