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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdsB4Oi1jHc President Donald Trump shared one hysterically funny and apt meme mocking Creepy Uncle Joe Biden after the former VP tried in vain to explain his habit of grabbing and touching people inappropriately, Breitbart reports. Bwahahaha! Biden published a video on Twitter on Wednesday indicating that he had received the message from several different women … Read more

via @hks55:   Ray Dalio says the economy looks like 1937 and a downturn is coming in about two years

via themarketear: Note that despite VIX falling to new recent lows, the ratio between 2 vs 8 mths refuses coming much lower. People have the October sell off in “fresh” memory and front month hedges are in relatively high demand. Bloomberg PLC a day ago at 15:10 Ramp up…but not in volumes. DOW volumes continue lower… … Read more

by Jim Quinn So the deficit is up $700 billion in the first six months, but the CBO is predicting a $900 billion deficit for the full year. With the economy slowing dramatically and corporate profits declining, revenues will decline in the 2nd half of the year. Does anyone think spending will slow down? We … Read more

Authored by José Antonio Ocampo, formerly United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, via Project Syndicate, This year, the world commemorates the anniversaries of two key events in the development of the global monetary system. The first is the creation of the International Monetary Fund at the Bretton Woods conference 75 years ago. The second is … Read more

by Thinker For every politician and negative voice calling the crisis on the border a hoax, you are a liar, who only seeks to divide and keep hate alive. When was the last time Americans saw and heard from the men and women on the border, and what their lives are like trying to defend … Read more

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmJyEMe3X3E Yep…it’s Left vs Right, dog and pony, bread and circuses rhetoric which serves to distract, deceive and divide us all so that we can be more easily controlled by the powers-that-shouldn’t be. It is, nonetheless, quite humorous to witness the actors play their part on the world’s stage.   AC

“Last week, President Donald Trump’s transportation secretary, Elaine Chao, told senators that a gas tax hike was on the table when asked whether the White House would support such a move. And this week, Democrats are indicating that they too are ready to consider a tax increase — an effort that would fund publicly popular infrastructure improvements … Read more

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkpknNQprPw The UK Prime Minister has written to the president of the European Council, asking for yet another Brexit delay, this time until June 30th. Anastasia Churkina reports on what Theresa May hopes will be her bargaining chip. READ MORE: https://on.rt.com/9rjz      

by John Ward The pointless referendum that led to a pointed betrayal of Brexit has been, for most voters, a painful exercise in anger and tedium. But the learning experience mustn’t be wasted. In particular, it’s time to start seeing it as nothing more than one symptom along one dimension of a massive global trend: the … Read more

by Dr. Eowyn Hillary Clinton did it, patronizing and pandering to black audiences by speaking in an entirely phony southern drawl. Now, another Demonrat is also faking a southern accent before a black audience. Yesterday, speaking at Al Sharpton’s National Action Network in New York city, self-described socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), who was a … Read more

by WARREN MOSLER Looks like there was a drop in employment growth by firms with under 50 employees: ‘Last hire first fired’ has made this a leading indicator in prior cycles: Heavy-Duty Truck Orders Hit the Brakes in March Trucking companies slammed the brakes on orders for heavy-duty trucks in March, signaling caution amid long … Read more

Good watch. He gives some history and context on NATO that some might not know. In short he explains with out it who would the US have to sell armements to.   AC

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Collin Rugg from I LovE My Freedom reports, On Monday, CBS News posted a video of human traffickers illegally bringing people over the American/Mexican border. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2weJkEarz4 Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: https://ilovemyfreedom.org/watch-cbs-…    

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6890713/Chinese-national-son-recruited-Harvard-fencer-bought-coachs-home-400k-list.html College scandal hits Harvard as it is revealed Chinese national whose son was recruited as a fencer bought coach’s home at $400k over listing, donated $100K to his charity and flew 15 NCAA athletes to Asia Jie ‘Jack’ Zhao enriched Harvard fencing coach Peter Brand and his charity to the tune of $500,000 in … Read more