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by Dr. Eowyn A stroke is a medical condition in which poor blood flow to the brain results in cell death and part of the brain not functioning properly. There are two main types of stroke: Ischemic, due to lack of blood flow typically caused by blockage of a blood vessel. Hemorrhagic, due to bleeding either directly … Read more
Investors rush into bonds in record numbers as global economic outlook falls to worst in 10 years “This month’s survey [found] the biggest ever one-month rotation into the asset class” of bonds, Bank of America Merrill Lynch says. The monthly report is one of the most widely followed surveys of investors on Wall Street. Investors … Read more
China’s Economy Slows Sharply, in Challenge for Xi Jinping DONGGUAN, China — China’s consumers and businesses are losing confidence. Car sales have plunged. The housing market is stumbling. Some factories are letting workers off for the big Lunar New Year holiday two months early. China’s economy has slowed sharply in recent months, presenting perhaps the biggest challenge … Read more
by Lance Roberts Kevin Wilson recently penned a piece for Seeking Alpha that made a great point about where the markets are currently. To wit: “Famous market observer Art Cashin mentioned a metaphor in October 2017 that resonated with me. He said (words to the effect that) at that moment, market players had only the protection provided … Read more
Everyone knows wealth is concentrating. This is where the rich are going. From Bloomberg: U.S. unemployment is near a 50-year low, economic growth is brisk and the stock market – despite a disappointing 2018 – has paid generous returns since the financial crisis of a decade ago. But not for everyone. The chasm between rich and … Read more
The goals of the silicon valley censorship lovers and their establishment buddies boil down to convincing you that seeing the grim and sometimes distasteful world around you is “bad” and those that expose it are either extremists or foreign pawns.
Michael Snyder from the Economic Collapse Blog reports, Now that Donald Trump has been president, the Federal Reserve decides now would be a great time to start raising interest rates and slowing down the economy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDpauMZ3ERU Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/ar…
by John Rubino The last few years of the Everything Bubble were driven by the ultimate dumb money: corporations borrowing to buy back their stock at record high prices. A whole generation of CEOs and CFOs were able to pad both their reputations and their year-end bonuses this way while, it seemed, blatantly screwing over their employees … Read more
Former CIA Officer Philip Giraldi warns Americans that technology is being transferred to China, via a clandestine outpost in the Middle East. Interesting threads on the subject include: F*ck Snowden!! Why isn’t Bill Clinton in jail for giving China military secrets??? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Cox_Report_controversy http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/940025/posts http://archive.frontpagemag.com/readArticle.aspx?ARTID=4946 Report: Israel Passes U.S. Military Technology to China https://www.military.com/defensetech/2013/12/24/report-israel-passes-u-s-military-technology-to-china Similar … Read more
For its 2018 finale, A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the U.S. Air Force’s first third-generation navigation satellite for the Global Positioning System (GPS 3-01) from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. h/t Voluntaryist
by mikeleoncraft Ouch! Looks like the FBI is in a really tough spot right about now. Considering they already admitted in court that Flynn was not advised of the nature of the interview. The original 302 contradicts this. Which means the agents lied in their original report. Memo: FBI recommended Michael Flynn not have lawyer … Read more
by RoganReview Not sure why this isn’t mentioned more here but I just wanted to see what you all think. When I was growing up there was never this kind of prescription pill abuse in music and it seems pretty blatant these days. These big pharma guys are smart and have a ton of money. … Read more
by meltingspark Google is cornering the internet browser market. Companies have no choice but to switch to the chromium based web browser. If they don’t, google services don’t work properly. With all these browsers leaving their own open source browser for chromium recently, I knew something was going on. This post pretty much shows Edge … Read more
Jim Hoft for the Gateway Pundit reports, Former Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York and author Andrew McCarthy joined Lou Dobbs to discuss the latest charges against former Trump attorney Michael Cohen. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CapILzwZd4 Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018… Andrew McCarthy: What I am saying is it remains to be seen whether this … Read more
by PodestaAmberAlert Their past tweets are being censored and you can no longer search them. I need people to download these archives offline. Weird how this is happening right as the “official” Steele story is dropped. Much more to this story. They’re trying to bury past tweets without “deleting” them. They’re trying make … Read more
Jim Hoft for the Gateway Pundit reports, David Rubin, the former mayor of Shiloh, Israel, spoke with Tucker Carlson on Wednesday on the effectiveness of the border wall in Israel with Egypt. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOwdFgEPJk8 Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018… On Tuesday Democrat leaders Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer told President Trump that border walls were a “waste … Read more
Jim Hoft for the Gateway Pundit reports, Chris Wallace invited Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani on his FOX News program to discuss the latest developments in the Mueller witch hunt. Giuliani was as colorful as ever. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yNSypz1qko Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018… Wallace asked Rudy if President Trump will ever sit down with Mueller. Rudy Giuliani’s response, “Over … Read more
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 enrich them $1000s in their own stocks; potentially millions. https://t.co/E9L1cVubFe — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) December … Read more
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 at much lower cost than they would have to pay people in a fair, free … Read more
While Goldman has insisted that just two employees are responsible for the burgeoning 1MDB scandal, insiders said the deals were approved by committees staffed by top executives, including CFO Stephen Scherr. Goldman committees approved the doomed bond deals on the condition that bankers explain to 1MDB that it had cheaper options in raising $6.5 billion. … Read more
🧐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 level since Mar2017. pic.twitter.com/xpzosN3ttg — Holger Zschaepitz (@Schuldensuehner) December 17, 2018 The $SPX has just … Read more
$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 — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) December 18, 2018 do not look pic.twitter.com/Ljb38f7HDR — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) December 18, … Read more
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 to trough) • 16 months duration 16/25 = 0.64 (duration reduction ratio between events) x/16 … Read more
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 growth. According to the first estimate conducted by Statistics Netherlands (CBS) based on currently available … Read more
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 cleaning could be just as detrimental to one’s health as smoking, the research suggests that … Read more