Shanghai Gold Exchange Transactions
by Jesse The Shanghai Gold Exchange is a bit different from most, because they deal in the exchange of actual physical metal for paper, rather than mostly paper for paper, in a mad game of Liar’s Poker played over a …
Ron Paul on the Vote to End US War on Yemen
Ron Paul, Institute for Peace and Prosperity, Released on 2/18/19 In a fitting legacy for my friend Walter Jones, Jr. who passed away last week, the US House made history by voting in favor of H.J.Res. 37, a resolution “Directing the …
WARNING: The Coming Food Crisis | Be Ready
by Amy S. Global food security is stretched to the breaking point, and Russia’s fires and Pakistan’s floods are only making a bad situation worse. According to the World Bank, 44 million people around the globe have been pushed into extreme …
California dairy farmers must buy multimillion $ cow-manure ‘digesters’ to comply with climate-change law
by Dr. Eowyn In September 2016, California governor Jerry Brown signeda bill to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 40% below 1990 levels by 2030. Adam Ashton reports for The Sacramento Bee that methane, a greenhouse gas like carbon dioxide, builds up in dairy …
How 1984 turned into an instruction manual
by Simon Black “Sometimes [two and two are four], Winston. Sometimes they are five. Sometimes they are three. Sometimes they are all of them at once. You must try harder. It is not easy to become sane.” One of the key …
20 Unexpected Ways Zip Ties Will Save Your Life in an Emergency
by TESS PENNINGTON Preppers may be known for their beans, bullets, and band-aids, but in a survival situation, they may also want to be known for their vast knowledge of zip-tie uses to get them out of hairy situations. In past …
The Left’s Tax Fantasies Are Just Stupid
By Jared Dillian Somewhere in the last 30–40 years, we have become economically illiterate. Elizabeth Warren wants wealth taxes that would impose asset forfeitures of 2–3% on households with more than $50 million in assets. There are practical and legal …
The Bears Have it Right: Economy went Polar Opposite of Bullish Predictions
by David Haggith Bears, like myself, picked the meat off market bulls throughout 2018. We scoffed at the start of the year when bulls concocted a narrative that said bears would starve because 2018 was going to be the year of …
The Coup Attempt Against Donald Trump
Dan sounds off on weenie loser Andy McCabe, after spending the weekend in DC. “This was an illegal coup attempt on the President of the United States.” Dan Bongino on @foxandfriends True! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 18, …
Fact check proves President Trump is right on border crime
As President Trump outlined his plan for protecting America’s borders, a reporter from CNN accosted the president over his numbers on illegal immigration. Not only were President Trump’s numbers on immigration accurate, but the reporter has a troubled history going …
The Credit Markets Have Stalled
Authored by Steven Vannelli via Knowledge Leaders Capital blog, Credit markets often move before the equity markets, and this can offer helpful information about the near-term path of equity prices. In general, I like to see credit confirming what the …
Top 20 Leading Death Causes From 1990-2017 Ranking History
https://youtu.be/q3KLvPHTEMg Source: http://ghdx.healthdata.org Tools: D3.JS Excel
Bloomberg: U.S. Student Debt in ‘Serious Delinquency’ Tops $166 Billion
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-02-16/u-s-student-debt-in-serious-delinquency-tops-166-billion?srnd=premium Student-loan delinquencies surged last year, hitting consecutive records of $166.3 billion in the third quarter and $166.4 billion in the fourth. The total in arrears is about twice the amount the U.S. Treasury provided to bail out the auto …
Here’s why Apple is cutting iPhone prices in China
Why is Apple so expensive? from CNBC. via CNBC: Retailers across China are slashing prices of the iPhone. Sales of Apple’s flagship product are down nearly 20 percent in China, according to research firm IDC. Comparable phones in China retail …
For whatever reason, if stocks revert back to reality, a big tumble could be ahead.
