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via MarketWatch: A new study has a whole different take on what debt relief means. Getting rid of debt doesn’t just unburden finances, it takes a weight off the mind that clears up cognitive functioning, lessens anxiety and improves impulse control. The findings come from researchers at the National University of Singapore’s Social Service Research … Read more
Jim Willie of Golden-Jackass interviewed by Half Dollar for SD Bullion Silver and gold prices were beaten down for most the week with the sharpest selloffs occurring yesterday around 8:30 AM morning eastern time. The spot silver price is closing the week around $15.20 an ounce while the gold spot price is closing around $1,294 fiat US dollars per troy ounce. The Gold Silver Ratio is now … Read more
by Steve St Angelo of SRSrocco Report While Mexico suffered the bloodiest year of violent deaths in 2018, even bigger trouble may be ahead for the embattled country. For the first time in more than 50 years, Mexico has become a net importer of oil. This is undoubtedly bad news for the Mexican Government as it has relied … Read more
by visualcapitalist The World Wide Web is now as old as the typical millennial. On March 12, the World Wide Web celebrated its 30th birthday. Over the last three decades, we’ve seen it mature from the first webpage to having a ubiquitous presence in our lives. Visualizing the History of the World Wide Web Today’s infographic comes to … Read more
via Zerohedge: The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has awarded Avon Protection Systems Inc., Cadillac, Michigan, a $245,961,250 firm-fixed-price contract for production of M53A1 Chemical Biological Protective Mask systems, according to the DoD contract website. The Army estimates M53A1 gas masks will start delivery in the second half of this financial year ending September. U.S. Army Contracting … Read more
Democrat Makes #MeToo Claim Against Joe Biden: He Smelled Me and Kissed My Head. “Flores said that pictures of Biden touching other women inappropriately made it more difficult to keep silent, referring to Biden nuzzling the neck of Secretary of Defense Secretary Ash Carter’s wife, kissing Sen. Chuck Grassley’s wife on the lips, whispering in women’s … Read more
John Brennan: From spittle to flop sweat. “In Brennan’s many television appearances pronouncing President Trump a traitorous Russian stooge, one could hardly miss the rabid hatred beneath Brennan’s pronouncements. Given his former responsibilities, the thin smile and spittle flecked visage of the man might send a shiver down your spine.” UPDATE: h/t GR
by William Stickevers While many UK and American astrologers still continue to assure me that despite the direct hit of the recent Super Blood Wolf Moon to the Ascendant of the “UK Referendum: Leave the EU” horoscope and to the United Kingdom’s natal Jupiter, and the published forecast of the Mundane Horary Predictions of Brexit since, … Read more
The Two Americas Have Grown Much Fiercer The U.S. was divided 46 years ago. But no one saw it as a fight to the death. Sometimes you write about the most obvious thing in the world because it is the most important thing. Reaction to the outcome of Robert Mueller’s investigation shows Americans again how … Read more
Excellent weekly wrap up by Greg Hunter h/t supporter
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter IPO investors tried to unload while they could. Lyft started trading today as a public company. It had lost $911 million last year. Investors have been subsidizing every ride. Outside of burning the money that its investors have handed it, Lyft does not seem to have a sustainable business model. To … Read more
by Charles Hugh-Smith The activity/exercise must be enjoyable enough that it doesn’t take a massive application of willpower to make it happen. While selling health-related “miracle cures” of one kind or another is big business, the real “miracle cure” is activity/exercise. The essential role of exercise/fitness is backed up by a large and growing body of … Read more
by Michael Snyder We have never seen anything like this before. According to satellite data that was just released by Reuters, “at least 1 million acres of U.S. farmland” were covered by water for at least seven days this month. That is an agricultural disaster without equal in modern American history, and yet the mainstream media … Read more
A few years ago an Intel whisper-blower stated that he worked for Intel and they put backdoor into the ME which could read all data on an Intel computer. It looks like with every year that goes past, there is more and more evidence that this is the case. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYe6oZskL3I
by XMoreRightX Pretty interesting look at how the current constituents of the S&P 500 have performed since the crash of ’09. -Oil stocks dominated the Bottom 25. -NVIDIA is the only semiconductor to make the Top 25. -Netflix – wow! >>The ranking is based on total return (which includes the effects of dividend/share buy backs … Read more
With he rise of robots and narrow AI, it would seem that everyone from doctors to box factory workers will most likely be out of a job. Which means, that a large volume never seen before will be unemployed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0CuLxd0oCw
BY JOHN RUBINO When you see that Italy’s debt is rising, the logical question is, who the hell is dumping good money after bad into such an obviously failed state? The answer is that by lending money to Italy (or Greece, Portugal, Spain, or France) you’re really lending money to Germany, since the latter will have to … Read more
by visualcapitalist At a glance, it may seem like the world’s biggest technology companies have a lot in common. For starters, all five of the Big Tech companies (Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Microsoft, and Alphabet) have emerged as some of the most valuable publicly-traded companies in the world, with founders such as Jeff Bezos or Bill Gates … Read more
Tucker Carlson lays out a very compelling case for how CNN has devolved into outright partisan hackery throughout its “news” lineup. Where other cable news outlets make a clear distinction between its news and commentary hours, CNN is all opinion all the time so long as that opinion trashes the current President of the United … Read more
To Buy Or Not To Buy Stocks With Crash And Recession Coming? Many expect a crash, but so they did in 2010. My message is simple, buy value and let the businesses do the rest. Nobody can time a recession but don’t own overvalued stocks, those are risky.