COLD WAR II: China’s Plan to Break off US Allies. “There’s a reason Beijing is pressuring Canada – not the US – over Meng Wanzhou’s arrest. Australia and New Zealand could be next.”
via thediplomat: On the issue of Huawei, China realizes that the United States has enlisted its allies to collectively encircle the Chinese high-tech company. This sets a precedent for the United States to gather allies to suppress China in other areas …
Shock And Awe In Mueller Probe – Rudy Giuliani Failing Trump – Country In Shambles
by Ruby Henley I am in shock and awe this morning as I write this. That is the best description to summarize how I feel after researching the present status of the Mueller Probe and the unraveling of Trump’s legal …
President Trump Just “Dunked” On Nancy Pelosi With A Power Move That “Has Never Happened In The Annals Of Congressional History”
by Michael Snyder President Trump has done it again. Less than 24 hours after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi essentially “disinvited” him from delivering the State of the Union address on January 29th, President Trump delivered a power move that we …
Sean Hannity’s Days Are Numbered Over This Report
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rwi0Aygr8UI Keep up the good work! AC
If You Look Closely You Can See The Plan To Reset The System
The EU is getting exactly what they want, a delay in the BREXIT which means there is no BREXIT, the EU might even try to get the UK to vote again on the BREXIT. May like Trump and Macron will …
Investors Beware: “The World Economy Is Headed For A Recession In 2019 Unless Something Happens”
by Michael Snyder Global economic activity has been slowing down dramatically in recent months, and now the mainstream media is filled with dire warnings that a global recession is dead ahead in 2019. And without a doubt, things do not look …
Solar Investment Plunges Amid Panel Glut
By Irina Slav Global spending on solar energy declined by almost a quarter last year to US$130.8 billion, mainly on the back of a regulatory policy overhaul in China that led to an oversupply of solar panels, driving prices down. …
Venezuelan Opposition Loses Patience, Now Calls for Defections and Rebellion
Good, but what replaces Maduro?: http://archive.is/cPXJS
M1 Growth portends a collapse in Industrial Production nearly as bad as the Great Recession
by StockCassandra https://twitter.com/GeorgeDagnino/status/1085086874824253440
Even Apple is starting to cull positions. A rise in US unemployment may be underway already.
via Yahoo: (Bloomberg) — Apple Inc. will cut back on hiring for some divisions after selling fewer iPhones than expected and missing its revenue forecast for the holiday quarter, according to people familiar with the matter. Tim Cook, Apple’s chief …
What do you think happens next? 2008 – 2018
https://twitter.com/OccupyWisdom/status/1086022343569346563 what do you think happens next? pic.twitter.com/PBTwM28SSZ — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) January 17, 2019 Richmond Fed Factory Gauge Falls Most Ever as Shipments Drop With the US data staring to deteriorate, following the rest of the world, seems probabilities favor …
Walls Across America
For all the bloviating we hear from Democrats about how walls are immoral and even racist, the Democrats sure do love to live behind walls themselves. h/t MrJustNsane
Jon Stossel-Government shutdown shows that private is better
I like this guy a lot. I wish he was still on mainstream media. I guess his views were to on point for them. Another great video. h/t Banana Fighter
MARK DICE: Comedy Ain’t What It Used To Be!
Yet leftist humor is completely basic, obnoxious, and potentially offensive. It’s alright for them. AC
Nigel Farage warns EU: ‘Push British people too far and the lion will roar’
by salvia_d Nigel Farage, MEP and President of the Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy Group (EFDD), was in the European Parliament on January 16th, a day removed from Theresa May’s disastrous Brexit Withdrawal vote, breaking down the stakes at …
Euro-Gold Ratio Is A Canary In The Monetary Coalmine
Authored by Tom Luongo, For weeks I’ve been telling my subscribers that something changed in the gold market. Since Donald Trump’s election there was a pretty clear pair trade between the U.S. dollar and gold. And that trade was most manifested in …
NFLX misses everything then guides lower
Netflix Free Cash Inferno pic.twitter.com/U8W5PTanzm — zerohedge (@zerohedge) January 17, 2019 Last October, when Netflix reported stellar Q3 earnings and guidance there were many skeptics who said there is no way Netflix could possibly hit its impressive forecasts. They were right, because moments ago …
This problem is 10,000 times bigger than the border wall
by Simon Black We are in the midst of the longest government shutdown in history. Don’t get me wrong, I like having the government shut down. As I’ve said before, I believe it is my moral duty to pay as little …
Surveys, Housing 55+ and investment, FT mention
by WARREN MOSLER Trade issues taking their toll: This too has gone flat: Nice mentions for Stephanie and a also bit for me here, as MMT is now on a roll: https://ftalphaville.ft.com/2019/01/16/1547640616000/America-has-never-worried-about-financing-its-priorities/
May Survives No-Confidence Vote but has until Monday 21st to present New Proposal
by Martin Armstrong The British pound moved higher following the British Prime Minister Theresa May’s government narrowly surviving a no confidence vote brought by the opposition over the handling of BREXIT. The vote was narrow with May winning by just 19 votes. …
For a party obsessed with reducing fossil fuels, Democrats and their media operatives with bylines sure believe in maximum gaslighting.
YOUR DAILY TREACHER: Beto Fans Insist: This Is Not a Drill. Scott Rosenberg and David McCabe, Axios: No, Beto O’Rourke did not live-stream his teeth cleaning on Instagram — any more than Al Gore ever actually claimed to have invented …
Google employees have meltdown when they hear the word “family” during a company presentation
A Google executive sparked a fierce backlash from employees by using the word “family” in a weekly, company-wide presentation, according to internal documents obtained by The Daily Caller News Foundation. Many Google employees became angry that the term was used …
Who Could See It Coming? – Dead Reckoning the Minsky Moment
by Jesse “In particular, over a protracted period of good times, capitalist economies tend to move from a financial structure dominated by hedge finance units to a structure in which there is large weight to units engaged in speculative and …
VIDEO: STRANDED BUS with Pelosi and Democrat Lawmakers IS DRIVING CIRCLES AROUND US CAPITOL BECAUSE TRUMP CANCELLED THEIR TRIP
On Thursday afternoon, President Trump informed Speaker Pelosi her “public relations” trip to Afghanistan, Egypt, and Brussels has been postponed so that she can stay in DC and negotiate with him. The President canceled Pelosi’s flight just one hour before …
Medicare, free tuition for all! And she’s just getting started
via Bloomberg: (Bloomberg Businessweek) — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez might not have seen eye to eye with Joseph Overton, the late free-market advocate. But she has a firm grasp of the concept for which he is best known: the Overton Window. The term …
THEY DON’T WANT TO LOSE REELECTION AFTER ONE TERM LIKE THE DEM FRESHMAN CLASS OF 2008
Pelosi Struggles to Keep Dems United During Government Shutdown. “Moderate, freshman Democrats open to deal.” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (Calif.) and the rest of the Democratic leadership are struggling to present a unified front during the ongoing government shutdown, as …
TRUMP TO PELOSI: Sorry, your private-jet junket to Europe and parts east is a casualty of the shutdown.
Clever how he mentions “flying commercial” just to make clear that she wasn’t planning to. via Twitter: h/t GR