Bill Still: This Is How a Secretary of State Should Act
Mike Pompeo is doing a great job as secretary of state. We were well represented by him in Davos. Quite a few chuckles at the start of this video! h/t supporter
Mark Dice: They Just Keep On Going
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20Daug61fWs That kid is a legend. He needs support from every patriot in this country. They’re coming for your kids people. AC
The Pharmaceutical industry’s dirty little secret. The data from thousands of clinical trials, often publicly funded, are never disclosed. Instead, the industry cherry-picks trial data to exclude evidence of ineffectiveness or adverse effects.
by Sabremesh All clinical trials of pharmaceutical products should be pre-registered, and the results should always be released. The prevalence of deliberate non-disclosure means that data which shows adverse side-effects is simply being swept under the carpet. The World Health Organization …
This Government Shutdown is Blinding Investors
By Lance Gaitan The partial government shutdown is obviously affecting federal employees that aren’t getting paid, but for the most part, life goes on. These federal workers might be in a pinch right now, but eventually they’ll get paid back …
BREXIT: Why People Shouldn’t “Wait and See” Before Getting Prepped
by Daisy Luther Prepping is no longer just a thing us “crazy Americans” do. The popularity of stocking up and being prepared for future events is spreading across the globe as people everywhere are losing faith that the way things …
So it begins: Microsoft builds a “fake news” filter into its browser
via RT: Corporate and neocon-backed startup NewsGuard is one step closer to its vision of bringing its “unreliable” news rater to every screen after Microsoft makes it an integral part of its Edge mobile browser. Rather than having to download …
What Do Day Traders Prefer Bull or Bear Market? Analysis by Meir Barak
My students and I profit from making money in bear and bull markets alike. Both these markets contradict each other. However through my expertise and experience, more often than not we profit on our trades regardless of the type of …
Jim Grant covers the state of the economy and the chaos to come
Alpha Exchange, Released on 1/18/19 Jim covers the bad old inflation days of the early 1980’s and the courage of Paul Volcker, the many lessons learned through risk cycles, negative interest rates and his view on the damage done to …
TheHill: “CNN’s Powers says she is removing Twitter app from phone after she was harassed for criticizing Covington students”
CNN's Powers says she is removing Twitter app from phone after she was harassed for criticizing Covington students https://t.co/hHIArTXDg6 pic.twitter.com/7qqdwWZnQA — The Hill (@thehill) January 23, 2019 Asking false stories get retracted & corrected is not "harassment." Seeking legal remedy …
Uncle Sam Wants Your DNA: The FBI’s Diabolical Plan to Create a Nation of Suspects
by John W. Whitehead “As more and more data flows from your body and brain to the smart machines via the biometric sensors, it will become easy for corporations and government agencies to know you, manipulate you, and make decisions on …
Contrarian who called the 2008 housing crash expects a global recession this year
Via Marketwatch All at once, storm clouds are gathering over the world economy. The International Monetary Fund has cut its estimates for global growth in 2019, citing concerns about weakness in Europe. China just had its slowest GDP growth since 1990, and …
Asset Bubbles Are Making Davos Billionaires Richer
by Jesse Colombo The global elite are meeting in Davos, Switzerland this week and are richer than ever. Bloomberg reports – A decade after the financial crisis poured flat champagne on the World Economic Forum, gold-collar executives set to gather there this …
MSM BUSTED: BuzzFeed “Strategic Partnership”
NBC raises eyebrows over $400 million relationship with BuzzFeed NBCUniversal invested $400 million in BuzzFeed and the two companies have a “strategic partnership,” raising eyebrows about why the Peacock Network isn’t more transparent when covering the controversial website. NBC News …
Air Is Coming Out Of The Silicon Valley Startup Bubble
by Jesse Colombo ZeroHedge published an article I found interesting called “For Silicon Valley’s Startups, The Bill Is Finally Coming Due“: Silicon Valley startups like Hustle, an ad-messaging company that spent lavishly on things like on-tap kombucha and arcade games …
AN ONGOING THREAD OF HATE
Covington Catholic Is the Terrible Sequel to the Kavanaugh Case. “But this is America in 2019, and it’s full of rage and hate. And parents of young men know that hostile people would instead want to destroy your child’s life. …
US Federal Reserve is probing Deutsche Bank over billions in suspicious transactions in another twist in the Danske Bank money laundering scandal
The US Federal Reserve is investigating how Deutsche Bank handled billions suspicious payments from Danske Bank, as regulators try to unravel who was involved in one of the largest financial scandals in history. Citing people familiar with the matter, Bloomberg said …
Socialist Alexandria Ocasio Cortez Thinks Being Wealthy is Immoral, Goes Full Cringe
Being rich is immoral: http://archive.is/NT4F6 Lyke so relatable guize: https://twitter.com/AOC/status/108790…
Optimism has already returned to the stock market
by spontaneousdisorder I thought I’d briefly point out a couple of sentiment indicators. The markets got oversold about a month ago but a sharp rally has already worked off that condition. The daily sentiment index has already reached 73% in …
Liquidity collapsed to multi-year lows in December, earnings calls are bearish, typical cyclical rolling over, fundamentals getting weaker….
