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by Daniel Carter In a somewhat stunning turn of events, it was announced yesterday that Trump has ordered a full troop withdraw from Syria. Here is what President Trump had to say on the matter: We have defeated ISIS in Syria, my only reason for being there during the Trump Presidency. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) … Read more
by Chris Well, after some very heroic overnight futures lifting, and then many shuffles across SPX 2500 as “The Dance of the Big, Round Number” dutifully plays out, the US equity markets are once more headed down in earnest. There will be no Santa rally this year. Coal for everyone. Well, except those properly hedged … Read more
by Adam Taggart In my earlier piece this year A Hard Rain’s a-Gonna Fall, I recounted how David Tepper accurately predicted the massive ramp in asset prices that the Fed (and its brethren central banks) would cause with their QE efforts: As the Federal Reserve kicked off its second round of quantitative easing in the aftermath of … Read more
From the nearby highs, the SPX is -14.7%, Russell 2000 is -22.5%, Oil is -39.1%, Copper is -18.0%. It's not just the stock market. All markets are flashing a yellow flag on the economy. Investors clearly not aligned with the Fed's 2.3% growth forecast. — David Rosenberg (@EconguyRosie) December 20, 2018 https://twitter.com/OccupyWisdom/status/1075804975723356160 Deutsche Bank plunges … Read more
William Mount Published on Dec 19, 2018 We should pull our troops out of all the other countries were in. We should stop meddling in other countries affairs. We should stop policing the world. Yes the old system is breaking down because it doesn’t work. This is a good thing. GB
by zenmasterzen3 Barrie Trower has been warning of the health implications of WIFI/mobile phone radiation for a DECADE. This is using evidence that was known in the 1960s, when he was a British navy spook. The spooks have allowed the roll out of mobile phones despite the huge damage they cause not only to … Read more
by Daisy Luther This isn’t exactly an article loaded with Christmas cheer, but there’s a very good reason that my family has strictly limited our holiday splurges this year. It’s because all the signs right now seem to indicate the US is hurtling toward an economic collapse. It’s inevitable, of course. Our economy has been … Read more
by Fabius Maximus Summary: The great mystery of RussiaGate is why anyone believes it makes sense. The pieces of the puzzle did not form a picture during the election. Despite vast amounts of new information, they did not form a picture a year later. Now, two years later, they still do not form a picture. Instead … Read more
by DCG Of course proggies are calling for a boycott of Fox News’ Tucker Carlson but they said absolutely NOTHING about Don Lemon’s blatantly racist comments or MSNBC’s Mika Brzezinski homophobic slurs to attack Mike Pompeo. So typical of their double standards. From MSN: At least 18 advertisers have now dropped “Tucker Carlson Tonight” after the Fox News … Read more
From CBS News: The maker of Budweiser is partnering with medical cannabis company Tilray in a $100 million deal to research cannabis-infused drinks for the Canadian market. The alliance announced Wednesday is the latest foray by a major beer company into the cannabis business in Canada, which legalized recreational marijuana in October. Anheuser-Busch InBev and Tilray … Read more
via realclearpolitics: Historian Victor Davis Hanson said there has been no consequences for the wrongdoing by elites in society and warned that republics and successful states fall apart when the elites fall out of touch with the people. “We have a whole bunch… here at home, that feel they can dictate to people and they’re … Read more
by axolotl_peyotl Craig Murray is one of the few folks with a voice that has the courage to make such an obvious statement. via craigmurray: The chaos of this incoherent and counterproductive strategy is, peculiarly enough, what the neocons actually want. Perpetual war and destabilisation in the Middle East is their goal Today, by keeping … Read more
by sundance From research we know what is known as the “Steele Dossier” was a collaborative effort between Fusion-GPS contract employee Nellie Ohr, and a British intelligence asset named Chris Steele; also hired by Fusion. According to inferred congressional testimony, Nellie Ohr’s co-author, Chris Steele, was also an employee of Russian influence agent Oleg Deripaska. Within a … Read more
Obviously there are two sets of rules. One for the ruling class, and one for the rest of us. And now you see who really pulls the strings behind the curtain. IG report FBI agents talking about Clinton’s IT aide ” Awesome , Lied his Ass off . ” One guy gets immunity while … Read more
So the employees get the shaft while the executives who drove the company into bankruptcy get bonuses. Sounds about par for the course in the good ole U S of A. Via Money When Sheila Brewer heard Sears got approval to give its executives millions in bonuses, she felt sick to her stomach. The 47-year-old … Read more
via redstate: The mainstream media isn’t trustworthy on its best day, and it would appear that the generation born and raised amid the most high-tech era of the information age is abandoning the old media in droves. According to a new Gallup poll, there is a stark difference in trust for the media in age groups. The … Read more
via Zerohedge: Update: After a stopgap funding bill to keep the government running until February 8 cleared the Senate, a showdown is currently taking place in the House, after an “insurrection” at a GOP conference meeting on Thursday left Republican leaders scrambling for enough votes to pass the measure. Meanwhile, an aide to President Trump … Read more
via 9to5mac: Aleksandra Korolova, a University of Southern California computer science professor, has shared a post on Medium diving deeper into Facebook’s targeted ad technology. Specifically, Korolova focuses on how Facebook is able to deliver location-based ads even if you disable location services. Korolova says that she has the Location History functionality disabled through Facebook’s website, … Read more
Can’t get Trump? Indict his children. A great alternative! So says a former Watergate prosecutor, Carter administration official, and executive director of American Bar Association. Can't get Trump? Indict his children. A great alternative! So says a former Watergate prosecutor, Carter administration official, and executive director of American Bar Association. https://t.co/yVWJMxbp09 — Byron York (@ByronYork) … Read more
Federal Judge Strikes Down New York Tax on Opioid Industry. A federal judge struck down Wednesday a New York law that aimed to collect $600 million from the pharmaceutical industry to help combat the opioid crisis, a ruling that could shape opioid legislation being weighed in other states. U.S. District Judge Katherine Polk Failla in … Read more