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What we know so far Pakistan @OfficialDGISPR said IAF entered in Muzaffarabad sector and dropped ‘ payload’ near Balakot. It claims no casualties on Pakistan side.@nitingokhale says India seems to have done air as well as ground strike. Official briefing expected. — Milind Khandekar (@milindkhandekar) February 26, 2019 NEW: Reports of heavy Pakistani fighter jet … Read more
Jon Stewart isn’t joking when it comes to getting the proper funding to help 9/11 responders and their families who continue to deal with the lingering damage from America’s most horrific terrorist attack. The former “Daily Show” host told “America’s Newsroom” those still suffering for their heroic actions “deserve our attention.” “We don’t want the … Read more
by Ron Paul of Ron Paul Liberty Report The weekend stand-off between the US aid trucks on the Colombian side of the border and the Venezuelan government did not go quite as planned by the US. The aid did not get through, the military did not defect, and US-selected “president” Guaido was nowhere to be seen. But the … Read more
While most of Laredo was celebrating the Washington’s Birthday Festivities over the weekend, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers kept a sharp focus on border security efforts. LAREDO, TX (KGNS) – U.S. Customs and Border Protection seized over $2.3 million dollars’ worth of illegal narcotics over the weekend. The first incident happened on Thursday, February … Read more
by Troy It has been exactly 2 months since the stock market’s bottom on Christmas Eve 2018. Since then, the S&P has rallied more than 18%, which makes this one of the biggest 2 month rallies of all time. Go here to understand our fundamentals-driven long term outlook. Let’s determine the stock market’s most probable medium … Read more
By Nick Cunningham To Wall Street, the shale industry has lost a lot of its allure. A decade’s worth of promises have failed to materialize, and Big Finance is cutting some of its ties with smaller shale drillers who have not delivered. The Wall Street Journal reports that the shale industry only saw $22 billion in new … Read more
by Frank Holmes, CEO, U.S. Global Investors Photo: bagogames/flickr | Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC by 2.0) A couple of weeks ago, I introduced you to an exciting new company called GoldSpot Discoveries,conceived and headed by mining visionary Denis Laviolette. GoldSpot is the world’s first exploration company to use artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning in the discovery … Read more
The Grayzone’s Max Blumenthal toured open air markets in Caracas full of food and supplies subsidized by the Venezuelan government, which debunk the “humanitarian crisis” lie spread by corporate media. AC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4dVkBi27lk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvCHqAuhS5U Green New Deal Costs $93,000,000,000,000! Republican-aligned think tank estimates cost of proposed plan Plan backer Markey says analysis relies on ‘lazy assumptions’
via Zerohedge: According to some, America’s bailout culture started long before the 2008 global financial crisis, with Wall Street’s bailout of Long-Term Capital Management, an iconic hedge fund whose employee roster included a “who is who” of Nobel prize winners and financial luminaries, and whose core business model was, for lack of a better word, … Read more
via CNBC: A letter from top U.S. officials and senators calling for a ban on Huawei-made solar equipment injects yet another complicated wrinkle in an ongoing and fierce series of tech disputes between the U.S. and China. Technology issues surrounding everything from alleged violations of Iran sanctions to trade-secrets theft and tech-transfer laws have hampered … Read more
by Amy S. Preppers often buy goods and products in order to be ready in case of a catastrophic emergency. In addition to buying food and weapons, acquiring energy generating equipment is among the top priorities for those who wish to set up a shelter in which will have long-term sustainability. In addition to providing a backup … Read more
by Amy S. Avert your gaze from the modern survival thinking for just a bit and look at how folks 150 years ago did it. If you want to be able to control your own destiny and take care of your family in a crisis without a fortune of modern stockpiles, turn your gaze instead to the … Read more
One in four teenage suicides involves the internet, official inquiry finds The internet played a role in a quarter of teenage suicides, an official inquiry has revealed – as its author accused social media firms of having shown “little concern” to stop self-harm online. Professor Louis Appleby, who heads the government’s advisory group on suicide, said … Read more
David Stockman on Real Vision (Feb. 25, 2019)
US Senator Marco Rubio has posted a picture of the brutal murder of late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi in a less-than-subtle threat to Venezuela’s Maduro. Twitter blasted Rubio as a manic warmonger… who has extremely poor taste https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5fd6x6G6yw https://www.rt.com/news/452329-rubio-gaddafi-venezuela-tweet/
by Michael Snyder I can’t think of a time when Americans were more apathetic about getting prepared, and yet this is exactly the time when the urgency to get prepared should be at the highest. Earlier today, my wife Meranda and I were discussing the fact that every single element of “the perfect storm” is … Read more
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter “In 30 years, I’ve never seen anything like this”: CEO of warehouse operator Pacific Mountain Logistics. Sales at merchant wholesalers (except manufacturers’ sales branches and offices) fell 1% in December 2018, compared to November, to $497.2 billion on a seasonally adjusted basis, and inched up only 1% compared to December 2017, according to the … Read more
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter These unsettling tidbits about sudden problems on the demand-side in China. Imports by China and other emerging Asian economies in December plunged to the lowest level in two years, in the steepest one-month plunge since 2008, after having already plunged in November, according to the Merchandise World Trade Monitor, released on Monday … Read more