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via twitchy: “She’s really bringing us into the politics of the 21st century.” By going back to 1906 for William James’ “Moral Equivalent of War” sophistry, 1933 for FDR’s New Deal, 1970 for “we’re all gonna die!!!” eco-doomsday hectoring and reruns of decade-old Time magazine covers built on those same concepts? h/t ED
via Twitter: But you can decide for yourself. Check out Kurt’s books, People’s Republic, Indian Country, and Wildfire. Form your own opinion, without further guidance from the Lido Deck. (Bumped). h/t GR
Virginia Kruta from The Daily Caller reports, Former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said potential results from the Mueller report might “disappoint the crowd” of audience members on ABC’s “The View” Tuesday. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_ZDNgxJDMM Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: https://dailycaller.com/2019/03/19/pr…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGtMR0d5Mjo Mary Greeley News – A fierce struggle over automation has erupted at the Port of Los Angeles, as local union officials representing some 12,000 dockworkers demand that one of the world’s largest shipping firms abandon a plan to introduce driverless electric cargo trucks. https://marygreeley.com/?p=83204
I can’t keep up with the store closures. In no time at all we’ve already hit 5600 stores so far in 2019. This is unstoppable. The economy is falling and yet I keep hearing about the U3 unemployment rate. I can’t believe it every time I see someone talking about it. It’s really embarrassing now … Read more
I Love My Freedom reports, Freshman Democrat Socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez spent at least part of her weekend back in her hometown. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSSAK2N10JU Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: https://ilovemyfreedom.org/watch-ocas…
HAnk Berrien from the Daily Wire reports, After former Congressman Beto O’Rourke, famous for navel-gazing, had announced his presidential candidacy with gloom-filled rhetoric but was celebrated by some in the media as a “rock star,” Fox News’ Tucker Carlson had a test for his guest, radio host Chris Plante: listen to various statements and decide … Read more
by kibufox So, I live in Utah, and know some homeless people… well former homeless. They have since gotten housing. A couple told me that there was some seriously strange stuff going on in regards to the homeless; and I started to do some digging. They weren’t kidding. Apparently, in the past year, a … Read more
by Tom McClellan For years the price of lumber futures has been a pretty good leading indicator for a variety of economic data, especially the series related to the housing market. But recent events have caused lumber to not be a good leading indicator. It is likely just temporary, and hopefully lumber will get back to … Read more
BY JOHN RUBINO Mike Maloney: Basel III, gold, and the next financial crisis … Rick Rule: These are the gold miners you should own … Max Keiser on the surge in negative-interest rate bonds … Marc Faber: Huge asset bubble will be deflated … Andrew Maguire on the coming “$50 silver breakout”
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter And how it compares to what happened during the Financial Crisis. The goods-based segment of the economy is heading for rough waters, and it is further diverging from the path of the services-based segment of the economy that is still growing at a solid rate: that’s what the current inventory pileup … Read more
by Dr. Eowyn Medicine Net has a 15-question quiz on how much you know about happiness. To take the quiz, click here, then report back on how you did? I got 13/15. 😀
by John Ward Just when you thought Brussels had petulantly shot itself in the foot, details began to emerge this evening of a Seven Card Trick designed to convert the soft (and struggling) Withdrawal Agreement into pure BRINO – Brexit in Name Only. The Slog examines the slow poisoning of Sovereign Brexit. ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ Wishfully Unthinking Theresa … Read more
In the week ending March 16th, just look at how high the sickness rate is. By this time, last years’s 40-year record flu was down near baseline levels at about 2.5%. Notice how every other flu season for the previous six years was also in rapid decline at this time.* There is also a 13% … Read more
Swalwell just had a total meltdown on CNN. 😂😂😂 — Ryan Van Sickle (@Ryan_VanSickle) March 22, 2019 Here’s the CNN livestream. Watch them melt in real-time. You can rewind the livestream 35 minutes and see Swallwell. It might not work on mobile though. HERE IS THE REPORT! https://twitter.com/JackPosobiec/status/1109217619213717504/photo/1 Office of Special Counsel Mueller shutting down. … Read more
by GoldCore – Russia adds another 1,000,000 ounces (31.1 tons) to gold reserves in February – Russia’s gold reserves now 2,149 tons; 5th largest gold reserves in the world – Central bank of Russia buys all of Russian domestic gold production – Russia views gold bullion as “100% guarantee from legal and political risks” – As … Read more
by Spencer P Morrison, NEE From Political Iatrogenics: Socialism is a political philosophy predicated upon interventionism. It’s all about taking action. Doing. Unemployment? Create jobs. Poverty? Provide welfare. High rents? Impose rent controls. Socialism is popular because it appeals to one of mankind’s most powerful psychological biases. Sadly, socialism is also often little more than an exercise … Read more
From Birch Gold Group Only two and a half months ago, the Fed signaled two rate hikes for 2019. But the Powell-led Fed appears confused because they’ve just adjusted that forecast to zero. They also forecasted the end of its “QT” (quantitative tightening) balance-sheet runoff by September 2019. According to a CNBC article, the Fed is giving the market … Read more
by Jesse “It looks like we might have another blow off top in the works. The tech sector was rampaging higher today. When in doubt break glass and recycle the last bubble. Let’s see how much more these jokers can squeeze out of this.” Jesse, Le Cafe Americain, 21 March 2019 “My cyclical calculations and … Read more
So even the Aussie government thinks there is no retirement….