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via dailyreckoning: Since the end of QE and the “taper” in October 2014, the Fed has been trying to “normalize” their balance sheet and interest rates. The balance sheet needed to be reduced from $4.5 trillion to about $2.5 trillion through “quantitative tightening” or QT, which is tantamount to burning money. Interest rates needed to be … Read more
Via ZeroHedge Just one day after officially launching his campaign for the 2020 Democratic nomination during an interview on Vermont Public Radio, Bernie Sanders has already raised more than $6 million through more than 220,000 individual contributions, according to CNN. Sanders, who consistently ranks near the top of most polls alongside former Vice President Joe Biden, saw the … Read more
by John Ward I CAN HARDLY BEAR TO WATCH FOR THE NEXT ATTEMPT OF THE POLITICAL CLASS TO GET IT EVEN HALF RIGHT ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ Returning briefly to last night’s study of purposeful incompetence compensated for by cunning guile, there is an insurance commercial on UK television at the moment. It has a claim in the … Read more
The Senate on Thursday cleared legislation to make lynching a federal crime. The bill, introduced by Sens. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and Tim Scott (R-S.C.), makes lynching punishable as a hate crime. The bill previously passed the Senate in December, but it did not clear the then-GOP controlled House before the end of … Read more
by jessefelder There has been a lot written recently about the forces that have led us to the current “winner-take-all” economy, or what some have called a new, “gilded age,” a reference to the time when a handful of large “trusts” dominated their respective industries. Most seem to blame the lack of antitrust enforcement and … Read more
McCabe tells ‘Late Show’ host Stephen Colbert he remains suspicious of President Trump https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhQnpcFaEKM
New interstate migration survey from the U.S. Census Bureau says high taxes and regulation bleed Blue states, pump up Red. Americans flee high rates of both to live where they can keep more of their own money and be left alone. The migration changes the electoral map. More empirical proof that Conservative principles work…if fleeing … Read more
by Jake Socialism is just another capitalistic Program by the rich at the top to enslave the masses. Rosanne Barr! Roseanne Barr calls AOC ‘bug-eyed Farrakhan loving b***h’ in expletive laden YouTube rant (VIDEO) Scandal-prone former sitcom star Roseanne Barr let loose against leftist Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and her ‘green new deal’ with a torrent … Read more
From Birch Gold Group When it’s time to retire, you enter into a “realm of the unknown.” You won’t have a job, you’ll likely collect Social Security, and hopefully you’ll have a plan. With all that comes some natural concerns. For example, without a job you’ll have more free time, and you may be concerned with how … Read more
by Shaun Richards It is time for another chapter of our Discovering Japan ( h/t Graham Parker and the Rumour) series and let us open by dipping into Japanese culture. As spring approaches, the country’s weather forecasters face one of their biggest missions of the year: predicting exactly when the famed cherry blossoms will bloom. … Read more
Possibly an American Military Aide Invasion is Expected in Venezuela in 48 hours VENEZUELA ON BRINK… CUBA WARNS U.S. INTERVENTION… Security forces kill, punish anti-Maduro protesters… WIRE: Isn’t Just Failed State. It’s Failure of Left…
by DCG Combine a left-leaning indoctrination curriculum with young skulls full of mush and you got yourself a whole lot of new democrat voters! Funny how demorats only care so much about the future for kids AFTER they are born… Oregon Live reports that demorat state Sen. Shemia Fagan claims that “younger” teens in Oregon should have a … Read more
RT America, Released on 2/19/19 CNN, Facebook and U.S. funded German Marshall are working together to selectively censor pages on Facebook. The latest, 3 pages which get funding from Russian government but have not broken any Facebook rules.
by Gary Christenson Miles Franklin sponsored this article by Gary Christenson, the Deviant Investor. The opinions are his. Bond Market Turned Down & Interest Rates Up – Check! Two-Year yield bottomed September 2011 Five-Year yield bottomed July 2012 Ten-Year yield bottomed July 2016 The 30+ year bond bull market is done. Housing Market Turned Down – Check! Mortgage … Read more
Katherine Rodriguez from Breitbart reports, A heckler at Democrat 2020 presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s (D-MA) Saturday rally in Georgia repeatedly yelled, “Why did you lie?” while holding up a “1/2020th” sign. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duaiWzLmQTo Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: https://www.breitbart.com/politics/20…
by Richard Rosso Saving for retirement isn’t perfect nor as easy as most financial pundits make it appear. Certainly, people with steeled fiscal resolve exist; those not diverted by a major financial life event that has threatened or postponed retirement plans should consider themselves fortunate. Sadly, it’s not the norm. Today, most retirements are imperfect. … Read more
by exname The Guardian is deleting comments mentioning Joan Ryan receiving £1 million from the Israeli Embassy for propaganda purposes. Please go now and post https://t.co/piH7bkOewZ pasting this link https://t.co/XF1HXKqvN8 — Craig Murray (@CraigMurrayOrg) February 20, 2019 Archive in case the tweet gets suicided: http://archive.is/RQAzi You’ll think I’m exaggerating, that reality can’t be that … Read more
By John Mauldin “Buy and hold” is a great, time-tested investment strategy. It works on two conditions, though. You have to allow it sufficient time. And you have to stick with it. The problem is very few investors can stick with it. They see their net worth shrinking, get scared, and bail out. And they do so at the … Read more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=383yPokz3u8 Gateway Pundit Exclusive: Uncovered FBI/DOJ Coverup of Clinton Foundation and Russian/China Related Crimes – PART I A 2016 DOJ criminal investigation was suppressed and buried by the DOJ/FBI that involved a major NY Democratic power broker, Bill and Hillary Clinton and the Clinton Foundation. The investigation revolved around the illegal sale of controlled US … Read more
by Dave Well, this may shock you, but Tucker Carlson is actually doing a fairly decent job of this. Not every time, and not for every show, but it is definitely a theme. Here’s a particularly good show. He sounds a whole lot like Bernie Sanders. No joke. Romney spent the bulk of his busness … Read more