Tomorrow’s a big day. Judge Patricia E Campbell-Smith is expected to rule on whether to issue the stop-work order by Thursday.

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by curiousprovisions “Under a schedule already agreed to the court, Amazon, DoD and Microsoft, judge Patricia E Campbell-Smith is expected to rule on whether to issue the stop-work order by Thursday. If she does not, the Defense Department has said it plans to issue the first “substantive” JEDI task order to Microsoft on Friday.” Source If … Read more

The Crisis Will Sink Stocks And Propel Gold

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by Egon von Greyerz There are no safe assets. In 2002 we recommended our investors to hold up to 50% of their financial assets in physical gold. Today in 2020, I consider that up to 100% is the right figure since there are no safe assets except for physical precious metals. We are now at the … Read more

School calls police on kindergartner with Down Syndrome who pulls her gun finger on a teacher

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by DCG From KTLA: A Pennsylvania elementary school called the police after a kindergartner with Down syndrome made a finger gun at her teacher. Officials concluded there wasn’t a threat, but the girl’s mother said they went too far. Maggie Gaines called on the Tredyffrin-Easttown School District to update its threat assessment policy after her 6-year-old daughter Margot was … Read more

Falling Oil Prices An Economic Warning Sign

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by Lance Roberts On Tuesday morning, I got engaged in a debate on the recent decline in oil prices following my report on COT Positioning in the space. To wit: “The inherent problem with this is that if crude oil breaks below $48/bbl, those long contracts will start to get liquidated which will likely push oil … Read more

NBC News: “McClatchy, publisher of dozens of U.S. newspapers, files for bankruptcy protection” #LearnToCode

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McClatchy, publisher of dozens of U.S. newspapers, files for bankruptcy protection The publisher of the Miami Herald, The Kansas City Star and dozens of newspapers across the country is filing for bankruptcy protection https://www.nbcnews.com/news/all/mcclatchy-publisher-dozens-u-s-newspapers-files-bankruptcy-protection-n1136256 Ghosty – Big Tech Book Burning (Original Song) #VoxAdpocalypse (NSFW)   h/t dr0id

Theranos founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes trying to get fraud case dismissed in U.S. Federal Court

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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-02-10/holmes-challenges-u-s-charges-over-theranos-patient-blood-tests and https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/10/elizabeth-holmes-attorneys-ask-judge-to-throw-out-theranos-fraud-case.html For anyone somehow out of the loop on the company and why they are well known: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theranos

CNBC: Charlie Munger warns there are ‘lots of troubles coming’ because of ‘too much wretched excess’

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KEY POINTS Munger highlighted how much risk investors are taking when investing, particularly in China. “In China, … they love to gamble in stocks. This is really stupid,” Munger said. Munger also highlighted the proliferation of EBITDA as a profit metric as another sign of wretched excess, calling it “ridiculous.” “I don’t like when investment … Read more

Switzerland Stops 5G

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Switzerland Stops 5G — Medical Association Concerned About Cancer and Damage to Nervous System Sam Jones, Financial Times, Feb 12, 2020 Switzerland was among the first countries to begin deploying 5G, but health fears over radiation from the antennas that carry the next-generation mobile technology have sparked a nationwide revolt. Switzerland, one of the world’s … Read more

MSN: “Sacramento County Says It’s Illegal to Work on Your Own Car in Your Own Garage”

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There’s an interesting discussion happening over at the Grassroots Motorsports forum right now, and presumably at many other places off-line. It’s about laws in Sacramento County stating, essentially, that almost any auto repair you do on your property is illegal. Of course, this is deeply troubling to almost everyone reading right now. Similar laws do exist in other … Read more

Ignore The Naysayers: Trump Administration Has Successfully Engineered An Economic Boom

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by Graham Summers of Gains, Pains, & Capital I Urge You… Do Not Let Political Bias Screw Up Your Investments (#MAGA) Ignore the naysayers, the Trump administration has successful engineered an economic boom. I was recently on Cheddar discussing the markets when the anchor raised the fact that the Trump administration failed to achieve its economic goals. This … Read more

WHY DO DEMOCRATS HATE ASIANS?

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State Sen. John Liu clashes with Richard Carranza over NYC Department of Education treatment of Asian New Yorkers. State Sen. John Liu ripped city schools chief Richard Carranza in Albany Tuesday for the chancellor’s treatment of Asian New Yorkers. “You’ve got a city of 8.5 million people, you’ve got 1.2 million school kids, you’ve got … Read more

I’ve been a Democrat for 20 years. Here’s what I experienced at Trump’s rally in New Hampshire.

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“You see, I was one of those Democrats who considered anyone who voted for Trump a racist. I thought they were horrible (yes, even deplorable) and had worked very hard to eliminate their voices from my spaces by unfriending or blocking people who spoke about their support of him, however minor their comments. I watched … Read more

DEMONIC: Colorado State Democrats Just Voted Down Bill Mandating Medical Care To Abortion Survivors

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You’d think that once a baby is breathing, it would be non-controversial to expect doctors would do everything possible to save that life, but you’d be wrong. In Colorado, legislation was put forward that would obligate medical staff to intervene and save a life once that first breath had been taken. But the abortion lobby … Read more