by Alan Heres the REAL reasons why 90% of the population wouldnt survive 6 months without power. If a solar event like that of 1859 happened today the power grid would be wiped out and people would be left to fend for themselves. An electromagnetic pulse caused naturally or by man would obliterate the power grid. … Read more
[snip] [sic] [C]hild trafficker has gone on the record and confessed during a filmed interview to selling thousands of children into sex slavery and admitted to killing hundreds that he was “unable to sell.” British investigative journalist, Ross Kemp, tracked down and interviewed the child trafficker, who admits that he has lost count of how … Read more
Small and medium-sized enterprises in China, under pressure from Washington’s trade war, are studying the possibility of moving production to Russia. That’s according to the secretary general of the China Overseas Development Association (CODA), He Zhenwei, who talked to RIA Novosti ahead of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF). Trade between China and the … Read more
The Trump administration is planning a large-scale deportation operation that would include migrant families who did not show up in court to learn their asylum claims had been denied and they had been ordered deported. Mark Morgan, acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, on Tuesday told reporters the agency is moving forward on a … Read more
Many Chinese businesses are listed on U.S. stock exchanges, but Beijing’s intransigence ensures that American investors often don’t get a true picture of those companies’ financial health. Chinese practices undermine the fair and transparent financial reporting at the heart of American capital markets. In December 2018, the SEC and PCAOB acknowledged that “for investors — … Read more
The numbers: Private-sector employers hired just 27,000 people in May, payroll processor ADP said Wednesday. That badly missed the forecast of 175,000 jobs from economists surveyed by Econoday. What happened: Small business slashed 52,000 jobs in May, ADP said. Medium-sized firms added 11,000, and large companies added 68,000. Goods-producing industries shed 43,000 jobs, mostly concentrated in a 36,000 … Read more
by El_Trod Something I was never offered in high school and I wish I was, was a driving class that you got your hands dirty with. Luckily, I have some very mechanically talented family members who I’ve been able to walk through issues with. I have the ability to change my brakes or change the … Read more
by searediPodReduction I see quite a few threads on this sub asking about taxes and pay as an “independent contractor” or “1099 employee” where the OP goes on to say they have a set schedule, set work assignments, and get paid at regular intervals. This IS NOT what an independent contractor is, and there’s a … Read more
Assets as of Jan 2/19 = $4.058 Trillion Assets as of May 31/19 = $3.851 Trillion https://www.federalreserve.gov/monetarypolicy/bst_recenttrends.htm This investopedia page explains it very well imo. h/t NineteenEighty9
by Mr_Find_Value I’m posting my (short) story to hopefully save people some money. I always knew I wanted to be an investor. When I joined the military the classes I paid most attention to were the personal finance ones. My first paycheck went right into my savings, and I built up quite a reserve during my … Read more
US has 2nd-highest production share of global manufacturing, but not based on employment share @CreditSuisse @SoberLook @thomsonreuters pic.twitter.com/03Wrw60WQZ — Liz Ann Sonders (@LizAnnSonders) June 3, 2019
by TFittonJW Truth-telling from Judicial Watch: Mueller push for impeachment shows how the whole Mueller special counsel operation was part of the coup cabal targeting @RealDonaldTrump. pic.twitter.com/XSObw2c1QQ — Tom Fitton (@TomFitton) June 4, 2019 Judicial Watch announced today the U.S. Department of Justice released 73 pages of records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) containing text … Read more
One of the most enduring mysteries for North Carolinians is the Lost Colony. A group of English settlers founded a colony on Roanoke Island in 1587. The leader of the colony, John White, returned to England for supplies. When he returned in 1590, he found no sign of the settlers. The only clue was the … Read more
Germany’s biggest lender, Deutsche Bank, has taken control of 20 tons of gold belonging to Venezuela as collateral after Caracas defaulted on a gold swap agreement valued at US$750 million. The seizure comes as part of a deal clinched between the Bolivarian Republic and the lender as early as 2016, Bloomberg reports. Under the terms … Read more
(CNN)The red meat or white meat debate is a draw: Eating white meat, such as poultry, will have an identical effect on your cholesterol level as eating red beef, new research indicates. The long-held belief that eating white meat is less harmful for your heart may still hold true, because there may be other effects … Read more
China launched a rocket from a pad at sea for the first time today (June 5), making it the third nation to successfully demonstrate the ability to launch satellites into orbit from a floating platform (following the U.S. and Russia). The Long March 11 rocket lifted off from a floating launch pad in the Yellow … Read more
by Dave Kranzler of Investment Research Dynamics “U.S. Officials Meet in Secret Over Junk-Loan Frenzy as Recession Alarms Flash” U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Thursday led a secret meeting of top U.S. financial regulators on the risks to global markets from the recent surge in corporate borrowing…”No details were provided on the gist of the discussion, though … Read more
via Zerohedge: The bear case for U.S. stocks is getting more compelling by the day, according to Bloomberg macro strategist Mark Cudmore. Via Bloomberg, There’s been a remarkable deterioration in the macro environment since my column last week, yet U.S. equities have gained in value. This divergence is unsustainable but it’s a reminder that bear markets take many months to … Read more
by axolotl_peyotl Sadly, much of the population is being spoon-fed propaganda, and TDS and other manufactured issues are preventing actual discourse from leading to tangible change. Lee Camp nails it with the following list, as the propagandists in the Mockingbird Media have been working overtime to discredit Assange: It is politically inconvenient at this time for … Read more
Jason talks about US Presidents from both major political parties threatening and bullying Fed Chairmen decades before President Trump did it with Jerome “Jay” Powell This biased, poorly researched article from Politico last week inspired this video: The Fed’s dangerous ‘new normal.’ Is the Fed becoming the president’s piggy bank of choice? https://www.politico.com/agenda/story… Additional … Read more
