The Democratic Party Is a “Freak Show”

Via Casey Research Justin’s note: Elizabeth Warren could cost America trillions of dollars. Warren is, of course, a Democratic senator from Massachusetts. She’s also running for president. And like many fellow Democrats, she’s full of wacky ideas. Most recently, she made waves by saying she wants to forgive more than $1 trillion worth of student loans … Read more

MSNBC Anchor BOTCHES New Poll Between The 2020 Dems And Trump

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19RZGNaiefo Mike Brest from The Daily Caller reports, MSNBC afternoon anchor Nicolle Wallace misrepresented a new poll on her show Wednesday that compared individual 2020 Democratic candidates against President Donald Trump in Pennsylvania. Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: https://dailycaller.com/2019/05/15/ms…  

What Is Causing Extremely Bizarre Weather Patterns To Hammer The Middle Of The U.S. Over And Over Again?

by Michael Snyder The middle of the country has never seen anything quite like this.  As 2019 began, the central portion of the nation was relentlessly hammered by bitter cold and massive snow storms, and many were hoping for better things once spring arrived.  But then in March the flooding began, and it hasn’t stopped … Read more

The Bulls Are Betting On A “Long Shot”

Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, Over the last several weeks, we have been discussing the potential for a market correction simply due to divergences in the technical indicators which suggested near-term market risk outweighed the reward. Then, the White House reignited the “trade war” with China. To wit: “The “Trade War” is not a good thing for … Read more

FITTON: ENORMOUS:AG Barr serious about investigating Spygate abuses

by TFittonJW Mueller anti-Trump “pitbull” Weissmann behind hires for anti-Trump Mueller Op PLUS Bruce Ohr and Obama State Dept conspired to target Trump AFTER 2016 election. Big Judicial Watch Update! This is what heavy lifting looks like: https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/judicial-watch-releases-email-exchange-between-state-department-official-and-bruce-ohr-targeting-trump-with-steele-dossier-material/ https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/judicial-watch-obtains-doj-documents-showing-andrew-weissmann-leading-hiring-effort-for-mueller-special-counsel/ And the President tweeted my Judicial Watch work out over a dozen times! Quite the week… … Read more

Banks Sending Bearish Message To Stocks

by Kimble Charting Quality bull markets prefer to see Banks stronger than the broad markets or at least keeping up with it. Concerns often crop up when banks reflect relative weakness compared to the S&P. This chart looks at the Bank Index (BKX) over the past few years, reflecting a falling channel of lower highs and lower lows … Read more

SPX: Current price/revenue is the highest ever, while margins are also the highest ever. A mean reversion (or even halfway to mean reversion) in either one spells trouble.

via @pianomikey1: $STUDY $SPX Compare: current price/revenue is the highest ever, while margins are also the highest ever. A mean reversion (or even halfway to mean reversion) in either one spells trouble. No recession necessary. H/T @yardeni for charts, @hussmanjp for the idea.  

US trade talks with China have stalled: Sources

Trade talks between the U.S. and China appear to have stalled. China has not shown willingness to revisit past commitments it made that it reneged on earlier this month. Sources say scheduling discussions have not taken place since the Trump administration ratcheted up its scrutiny of Chinese telecom companies. https://www.cnbc.com/2019/05/17/us-china-trade-talks-have-stalled-sources.html?__source=iosappshare%7Ccom.apple.UIKit.activity.CopyToPasteboard

How Trump Saved the Union

by Wayne Allyn Root  I’m certain from the letters I get from liberal critics, every time that I report that President Trump has saved the US economy, they claim I’m lying. And conversely, every time I report Obama ruined the US economy, they claim I’m lying. Well the proof is out. Liberals, as usual, are wrong on everything. How … Read more

Ron Paul: US Neocons Are RAGING MAD As Venezuela Peace Talks Open In Norway

by Ron Paul of Ron Paul Liberty Report The last time negotiations were planned between Venezuelan government and opposition forces, opposition leader (and US puppet) Guaido launched his ill-fated coup and the talks were scuttled. Today a new effort, brokered by Norway, is being launched to solve the conflict without further bloodshed. What kind of monkey wrench will … Read more

This is how they sustain the War on Terror: US ‘accidentally’ kills more than a dozen Afghan policemen in an airstrike after a ‘miscommunication’

by axolotl_peyotl https://www.businessinsider.in/The-US-accidentally-killed-more-than-a-dozen-Afghan-policemen-in-an-airstrike-after-a-miscommunication/articleshow/69378923.cms   It’s truly revolting how many individuals can stand to justify these incidents as an unfortunate byproduct of the “fog of war.” Fuck off. It’s 2019. If the US is going to wage genocidal regime operation wars, they sure as hell better use their technology to make sure they do it right. There is simply … Read more

Five years in prison for offending someone online…

by Simon Black Let the weekly absurdity begin! New SAT scoring will combat Asian privilege The infamous SAT has been used since 1926 as a sort of university entrance exam to objectively test high school students’ scholastic aptitude. Until now. Test administrators announced plans this week to include an ‘adversity score’ for every student taking the … Read more