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Ocasio-Cortez: “This blows my mind: House Ethics Rules prevent me from receiving a $100 gift card, or crashing at a place as I wait for rent $, but somehow allow members w/ investment portfolios to write laws that will personally enrich them $1000s in their own stocks; potentially millions.”

December 18, 2018 10:14 am

by Orangutan This blows my mind: House Ethics Rules prevent me from receiving a $100 gift card, or crashing at a place as I wait for rent 💰, but somehow allow members w/ investment portfolios to write laws that will personally …

Welfare is designed to keep you poor. As soon as you start earning more money, they cut all of your benefits off faster than they are replaced by wages.

December 18, 2018 10:10 am

by TheCIASellsDrugs This is called the “welfare cliff.” If you start earning more money, you lose benefits faster than your wages go up, so you end up worse overall. This guarantees certain companies, like Wal Mart, a supply of workers …

2018TOP is similar to 2007TOP

December 18, 2018 9:12 am

🧐2018TOP is similar to 2007TOP@TradersCom @Lizardjb3 @ThePitBoss16 @SpeculaThor @magotrader @hks55 @OccupyWisdom pic.twitter.com/OKCySZaqN0 — Antonio Pérez-Algás (@apanalis) December 17, 2018 europe💣 pic.twitter.com/abPzJaXQmw — SpeculaThor☯️✨ (@SpeculaThor) December 17, 2018 https://twitter.com/OccupyWisdom/status/1074806421143851008 Another canary in the coal mine: Blackrock shares drop to the lowest …

SPX quarterly candle is absolutely horrifying… The quickening has begun

December 18, 2018 9:03 am

$SPX quarterly candle is absolutely horrifying pic.twitter.com/wi3NMCoGVR — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) December 18, 2018 The quickening has begun…”There can be only one!” $TSLA $TSLAQ Chart courtesy of @Alpaca_asks pic.twitter.com/vfuBK3JVwJ — Edward Dowd (@DowdEdward) December 18, 2018 rising wedge from hell pic.twitter.com/QZKvFnpEo7 …

S&Pop

December 18, 2018 8:16 am

by T2H Assumption: Bubble to burst duration is a time measure of the masses “loss of faith” in the market. Dot Com Bubble/Burst • 8/2000 – 9/2002 (peak to trough) • 25 months duration RE Bubble/Burst • 10/2007 – 2/2009 (peak …

How will the house price boom in the Netherlands respond to an economic slow down?

December 18, 2018 7:50 am

by Shaun Richards It has been a while since we have gone Dutch and taken a look at the economic situation in the Netherlands. The first point to note is that it has followed the Euro area trend for lower …

Cleaning Your House May Be As Bad For You As Smoking 20 Cigarettes A Day

December 18, 2018 7:49 am

via Sara Tipton: A recent study published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine claims that regularly using house cleaning products could be as bad for your health as smoking a pack of cigarettes a day. Although it’s difficult to imagine …

Democrats & Republicans Cannot Breathe the Same Air Anymore

December 18, 2018 7:49 am

by Martin Armstrong Once upon a time, Democrats and Republicans could actually breathe the same air and have a drink with one another. Those days are long gone. It was back in 2002 when they actually worked together to make …

Bill Holter: Arrests Will Be Made, The Fed Will Be Blamed, And Timing Is Everything

December 18, 2018 7:47 am

Bill Holter interviewed on the X22 Report Spotlight Bill is back with an important update on the state of the economy, the markets, and what is coming down the pike in the world of politics. For an important interview on a variety …

Judicial Watch testimony to Congress: the Clinton Foundation scandal is a State Department scandal, it is an FBI scandal, it is a DOJ scandal, it is a foreign potentate scandal, it is a shady corporation scandal, and it is a government transparency scandal.

December 18, 2018 7:47 am

by TFittonJW Remarkable that there was finally a Hill hearing on the Clinton Foundation scandal. My testimony: Background: My full written statement — well worth sharing: https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/in-the-news/oversight-of-nonprofit-organizations-a-case-study-on-the-clinton-foundation-judicial-watch-president-tom-fittons-opening-statement-in-testimony-before-congress/

Who Exactly Mopped up $1.33 Trillion of New US Government Debt over the Past 12 months?

December 18, 2018 7:30 am

Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Debt out the wazoo, but someone is still buying it. The US gross national debt has ballooned by $1.33 trillion over the past 12 months to $21.8 trillion as of December 14, according to Treasury Department …

Rick Rule: The price of gold is “stupidly low” … Doug Casey on the upcoming “speculations of a lifetime” … Peter Schiff: The Fed has hiked itself into insolvency …

December 17, 2018 9:34 pm

by John Rubino Max and Stacey on “the disintegrating American Empire” … Doug Noland: “The global bubble has been pierced” … Rick Rule: Gold mining is “heading back into a mergers and acquisition cycle” … Michael Pento: Prepare for “radical …

It’s happening again! Another day where spreads rise, market falls, commodities lose steam and dollar creeps up. This is not the Fed, not trade wars, not political.

December 17, 2018 4:35 pm

Another day where spreads rise, market falls, commodities lose steam and dollar creeps up. This is not the Fed, not trade wars, not political. This is the hangover of a decade of global monetary excess. pic.twitter.com/5lPzMg4u5t — Daniel Lacalle (@dlacalle_IA) …

Is this one of those rare times when the doom-mongers’ predictions understate the approaching danger?

