by Jose Nino via Mises The US purports to be the land of free speech, but you can always expect politicians to carve out exceptions. Just look at how government agencies such as the Internal Revenue Service can slither their way into the political affairs of individuals and organizations. Americans generally associate the Internal Revenue Service with the hassle … Read more
MSNBC’s Nicolle Wallace was beaming as she discussed the possibility of the deadly coronavirus sweeping the country and killing an untold number of Americans. The reason for her glee? MSNBC and the rest of the mainstream media see an opportunity to direct the public’s ire toward the president should the virus result in a deadly … Read more
by Jim Quinn of The Burning Platform This twitter post tells you all you need to know about our government and our fucked up healthcare system. Trump and Pence can do bullshit press conferences every day bloviating about what a wonderful job they are doing, but the reality is below. Incompetence and idiocy rule the … Read more
via Doug Casey Just because society experiences turmoil doesn’t mean your personal life has to. And a depression doesn’t have to be depressing. Most of the real wealth in the world will still exist – it will just change ownership. What is a depression? We’re now at the tail end of a very long, but in … Read more
Take it for what it’s worth from NYT. 2,773 People Are Under Quarantines in New York City Update: Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo has declared a state of emergency in New York over the coronavirus.] The number of confirmed cases of the new coronavirus in New York State doubled on Thursday to 22, with officials announcing … Read more
by Bob Adelmann, The New American: When Epoch Times’ Mark Tapscott checked the U.S. Treasury’s “Debt to the Penny” website on Monday, he reported that the U.S. national debt just ticked over to $23.3 trillion. That’s four times what it was 20 years ago. Tapscott then checked in with the Chicago-based nonprofit advocacy group Truth in Accounting (TIA) to get … Read more
The Trump Administration and Congress will come together to pass an immediate $1 trillion conditional emergency stimulus to combat the health scare possibly. Article from video can be found here: 1. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/23-tri… 2. https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/06/op-ed…
by AC No, it’s not selfish everyday Aussie mums and dads stripping the shelves bare – or at least it wasn’t in the beginning. Now that the media has ensured panic has set in, ordinary folks are trying to get as much as they can and screw everyone else – like the elderly lady on … Read more
Fear is a contagion of its own, and now fear is spreading even faster than the virus. Prepare now while doing so is still relatively easy.
by Fabius Maximus Summary: Many Americans have lost confidence in the candidates we are offered, and in elections. No trend puts the Republic in greater peril. They have good reasons for this. Here is why. But we can fix this. It takes only our wit and will. Vote for me. Don’t see the ship! ID 69570586 … Read more
Two veterans confronted @JoeBiden about his record of supporting war during his campaign stopover in Oakland on Super Tuesday. Read more here- https://t.co/ushpLvVXK5 #DroptheMIC #NoMoreWar #VetsAgainstWar pic.twitter.com/M7iGZa7DOs — About Face: Veterans Against the War (@VetsAboutFace) March 4, 2020
The model is back on! It's quite good for Biden; 88 percent majority chances. https://t.co/TWt3mPQ55N — Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) March 6, 2020 h/t dr0id
https://twitter.com/L0gg0l/status/1236435821013630977 Kiss roughly a quarter of world’s eighth largest economy goodbye until April. https://t.co/zp1NA1Z2Gz — Danielle DiMartino Booth (@DiMartinoBooth) March 7, 2020 Seems like Italy leads the US by 2 to 3 weeks The Italian government is planning to lock down 16 million people, more than a quarter of its population, in the most sweeping … Read more
via WSJ: Quarantine, if approved, would ban movement into and out northern provinces, including Milan, Venice and Parma MILAN—The Italian government is planning to lock down 16 million people—more than a quarter of its population—including in Milan, the surrounding Lombardy region and 11 neighboring provinces, in the most sweeping steps any European country has prepared … Read more
There has always been the assumption that the Fed will be there to backstop any losses. They have done this through buying toxic assets and bonds. This doesn’t resolve any issue whatsoever, but it gives the markets reassurance that the financial system can persist while the crisis simply continues. Make it known: The Financial Crisis … Read more
Greg Hunter gives The Weekly News Wrap-Up for Friday, March 6th, 2020 Virus Fears Cause Financial Crisis, Bernie Screwed Again, Economic Update Who knows how bad the virus problem is going to get, but the financial fallout is real and getting worse. Hotels, airlines and restaurants are getting killed along with many other businesses around the world, … Read more
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