by Martin Armstrong QUESTION: Hi Martin, You mentioned in a 2016 blog post that “We will probably see the end of this Social Security program by 2021.772 (October 9, 2021)”. Does this forecast still have a high probability of occurring? If so, won’t this be devastating to retirees, especially those with little or no retirement savings? … Read more
by Troy As the stock market retreats from all-time highs, perhaps this is the start of the pullback/correction that everyone’s been waiting for. I don’t know – I don’t focus on the short term. With that being said, here are some bullish and bearish factors for the stock market. Go here to understand our fundamentals-driven long term … Read more
by Shaun Richards Some days a topic appears that has become an economic theme plus links with the discussions of earlier in the week and today is such a day. Since late summer last year we have began observing some backfires in the engine of the German economy and that turned into a second half … Read more
Chinese Spies Recruiting Resistance Radicals Inside U.S. Intelligence Community OAN Newsroom UPDATED 8:56 AM PT – Tuesday, April 23, 2019 New scrutiny is being placed on the intelligence community after the recent arrest of a longtime Chinese spy raises red flags about their recruitment efforts. One America’s Jack Posobiec has more. We need a espionage … Read more
by Mac Slavo of SHTFplan Millennial and generation Z workers are becoming increasingly miserable with their jobs and careers. Since we are told several times a day by the media that the economy is booming, why are so many young workers so disastrously melancholy all the time? The mental well being of the American worker hit an all-time … Read more
by Egon von Greyerz Why do 99.9% of investors not own gold? Due to my interest and activity, I clearly meet a higher percentage than the 0.1% who both understand and own gold. But I also meet a lot of people who have been indoctrinated by their investment advisors and the media about gold’s uselessness. … Read more
American satellite companies like Boeing, SSL, and the Carlyle Group are helping China’s military police with mass surveillance and monitoring of the Chinese people, including Uighur Muslims in Xinjiang, China island building in the South China Sea, and broadcasting state-run propaganda. A Wall Street Journal expose uncovers how the Chinese state and US companies have … Read more
Authored by Gordon Chang via The Gatestone Institute, The continued defiance of Hong Kong’s people in the face of Chinese repression is inspiring resistance in Taiwan. “In the early 1980s the ‘one country, two systems’ concept was created for Taiwan, not for Hong Kong,” said Ma Ying-jeou to Al Jazeera when he was Taiwan’s president in September 2014. … Read more
by Charles Hugh-Smith Ironically, their ample compensation allows them to avoid the poor-quality services they’ve designed for everyone below them. If we define middle class by the security of household income and what that income can buy rather than by an income level, what do we conclude? We have little choice but to conclude the middle class is decaying, both in the … Read more
WSJ EDITORIAL: A Real Attorney General: Bill Barr gets smeared for refusing to duck and cover like Loretta Lynch. Washington pile-ons are never pretty, but this week’s political setup of Attorney General William Barr is disreputable even by Beltway standards. Democrats and the media are turning the AG into a villain for doing his duty and making … Read more