CitiFX Global Economic Suprise Index collapses – $SPX ignores b/c trade talk hype and CBs communicating QE again. For whatever reason, if stocks revert back to reality, a big tumble could be ahead. pic.twitter.com/CDoX3CG6ey — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) February 18, 2019 …
The Chinese economy has become a Ponzi. It cannot sustain itself without a continued harrowing rise in debt.
via gnseconomics: The global slowdown has been much discussed lately. A slowdown in Europe and China was considered to be the main reason for the December stock market rout combined with the balance sheet normalization (QT) program of the Federal Reserve. …
Where are we…
via @OccupyWisdom : #StockMarket 1/ wages don’t come close 2/ recessions often wipe out years of any wage “gains” while inflation only becomes exaggerated 3/ true inflation is far higher than 2% and no professions aim, or even try to keep up …
Everything is fine >German regulator bans shorting of Wirecard shares
Everything is fiiiinnnnneee >German regulator bans shorting of Wirecard shares https://t.co/ytX3Ry8MlJ pic.twitter.com/gkAqotOswX — Tracy Shuchart (𝒞𝒽𝒾 ) (@chigrl) February 18, 2019
U.S., China Trade Talks: Side-By-Side Comparison of Statements
via @chigrl: https://www.bloomberg.com/amp/news/articles/2019-02-15/u-s-china-trade-talks-side-by-side-comparison-of-statements?__twitter_impression=true
Bond Investors Worried About A Recession; Trend Growth Has Been Slowing Everywhere since GFC…. Credit Suisse Strategists – We Are Close To The End Of The Tactical Rally
We Are Close To The End Of The Tactical Rally – Credit Suisse strategists via reuters pic.twitter.com/AJ1UwZceS3 — *Walter Bloomberg (@DeItaone) February 18, 2019 China’s slow down in a picture UGLY! pic.twitter.com/rRUDdk5UhK — mcm-ct.com (@mcm_ct) February 18, 2019 Sales of …
Explaining the Fall of Western Society As We Know It
by Martin Armstrong QUESTION: Western Civilization will collapse by 2032. I didn’t expect such a strong comment from you. Specifically, what does this mean? On the level of ancient Rome? Followed by the dark ages or just mediocrity and the rise …
Avenatti to give up financial control of law firm after he’s accused of hiding millions
Michael Avenatti agreed Wednesday to relinquish financial control of his longtime law firm hours after a former partner filed papers accusing him of hiding millions of dollars from the court that oversaw its bankruptcy. The celebrity lawyer and his firm, …
GORDON CHANG: It’s Time to Stop Talking to Beijing and Start Disengaging from China’s Economy.
via thedailybeast: Xi Jinping, the Chinese ruler, is in no position to negotiate in good faith with the U.S., in large part due to Communist Party politics. Trump, therefore, has to either abandon his ambitious trade goals or push Beijing to …
Civilian Asset Forfeiture Used Against Cartel Business Interests
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jib5ieawrA Why popularize theft? ! No matter who it comes from, it is still theft! TB
FITTON: BIG Speaking of Anthony Weiner, as FBI and DOJ were colluding with yet another Clinton lawyer on Weiner laptop Clinton emails, this same gang was abusing power to spy on Trump. Judicial Watch just found the docs!
by TFittonJW In our latest Judicial Watch Update: https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/judicial-watch-fbi-general-counsel-talked-to-hillary-clintons-lawyer-about-comeys-letter-on-weiner-laptop-clinton-emails/ (Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch announced today it received 215 pages of records from the U.S. Department of Justice revealing former FBI General Counsel James Baker discussed the investigation of Clinton-related emails on …
‘We are actually f***ed’: BBC airs swear-laden voiceover during Labour split (VIDEO)
The BBC has been left red-faced after a voice commenting during their live broadcast of the Labour Party split was heard saying that “between this and Brexit we are actually f***ed.” Seven Labour MPs announced their decision to leave the …
Fitton exposes how Deep State tried to shut down Benghazi FOIA lawsuit and were forced to admit it
Only 2 minutes. If you can donate to any organization JW is it. They are doing what are our congressmen should be doing An immense undertaking. If they had the money of Soros behind them there wouldn’t be any corrupt …
$21 Trillion Missing from US Federal Budget
https://www.projectcensored.org/21-trillion-missing-us-federal-budget/ “Despite disabled links and neglect from officials, the verification of over $6T inspired Skidmore and his students to comb through thousands of Office of Inspector General (OIG) reports for 1998-2015. Regarding his findings Skidmore stated, “This is incomplete, but …