via Zerohedge: One trading day after we reported that China was “Hit By “Significant Banking Stress” as SHIBOR tumbled to recession levels, and less than a week after we warned that China’s interbank market was freezing up in the aftermath of the Baoshang Bank collapse and subsequent seizure, which led to a surge in interbank repo rates and a … Read more
BY JOHN RUBINO It’s been a pretty good couple of months for precious metals, but more so for gold than silver. Both are up but gold is up more, and the imbalance that this creates might be one of the major investment themes of the next few years. The gold/silver ratio – that is, how many … Read more
by David Haggith The S&P 500 is up 18% and powering toward its biggest first half since 1997. For bulls, things are great. Will they get any better? To a handful of cross-asset strategists who turned skeptical on stocks before this week’s manic sessions, that’s becoming the most pressing question. Increasingly, their answer is: not likely. However spectacular the real-time reaction … Read more
by visualcapitalist Changing healthcare models, groundbreaking advancements in the health technology sector, and shifting standards of patient care—they’re all contributing to a new era of medicine. But arguably one of the biggest changes will be the faces that greet us at a clinic or hospital. Today’s infographic from Publicis Health illustrates the emerging generation of millennial doctors, and … Read more
Via IMF blog, Where will the next financial crisis come from? The short answer is: We don’t know. We can, however, look for vulnerabilities in the system that, if left untreated, can develop into problems. What do we mean by a vulnerability? It is an area of weakness that can amplify and spread an unexpected economic shock, … Read more
by Kimble Charting The stock market has been on fire of late, rallying up to the edge of price resistance on several indexes. Today, we look at one of those stock market indexes: the Wilshire 5000. The Wilshire 5000 tracks all of the stocks in the US market, so it is a broad-based index that carries significant importance when … Read more
by Ron Paul President Trump did the smart thing last week by calling off a US airstrike on Iran over the downing of an American spy drone near or within Iranian territorial waters. According to press reports, the president over-ruled virtually all his top advisors – Bolton, Pompeo, and Haspel – who all wanted another undeclared … Read more
Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton appeared on “Lou Dobbs Tonight” to discuss AG Bill Barr’s review of the origin of the Russia Probe, the FBI feeding the New York Times a story on Jared Kushner, Rep. Nunes’s letter to the FBI about an additional Russia investigation scope memos, and more! Read more HERE https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/judicial-watch-new-strzok-page-emails-reveal-fbi-efforts-to-muddle-comey-testimony-on-clinton-emails-fbi-media-collusion/ … Read more
Heres the original article: https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/08/19/490624225/surveillance-stills-from-border-patrol-facilities-show-crowded-trash-filled-cell Its dated August 19th, 2016 with a pic thats from August 2015. Its all irrelevant because Trump wasnt inaugurated until January of 2017. The article and pic have nothing to do with Trump… AC
The gatekeeper of information is taking a very active approach to curating it to influence outcomes that are desirable for them. GOOGLE INSIDER: “They’re not an objective source of information. They are a highly biased political machine that is bent on never letting somebody like @RealDonaldTrump come to power again.” GOOGLE INSIDER: "They’re not an … Read more
From the Slope of Hope: Yesterday, without even looking for it, I stumbled across this headline from an interview in the spring of 2016: That’s quite a promise! Well, in case you haven’t heard yet, Trump got elected by the Electoral College later that same year, and he’s in his third year of his Presidency right now. Let’s check … Read more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXX81uhHVvY Ben Swann ON: CREDIT to Pres. TRUMP for Calling Off Retalitory Strikes on IRAN
by TFittonJW Massive Update: https://www.mediaite.com/trump/msnbcs-joy-reid-rips-media-for-burying-latest-trump-sexual-assault-allegation/ No one is doing more heavy lifting: https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/california-begins-massive-voter-roll-clean-up-notifies-up-to-1-5-million-inactive-voters-as-part-of-judicial-watch-lawsuit-settlement/ https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/judicial-watch-new-strzok-page-emails-reveal-fbi-efforts-to-muddle-comey-testimony-on-clinton-emails-fbi-media-collusion/ https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/judicial-watch-releases-testimony-of-clinton-email-administrator-clinton-lawyer-cheryl-mills-communicated-with-him-a-week-prior-to-testimony/ https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/judicial-watch-statement-on-supreme-court-ruling-world-war-i-veterans-memorial-cross-will-remain-standing/
Just when it seems Facebook can’t get more sinister, more Orwellian or more mercenary, it does — announcing its own branded global cryptocurrency. Does this strike anyone else as terrifying? A company that has operated with impunity, under zero federal regulations, whose CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, has been called — in a hapless act of political … Read more
An oil carrier the size of nearly three football fields has been delivered to its new owner in northeast China. It is the first “smart” carrier in the world, and has a loading capacity of 308,000 tons. The main feature of the vessel ‘New Journey,’ which belongs to the very large crude carrier (VLCC) type, … Read more
Farmers across the nation–and indeed the world–are calling out in unison about a catastrophic growing season. Many are “cold and wet.” Others are suffering from violent hailstorms. All are more volatile as the growing zones shift. Ensure your family’s food security going forward: start growing your own food today. h/t Ostria1
The Trump administration is working on regulations that will require health care providers and insurers to tell patients how much a service will cost before they get it. President Trump, in an executive order issued Monday, directed the Department of Health and Human Services and other agencies to put out rules requiring hospitals disclose prices that reflect … Read more
“For $4,500, a sponsor gets two tickets to a pre-debate reception on June 26 and two tickets to both debate nights. For $3,000, a sponsor will get the two tickets to the reception and two tickets for one of the debate nights, though it is unclear if the person gets to pick which night. A … Read more
pic.twitter.com/GY34Y0OeAS — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 24, 2019
Former Republican South Carolina Rep. Trey Gowdy said Sunday that his “perspective” of the special counsel’s investigation changed after he saw a transcript of an interaction between the FBI and a Trump campaign associate believed to be George Papadopoulos. “I was supportive of [Robert] Mueller. I was supportive of the idea to initiate, to investigate … Read more
Bernie Sanders, the 2020 hopeful, is set to announce on Monday a policy proposal that would eliminate all $1.6 trillion of American student debt, according to a report. The Democratic presidential candidate’s new proposal calls for the federal government to wipe clean the student debt held by 45 million Americans, including all private and graduate … Read more
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — A rally against pro-Beijing Taiwanese media was held on Sunday afternoon, with tens of thousands of people pouring out on Ketagalan Boulevard in Taipei despite intermittent rain. Media outlets that engage in “brainwashing people” or “idolizing particular politicians” with untruthful news reports “should get out of Taiwan,” said Guan Chang, a … Read more
This is why Jimmy Dore is my Favorite REAL Liberal AC
