via MarketWatch: George Bush once famously mangled the old saying “fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me”. While it’s embarrassing watching the video of him try to get out the words, it’s going to be even more …
Wall Street lied and created fake news to sell stock to retail investors about a monsterous 2h19 revival of economic growth – sad to say retail will hold the bag. pic.twitter.com/hDeTtBqHAT — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) June 4, 2019 Global PMI <50 …
This article was written by F. William Engdahl and originally published at New Eastern Outlook No, this is not at all an endorsement of the apocalyptic scenarios of AOC or that famous young Swedish climate expert, Greta. It is, however, a …
By Jon Hall Last month, CNN saw a 16% collapse in their primetime ratings. This comes after the network offered voluntary buyouts to 100 employees in that same month. CNN’s primetime viewers reached only 761,000 viewers and their total day viewers crashed 9% compared to the same month last …
Number of Homeless People Jumps 12% Across L.A. County to Nearly 59,000 The number of homeless people counted across Los Angeles County jumped 12% over the past year to nearly 59,000, with more young and old residents and families on the …
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter A slew of reasons, the China debacle on top. Global semiconductor sales dropped 14.6% in April from April last year, to $32.1 billion, on a three-month moving average basis, the World Semiconductor Trade Statistics (WSTS) organization reported Tuesday …
Financial Survival Network, Released on 6/4/19 I contributed $1 to the Comrade de Blasio campaign, but there’s a reason. No I don’t support his run for president, but rather for comic relief purposes, I think de Blasio is an infinite …
by Amy S. The Collapse Has Already Begun. Watch Out For China! Despite constant reassurances from federal overseers, Americans are becoming increasingly aware of the economy’s frail nature. While media pundits and analysts desperately push the failure of central planning …
Gavin Newsom Verified account @GavinNewsom California’s what happens when rights are respected. When work is rewarded. When nature’s protected. When diversity is celebrated and free markets are fair markets. We are nothing less than the progressive answer to a …
by Hhdhdbdnenen take any of the extremely partisanarticles from a CNN website and just research them a little bit and you’ll see that most of what CNN claimed isn’t actually true. Half the time CNN will admit that way down …
Watch the latest video at foxnews.com One day after Kirsten Gillibrand slammed the National Rifle Association (NRA) as the “worst organization in this country,” the group on Monday posted an effusive letter it received from Gillibrand in 2008 in which she praised “the work that the NRA …
via Zerohedge: A Bloomberg report has revealed what it dubs the “secret source” of Tesla’s cash. Tesla has been pulling in much-needed extra cash from the same competitors that it criticizes for relying on internal combustion engines. To achieve this, the company …
by Shaun Richards The economic world has been shifting its center of gravity eastwards for a while now as countries like India and China grow in both population and economic terms. However as we look towards the Orient we have …
AOC Downplays Luxury Apartment, Says Everyone Should Have One. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D., N.Y.) downplayed the amenities available in her expensive Washington, D.C., apartment building last week, saying her unit was comparable to apartments in a new public housing complex …
via taxprof: Wall Street Journal op-ed: Stop Feeding College Bureaucratic Bloat, by Philip Hamburger (Columbia): American higher education faces many difficulties, not least soaring costs and the decline of academic freedom. Administrative bloat, subsidized by the federal government, makes both these problems …
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter My fancy-schmancy FANGMAN index dropped 4.3% today, the most since December 24. It’s a rare moment in recent years that US government regulators are suddenly going after four tech and social media giants simultaneously – Facebook, …
The capital bill next heads to Pritzker for his signature. Here’s a look at some of the tax and fee increases that will pay for it. — Gas tax increase: The state’s 19-cent-per-gallon motor fuel tax doubles starting July 1 under the …
by follyboyz Current exhibit TSLA is in the post A previous Exhibit TSLA: https://imgur.com/1kxwZgR 9:30 am the stock is at $199, 10:58 am it is at $189. They quickly buy, increasing the stock price, then rapidly sell, making the stock price …
by TraderStef via CrushTheStreet (connect with TraderStef via Twitter or at TraderStef’s website) With so many diplomatic and economic fires smoldering that put pressure on the financial markets, it was inevitable that something would nudge gold out of its spring seasonality doldrums. I find it fascinating that …
by Martin Armstrong I just returned from New York City, the armpit of the world since I never saw an apple tree there yet, and I had a very interesting meeting behind the curtain. I thought I would share this subject …
Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk, Add India to the list of countries the US is in a trade war with. For now, Australia barely avoided Trump’s wrath. “I have determined that India has not assured the United States that …
by rnelsonee So the IRS has released a draft of the W-4 for 2020 (PDF), which indicates withholding is undergoing a fundamental shift. Most notably, the concept of allowances is removed, no doubt due to the fact that personal exemptions no longer …
by cmartenson Bill was 48 when his wife stunned him with a request for divorce. Right up until that moment, he’d thought everything was fine. He’d been pouring all his energy into his work to provide a very comfortable life …
Global recession fears mount as manufacturing PMIs around the world confirm contraction: South KoreaJapanTaiwanMalaysiaRussiaPolandTurkeyCzech RepublicItalyGermanyUK All below 50.0 China, Spain stagnating and on the cusp of contracting — Jamie McGeever (@ReutersJamie) June 3, 2019 Two Likely End-Of-Cycle Signals. Copper and …
by Josh Sigurdson and John Sneisen of World Alternative Media Josh Sigurdson talks with author and economic analyst John Sneisen about the absurdity of share buybacks overall as the stock market is artificially inflated and prolonged. It is a common practice to see companies buy …
Democrats’ Curious Disdain for Nuclear Power. Climate change is the No. 1 issue for Democrats, with a recent poll showing 82 percent of Democratic voters listed it as their top priority. To appeal to those voters, contenders for the 2020 …
Hospital shortages a death sentence for Venezuelan children. Gilberto Altuve places his son Erick’s toys on a white cloth alongside cards from friends and the mask he used while waiting for a desperately needed bone marrow transplant that never came. …
by Graham Summers of Gains, Pains, & Capital A Crash is coming… Forget the trade war… forget the Mueller investigation/ deep state coup… forget the situation in Iran. The real story right now for the markets is that the global economy is sinking into …
Just because trillions of dollars are “missing” and the federal budgets are now “secret” doesn’t mean you cannot see the effects of all the massive amounts of money created. It’s is showing up in the form of inflation, not official …
by WARREN MOSLER Slow motion trainwreck by Agent Orange, aka Tariff Man, continues… Below 50 indicates contraction: Demand for Saudi oil has fallen back: Saudi pricing of discounts generally trending higher but most recently there’s been a small move back: …