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Clueless Congressman Praises Bush-Clinton-Bush-Obama on Border Security

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Jim Hoft for the Gateway Pundit reports, Trump critic Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) went on with Maria Bartiromo on Sunday Morning Futures on Sunday morning. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1Ym6dOjcbw Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019…   Senator Alexander also praised Presidents Bush, Clinton, Bush and Obama for their border security efforts. Alexander also admitted the committee looking at border security are … Read more

Most Expensive Home Ever Sold in U.S.

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By Harry Dent What do you think of these apples? More than a year ago I suggested that the most expensive new listing on South Central Park – Billionaire’s Row – was going to be listed at $250 million. At the time, that seemed outrageous. I mean, compared to the new outrageous record sales in … Read more

[Video] This Could Be the End of Tesla

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By Rodney Johnson I’ve said for years that Tesla, the electric car company, had its share of problems. Most recently I wrote about them here, here, and here. They’ve been selling “cool.” That may have worked for a little while, but now Tesla’s murky future, in my view, has reached entirely new depths. I’ve been saying competitors would … Read more

Karen Kataline – Lies, Damn Lies, and the Media

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from Financial Survival Network According to Karen Kataline, events over the past week have proven the Media for what it truly is, a mob of congenital liars. Witness the racist Covington kids tale and the Buzzfeed story about Trump supposedly directing Michael Cohen to lie to Congress. Any pretense at objective reporting has now been blown out … Read more

Chris Martenson – Global Collapse Accelerating Buy Gold Now, Buy Gold Before the Everything Bubble Blows Up

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Futurist and economic researcher Chris Martenson says central banks cannot stop the money printing without the whole system blowing up. Maybe that is why gold is going up? Martenson says, “I believe it is. . . . I buy gold because gold is the only form of money that is not simultaneously someone else’s liability. … Read more

Fed Chairman Powell faces a $4 trillion question

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via Reuters: Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell has a problem: how to explain that the Fed may soon begin to taper its ongoing asset-shedding operation without looking like he’s hunkering down for a coming recession, or caving to U.S. President Donald Trump. Not long ago, Powell expected to face this delicate communication test some time later … Read more

Bond King Jeffrey Gundlach says we just got ‘the most recessionary signal’ yet

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via CNBC: Consumer confidence at present remains strong, but future expectations are plummeting, according to the Conference Board’s latest readings. Such wide gaps often portend significant economic slowdowns ahead. “The most recessionary signal at present is consumer future expectations relative to current conditions. It’s one of the worst readings ever,” bond guru Jeffrey Gundlach said … Read more

James Corbett Hosts the 2nd Annual REAL Fake News Awards

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by axolotl_peyotl James Corbett offers this partly humorous and partly depressing overview of the truly remarkable (and burgeoning) list of devastatingly fake news peddled by the Mockingbird Media over the last year. In addition, here is Glenn Greenwald’s brilliant expose on the the 10 worst, most embarrassing U.S. media failures on the Trump-Russia story. Even in the scenario where Trump … Read more

So You Want to Get Rich: Focus on Human Capital

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by Charles Hugh-Smith Wealth is flowing to those who earn money from their human capital and enterprise. So you want to get rich: OK, what’s the plan? If you ask youngsters how to get rich, many will respond by listing the professions the media focuses on: entertainment, actors/actresses, pro athletes, and maybe a few lionized inventors … Read more

The Economic Mood Darkens: iPhone Sales Plunge 15% As Consumer Confidence Falls For The 3rd Straight Quarter

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by Michael Snyder  Apple iPhone sales are never supposed to go down.  For nearly two decades, Apple has been an unbeatable economic miracle, but now it appears that times have changed.  Global sales for the iPhone were disastrous during the holiday quarter, and this is yet another indication that the global economic slowdown is accelerating.  Here in the … Read more