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by howmuch Over the past 40 years, the average individual income in the U.S. has grown by 65%. However, not everyone has reaped the benefits of higher wages. Income inequality is at an all-time high, and the combined wealth of the top 1% of earners is almost as much as the combined wealth of middle-class Americans. Interestingly, some metro areas … Read more

by Charles Hugh-Smith A nation that’s no longer capable of naming names and reporting what actually happened richly deserves an economic and political collapse to match its moral collapse. You’ve probably heard of the Truth Commissions held in disastrously corrupt and oppressive regimes after the sociopath/kleptocrat Oligarchs are deposed.The goal is not revenge, as well-deserved as that … Read more

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fmo_h8TrLIc Recently there was a “event” on the London Bridge. I go into some of these here.  

The developer, Tianjin Zhongwei Aerospace Data System Technology, said the unmanned aerial vehicle had been designed to carry out both reconnaissance missions and close-range strikes against armoured vehicles or individuals in an urban environment. https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3039827/chinese-tech-firm-testing-urban-attack-drone-designed-carry-out US warns of ‘security risk’ from China-made drones as tech war heats up   AC  

by Michael Snyder If you have a good paying job, you should probably try to hold on to it as hard as you can, because those types of jobs are steadily becoming rarer.  Since 1990, the U.S. economy has produced millions of jobs, but as you will see below nearly two-thirds of them have been … Read more

by Michael Snyder We are facing a corporate debt bomb that is far, far greater than what we faced in 2008, and we are being warned that this “unexploded bomb” will “amplify everything” once the financial system starts melting down.  Thanks to exceedingly low interest rates, over the last decade U.S. corporations have been able … Read more

by Chris Vermeulen of The Technical Traders One type of Fibonacci price structure we use to attempt to measure price trends and identify potential tops/bottoms is the “100% Measured Move” structure.  This is a price structure where a previous price move is almost perfectly replicated in a subsequent price trend after a brief period of retracement or price … Read more

By Simon Watkins Ever since the U.S. signalled through its effective withdrawal from Syria that it now has little interest in becoming involved in military actions in the Middle East, the door has been fully opened to China and Russia to advance their ambitions in the region. For Russia, the Middle East offers a key military pivot … Read more

Democratic leaders say “we need a candidate who can appeal to Trump voters and independents” Then they say, “something is wrong with Tulsi because she appeals to a lot of Trump voters and independents” What’s up with that?   h/t GreedyMoose1

4 minute video of a classic Carlin routine. Worth the time it takes to watch! In this video he does an excellent job of explaining the difference between rights and privileges.       h/t OB1_kenobi

Wall St. For Main St., Released on 11/30/19 The Fed’s official balance sheet has now increased by $292.93 billion dollars since the end of August 2019. Track the Fed’s Official Balance Sheet here: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/WALCL Track the NY Fed’s Daily Repo Operations Here: https://apps.newyorkfed.org/markets/a… Jason Burack is an investor, entrepreneur, financial historian, Austrian School economist, and contrarian. Jason … Read more