The Democrat Party swinging to the far left is not pulling the rest of it with it. From the widely disliked and unworkable Green New Deal, to the most recent blow up about some anti-Semite comments from a few members, it looks like the party is tearing apart. A simple anti-Semite condemnation could not be … Read more
America does not need to import workers. We have plenty of potential workers who were sidelined by the Great Recession and globalization. In the first two years of the Trump presidency, America created two million jobs. The unemployment level fell to an astonishing 3.7 percent in September, the lowest level in decades, and it has … Read more
By Harry Dent China’s been playing hardball with the U.S. over trade talks. There’s good reason: they’re gunning for the title of Top Global Economic Power, above the U.S. and other players. They’re embracing the short-term pain to win the long-term fight. But… They have growing problems, with slowing growth and exports, and we’ve … Read more
Hurry and watch this video before Twitter takes it down again. Hard to believe Feinstein was ever capable of speaking the truth. Great clip… Hurry and watch this video Twitter keeps deleting it so it doesn't get out in the public😞 pic.twitter.com/AT2Rl1h6Ws — Teach Patriotism (@lovedeplorables) November 27, 2018 Dead on saying the same exact … Read more
They must have a crap load of stuff to hide. Watch the latest video at foxnews.com Prosecutors in a case brought by Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s team asked a federal judge on Thursday to withhold 3.2 million “sensitive” documents from the Russian company Concord Management LLC because of national security and law enforcement concerns. During … Read more
There is an all out war against conservative and Christian speech, national borders, culture and even life itself. And given the alternative to those vitally important things it’s time to ask, are these people certifiably insane? By the way, You Tube thinks that “most advertisers” are aligned with them, not us. AC
WASHINGTON/FRANKFURT (Reuters) – “Patient” monetary policy. “Muted” inflation. “Uncertainty” over global trade and government policies that may be undermining the economy. Evidence of a world slipping back to an inflation-less, slow-growth norm – the outlook that prompted the U.S. Federal Reserve to halt its interest rate hikes in January – has now forced a broader … Read more
via brookings: DOWNLOAD Download the conference draft » ABSTRACT China’s national accounts are based on data collected by local governments. However, since local governments are rewarded for meeting growth and investment targets, they have an incentive to skew local statistics. China’s National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) adjusts the data provided by local governments to calculate GDP … Read more
https://qz.com/1567934/amazon-sellers-panic-after-the-company-reportedly-canceled-orders/ Amazon is reportedly going cold turkey on thousands of vendors. The e-commerce behemoth has canceled orders with many wholesalers, pushing them instead to sell directly to consumers on its marketplace, Bloomberg reported today (March 7). Having vendors sell directly to customers is a better arrangement for Amazon because it can charge merchants for services … Read more
The credit card business in the US is an extraordinary racket charging both merchants and cardholders to generate extraordinary margins. Deutsche Bank via @SoberLook pic.twitter.com/yiE3miYXN9 — Adam Tooze (@adam_tooze) March 7, 2019 i know. i know. this doesn't matter. but …. pic.twitter.com/X5XYh6tDfp — steph pomboy (@spomboy) March 7, 2019
via euronews: FRANKFURT (Reuters) – The European Central Bank pushed out the timing of its first post-crisis rate hike until 2020 at the earliest and offered banks new rounds of multi-year loans in a bid to revive the currency bloc’s slowing economy, it said on Thursday. The bolder-than-expected move showed ECB was having to revisit … Read more
via YAHOO: Corporate executives cash out of their own stock more after their firms announce stock buybacks than on a typical day. And in the long run, the share prices of those companies underperform. This is according to a letter written by SEC Commissioner Robert Jackson. The letter addressed to Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) … Read more
by TFittonJW Breaking: https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/judicial-watch-uncovers-doj-records-showing-numerous-bruce-ohr-communications-with-fusion-gps-and-christopher-steele/ (Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch announced today it received 339 pages of heavily redacted records from the U.S. Department of Justice which reveal that former Associate Deputy Attorney General Bruce Ohr remained in regular contact with former British spy and Fusion GPS contractor Christopher Steele after Steele was terminated by the FBI in November 2016 for revealing … Read more
via turcopolier: By William Binney, former Technical Director NSA Larry Johnson, former State CT and CIA The FBI, CIA and NSA claim that the DNC emails published by WIKILEAKS on July 22, 2016 were obtained via a Russian hack, but more than three years after the alleged “hack” no forensic evidence has been produced to … Read more
MIT’S new mini cheetah robot is the first four-legged robot to do a backflip. At only 20 pounds the limber quadruped can bend and swing its legs wide, enabling it to walk either right side up or upside down. The robot can also trot over uneven terrain about twice as fast as an average person’s … Read more
Little Rock Police release community service announcement and video footage of shooting involving alleged operator of a stolen vehicle. Opinions expressed herein, they come, they go. h/t SovereignDirt
Feels like G-20 again, remember when trump pumped a trade deal back then, and it never materialized. Markets then sold. pic.twitter.com/qC5GPtcO22 — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) March 7, 2019 $TRAN $RUT $MID $AMZN GETTING CRUSHED! pic.twitter.com/2zbE0wCF6r — mcm-ct.com (@mcm_ct) March 7, 2019 If global growth doesn't turn up soon – macro will matter for global stocks and … Read more
– ECB has just loosened monetary policy. What if that isn’t enough? – ECB says the risks to Europe’s economies lean to the downside – Trade wars could get worse and political turbulence could increase – Brexit, could deliver an especially brutal blow – Euro set to depreciate against gold (see chart) By Bloomberg Editorial Board … Read more
Via Oriental Review, There is a dual Italian crisis brewing in the European Union. On the one hand, it is a political, or even geopolitical, crisis. Italy is undermining the unity of the European Union; blocking the EU’s recognition of those behind the coup in Venezuela as the legitimate authority; preventing the expansion of sanctions against … Read more
A question to be asked is why are temperatures getting colder in the spring for the 3rd year in a row resulting in crop losses after an early warm February? This was not predicted with Global Warming, winters were supposed to be milder and shorter as CO2 warmed the planet, but we get the opposite, … Read more
Let’s say you are living in the 18th century. You want to go to a distant place and you are riding on your wagon. You will put the horses in front of the wagon that will carry the load and also you. This is the way horses have been pulling wagons for a long time … Read more
If you think about doing all the things and keeping yourself busy for the trades, you are not right. You will have to do very little things for the trading process. Well, the planning must be solid though. But the less you can spend time with the trades, the proper it will be for the … Read more
Feds splurge on lobster, pianos, golf carts in race to spend ‘use it or lose it’ budget It turns out September, not April, may be federal taxpayers’ worst nightmare. The end of the government’s fiscal year usually brings an orgy of spending as agencies look at their budgets, see extra cash lying around, and figure … Read more
Skip to 28 Seconds to view the report The next time a liberal complains about the Popular Vote vs. Electoral College, show them this!
by Michael Snyder We have not seen anything like this since the last recession. Layoff announcements are coming fast and furious now, and the speed at which workers are being laid off is shocking a lot of people. In this day and age, big companies have absolutely no loyalty to their workers. The moment it becomes … Read more