France Bans Nativity Scene from Pubic Property

by Martin Armstrong France has banned the display of any Nativity scenes from public property which has many French quite upset that because of the large Muslim population, the very culture of France has been changed. It is interesting that normally people migrate because they want to be part of that culture. That has not … Read more

Fund Manager: Why Can’t The Fed Just Print Money And Drive The Markets Higher, Forever?

by Dave Kranzler of Investment Research Dynamics The title quote is from Tad Rivelle, Chief Investment Officer of TCW (Los Angeles based fixed income management company), who manages one of the largest actively managed bond funds. He goes on to comment about the implications of the negative rate policy that has been implemented by Japan and the EU: … Read more

Stock market returns from 2010-2019 have not matched the 1980s and 1990s

by chargum It seems like everyone on this board is saying the stock market returns from 2010-2019 are unprecedented and better than any time in stock market history. This is false! 1980-1989 Nominal CAGR 16.16% (10.52% Real- Inflation Adjusted) 1990-1999 Nominal CAGR 17.27% (13.94% Real- Inflation Adjusted) 2010-2019 Nominal CAGR 13.09% (11.12% Real Inflation Adjusted) … Read more

David Morgan: US On Trajectory To System-Wide Collapse, Jobs & Retirement Dollars Will be Lost

by David Morgan of The Morgan Report Pension Schemes in EU Show Big Shortfalls | https://www.themorganreport.com Millions of retirees and workers are at risk of losing their multiemployer pension benefits because their plans are forecasted to become insolvent in the near future. This would lead to these retirees receiving just a portion of their pensions. Eu’s crisis also puts … Read more

Repocalypse: The Second Coming

by David Haggith This little monster that feeds beneath the surface of global banking at its core briefly raised one ugly eye out of the water as 2018 turned into 2019. I wrote back then that the interest spike we saw in the kind of overnight interbank lending known as repurchase agreements (repos) was just the … Read more

Rand Paul: “The establishment were swearing Trump was going to start multiple nuclear wars – Now they are mad because he is STOPPING two wars.

FLASHBACK: Senator Rand Paul Verified account @RandPaul I’m going to start out with a grievance against the entire foreign policy establishment of Washington DC, who 2 years ago were swearing that Donald Trump was going to start multiple nuclear wars or something. Senator Rand Paul Verified account @RandPaul Now they are mad because he is … Read more

Jon Stewart’s ‘Daily Show’ Called Out Joe Biden for ‘Groping’ Back in 2015

The Daily Show with Jon StewartGet More: Daily Show Full Episodes,The Daily Show on Facebook,Daily Show Video Archive Joe Biden was called out by Jon Stewart and the “Daily Show” for “groping” women back in 2015, video from the Comedy Central archives show. In a segment that also featured then-show correspondent Samantha Bee, Stewart played multiple … Read more

VOX: “How Trump took over America’s courts” Washington Post: “ensuring a conservative tilt for decades and cementing his legacy no matter the outcome of November’s election.”

VOX: “How Trump took over America’s courts” The Washington Post: 1 in every 4 circuit court judges is now a Trump appointee Dec. 21, 2019 at 7:32 p.m. EST After three years in office, President Trump has remade the federal judiciary, ensuring a conservative tilt for decades and cementing his legacy no matter the outcome of … Read more

FITTON: MASSIVE: DOJ/State Sent Six Lawyers to Federal Court to Try to Shut Down Judicial Watch Clinton Email/Benghazi Case

by TFittonJW  Judicial Watch today announced that a hearing was ordered to be held in federal court before U.S. District Judge Royce C. Lamberth on Thursday, December 19, regarding continuing discovery in the Clinton email scandal. The court is considering whether to allow Judicial Watch to question Hillary Clinton and her top aide in person and under oath about … Read more

198 ensnared in Jacksonville food stamp fraud totaling $3.7M – Businesses swapped SNAP benefits for cash, even drugs

198 ensnared in Jacksonville food stamp fraud totaling $3.7M Businesses swapped SNAP benefits for cash, even drugs Williams said that during Operation Half-Back, undercover officers personally observed 115 individuals in 390 fraudulent transactions from February to July 2017. Attorney General Pam Bondi said her office will be prosecuting those felony cases. https://www.news4jax.com/news/2018/03/16/198-ensnared-in-jacksonville-food-stamp-fraud-totaling-37m/  

Leading Index Gives Recession Warning?

by UPFINA We generally don’t discuss whether stocks are overbought or oversold because the usefulness of the information is short lived. Because of this, you know stocks are really at an extreme moment when we do discuss it. Currently, U.S. stocks are extremely overbought. They are having a bigger Santa Clause rally than normal. As of … Read more

Housing Joins The Everything Bubble

BY JOHN RUBINO When people tick off the components of the “everything bubble” they usually omit US housing, for a couple of reasons. First, bubbles don’t normally recur immediately in the same asset class, because memories of past carnage need to fade before investors can be seduced back into irrational optimism. Since housing was the epicenter … Read more

Why Is China Trying to DESTROY This Show?

How far will the Chinese Communist Party go to control what Americans think about China? The truth may shock you. For years, the classical Chinese dance show Shen Yun has toured the world bringing traditional Chinese culture to life. And the Chinese government has been trying been trying to sabotage and destroy it.