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by Hollywood Rob I was perusing a post from Bill Blain on Zero Hedge this morning at he was discussing the shenanigans that were likely going on in Osaka. That’s not what interested me. What amazed me was the group photo. The Saudi is front and center, trump beside and then Turkey. Merkle is all the … Read more
G20 recap: China got what it wanted (delay). Trump got what he wanted (pump stocks). Huawei got a slight reprieve (face saving). Nothing fundamental changed. Forecast: More of the same until 2020 election. This confrontation has a long way to run. https://t.co/ETb198x3FQ — Jim Rickards (@JamesGRickards) June 29, 2019
…’We conducted a series of large-scale field experiments across the globe to examine how financial incentives influence rates of civic honesty. We turned in “lost” wallets and experimentally varied the amount of money left in the wallets, allowing us to determine how monetary stakes affect return rates across a broad sample of societies and institutions.We … Read more
Would a Falling Stock Market Take Gold Stocks With It?
Italian police arrested 18 individuals for allegedly brainwashing children into thinking that their parents abused them in order to sell them to “foster parents” (abusers). The network included the mayor of Bibbiano, doctors, psychotherapists, and social workers. According to Italian media, the transactions involving children amounted to hundreds of thousands of Euros. Furthermore, it was … Read more
by Simon Black Here’s our Friday roll up of the most absurd and concerning articles we came across this week. Jail time for offensive image in Great Britain Recently some idiot teenager in Britain edited an image of Prince Harry into something that was stupid and racist. This moron clearly intended to be offensive. His photo … Read more
By Harry Dent I’m coming to you today from Myrtle Beach, where my entire family gets together for their annual reunion. It doesn’t matter where I am though, I watch the stock markets like a hawk. And right now, the markets are in a crucial place… We’re back to testing the highs and things can go either … Read more
By Dagny Taggart In these Orwellian times, when it is revealed that yet another government agency is spying on us in yet another way, most of us aren’t one bit surprised. Being surveilled nearly everywhere we go (and even in our own homes) has become the norm, unfortunately. Yesterday, it was revealed that the NSA improperly collected Americans’ … Read more
by Thinker The ones that scream the loudest and write books putting down 45th POTUS, have the most to hide!!! Former Governor Chris Christie believes Trump’s weakness is that he will get baited by opponents in debates by “swinging at every pitch.” Chris Christie’s Explosive New Book Bashing POTUS Blowback & Spotlight On 9/11 Trials … Read more
“I’m Not Sure I’m A Democrat Anymore,” Democrats Move Too Far Left. A Washington Post reporter tweeted during the Democratic Debate last night that someone said they aren’t sure they are a Democrat anymore because the party has moved so far to the left. The data proves it. Time and time again we see polling … Read more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XR5u0J4pbdY Countries are addressing economic and geopolitical conflicts this weekend at the G20 summit in Japan. The United States has been losing ground as countries shun the US dollar and ignore US-imposed sanctions. Jeremy Kuzmarov, a professor and the author of “The Russians Are Coming, Again: The First Cold War as Tragedy, the Second as … Read more
by David Robertson Stocks have an almost mythical aura about them for many investors. Conceptually, stocks tend to produce higher returns than many other asset classes and therefore feature prominently in many retirement plans. Practically, stocks have provided terrific returns for many through their working years and into retirement. The proposition of investing in stocks, … Read more
It remains the mystery at the heart of Boeing Co.’s 737 Max crisis: how a company renowned for meticulous design made seemingly basic software mistakes leading to a pair of deadly crashes. Longtime Boeing engineers say the effort was complicated by a push to outsource work to lower-paid contractors. The Max software — plagued by … Read more
He talks at 4:00 The Dems stuck that in the house bill and thought it would slip through! Had it passed (thankfully our guys read that) the UN would have been given complete control over our border. The Senate bill still has not passed…two years in and we still have no immigration reform. AC
via pjmedia: ere’s the lineup if you’re just tuning in: Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont (Democratic Socialist) Sen. Kamala Harris of California (People’s Democratic Socialist) Mayor Pete Buttigieg of South Bend, Indiana (Socialist Democratic People’s Party) Sen. Michael Bennet of Colorado (Progressive Socialist-Democrat) Author Marianne Williamson (Progressive Democrat-Socialist) Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York (Democratic Progressive-Socialist) … Read more
via dailysignal: Socialism is perhaps the only ideology that Americans are asked to judge solely based on its piddling “successes.” Don’t you dare mention Albania or Algeria or Angola or Burma or Congo or Cuba or Ethiopia or Laos or Somalia or Vietnam or Yemen or, well, any other of the dozens of other inconvenient places … Read more
via readynutrition: Small sugar pumpkins are a perfect addition to any autumn lovers garden! Perfectly sweet or savory, based on your personal preference, these cute little pumpkins offer a nutritious treat without the tricks! A great source of vitamin E, vitamin B6, folate, and iron, small sugar pumpkins are very low in saturated fat and cholesterol … Read more
via UPFINA: The June Conference Board consumer confidence report is an example of a report going from great to good. The consumer confidence index fell to its lowest level since September 2017, which actually doesn’t sound terrible as the economy was doing fine then. However, what does sound bad is this monthly decline is the 5th worst since the … Read more