Liquidity collapsed to multi-year lows in December. While brokers believe that dovish messages on rates from central banks will solve the issue, I believe they miss a bigger picture: Banks are likely to significantly reduce credit growth due to lower …
It has been 1,876 trading days since $SPX last saw a -5% day; the 4th longest stretch ever; $SPX up in 2019 while the U.S. equity ETFs have seen about $4,000,000,000 in outflows.
As of right now, it has been 1,876 trading days since $SPX last saw a -5% day; the 4th longest stretch ever. @nunziato_frank wanted to know about all such days in $SPX history (going back to inception in 1923), so …
The Ruling Elites Love How Easily We’re Distracted and Turned Against Each Other
by Charles Hugh-Smith No wonder the ruling elites love how easily we’re distracted and divided against ourselves: it’s so easy to dominate a distracted, divided, blinded-by-propaganda and negative emotions populace. Let’s say you’re one of the ruling elites operating the …
What an Investment Fund, Forced to Take a Big Loss, Said about the Housing Bust in Prime Central London
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter “Probably now enduring its most protracted period of price suppression since records began.” Here is an interesting and colorful tidbit on the housing market in Prime Central London, one of London’s most expensive areas and once …
The Trump Administration Is Warning That The U.S. Economy May Not Grow At All During The First Quarter Of 2019
by Michael Snyder This government shutdown is really starting to take a toll on the U.S. economy. On Wednesday, the chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisers made an absolutely stunning admission. We all knew that the global economy was …
Gov. Newsom wants $25M in taxpayer funds to help migrants at border
by DCG I wouldn’t expect anything less from sanctuary California. From SF Gate: California Governor Gavin Newsom wants to use $20 million of state funds to create an “Immigration Rapid Response Program” that provides aid to migrants who arrive at California’s border. In …
BREXIT PLANS: An infant’s guide to the Alphabetti Soup
by John Ward The Cabinet having failed to get past Plan A (iii) on Brexit, the Bercow-Grieve empowered Commons foodies have been engaging in febrile sorcery. Plans B to F are the result. Together, they represent amendments demanding a seat at …
In 1991, David Rockefeller spoke of a globalists-media collusion to install a world government
by Dr. Eowyn Do you still doubt that there is a global élite who work covertly for a one-world government? Recall that: In 1988, in an essay in The Economist (which is partly owned by the Rothschild family), Lord Jacob Rothschild predicted a world governmentand the …
Existing home sales, Trade, BOJ
by WARREN MOSLER Bad: Highlights Mortgage rates began to move down in December but it wasn’t soon enough to help the month’s resales. Existing home sales fell a sharper-than-expected 6.4 percent to a 4.990 million annualized rate that is the …
The 7 Factors Driving Oil Prices In 2019
By Osama Rizvi Last year, oil prices rallied all the way up to a four year high before plunging more than $30. There were many factors at play during that volatile period, most notably the Iranian sanctions and the resultant …