via LibertyNation: The fiscal black hole surrounding Social Security and Medicare had been talked about long before mankind got its first glimpse of the interstellar phenomenon. Like the particles and electromagnetic radiation absorbed in the galactic monster’s path, the American people face an event horizon, a point of no return. Unless drastic actions are taken by good folks … Read more
via moneymaven: After a brief respite, the yield curve is again flashing a bright recession signal. The curve is inverted in 28 places. Automatic Pilot Spotlight Let’s flashback to Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s statements following the December 19 FOMC meeting. Powell was asked about the Fed’s balance sheet and quantitative tightening. We thought carefully about how to … Read more
via marketwatch: Amid an escalating, tit-for-tat trade battle, some investors fret China could be tempted to sell a large chunk of its stockpile of Treasurys in a bid to raise U.S. government’s borrowing costs when Washington is contending with trillion dollar annual deficits. Hu Xijin, the editor in chief of Chinese state-owned newspaper The Global Times, … Read more
by Jeff Clark, Senior Analyst, GoldSilver.com The data is in: based on a review of reports from multiple consultancies, the silver market has officially entered a supply/demand imbalance. The structure now in place sets up a scenario where a genuine crunch could occur. The silver price has been stuck in a trading range for five years … Read more
Case Freight Index detailing US slowdown pic.twitter.com/VpeMcUmjGw — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) May 14, 2019 looks like the whole trade is starting to unwind pic.twitter.com/Sx5YJyyX3Z — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) May 14, 2019 industrial metals lead the world once again – the world is in a structural decline – stimulus ain't working pic.twitter.com/3R6gvQPtzg — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) May 14, 2019 … Read more
WhatsApp users warned to update NOW as it’s revealed hackers have installed spy software on phones just by CALLING them HACKERS installed spy software on phones using a major WhatsApp flaw just by calling them, it was revealed last night. Even if the call was not picked up, the software would be installed. It gave … Read more
This time it’s about the safe deposit boxes at Metro Bank. By Don Quijones, Spain, UK, & Mexico, editor at WOLF STREET. Shares in Metro Bank, until recently the UK’s fastest growing high street lender, slumped 11% on Monday to £4.75, the lowest level since the bank went public back in 2016. Metro’s shares have lost almost … Read more
DEMOGRAPHY IS CALIFORNIA’S DESTINY: The decline in births and immigration and the aging of the baby boomers mean California, which has traditionally had a relatively young and vibrant population, is rapidly graying. We are becoming more like states in the East and the upper Midwest, while our neighboring states are more like California used to … Read more
via dailycaller: The emails, which were provided to Judicial Watch, show for the first time that the Obama White House was aware of the Clinton-related FOIA request, which the liberal watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) submitted to the State Department in December 2012. The State Department denied the request in May … Read more
He may have driven them crazy, but they were already close enough to walk. via frontpagemag: Madness is the state of losing touch with reality. Trump has managed to twist the Dem sense of reality so badly that party members, especially those in the media, exist in a universe defined entirely by him, by the conspiracies that … Read more
via americanthinker: After the shooting, other than some virtue signaling by the media, the story has left the front pages, as the narrative may be inconvenient for the leftist agenda. CNN and MSNBC have lived up to their reputation as “drive-by media” by quickly moving on. No interviews with David Hogg or other gun control fanatics. … Read more
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Google, Facebook, and Amazon rule internet advertising. Spending on internet advertising in the US jumped 21.8% in 2018 to $107.5 billion, and is up 117% in four years, according to the annual report commissioned by the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) and conducted by PwC. This is the amount that advertisers such as Ford … Read more
by TFittonJW Great Inside Judicial Watch discussion (my colleague Bill Marshall on the right): Latest JW update: https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/judicial-watch-records-obtained-in-court-ordered-discovery-reveal-obama-white-house-tracking-foia-request-for-clinton-emails/ https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/judicial-watch-records-obtained-in-court-ordered-discovery-reveal-obama-white-house-tracking-foia-request-for-clinton-emails/
Over the past few years there has been a large shift in where Millennials are moving. Due to an ever-changing economy, Millennials have had to adjust their plans in order to find affordable places to live and good jobs. As a result, some places have seen a larger influx of Millennials than others. If you’re … Read more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEoIuifVm40 Joe DiGenova and Victoria Toensing join Sebastian in-studio for the first full hour to discuss the entirety of the Mueller probe, the FISA warrant, and the spying scandal against the Trump campaign.
by John W. Whitehead “The framers would be appalled.”—Herman Schwartz, the whim of every cop on the beat, trooper on the highway and jail official“The Fourth Amendment was designed to stand between us and arbitrary governmental authority. For all practical purposes, that shield has been shattered, leaving our liberty and personal integrity subject to” We’ve all been … Read more
Over the past few years, Seattle has become a dumping ground for millions of pounds of garbage, needles, feces, and biohazardous waste, largely emanating from the hundreds of homeless encampments that have sprouted across the city. Now, the Emerald City is on the verge of a full-blown public-health crisis. Last year saw a 400 percent increase in HIV … Read more
Filed under “I did not know that”: Tucker Carlson is talking about Joe Wilson a South Carolina congressmen who yelled out “You lie.” when Obama told a joint session of Congress that healthcare reforms wouldn’t benefit illegal immigrants. AMAZING. Here’s the clip: https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/tucker-carlson-dems-prove-joe-wilson-right-obama-lied-about-illegals-getting-health-care Hugo
U.S. Attorney General for the District of Connecticut John H. Durham announced a federal grand jury has indicted a Connecticut man who allegedly threatened to kill President Donald Trump and others, according to a Department of Justice news release. Federal prosecutors have accused Gary Joseph Gravelle of sending a letter threatening to kill the president in … Read more
France, New Zealand to launch a call to end online extremism PARIS (AP) — The leaders of France and New Zealand will make a joint push to eliminate acts of violent extremism from being shown online, in a meeting with tech leaders in Paris on Wednesday. French President Emmanuel Macron and New Zealand Prime Minister … Read more
As Nielsen chronicles the CNN ratings plunge, and headlines document the CNN staff purge, what options are left for the pioneer in 24-hour cable news? Will it survive by a resort to actual journalism, or will it continue to follow the mad-dog methods of MSNBC. Are we witnessing the final days of the Cable News … Read more
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A California jury has ordered Monsanto to pay more than $2bn to a couple that got cancer after using its weedkiller, marking the third and largest verdict against the company over Roundup. A jury in Oakland ruled on Monday that Monsanto, now owned by the German pharmaceutical corporation Bayer, was liable for the non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL) cancer of … Read more
by John Ward A headline backed up by four facts that the British People refuse to face. ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ This week is Death Awareness Week. Fittingly, Doris Day kicked it off by dying at the age of 97 – followed by a guest on Vine, who seems to have scuppered the latter’s career. Meanwhile, perhaps in recognition of this … Read more
by Martin Armstrong QUESTION #1: Sir, You stated in your blog that Fed may fix 2 and 10 year bond rates. Doesn’t this negate the yield curve concept/ credit theory? Won’t this accelerate the distrust for government? Wont this further accelerate/aggravate the pension crisis? Appreciate you teaching the little guys See you in Oct DK QUESTION … Read more