Month: October 2019

Signs Of The Times? Earthquake Swarms Hit Texas, Oklahoma, San Francisco And The New Madrid Fault Zone

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by Michael Snyder There is a whole lotta shaking going on in America right now, and many people are concerned about what that could potentially mean.  Could it be possible that the U.S. is entering a more seismically active time?  This week alone, we have seen earthquake swarms in Texas, Oklahoma, San Francisco and the … Read more

Tariff-Front-Running Hits US Manufacturing, after Causing Biggest Surge since 2004

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Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Supply chains begin to shift back to US suppliers, “due to tariffs.” Two US manufacturing reports were released this morning, one showing the fastest decline since June 2009, and the other showing an increase in growth, and given the bad numbers recently, the fastest growth in five months. So get ready … Read more

US Gross National Debt Jumps by $1.2 Trillion in Fiscal 2019, to $22.7 Trillion, Hits 106.5% of GDP

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Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter But what happens if there’s actually a recession? The US gross national debt jumped by $110 billion on the last two business days of Fiscal Year 2019, and by a breath-taking $1.2 trillion during the entire fiscal year, after having already jumped by $1.27 trillion in Fiscal 2018, the Treasury Department … Read more

This robot can make 300 pizzas in hour

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Watch out pizza world: this pizza robot could shake things up. Seattle startup Picnic announced Tuesday that it has a developed a unit that can make 300 12-inch pizzas per hour and 180 18-inch pizzas per hour. We are excited to unveil our first-of-its-kind intelligent food assembly platform. See us in action at Seattle's @TMobilePark. To learn … Read more

Americans Spend More on Taxes Than Food, Clothing, Health Care — Combined! LIST: Least Tax-Friendly States…

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Americans on average spent more on taxes in 2018 than they did on the basic necessities of food, clothing and health care combined, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Expenditure Survey. The survey’s recently published Table R-1 for 2018 lists the average “detailed expenditure” of what the BLS calls “consumer units.” “Consumer units,” … Read more

Vatican financial offices were just raided…first time in their history

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via lifesitenews: VATICAN CITY, October 1, 2019 (LifeSiteNews) – Vatican police raided its own Secretariat of State this morning to seize evidence connected to suspicious financial transactions that have been allegedly carried out over time. According to a bulletin released by the Holy See’s Press Office, “documents and electronic devices” were seized from “certain offices of the First … Read more