RANT: YOU WON’T BE ABLE TO AFFORD TO USE ELECTRICITY WHEN YOU GET HOME FROM WORK. AGENDA 21

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCXLBdfpveg California is using their state to bring in illegals then make those people impossible to live there and for them to move to other states. Those illegals will vote Demoncrats, turn red state to blue. They will turn our country just like Venezuela and the leaders will take over America and turn it into … Read more

The Yield Curve Inversion…and Why It Matters

by Doug Hornig, Contributor, GoldSilver   GoldSilver’s Mike Maloney recently released a video dealing with inversion of the yield curve in the bond market. It’s an excellent introduction to a subject about which all investors should have a basic grasp. And it’s important enough that a few aspects are worthy of further exploration. To begin, what is the … Read more

Cohen Prague Claim Crumbles As McClatchy Reporter Admits To Third-Hand Info

by Natura Naturans A Thursday report claiming that former Trump attorney Michael Cohen was in Prague during the 2016 US election has begun to unravel after one of its authors admitted it was based on third-hand information which nobody affiliated with the report had seen, according to the Daily Caller’s Chuck Ross. McClatchy reported Thursday that … Read more

Leveraged bets on the stock market are starting to unwind; Financial Stress Index rises to the highest level since Feb 2016…. Nomura: The global economy is ‘already on an irreversible path’ to a downturn

via businessinsider: In the life of a decade-long credit cycle, the global economy’s current condition shows it’s firmly heading toward a downturn, according to a new analysis from Nomura. A single cycle is historically a decade long. The beginning is marked by the end of a crisis/a cyclical bottom, and ends when credit contracts and the … Read more

Corporate Debt Is Reaching Record Levels, Roughly 46% of GDP, the Highest on Record, GE Drags Down Premier, Great Retreat From Global Bank Lending Continues

Corporate Debt Is Reaching Record Levels In the aftermath of the financial crisis, a swath of individuals and families began a long and painful deleveraging process. Businesses, meanwhile, quickly moved in the opposite direction—loading up on cheap debt to the point where many observers now worry that highly leveraged companies pose a threat to the … Read more

Market loves the “big progress” tweet. Meanwhile, copper is in retreat and China’s PMI just hit a contractionary three-year low print of 49.4 in Dec as growth weakens to a 28-year low.

Market loves the "big progress" tweet. Meanwhile, copper is in retreat and China's PMI just hit a contractionary three-year low print of 49.4 in Dec as growth weakens to a 28-year low. — David Rosenberg (@EconguyRosie) December 31, 2018 https://twitter.com/MacroTechnicals/status/1079719892302159873 The last time #China's Manufacturing #PMI fell below 50, the Chinese government provided significant stimulus, … Read more

VICE – The Dick Cheney/Rumsfeld Conspiracy

by Martin Armstrong   I went to go watch VICE – the story about how Dick Cheney took over the government with the aid of his wife – Lynne Cheney. Vice is a film that seeks to bring complicated information about the inner corruption in Washington and transform it into a digestible and entertaining format. There is no question that … Read more

Did 45 Million People REALLY Watch NETFLIX Film? Figure Needs Asterisk

(CNN)Netflix seems to be flying so high over the reception to its just-released psychological horror film “Bird Box” that it’s breaking a long-held tradition of staying largely mum on viewership. The streaming service on Friday said more than 45 million “accounts” have watched the Sandra Bullock-led film in its first week of release, the “best … Read more

Trump 19,000 Emails vs Obama 19,000 Convicted Illegals Released On Streets Of US?

by Thinker While the anti-Trumpter’s (fake news journalists) continue to push articles bashing Donald Trump, the real “TRUTH” is being suppressed. Huffington Post must be desperate for a story to write with a headline like the one below. Instead of reporting “REAL” news, they are focused on bringing down the man who many believe was responsible for … Read more

Syria recap: covert operations, proxy armies, false flags, fake news, and pipelines.

by the-99th-monkey In a tyrannical succession of overthrowing countries, Timber Sycamore, the plan to destabilize Syria with extremists in order to collapse Iran by giving pipeline control to OPEC, and Golan Heights oil to Israel, might actually be ending. Though US has claimed to have been fighting to eradicate Al-Qaeda in the middle east; not only have … Read more

Beware The Young Stock Market Bear

by Adam Hamilton of Zeal LLC Stock markets are forever cyclical, an endless series of alternating bulls and bears.  And after one of the greatest bulls in US history, odds are a young bear is now gathering steam.  It is being fueled by record Fed tightening, bubble valuations, trade wars, and mounting political turmoil.  Bears are dangerous events … Read more

Lindsey Graham curses on CNN again

CNN: Graham to CNN anchor: That’s a bunch of bulls***. https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2018/12/30/lindsey-graham-obama-iraq-war-strategy-trump-syria-bash-sotu-vpx.cnn Starts about 5:30 At least Lindsey Graham was right about Obama creating ISIS, makes me feel a little better about him.     h/t UFS

Apple sells new Ipad for over $800 + ….mass reports of them being bent….Apples response is that’s OK and if you don’t like it f*ck you

Apple’s gaslighting over bent iPads is a stunning response to a serious problem If the new iPad Pro you got for Christmas is bent in the center, don’t bother booking an appointment at the Apple Store. Just return the tablet, because the genius at the bar isn’t going to care. Why? Because, apparently, Apple doesn’t … Read more

Is the FEDS prepping? IRS stockpiles firearms and ammunition!

IRS stockpiles firearms and ammunition The Internal Revenue Service had in its weapons inventory 4,487 guns and 5,062,006 rounds of ammunition as of late 2017, according to a report published this month by the Government Accountability Office. Included in this arsenal, according to the GAO, were 15 “fully automatic firearms” and 56,000 rounds of ammunition … Read more

France is deploying 174,000 police as yellow vests prepare to join New Year’s celebrations

France is deploying more than 147,000 security forces nationwide to gird for New Year’s Eve unrest as yellow vest protesters prepare to join the public revelry. The Interior Ministry said in a statement issued Sunday that the heavy security measures are needed because of a “high terrorist threat” and concerns about “non-declared protests.” https://globalnews.ca/news/4802845/france-new-years-eve-yellow-vest/

WHY TRUMP IS STICKING TO THE SHUTDOWN: Poll: 8-in-10 call illegal immigration a ‘problem,’ 58% say ‘serious.’

via washingtonexaminer: Most Americans believe that illegal immigration is a problem but are split over what to do about it, according to a new survey. The latest Economist/YouGov.com poll found that 84 percent believe illegal immigration is a “problem” for the United States. And of that, 58 percent called it a “somewhat serious” to “very serious problem.” Another … Read more

FOX NEWS FAKERY: Firearms-Related Accident Deaths Plunge 41% From 1999 But Reported To Be At ALL TIME HIGH!

Firearms-Related Accident Deaths Plunge 41% From 1999 (But the media won’t report the facts) While recent headlines might lead you to believe that accidental deaths from firearms are at an all-time high, the fact is they are at their lowest in decades — but unfortunately, the so-called “mainstream” media won’t report the truth. As noted … Read more