via CNBC: Consumer confidence at present remains strong, but future expectations are plummeting, according to the Conference Board’s latest readings. Such wide gaps often portend significant economic slowdowns ahead. “The most recessionary signal at present is consumer future expectations relative …
What is your opinion on the Rent Culture? Renting not just houses but EVERYTHING.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmIpQ… Brennan On John McCain’s Legacy, Bruce Ohr & Losing His Security Clearance | Hallie Jackson | MSNBC Bruce Ohr’s testimony on anti-Trump dossier at odds with Adam Schiff’s version https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/…
by axolotl_peyotl James Corbett offers this partly humorous and partly depressing overview of the truly remarkable (and burgeoning) list of devastatingly fake news peddled by the Mockingbird Media over the last year. In addition, here is Glenn Greenwald’s brilliant expose on the the 10 worst, …
by User_Name13 via theguardian: The state’s teachers plan to strike over funding, low pay and tax breaks given to the tech firm As freezing rain poured down on Virginia last week, a student dressed in only a light red sweater made a mad …
Mainly ‘we will give you everything you need. just let us take a couple things away from you indefinitely, and then hop in line’ h/t Yew
by Charles Hugh-Smith Wealth is flowing to those who earn money from their human capital and enterprise. So you want to get rich: OK, what’s the plan? If you ask youngsters how to get rich, many will respond by listing the …
by Michael Snyder It seems like virtually every major Democratic politician in the entire country is at least considering running for president, and a bunch of them have already officially entered the race, so why is the mainstream media pushing …
by Michael Snyder Apple iPhone sales are never supposed to go down. For nearly two decades, Apple has been an unbeatable economic miracle, but now it appears that times have changed. Global sales for the iPhone were disastrous during the holiday …
Everyone remembers that housing prices were crushed during and even after the 2007-2009 financial crsis. Are we headed toward a repeat? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QIn0HdNCeQ
Road To Roota, Released on 1/29/19 With $60B-$80B in potential claims against PG&E in their Chapter 11 filing why isn’t anybody talking about the $600B-$800B in notional DERIVATIVES that were just triggered? Who’s the BIG LOSER? Bix Weir has 30 …
Wall St. For Main St., Released on 1/29/19 Jason talks about the new data from Caterpillar, Apple, ratio of “present situation” to “expectations” from the Conference Board confidence report and also what GameStop said about credit for LBOs.
by John W. Whitehead “This is jackboots in the morning. This is an American nightmare that they would arrest somebody like this.”—Judge Andrew Napolitano The American Police State does not discriminate. Whatever dangerous practices you allow the government to carry out now—whether …
TradersChoice.net, Released on 1/29/19 Gregory Mannarino started his financial career working for the securities and trading arm of the now defunct Bear Stearns before the dot-com bubble. He is an active trader of the capital markets and has published several …
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Seattle prices drop 5.1% in five months, most since Housing Bust 1; San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, San Diego, Denver, Portland all decline. This is the most obvious one: Seattle. House prices in the Seattle …
Media Shouldn’t Make The Same Mistakes in Empire Actor Jussie Smollett Attack Stories As The Mistakes They Made With The Covington Kids. Robby Soave at Reason posted a huge scoop on this developing story earlier today: “According to the victim, the offenders’ faces were concealed,” a …
by Pat Buchanan “Pay the soldiers. The rest do not matter.” This was the deathbed counsel given to his sons by Roman Emperor Septimius Severus in A.D. 211. Nicolas Maduro must today appreciate the emperor’s insight. For the political survival of …
by Stucky Elliot Abrams will handle relations with Venezuela! [Side Note: If that’s not a near perfect caricature of (((you know what))) then I don’t know what is.] .@SecPompeo announced today that Elliott Abrams will lead @StateDeptefforts on #Venezuela to help the Venezuelan people fully …
by Shaun Richards Today brings a development which will no doubt be trumpeted across the media and it is explained by this from Reuters yesterday, Greece will return to bond markets with a five-year issue “in the near future, subject …
by Ron Paul of Ron Paul Institute Last week President Trump announced that the United States would no longer recognize Nicholas Maduro as president of Venezuela and would recognize the head of its national assembly, Jose Guaido, as president instead. US thus openly …
by Mac Slavo of SHTFplan Many companies across the United States are reeling from the tariffs imposed by China and president Donald Trump during the ongoing trade war. Even though there’s been a so-called “cease-fire” by both nations and tariffs aren’t going up, …
By Tsvetana Paraskova Saudi Arabia is determined to restore the balance on the oil market and is cutting deeper than required in the OPEC+ deal, with February crude production likely close to 10.1 million bpd, compared to the 10.3-million-bpd ceiling …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7t27if-Mpg For More Information See: https://www.sott.net/article/406018-I… https://aimedalliance.org/wp-content/…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IDAc8_nMQc “Bill Clinton Used The Military To Build Physical Barriers On Border” Republican Exposes Democrats today during congress hearing and government hearing on border security hearing republican tells democrats that trump is doing exactly what other presidents have done this …
by TFittonJW Interview on Fox this am:: Breitbart, yesterday:
Disarming the people – Trudeau, Blair following Venezuela’s lead (Links to relevant articles below) https://mises.org/wire/how-gun-contro… https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/libe…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mTMRpdaJnI Why isn’t the outgoing mayor doing the perp walk Roger Stone style for misappropriation of funds? Whatever your politics surely this guy deserves the Mueller treatment? TB
Change the tax treatment of fringe benefits. “One indefensible policy involves superior tax treatment for employee fringe benefits, such as health insurance and retirement benefits, which operates to harm lower income people. It is well known that our tax system treats …
Overload: A City That Opened Its Doors To Asylum Seekers Has Come To Regret It. Maine’s largest city, population about 67,000, is now struggling with an influx of asylum seekers, to the point where a local official is alerting …
● Shot: “Former Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum suffered a political and legal setback on Friday after the Florida Commission on Ethics found probable cause he accepted gifts during out-of-town excursions with lobbyists and vendors and didn’t report them. The Ethics Commission voted …