Month: January 2020

NYC and State unraveling: second thoughts on “criminal justice reform”

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via nypost: Clearly New York’s ultra-progressive chief executives have arrived at the same place on the state’s absurd new arrest-and-release bail law: Scorched in the press, they now say change definitely is in order. “There’s no doubt that this is a work in progress,” says the governor who proudly signed the bail bill into law. “Changing the … Read more

Ukranian Passenger Airplane With 180 Passengers & Crew On Board Has Crashed Near Imam Khomeini Airport Of Tehran!

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UKRANIAN PASSENGER AIRPLANE WITH 180 PASSENGERS & CREW ONBOARD HAS CRASHED NEAR IMAM KHOMEINI AIRPORT OF TEHRAN DUE TO TECHNICAL PROBLEMS UKRANIAN PASSENGER AIRPLANE WITH 180 PASSENGERS & CREW ONBOARD HAS CRASHED NEAR IMAM KHOMEINI AIRPORT OF TEHRAN DUE TO TECHNICAL PROBLEMS — First Squawk (@FirstSquawk) January 8, 2020 #Breaking First footage of the Ukrainian … Read more

Australia New-Vehicle Sales Drop for 2nd Year, Lowest Since 2011: “Tough Year for the Australian Economy”

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Holden sales collapse.  By Wolf Richter for WOLF STREET. Australia is next as we’re tracking the decline in global new-vehicle sales that started in the US in 2017 and took on serious dimensions in 2018 with vehicles sales falling for the first time in modern China, the largest auto market in the world. New-vehicle sales in Australia fell … Read more

The World Is Going Wild – John Rubino

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by Kerry Lutz with John Rubino via FSN GoldandSilver Just when you thought it was safe to short Tesla, the Middle East blows up. The US does a targeted assassination of Iran’s number 2 and it’s off to the races. Gold took off and blasted through the pesky $1550 resistance point. While metals have pulled back they’re still well ahead. … Read more

California Kicks Off 2020 in the WORST Way Possible – Look What They’re Offering To Illegal Aliens

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNhs681Lw54 Mike LaChance from American Lookout reports, What is wrong with the leaders in California? The state is bleeding population as people flee, they have the highest taxes in the country, and a massive homeless problem. What are they doing? Offering free healthcare to illegal immigrants. Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: https://americanlookout.com/californi…

As the war drums with Iran are beating, let’s not forget that the current Secretary of Defense is a lobbyist for Raytheon (weapons manufacturer)

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by kimcheefarts This is who is driving us into a war: https://www.military.com/daily-news/2019/07/16/esper-refuses-recuse-himself-raytheon-matters-secdef-confirmation-hearing.html Army Secretary Mark Esper appeared headed to easy confirmation as defense secretary until late in his Senate Armed Services Committee hearing Tuesday morning, when he was confronted by Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts. In heated exchanges, Warren demanded to know whether Esper would recuse himself … Read more

US Oil Executives Anonymously Admit That Real Oil Breakeven Price Is $50 Or Higher NOT $35!

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Oilprice.com journalist Nick Cunningham found some very interesting information collected by the Dallas Federal Reserve Bank. In a recent anonymous survey of US oil industry executives, the survey found that 41 percent of all firms expect to cut spending in 2020, while 34 percent expect to increase capex. The vast majority of companies are basing … Read more

CNN has agreed to settle a $275 million lawsuit brought by Covington Catholic student Nick Sandman

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UPDATE — 4:50 PM: A CNN spokesperson confirmed to the Cincinnati Enquirer that the network has settled a lawsuit with Covington Catholic student Nick Sandmann. Read Breitbart News’s original report below. CNN has agreed to settle a $275 million lawsuit brought by Covington Catholic student Nick Sandmann over the network’s coverage of a confrontation involving … Read more

White house considering retaliatory strike INSIDE Iran!

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Jack Posobiec 🇺🇸 @JackPosobiec Veteran, Catholic, intel officer and family man. Watch @OANN Hearing White House is discussing a limited retaliatory strike inside Iran Hearing White House is discussing a limited retaliatory strike inside Iran — Jack Posobiec (@JackPosobiec) January 8, 2020   AC

Trade Bust? Stocks Sink As China Won’t Increase Grain Import Quotas Despite Promise To Buy More

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iku4Dp9IA_U China has pledged to increase more purchases of U.S. farm goods but never confirmed the exact amount for the phase one trade agreement. Han Jun, the vice-minister of agriculture and rural affairs, was quoted by Caixin on Tuesday as saying Beijing won’t increase its annual import quotas for wheat, corn, and rice, reported Reuters. … Read more

Trump just TWEETED “All is well!”

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Iran’s Foreign Minister announces that their retaliatory measures for Soleimani’s assassination have CONCLUDED Iran took & concluded proportionate measures in self-defense under Article 51 of UN Charter targeting base from which cowardly armed attack against our citizens & senior officials were launched. We do not seek escalation or war, but will defend ourselves against any … Read more

Warren Makes Troubling Comments On Killing Terrorists, Health Care, Constitution In Wild Interview.

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Under questioning from @MeghanMcCain, @ewarren — who called Soleimani's killing "an assassination” — now says “of course” he’s a terrorist pic.twitter.com/nS4OCRFdv8 — Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) January 7, 2020 https://twitter.com/NathanBrandWA/status/1214588742847123457   Quote: Democrat presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren made a series of controversial comments during an interview on ABC’s “The View” on Tuesday, saying that killing terrorists … Read more

According to the bureau of labor statistics the U.S. import price index declined 1.3% from November 2018 to November 2019. If American companies are paying 100% of the cost of tariffs levied how has this not been reflected in the cost of imports? What am I missing?

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by NineteenEighty9 Source Here’s what I’m referring to: Prices for U.S. imports increased 0.2 percent in November, after decreasing 0.5 percent in October and rising 0.1 percent in September. The U.S. import price index declined 1.3 percent from November 2018 to November 2019. The 12-month decrease was the smallest over-the-year decline since the index fell … Read more

Is This Why Central Banks Are Rushing to Buy Gold?

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From Brandon Smith Gold has seen an impressive price spike in the past 18 months, and if you are wondering what the cause is, you’ll find almost everyone has a different theory. That said, certain factors in historic gold rallies tend to be ignored. For example, the mainstream financial media often hyper focuses on stimulus measures … Read more

Consumer Confidence Disappoints as Hope Fades with Brad Williams

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from Financial Survival Network Brad Williams returns… Following the headline decline for Conference Board Consumer Confidence in November, analysts are expecting an exuberant bounce in December as every asset class rose majestically (despite retail sales slowing). But, despite record high stocks, the headline consumer confidence data disappointed, printing 126.5 (down from the upwardly revised 126.8) and well … Read more