China Plays Trade War “Hardball” With Yuan – 3 Ways Retirees Could Suffer

From Birch Gold Group The trade war between the U.S. and China has escalated once again. Except this time, China signaled its intention to weaponize the yuan to combat tariffs issued by POTUS. According to a Forbes piece that detailed this signal, the stakes have been raised: Yesterday China significantly raised the stakes in the trade war – … Read more

Judicial Watch: FBI 302 Interviews with Bruce Ohr on #SpyGate Released to Judicial Watch

READ MORE HERE: https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-r… Hi, Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton here with Breaking News! Judicial Watch just received documents from the FBI showing that the Justice Department and the FBI knew that Christopher Steele, the author of the Anti-Trump Steele Dossier was quote “desperate that Donald Trump not get elected” and “was passionate about him … Read more

Huge power cut brings UK to its knees with trains halted and traffic signals off… One million affected

UK power cut plunges Britain into darkness as National Grid outage sparks travel chaos with trains, tubes and traffic lights paralysed A HUGE power cut has hit the UK with trains, Tubes and traffic lights cutting out across the country sparking national chaos. Britain was plunged into darkness at rush hour with large parts of … Read more

FBI: More Deaths Cause by Knives Than Guns

Knives kill far more people in the United States than rifles do every year. In the wake of the horrific school shooting in Florida last week, the debate over guns in America has surged again to the forefront oft the political conversation. Seventeen students were killed when a deranged gunman rampaged through the Stoneman Douglas High … Read more

JOURNALISMING:

via Twitter: And from the thread: And even then, the reader is left to guess at why or how he could have been found removable. This oblique paragraph is all there is: “Aldaoud had a criminal conviction for disorderly conduct and served 17 months for a home invasion.” Disorderly conduct is not typically something that … Read more

Ohio accidentally legalized marijuana

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Did state lawmakers accidentally legalize marijuana in Ohio? Some top law enforcers in the state say yes. 10TV was the first to break the news Wednesday that the City of Columbus will no longer prosecute misdemeanor marijuana cases. City Attorney Zach Klein says the decision is based on complications after the state legalized hemp. … Read more

EBOLA/Terrorism/FLU? – Plane Quarantined at Manchester Airport UK – No reason given

The plane is said to have landed in Manchester from Paris at 10.30am but passengers were kept on board  for more than two hours until the unwell traveller disembarked the plane. Frustrated passengers took to social media to vent their frustrations claiming they were in quarantine on flight BE3122. One said: “Still on the plane. … Read more

Is the Everything Bubble Ripe Yet?

Suddenly – I mean the signs had been everywhere for a long time and “suddenly” doesn’t really apply – the whole house of cards came tumbling down. This is the transcript from my podcast last Sunday, THE WOLF STREET REPORT: I just listened to a friend of mine, telling me how he now feels comfortable with … Read more

Italian Government Falls for no valid reasons, Salvini to blame

via CNBC: There has been clear confrontation between the two-party coalition — formed of the leftist, anti-establishment Five Star Movement (M5S) and the anti-immigration, populist Lega party. Lega is currently polling ahead of all other Italian parties at 38%. “Let’s quickly give the say back to the voters,” Matteo Salvini, deputy prime minister and Lega … Read more

Frontier said it wouldn’t take any questions from investors during its quarterly earnings call yesterday

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/08/isp-frontier-is-failing-so-badly-it-wont-take-questions-from-investors/ Frontier Communications yesterday reported lower revenue and a $5.45 billion goodwill impairment charge, and it warned investors that its revenue will continue to decline in future quarters. Frontier’s financial performance is so bad that the company said it wouldn’t take any questions from investors during its quarterly earnings call yesterday. Frontier reported second-quarter revenue … Read more

A comprehensive analysis on Facebook ($FB)

by u—wot—m8 With all the recent controversy surrounding Facebook, today we are going to analyze Facebook’s business fundamentals, growth potential, risks, valuation, and ultimately decide whether or not it makes sense to be a shareholder of the social media giant. Unless stated otherwise, all numbers and statistics presented below are as of August 7th, 2019. … Read more

Another Chinese bank looks to have collapsed, the third since May – Unit of China’s sovereign wealth fund takes over Xiao Jianhua-linked Heng Feng Bank in third case of nationalisation since May

by NineteenEighty9 via scmp: If three US banks of this size all collapsed within a few months of one another like this it would be front page news. China looks to be at risk for a serious banking/financial crises… or already in one. Central Huijin Investment will invest in Heng Feng Bank to increase its capital … Read more