On Wire

From Birch Gold Group On June 3, a total of $137 billion in market cap was wiped from existence in one day as, according to Wolf Richter, four of the infamous FAANG companies became targets of an imminent antitrust probe (emphasis ours): It’s a rare moment in recent years that US government regulators are suddenly going after … Read more

by Chris Martenson https://cm-us-standard.s3.amazonaws.com/audio/Straightup/Straight-Up-Waiting-for-the-Black-Swan.mp3 Two more tankers were attacked near the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday morning  (6/13/19) in the Gulf of Oman, and if hostilities advance we could be facing a ‘black swan’ event. One that changes everything, and divides the world into ‘before’ and ‘after’ periods. A lot of us are waiting for ‘something’ … Read more

by Dr. Eowyn Bill Allison reports for Bloomberg, June 13, 2019, that the Democratic National Committee (DNC) “has a money problem,” which “could hurt its nominee’s chances of beating President Donald Trump in 2020.” That’s because whoever wins the party’s nomination will rely heavily on the DNC in the general election for organizing, identifying voters and … Read more

via Troy: Bears are saying “the S&P today looks just like 2007” while bulls are saying “the S&P today looks just like 2016”. In reality, the S&P today is most like 1967 (not quite what you would expect). Various technical factors suggest that the medium term is bullish. The short term is mixed, and such a … Read more

via redstate: Usually, when Steven Crowder does a “Change My Mind,” he heads to a University campus to challenge the students there on their viewpoints, and as the name of the bit implies, change his mind as well. Reactions to Crowder tend to range from understanding and conversational to rage and tears. After Crowder became the … Read more

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand’s comments on the pro-life cause and its advocates are illustrative of the left’s increasing extremism, militancy and disturbingly intolerant and authoritarian mindset. Someone asked Gillibrand if having a litmus test for judicial nominees would threaten judicial independence, as she has promised to only appoint justices who would affirm the Supreme Court case … Read more

By Robert Ross The markets are in the middle of a once-in-a-decade event. And it says a lot about what you should do with your money right now. I’m talking about a critical recession indicator called the yield curve inversion—or the Diamond Cross. As you may recall, a Diamond Cross happens when the difference between the … Read more

by The_In-Betweener The idea of false flags is pretty well known at this point so it’s nice to watch so many instantly question these situations. Here’s Ben Garrison cartoon where he seems to have faith that Trump won’t cave to those committing the potential false flag. The leaders of Saudi Arabia and Israel along with … Read more

via Zerohedge: While central banks have yet to lose control over the stock or bond market, an eventuality which even the world’s biggest bond manager warns is just a matter of time, they sure have lost control over what is arguably an even more important market metric: inflation expectations. Take the euro-area, where despite years … Read more

via metricmaps.org:   Source is ACS 2017 5 year county geo, and tool is maptitude   h/t metricmaps_or

Authored by John Solomon via The Hill If you read the newspapers, tuned into the cable TV pundits or received an email from one of the Democrats running for president, you’d swear Donald Trump was back to his treasonous ways. All that was missing was an annoying OMG text exclamation punctuating the unfounded claims that Trump might … Read more