December 18, 2018 7:26 amDecember 17, 2018 2:56 pm

By Bill Bonner BALTIMORE, MARYLAND – The last leaves are falling from the trees. And the last days of December are counting down, like the quiet moments before an execution. Friday, the Dow fell nearly another 500 points. From Bloomberg: …

CALIFORNIA TAXES

December 17, 2018 2:45 pm

PREDICTION: California’s High Speed Rail Project Will Collapse Within Four Years. Only if they can’t get a federal bailout. SACRAMENTO HAS A MOMENTARY LAPSE OF DERANGEMENT: California Drops Plan To Tax Texting. h/t Jim

Middle East Woman Coalition Endorses President Trump For 2020

December 18, 2018 7:26 amDecember 17, 2018 2:12 pm

Something you wont see broadcasted anywhere else. One of them mentions how their country of origin sells their daughters as sex slaves. The women are in Washington to show their support for Donald Trump, in spite of the democratic left’s …

ANALYSIS: We should be creating jobs and investing in communities, not destroying them

December 17, 2018 9:44 am

by John Ward Last Thursday, Skype told me the person I was trying to reach was offline. Said person rang me back within three minutes to say he’d been online for the last two hours non-stop. An hour later, I tried …

End of Year Reminder: Sell ETF Losses & Buy Physical Metals — No Wash Sale Rule

December 17, 2018 9:23 am

by GoldSilver We know our readers invest in precious metals in various ways. One way is through ETFs. If you bought one, and: You pay taxes to the U.S. Are holding onto any positions with a loss since the time you …

How Much Money Americans Need for Economic Security in Every State

December 17, 2018 9:30 pmDecember 17, 2018 9:21 am

by howmuch 1 out of 3 adults in the U.S. is economically insecure, meaning they don’t have the resources to provide for housing, food, transportation and childcare. That is according to a new report from the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR), …

Gold Flowing From West To East and Now To Goldman Sachs

December 17, 2018 9:17 am

by GoldCore Gold is not only flowing from West to East. It is also flowing into the house account at Goldman Sachs. Or at least the paper claims for it in New York. Below is the monthly report showing the …

The Use of False Flags to Increase Power

December 17, 2018 9:15 am

by Martin Armstrong Historically, Hitler used a very famous event that was the origin of the term false flag” back in 1933 to reinforce his power. The German False flag used by Hitler was known as the Reichstag Fire. …

The #Russiagate Hoax and the “Integrity Initiative” to Gaslight the public with more “Russia Threat” lies

December 17, 2018 9:30 pmDecember 17, 2018 9:15 am

by Ian Shilling Let us first say that the “Integrity Initiative” has no Integrity and is not an Initiative. It has no Integrity because it is selling pure lies & baseless propaganda in support of corrupt, lying, War Criminal, Treasonous governments …

Will 2019 Be the Year the Stock Market Crashes? THIS is the Most Important Chart Right Now!

December 17, 2018 9:11 am

Is 2019 THE year? Or will we see the bear market reverse? The global economic collapse is looming in the distance. Precisely when the worst effects will be felt is unknown, but 2018 has turned out to be a terrible …

“LIVE BY IDENTITY POLITICS, DIE BY IDENTITY POLITICS:”

December 17, 2018 9:03 am

● Joy Reid’s Racial Test: Democrats ‘Can’t Run Two White Guys’ in 2020. —NewsBusters, today. ● “Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY] asked by Van Jones if she was bothered the top 3 in the national poll were white men, flatly said ‘yes’” —As …

They’ve got a bad case of Impeachment Fever.

December 17, 2018 9:00 am

UNDER THE PRECEDENTS SET UNDER THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION, CONGRESS MAY BE SAFELY IGNORED: Trump Will Likely Face ‘Subpoenas Every Week’ After Democrats Take Over House in January, Journalist Warns. Julie Davis joined a panel of Congressional and White House correspondents on …

As The World Faces A Giant Margin Call It Can’t Meet, Bill Holter Issues A CRASH ALERT

December 16, 2018 4:33 pm

by Bill Holter of JS Mineset People continually ask “when” will it happen? For the last 6 months we have responded “it is happening right before your very eyes”! In fact, as of this morning 52% of global markets are now down over …

Border Patrol Union Vice President MAKES Unbelievable Challenge To Pelosi and Schumer

December 16, 2018 10:55 am

Jim Hoft for the Gateway Pundit reports, President Trump met with Democratic leaders Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer Tuesday in the White House. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bj_jBd3jRRE Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018… on Tuesday evening National Border Patrol Council Vice President Art Del Cueto joined Elizabeth MacDonaldon The Evening Edit following the …

We Are At The Beginning Of A Slow-motion Financial Crisis. Investors Are Selling Their Investments, Including Stocks And High-risk Loans, At Near-record Pace.

December 17, 2018 9:22 amDecember 16, 2018 10:50 am

https://twitter.com/moorehn/status/1073534270197645312 US Leveraged Loan Funds pic.twitter.com/sfYChaqw82 — Tracy Shuchart (𝒞𝒽𝒾 ) (@chigrl) December 15, 2018 Citi leveraged loan strategy, widening credit spreads and waning attractiveness of floating rate paper contributing to their decline, expect more weakness ahead. pic.twitter.com/BGifwy5SdO — LongConvexity …

Do you have confidence in Hong Kong’s future? From 1994 to 2018

December 16, 2018 10:23 am

via testaczzz: Data from Public Opinion programme, The University of Hong Kong (People’s Confidence in HK’s Future), using Excel as visualization tool. Please note that the x-axis is not equally proportioned.

Largest Causes of Death in the United States: 1999 – 2016

December 16, 2018 10:22 am

via TVUmK: Data was provided by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, found here. I used the ggplot2 and gganimate R libraries for the visualization. The code is available on Github.