via france24: The eurozone is moving to stop printing 500-euro banknotes, the violet-coloured bills that authorities fear are favoured by criminals, with most of the 19 nations in the currency bloc to halt issuing them next month. “As of 27 January …
Authored by James Howard Kunstler via Kunstler.com, Welcome to the American hall of mirrors… and mind the broken glass all over the floor. That’s Nature’s way of saying the country has run out room to punk itself. 2018 was the consolidation …
by GoldCore – Are we to prepare for a global Debt Bubble Collapse in 2019? – 2019 to see the political and economic uncertainty of 2018 continue and likely to deepen – Investors lulled into a false sense of security …
via consortiumnews: The financial crisis of 2008 initially fostered a policy of bailing out banks with cheap money that went not into Main Street economies but into markets enriching the few. As a result, large numbers of people increasingly felt that …
h/t MakeFr0gsStr8Again
The same company that warned about Russia bots created them. The IRS has three thousand handguns. The government shutdown continues and Trump is tweeting like crazy why we need the wall. Obama is building a ten foot wall around his …
by Jon Rappoport Alert to pension fund managers all over the planet—and to everyone else— “If 1,000 US and global pension fund managers start asking questions it could change everything – like stopping a nuclear war.” That’s a statement from …
by AIsuicide Note: The following are some of the key audits the State Department decided to focus on…there is a very brief summary of their findings after each….pay attention to the Treasury Foreign Intelligence Network audit specifically. Table 1. …
Via The Babylon Bee WASHINGTON, D.C.—Under intense pressure from their left-leaning constituents to do something about the dangerous, Christian-founded restaurant chain, Democrats in the House of Representatives unveiled legislation Tuesday that would make it a hate crime to eat at …
via commondreams: Journalist Rania Khalek, whose video was restored after public outcry, says the ability of social media giants “to disappear content as they please” is “creepy and alarming and should be loudly opposed.” After the New York Times on Thursday published an exposé of Facebook‘s …
Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL) suggested on Sunday that the Democrats do not want to secure the southern border because they want to change the voting electorate in the U.S. through immigration. “It is a very tough position that the Democrats …
by Leading_Breath Awhile back I asked why Georgetown is attended by so many young elite. It tops this list I am still confused as to why it is such an important university. Am I wrong to assume Ivy League Universities …
Sargon of Akkad was banned from Patreon. It seems like Patreon wants to blame the payment processors Paypal and Stripe for the ban without directly throwing them under the bus and hurting their business partnership. h/t salvia_d
The Fed just exposed why they are against cryptocurrency, it has nothing to do with criminals using it, it has to do with the decentralization, they don’t like that part of it, because if you remove decentralization and try to …
by TFittonJW Never seen anything like it:
by Orangutan More tax money going to elected officials. Alabama this time. What could this society’s potential be with a lot less of this corruption, theft and greed. via theweek: Sheriff Todd Entrekin of Etowah County, Alabama, lost his re-election bid …
BY SRSROCCO If history is our guide, we are on track for a severe market meltdown in 2019. While the U.S. broader indexes remained in record territory for most of 2018, December turned out to be a complete disaster for …
via Money Metals: It’s amazing what passes as a market these days. Stocks rallied during the Christmas week, and the mainstream financial press would like you to believe bargain hunters swooped in after the weeks of heavy selling to grab some …
Plastic waste inputs from land intothe ocean – Science Magazine This isn’t shocking. Look up the carbon output of China alone. Leftists want to save the world but don’t even know who they’re fighting against. Sad! h/t afriendlyalt
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter So, how hot is the Chinese Renminbi? And is the euro dead yet? The US dollar’s role as global reserve currency is defined by the amounts of US dollar-denominated assets – US Treasury securities, corporate bonds, …
by Charles Hugh-Smith The story of the 21st century is debt is soaring while earned income is stagnating for the bottom 95%. Best wishes to all my readers and correspondents for a safe, healthy and productive 2019. Thank you, longstanding supporters, …
The stock market has been on a wild ride since October as the nearly two-year streak of new records has come to screeching halt. In its place, we have been treated to a healthy (or is it unhealthy?) dose of …
by axolotl_peyotl The genocidal military industrial complex has a very long history of weaponizing xenophobia against the masses, and Orwellian doublespeak regarding these fanciful “enemies” has become so pervasive that it’s truly remarkable that they are still getting away with it. Unfortunately, old habits die …
by Michael Snyder Now that the year is finally over, we can officially say that 2018 was the worst year for stocks in an entire decade. Not since the last financial crisis have we had a year like this, and many …
by Lance Roberts The biggest problem for investors is always the bull market itself. When the “bull is running” we believe we are smarter and better than we actually are. We take on substantially more risk than we realize as we continue to …
Stocks Post Worst Year In Decade… Wall Street concluded a tumultuous 2018 on Monday as the major stock indexes posted their worst yearly performances since the financial crisis. After solid gains on Monday, the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average were down 6.2 …
Watch the latest video at foxnews.com House Republicans unceremoniously ended their investigation into the way the FBI and the Department of Justice handled Hillary Clinton’s email scandal and the bias allegations against President Trump. The House probe was led by …
by Graham Summers of Gains, Pains & Capital Last week’s rally was the result of multiple interventions. “Someone” took advantage of the extremely light holiday volume to ramp markets higher via indiscriminant buying. The media is trying to portray this action as the …
via theblockcrypto: List of concrete predictions Name Position Prediction for 2018 Date of prediction Pierre Rochard Founder of Bitcoin Advisory $100,000+ December 6, 2017 Ronnie Moas Founder of Standpoint Research $28,000 December 21, 2017 Julian Hosp Co-Founder and President at TenX …
by Ron Paul of Ron Paul Liberty Report It’s been reported that (just) the interest payments on the U.S. government’s debt will be larger than Medicaid in less than 2 years, and larger than the military budget in 6 years. The math is …