On Wire

via theregister: Updated Both Google and Facebook suffered outages Wednesday, with the Chocolate Factory leading the way and seemingly fixing its issues just as Zuck’s network became decidedly antisocial. On Wednesday morning, around 0800 Pacific Time (1500 UTC), Google said it was “investigating reports of an issue with Gmail” in which some users were seeing error messages, … Read more

From Birch Gold Group With Social Security potentially in jeopardy and pension plans on their last leg, saving for retirement has increasingly become important. But even if you are saving properly, and retire with a decent-sized nest egg, your retirement is still in jeopardy. There are a number of “time bombs” that could “go off” at any time. And if any … Read more

via northmantrader: The global economic landscape remains weak yet there appears to be no concern on the side of bulls and investors alike, so firm is the belief that the earnings recession that is unfolding is temporary, so firm is the belief that dovish central bankers can once again prevent any downside. I get it, it … Read more

by Martin Armstrong   I cannot stress enough that Mario Draghi has really destroyed the European economy on an unprecedented scale. I know people who worked on trading desks years ago when Mario Draghi, before he was head of the ECB, was there to observe how things operated. His policy of perpetual low to negative … Read more

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/8628226/brazil-school-shooting-sao-paulo/ IN DEPTH MSM NEWS less than 50% snippet AN evil ex-pupil, 17, brandishes a gun in sick online posts before he and another former student massacred eight in a Columbine-style massacre at their school today. The depraved shooting in Brazil has left 10 people dead including six teenagers – four boys and two girls … Read more

by Michael Snyder A lot of Americans are mocking Venezuela right now, but the truth is that what has happened to them could also happen to us very easily.  As you will see below, DARPA is so concerned about the possibility of a cyberattack taking down our power grid that they held an extended exercise … Read more

by Charles Hugh-Smith The “marketplace” of individuals and entities all seeking to maximize their share of the central-state swag doesn’t make a democracy. A democratic republic is a government in which power flows from citizens to their elected representatives. The American revolutionaries did not make a big distinction between republic and democracy, for in the context … Read more

Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter E-commerce sales in the fourth quarter soared 12.1% from a year ago to a new record of $132.8 billion (seasonally adjusted), the Commerce Department reported this morning. For the whole year 2018, e-commerce sales blew through the $500-billion level for the first time, reaching $513.6 billion, up 14.2% or $64 billion from a … Read more

by Egon von Greyerz The world financial system has been in a euphoric state since 2009. It seems that the Keynesians, like Krugman or the Modern Money Theorists (MMT) are right after all. All asset markets are near the highs and show little sign of changing direction. As Treasury Secretary Mellon said in September 1929: “There … Read more

via Zerohedge: The slowdown in global trade began many quarters before the Trump administration launched a trade war with China last May. The primary cause of the downturn is sharp declines in intra-Asian trade – mostly due to China’s deteriorating economy. While equity markets around the world have soared in the last several months from “trade optimism,” any deal between Washington and Beijing may … Read more

Matt from Silver Fortune interviewed by Elijah Johnson of Silver Doctors Gold and silver have undergone a significant downturn the last few weeks. But with the Fed continuing in an easing direction, Matt from Silver Fortune is still bullish.  Matt thinks as soon as gold moves above $1400, silver will take off. An economic crisis is ahead, Matt says. He outlines … Read more

by Martin Armstrong Most employers provide vacation and sick leave. However, most employers do not allow sick days to roll over from one year to the next. The norm is to often cap at a certain number of days or hours. In the private sector, most employers do not allow employees to accumulate sick leave. Paid sick … Read more

by Brandon Smith via Alt-Market For a few years now, since at least 2014, the phrase “global economic reset” has been circulating in the financial world. This phrase is used primarily by globalist institutions like the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to describe an event in which the current system as we know it will either die out or … Read more

Via The Babylon Bee NEW YORK, NY—Fox News executives reportedly called an emergency meeting Tuesday morning amid a controversy involving old, offensive comments made by star political pundit Tucker Carlson. According to insiders, leaders of the news organization are “extremely worried” over the possibility of losing the far left demographic that is threatening to boycott … Read more

by TrailDust Did Tech Giants Strike Again? REAL.VIDEO IS GONE I looked to real.video today to catch some alternatives to the stuff on Youtube, and I found this! So my thoughts on this matter run in the direction of the sinister hand that tried this past year to kill FellowshipOfTheMinds.com. It may be that this was just … Read more

via PJ  As a child my first concept of prepping was a basement in a large log cabin sort of house in which lived some friends of our family. The stairs in the house were wooden and unfinished, the type you might see on an outdoor deck or patio. I could see beneath them as I … Read more

As Democrats in Congress refuse to secure the US southern border, the cost of illegal immigration continues to mount. The United States spends over $268 billion dollars a year supporting illegal aliens. That money covers expenses such as healthcare, education, childcare, the justice system, and welfare—forcing US taxpayers to shell out $734 million dollars every … Read more

By Irina Slav Earlier this month when pipeline operator Enbridge said its Line 3 pipeline will only return to operation in the second half of 2020, it was very bad news for Alberta. Producers in Alberta will have been hoping to start boosting production again once the government-instituted cuts expired at the end of this … Read more

by Simon Black Turns out Congressmen make a lot of money… A study found that while the average American’s net worth increased 3.7% per year between 2004-2012, members of Congress averaged 15.4% annual gains. That high level of pay means half the members of Congress are millionaires today… and continue to collect their $174,000 annual salary. … Read more