Another Chinese Mega-Construction Project in California Is Halted, this one in San Francisco. List of Troubled or Scuttled Chinese Projects in California Grows

Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter How China’s crackdown on debt and capital flight pulls the rug out from under mega-real-estate projects. After months of rumors and speculation amid apparently failed efforts to secure a short-term loan and find an equity investor, …

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Singapore passes fake news legislation threatens fines of $43,000 and up to 10 years in jail for anything that is disruptive to the “tranquility of the nation”, and to that of its friendly allies

via maritime-executiv: A law intended to stop “fake news” came into effect in Singapore this month. The Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act was passed in May. It requires online platforms, including social media, to issue corrections or remove content …

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The Hill: Top Dem Harry Reid Warns Other Democrats: “I used to think that Trump was not too smart … but he is a very, very smart man.”

http://magaimg.net/img/96×0.jpg “I used to think that Donald Trump was not too smart. I certainly don’t believe that anymore,” Reid told CNN’s David Axelrod during an interview on “The Axe Files” aired late Saturday. “But he is basically a very, very …

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CNBC comes out against free speech

Joanne Lipman of the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton declares free speech dangerous. I hope people realize the next 202 is also a referendum on free speech Andrew Ross Sorkin is the person who started the effective movement to …

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The Clintons are a Russian Asset

by Stevemagegod https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/10/18/hillary-clinton-suggests-putin-has-kompromat-trump-russians-will-back-tulsi-gabbard-third-party-bid/ In a conversation on former Obama campaign manager David Plouffe’s podcast, Clinton suggested the Russians are leveraging a number of top U.S. politicians. She suggested Russia had kompromat on Trump. She accused 2016 Green Party nominee Jill …

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Impeachment is motivating conservatives, annoying moderates, and even has some lefties concerned. So clearly it’s been a big success, assuming Nancy Pelosi is a GOP mole.

LOOK what PELOSI JUST TWEETED! This photo says it all. TRUMP IS SCARED. He’s terrified of Nancy’s decades of experience ending abuses of power & battling corruption in Washington. That’s why he’s going *all in* attacking Nancy. Chip in now …

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Negative Rates Are Killing The World

by Egon von Greyerz “BREXIT, is in the last innings, UK will get out” – This is how Egon von Greyerz starts the interview with Eric King of King World News. Egon goes on to say that in the long run …

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BANK BAILOUTS, HERE WE GO AGAIN!

by Frank Suess via Global Gold Nobody seemed to be paying much attention to the recent Federal Reserve bailouts in the US banking system over the past two weeks. Within a very short time, the Fed pumped hundreds of billions of dollars into …

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“The whole concept of negative yields, of people paying for the privilege of lending money, is insane behavior to me. That’s not fixed-income investing, that’s fixed-loss investing.” — William Eigen, @JPMorgan

“The whole concept of negative yields, of people paying for the privilege of lending money, is insane behavior to me. That’s not fixed-income investing, that’s fixed-loss investing.''— William Eigen, @JPMorganAM https://t.co/Z74wCJiGwo via @business @economics @markets pic.twitter.com/WdBrxn3Oym — Steve Matthews (@SteveMatthews12) …

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The slowdown is broadening, the second half 2019 recovery was a lie by Wall Street

as you can see the slowdown is broadening pic.twitter.com/ttoLwl2dfU — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) October 16, 2019 “Industrial slowdown is coming India’s way”, Former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh Watch live on https://t.co/Fbzw6mR9Q5 and NDTV 24×7 pic.twitter.com/NNXBtWPUMx — NDTV (@ndtv) October 17, …

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Stocks Are Preparing For a Blow Off Top

by The Phoenix Stocks broke the all-important level of 3,000 on the S&P 500 yesterday. The market is now forming a triangle formation. The breakout is likely to ultimately be up. Breadth leads stocks and breadth is in a clear rising …

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Deadly Virus Threatening Florida’s Tomatoes!

Florida is the country’s largest producer of fresh tomatoes — yet a deadly virus is threatening its crops. https://weather.com/news/trending/video/deadly-virus-threatening-floridas-tomatoes Spread of Tomato Brown Rugose Fruit Virus has prompted the EU to take action with new trade controls being introduced As …

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