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by DCG Are they also going to ban belt loops? From US News: The Justice Department on Tuesday issued its final rule to ban bump stocks, making them illegal to own or sell. The reform, the first major gun-control action in recent years and the first of the Trump administration, comes after several recent mass shootings – … Read more
via Yahoo: BERLIN (AP) — An award-winning journalist who worked for Der Spiegel, one of Germany’s leading news outlets, has left the weekly magazine after evidence emerged that he committed journalistic fraud “on a grand scale” over a number of years, the publication said Wednesday. Spiegel published a lengthy report on its website after conducting … Read more
Air Freight & logistics index is getting crushed in a global slowdown. This tells me that any rally is not sustainable in stocks b/c global macro is quickly deteriorating pic.twitter.com/yOHBMpxb9E — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) December 19, 2018 In a matter of months, Wall Street goes from trillion dollar companies, and price for perfect to now begging … Read more
by DCG Eric Swalwell nods in approval. From Daily Mail: French security forces are ready to smother the centre of Paris with a ‘last resort’ chemical weapon in a bid to keep protesters away from key buildings, it has emerged. Astonishing revelations about the debilitating powder – which can be spread across an area the size of six football … Read more
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2018/12/19/dc-attorney-general-sues-facebook-over-alleged-privacy-violations-cambridge-analytica-scandal/ The attorney general for the District of Columbia filed a lawsuit on Wednesday against Facebook for allowing Cambridge Analytica, a political consultancy, to gain access to the names, “likes” and other personal data about tens of millions of the social site’s users without their permission. The lawsuit filed by Karl Racine, confirmed Wednesday by … Read more
The Federal Open Market Committee, which makes monetary policy for the Federal Reserve, finished its two-day meeting Wednesday. Markets expected the central bank to approve a quarter-point interest rate increase. The Federal Open Market Committee, which makes monetary policy for the Federal Reserve, finished its two-day meeting Wednesday. Markets expected the central bank to approve … Read more
by Chris Well, the People Rising movement has a solid victory. The Belgium PM has offered to resign! This trend…it will continue. Watch for the Fed today to once again weasel word their statement in order to protect the wealth of the rich and well-connected. I just read that if the current trend continues, the … Read more
by TFittonJW Judge Sullivan and Judge Lamberth take action…. https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/federal-judge-opens-discovery-into-clinton-email-usage/ https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/hillary-clinton-files-new-answers-under-oath-about-email-system-used-it-for-the-purpose-of-convenience/ We will be filing our proposed discovery plan later today with Judge Lamberth.
by Amy S. The sad thing is that people believe this is about Republicans and Democrats. It’s NOT. They are two wings same bird. They all serve the same corporate masters. This is about the elite vs We The People. Time for the world to wake the hell up. And as soon as this economy tanks … Read more
Andrew Kerr of the Daily Caller News Foundation’s (DCNF) Investigative Group has done a remarkable piece of deep-dive journalism that went live this morning: “Revealed: Antifa Leader Relied on Anonymity to Push Radical, Violent Communist Agenda.” The Antifa leader in question is known on Twitter as “#Sabokitty.” But that’s just the beginning, according to DCNF’s Kerr: “The … Read more
via range365: In 2012, then-President Hugo Chavez banned firearm ownership by private citizens in Venezuela, leaving the unarmed populace unable to defend themselves from criminals and corrupt government officials alike. In the years following, the crime rate and government abuses increased at an unprecedented rate. Fox News recently ran a report detailing the fallout that resulted, in … Read more
by Chris Vermeulen of The Technical Traders ES SETS UP MAJOR DOUBLE BOTTOM AHEAD OF THE FED The downside price rotation in the US markets on Monday, December 17, set up a near-perfect double bottom formation near the 2530 price level and also prompted a dramatic price recovery after reaching these lows. Currently, the ES has rallied over … Read more
by howmuch President Trump wants Apple to move all its manufacturing to the U.S., repeatedly warning that he will slap tariffs on Apple products in an escalating trade fight with China. He might be onto something because the economy is generating factory jobs at an impressive clip, growing 3.1% over the first 21 months of his administration. This … Read more
From John Stossel at Reason: Leaked emails show some Google engineers blaming their company for Trump’s 2016 win, suggesting that the site should censor outlets like The Daily Caller and Breitbart. Google says the company never did that, but for many people, it raises the question: could Google executives flip an election? “Google’s senior management was heavily in favor … Read more
by Martin Armstrong It really is very astonishing how brain-dead politicians are. The latest stats are showing that residents are increasingly fleeing New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago. The perpetually rising taxes are just getting insane. We just received this notice ourselves about taxes due in California. Apparently, they must have subpoenaed Amazon to see who has merchandise they are … Read more
by DCG In November I told you how New York State Sen. Kevin Parker and Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams proposed legislation that would incorporate social media accounts into background checks for gun buyers. From my post: “The pair of bills would empower the New York State Police and local departments like the NYPD to check three years of … Read more
by Charles Hugh-Smith Just in case you missed what’s going on in France: the status quo in Europe is doomed. The status quo has a simple fix for every crisis and systemic problem: 1. create currency out of thin air 2. give it to super-wealthy banks, financiers and corporations to boost their wealth and income. … Read more
Amanda Prestigiacomo for the Daily Wire reports, A Columbia University student identified as Julian von Abele sparked mass outrage after bragging about Europeans building the modern world and expressing his love for white men in a now-viral video clip. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISoUppsF0iw Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: https://www.dailywire.com/news/39324/…
Jim Hoft for the Gateway Pundit reports, On Wednesday beautiful First Lady Melania Trump joined Sean Hannity for a rare television interview. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNU_0jJPQxk Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018…
Why are millennials unable to AFFORD a home? The Federal Reserve initiated the most reckless, foolish set of measures in the last century with their Quantitative Easing policy. Even after it was stated that QE basically didn’t work as they expected it to, they still engaged in 3 rounds, plus Operation Twist. In December … Read more
via The Zman In a crisis, people either turn to their institutions or they turn to their leaders to provide a path forward through the emergency. This is especially true when the path forward is waiting out the emergency. People respect action, so they have to have faith in their leaders if the right course is … Read more
by Egon von Greyerz As we approach the beginning of the biggest wealth destruction in history, it is timely to turn to the wisdom of one of the great philosophers. Plato (428-348 BC) stated: “The greatest wealth is to live content with little” And this is the lesson that most people in the world will … Read more
by Mac Slavo of SHTFplan The trade war rhetoric continues to heighten tension between the United States and Chinese governments. The president of Communist China, Xi Jinping even said that “no one is in a position to dictate to the Chinese people,” when referencing U.S. demands during the trade war. There appears to be no end in sight … Read more
by Fabius Maximus Summary: Nothing shows America’s broken vision like the persistence of fake news propaganda despite years of debunking by experts. This leaves us divided and unable to respond to our problems, as neither Left nor Right clearly see the world. “We’re choking the ocean with plastic” is one such tale, showing how real … Read more
Internal records show that the social network had arrangements with Microsoft, Amazon and others, effectively exempting some partners from its usual privacy rules. The documents underscore how personal data has become the digital age’s prized commodity. For years, Facebook gave some of the world’s largest technology companies more intrusive access to users’ personal data than … Read more