via YAHOO: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government is on track to spend nearly as much this year as Ottawa did to stimulate the economy at the height of the global recession, according to a new study. The right-leaning Fraser …
Rising interest rates and credit card balances from CNBC. via CNBC: Over 1 in 3 people —or 86 million Americans — say they’re afraid they’ll max out their credit card when making a large purchase. Still, most Americans continue to …
via MarketWatch: Overhang of excessive corporate debt may weigh on global economic growth: Oxford Economics As worries rise over the outlook for global growth, excessive debt levels are drawing the eyes of nervous investors worried that more countries will struggle …
Winter storms HArper and Indra blens into the same weeks headlines, record cold and more records snows. Boston breaking records back to 1878, now three locations in the northern hemisphere mimic Maunder Minimum climate. Iguanas will fall from trees last …
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by FS Ryan Sweet, Director of Real-Time Economics for Moody’s Analytics spoke with Financial Sense’s Jim Puplava on the impact of the government shutdown on U.S. GDP and how it’s not only affecting thousands of American families but is beginning to trickle …
via aier.org: In fiscal year 2018, $137 billion was paid “improperly” by the federal government, according to arecent report. That number sums all the improper payments by what the government calls high-priority programs. They are programs with improper-payments estimates exceeding $2 …
via Reuters: The Bank of Japan cut its inflation forecasts on Wednesday but maintained its massive stimulus program, with Governor Haruhiko Kuroda warning of growing risks to the economy from trade protectionism and faltering global demand. Rising pressure from the trade …
With the government shutdown still in effect, Steven Crowder returns with one of the most controversial and timely Change My Mind’s yet: build the wall. Let the triggering commence.
They need to lose their jobs.There has to be arrests made.Hypocrites! AC
THAT’S DIFFERENT BECAUSE SHUT UP: h/t GR
by Geoffrey Grider New York has an abortion rate of 23.1 per 1,000 women, twice the national average of 11.8 per 1,000 women. 25 to 27 percent of pregnancies in New York State end in abortion. In New York City, 78 percent of abortions …
When at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. That’s what Hillary Clinton’s machine did in 2016, eventually getting the FBI to bite on an uncorroborated narrative that Donald Trump and Russia were trying to hijack the presidential election. Between …
by Shaun Richards The Italian banks have certainly kept us busy in the credit crunch era. We have found ourselves observing a litany of cash calls, bad debts, crises, and official claims that there is no problem. Of the latter …
China has been able to gain a significant foothold of power in Southeast Asia without starting an open conflict with the United States. AEI’s Oriana Skylar Mastro breaks down the strategies that have put China in this advantageous position. …
via Reuters: China will step up fiscal spending this year to support its economy, focusing on further cuts in taxes and fees for small firms, finance ministry officials said on Wednesday. Mounting pressure on the world’s second-biggest economy pushed growth last …
‘Exceptional period of growth’ is done in US, JPMorgan global market watcher warns from CNBC. via CNBC: One of Wall Street’s largest investing firms warns that a global growth slowdown could sink the U.S. into recession this year. According to …
Risk of bear market in 2019, Yale’s Shiller says from CNBC. via CNBC: “There is a feeling that the stock market might be due for some deflating now because it’s been a long time, and we’ve seen some hints of …
by OB1_kenobi So what does that mean? It means that everything CNN does is done under the guidance of someone who’s got their eye on the ratings and on profits. The profit motive leaves it’s mark on everything they do. It …
by Graham Summers of Gains, Pains, & Capital The market rig is now over. The pundits on TV attributed last week’s rally to “investors” buying stocks based on perceived “value,” but the reality is that it was a desperate market rig by Wall …
“I think it’s a mistake for conservatives to not take her seriously, to brush her off as a flash in the pan, or an upstart… Shes as close to a thought-leader as the democratic party has today.” BFD
by howmuch President Trump loves railing against the trade deficit even as it reaches a 10-year high. But here’s the thing. Countries with large surpluses have to do something with all that cash, and there’s only so many domestic investments available. …
With Rapid DNA machines, genetic fingerprinting could become as routine as the old-fashioned kind. But forensic experts see a potential for misuse. BENSALEM, Pa. — They call it the “magic box.” Its trick is speedy, nearly automated processing of DNA. …
Going for the big time. Terrorist death threats and terrorist charges.. can carry 20 years in prison. also going after those inciting violence Just Breaking on Fox news. https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/01/ky-prosecutor-confirms-multiple-investigations-underway-into-twitter-users-for-terrorist-threats-against-covington-kids/ Rob Sanders, a Kenton County Prosecutor, confirmed Tuesday that there are …
by Martin Armstrong There is an undertone lurking behind the rise of Donald Trump in the US, the Brexiteers in the UK, Marine Le Pen in France, political re-alignments in Denmark, and the election of Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil. Additionally, …
Happy to be on @foxandfriends at 645 this morning to discuss next steps in #StandWithCovington libel lawsuit. — Robert Barnes (@barnes_law) January 23, 2019 VIDEO: 31:09 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJ_Fv9ilVko&feature=youtu.be&t=1869 https://twitter.com/GMan_1776/status/1088052790872682497 h/t KOS
The government shutdown faces mounting lawsuits, including over ‘involuntary servitude’ from CNBC. via CNBC: If the partial government shutdown continues through this week – and there is no end in sight – Friday will mark the second paycheck missed by …
https://twitter.com/SohrabAhmari/status/1087708098737905664 There is a reason homeowners can rarely afford to dispense mercy on an overnight invader: Criminal intruders tend to be the dangerous type. What homeowners don’t expect are law enforcers and prosecutors going after them for defending themselves and …
International best-selling author, journalist and counter-intelligence expert Daniel Estulin contends, “First thing you’ve got to understand is you’ve got to back Trump. Trump is not a person. I am not a card carrying Republican. People have to understand that our …
