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by Tom Luongo It’s getting tiresome watching Donald Trump’s bipolar presidency. It seems he can’t let a day go by without making some massive announcement to raise tariffs, threaten sanctions or overthrow a government. Every 24 hours is another exercise in chasing the Trump Reality Show around. Every lull in the perpetual news cycle has to … Read more
Vote count was held at 1:58 pm. 24 to 16 in favor of holding AG Barr in contempt of Congress. Barr CANNOT – I repeat CANNOT release their illegally requested redacted Grand Jury material in the Mueller Report. If they want it they have to go to court and get a Judge to rule in their … Read more
via mybudget360: Most Americans are familiar with Alice in Wonderland. The Red Queen’s race in the story highlights Alice running but remaining in the same spot. Many Americans can relate. They are working harder yet somehow feel stuck. Putting more and more energy just to stay in the same spot economically. And many are unable to … Read more
by Danielle Park A decade of ultra-low yields and financial gimmicks have turned a generation of savers unwittingly into gamblers and fueled a marketing bonanza of ‘high yield’ funds, products and strategies sold to gullible masses hoping for more than the safest assets were offering. As in the last two cycles, this speculative frenzy was always … Read more
DoubleLine CEO Jeffrey Gundlach is flagging risks in the rising U.S. deficit. “People are starting to realize that the deficit and debt are totally out of control,” Gundlach says on CNBC’s “Halftime Report” Tuesday. Gundlach also flagged trouble in the corporate bond market, which “is so much worse today than it was in 2006.” U.S. … Read more
by Alexander Trigaux, Editor, GoldSilver.com Gold has provided investors with a superior return to stocks, bonds, and residential real estate over the past 20 years. We’d like to tip our hat to Wall St. megabank JP Morgan for assembling this data and pointing out that investors would have done well by largely ignoring their advice for … Read more
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by Dave Kranzler of Investment Research Dynamics The National Association of Realtors (NAR – existing home sales reports) and the Census Bureau (new home sales reports) report monthly sales on a “seasonally adjusted annualized rate” basis (SAAR). Notwithstanding the reliability – or lack thereof – of the “seasonal adjustments,” it would seem absurd to report monthly home sales … Read more
by Shaun Richards So far the trend towards economic weakness has by passed the United States much to the glee of President Trump. Some of you may have seen the rap to camera by Larry Kudlow who is the President of the National Economic Council which ended with “we are killing it on the economy.” … Read more
via thehill: In other words, the FBI under Director Christopher Wray classified the document as “secret” just a few days ago. To add injury to insult, the FBI added this hopeful note: “Declassify on 12/31/2041.” That would be 25 years after the 2016 election. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Kathleen Kavalec’s written account of her Oct. 11, 2016, … Read more
by Lance Roberts The latest in the Marvel movie portfolio – Avengers: Endgame has blown away every theatre attendance record. The film has earned $1.48 billion on a global level (as of this writing). There’s little doubt that humans love heroes, especially super-human types. We relish the conflict between good and evil. We cry when our heroes … Read more
Undercover reporters went to multiple police stations & attempted to get the forms to file complaints against police officers. They were refused & even threatened at nearly all of them. No wonder that DV report rate against cops is only 40%. https://www.reddit.com/r/ChapoTrapHouse/comments/blgypr/undercover_reporters_went_to_multiple_police/ h/t likemy69thaccount
Looks like this investigation will lead to exposure of west wing crimes “UPDATED 8:56 AM PT — Tuesday, May 7, 2019 As Attorney General William Barr spars with Democrats in Congress, he is also beginning his investigation of Obama-era officials who spurred the Russia probe. One America’s Jack Posobiec sat down with a former Bush … Read more
These people are without conscious. The only voice of reason they possess anymore is evil. Democrats have been pushing farther and farther left on abortion, calling for third trimester abortions and post-birth abortions. Today a CNN contributor said, “When a woman gets pregnant, that is not a human being inside of her.” Listen to the … Read more
As the United Nations accuses the Chinese government of setting up massive camps in the far-west Xinjiang province to imprison an unknown number of ethnic Uyghurs and other Muslims, Human Rights Watch reports that China is carrying out mass surveillance there using a mobile app that lets authorities monitor the Muslim population. We speak with … Read more
via thehill: “There is a sense that Comey’s team was not checking the boxes, did not have adequate predication, and may have tasked sources before an investigation was even officially opened. Barr should pull case files and dig in on this. In addition, the cast of characters leveraged by the FBI against the Trump campaign all … Read more
by Geoffrey Grider James Comey’s planet is getting noticeably warmer. Attorney General William Barr’s emissions are the suspected cause. James Comey, a long time benefactor and protector of Hillary Clinton, is nothing if not smug and condescending. Worse than that, since the day that he allowed Crooked Hillary Clinton to walk free in spite of a … Read more
BREAKING: “New batch of HRC email investigation dropped in vault part 32.” (FBI.GOV) “Someone dropped the 302’s? Holy …” Rosie memos @almostjingo New batch of HRC email investigation dropped in vault part 32. 👀New batch of HRC email investigation dropped in vault part 32.https://t.co/BRnbWfNeLf — Rosie Memos (@almostjingo) May 7, 2019 Oh shit! It’s the … Read more
NEW: DOJ throws down gauntlet. Tells House Judiciary either cancel contempt vote or AG will recommend asserting exec privilege over the Mueller report and underlying docs pic.twitter.com/jNhmOVklSk — Mike Memoli (@mikememoli) May 8, 2019 .@RepJerryNadler responds: "This kind of obstruction is dangerous. … In the coming days, I expect that Congress will have no choice … Read more
The diplomatic cable from Beijing arrived in Washington late on Friday night, with systematic edits to a nearly 150-page draft trade agreement that would blow up months of negotiations between the world’s two largest economies. The document was riddled with reversals by China that undermined core U.S. demands, sources told Reuters. U.S. President Donald Trump … Read more