Trump’s Agenda is Officially Dead

by Martin Armstrong   We should not expect Trump to get any of his agenda items through Congress. Trump’s promises to replace the Affordable Care Act, invest in infrastructure, and cut middle class taxes have been essentially shelved. The Democrats refuse to cooperate on anything in hopes of using that against him in 2020. What this … Read more

Food Shortages:Save our bacon! Price of pork produce rockets 38% in four weeks as African swine fever wipes out a fifth of China’s pigs

Prices are expected to rise due to increased demand facing European suppliers  Comes after deadly viral disease began affecting hogs on farms in East Asia  There was an 18% increase in the price of bacon from February to April this year  An outbreak of African swine fever in China could send the price of pork and bacon soaring … Read more

The US Bond Market Is Telling Us The Trump Economic Boom Is Over…But Nobody’s Listening

by Graham Summers of Gains, Pains, & Capital The Fed has now created the single most dangerous stock market environment possible… That’s when the economy is slowing… and stocks are RALLYING based on hopes that the Fed will soon introduce more monetary easing. This is precisely what happened in 2008. And it’s when CRASHES happen. And that’s when … Read more

GOOGLE ‘News Blacklist’ Show Manual Manipulation… Transparency Questions Mount As Founders Skip Town Halls

DOCUMENTS DETAILING GOOGLE’S ‘NEWS BLACKLIST’ SHOW MANUAL MANIPULATION OF SPECIAL SEARCH RESULTS Google does manipulate its search results manually, contrary to the company’s official denials, documents obtained exclusively by The Daily Caller indicate. Two official policies dubbed the “misrepresentation policy” and the “good neighbor policy” inform the company’s “XPA news blacklist,” which is maintained by … Read more

List of ways China keeps tabs on citizens getting longer

via heraldmailmedia: BEIJING — China’s ambitious plan to assign lifelong scores to citizens based on their behavior has stoked international concern, even as the project remains nascent and numerous hurdles must be overcome before the experiment can be implemented nationwide. In fact, the so-called social credit system is merely an extension of the myriad ways the … Read more

Tucker Carlson interview about Max Boot & Liberals want Trump to bomb every country in the Middle East & General MACGREGOR demands martial law

Also General Douglas MacGregor demands Trump declare martial law on US Border watch the interview, it all makes sense now. Trump stopped their plans to bomb every country in the Middle east. That is why they are attacking him! Anybody that votes for a democrat is a moron.     Max Boot claims that we … Read more

Icarus Warning

by northmantrader At the beginning of March I issued a warning about $BA when the stock was trading at $441. The stock has dropped over $70 since. Of course I could not have known the company would experience a disaster with the plane crash and the subsequent software issues and fleet groundings and now canceling of orders. My … Read more

What You Need to Know About Indonesia Ahead of Next Week’s Election

by Frank Holmes, CEO, U.S. Global Investors On Wednesday of next week, the world’s largest presidential election will be held. Voters in Indonesia will go to the polls to decide whether to give incumbent president Joko Widodo another five years, or elect former general Prabowo Subianto. I think of Indonesia’s presidential election as the “world’s … Read more

‘Retail Apocalypse Now’: Analysts say 75,000 more U.S. stores could be doomed

Clothing retailers, consumer electronics companies and home furnishing businesses will need to close more stores across the U.S. as e-commerce sales proliferate, according to UBS. In a note to clients this week, the investment firm said “store rationalization needs to accelerate meaningfully as online penetration continues to rise.” Assuming online sales’ share of total retail … Read more

Better Late Than Never: Trump Just Unveiled His NCAA Bracket And He Nailed Every Prediction

Via The Babylon Bee WASHINGTON, D.C.—While President Trump had initially indicated he would not be filling out a March Madness bracket this year, the president changed his mind and released one late last night. Amazingly, the bracket was perfect. Trump unveiled the world’s first flawless bracket at a White House press conference, proudly declaring how … Read more

Smart Money Is Piling Into Oil

By Nick Cunningham Oil prices jumped to five-month highs this week, pushed higher by a bullish cocktail of supply outages, geopolitical unrest and a sputtering shale sector. The most recent factor is the sudden eruption of the long simmering feud in Libya between rival factions. The attack on Tripoli by the Libyan National Army (LNA), … Read more