Top financial operative for Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán & the Sinaloa Cartel extradited to the United States

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Robert Arce ‏ @robertrarce 21m21 minutes ago More 1) Top financial operative for Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán & the Sinaloa Cartel extradited to the United States. José Sanchez Villalobos, aka “El Topo” or “El Quirino,” also referred to as the “El Señor de Los Túneles” or the “Lord of the Tunnels” 1) Top financial operative … Read more

“Boiling Conflict” to Push Gold Past $2,000 in 2020

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From Birch Gold Group This week, Your News to Know rounds up the latest top stories involving gold and the overall economy. Stories include: CIO of world’s best-performing fund sees gold hitting $2,000, gold is still the go-to haven asset, and Victorian-era £5 gold coin fetches nearly $700,000 at an auction. Bridgewater CIO: Gold could hit … Read more

The Shipping Industry’s $1 Trillion Problem

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By CityAM The shipping industry must spend at least $1 trillion on new fuel technology if it is to meet UN emissions targets by 2050. According to a new study by experts from UCL and the Energy Transitions Commission, the minimum average that would need to be spent every year from 2030 is $50bn. Global … Read more

One third of 18-34 year olds living at home with parents as student debt rages out of control

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via My Budget 360 Young Americans are having a tough time in this economy when it comes to pursuing their own version of the American Dream.  New data highlights that many young adults are still living with their parents deep into adulthood and this is largely being driven by economic reasons.  This is all happening during a time … Read more

Wolf Richter: Housing Bubble 2 in San Francisco & Silicon Valley Lost its Mojo. Why?

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Wolfstreet, Released on 1/19/20 Even as the Fed has flooded the market with $400 billion in four months, as stocks are at record highs, and as reality is being pooh-pooed as irrelevant. What’s different this time? Wolf Richter is the founder of Wolf Street Corp and the publisher of WolfStreet.com. Wolf has over twenty years of … Read more

MSM’s – NYT, in a “brilliant move”, splits their diminishing influence and relevancy in the upcoming primaries.

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by AC LAYERS AND LAYERS OF FACT CHECKERS AND EDITORS: As of the time of this post, the link does indeed go to a 404 page: Even the Times’ fellow leftists at Slate are dunking on the hapless Gray Lady: New York Times Editorial Board: For President, Warren—and, Uhhhh, Also Klobuchar. A split decision is no decision at all: The indecisiveness might … Read more

Liberals Still Paranoid About Operation Chaos

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via rushlimbaugh RUSH: This is kind of funny. This is… (chuckles) Do you remember Operation Chaos? What year was Operation Chaos? (interruption) You don’t remember Operation Chaos? Operation Chaos was 2008. John McCain won the Republican primaries early. By the early spring of 2008, there was no more drama left in the Republican race. But the … Read more

Bloomberg derides hero Jack Wilson: “It’s the job of law enforcement to have guns and to decide when to shoot”

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by DCG According to The Hill, Nanny Bloomberg said this on January 1 when speaking about the Texas West Freeway Church of Christ hero Jack Wilson who stopped a shooter with his own gun: “It may be true that someone in the congregation had his own gun and killed the person who murdered two other people, but it’s the … Read more

Former Fed Official Says Government Can Borrow a LOT More

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by: Clint Siegner Narayana Kocherlakota, the former President of the Federal Reserve bank of Minneapolis wants you to know the Federal Government can never borrow too much money. Our government already borrowed $23 trillion and deficits are expected to exceed $1 trillion per year. He knows many Americans feel anxious about the federal government going … Read more

CNN in Richmond: Threats which caused Gov. Northam to call for a State of Emergency “Have simply not emerged”.. “The police very clear in saying they have not had a single arrest during this rally and we have been standing here all morning”

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CNN: Threats which caused Gov. Northam to call for a State of Emergency "Have simply not emerged".. "The police very clear in saying they have not had a single arrest during this rally and we have been standing here all morning" pic.twitter.com/6p2JfebvFO — Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) January 20, 2020 Because the right isn’t violent. Agitator … Read more

Cracks Are Adding Up…

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Cracks are adding up. Abysmal jobs openings number portends much further deceleration in the economy. The labor market is undeniably deteriorating.A critical part of the business cycle paradigm. pic.twitter.com/nQPtgPQlsS — Otavio (Tavi) Costa (@TaviCosta) January 17, 2020 oops! pic.twitter.com/BKNOC9XEKm — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) January 20, 2020 How Central Banks Turned Hedge Funds into A New Recession … Read more

How Expansive is FBI Spying?

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by Ron Paul Cato Institute Research Fellow Patrick Eddington recently filed several Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests to find out if the Federal Bureau of Investigation ever conducted surveillance of several organizations dealing with government policy, including my Campaign for Liberty. Based on the FBI’s response, Campaign for Liberty and other organizations, including the Cato … Read more