by Charles Hugh Smith The elites’ clever exploitation of politically correct cover stories has enthralled the comatose, uncritical Left, but not those who see their living standards in a free-fall. A family member who has lived in France for decades summarized …
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter But look how the bonds got manipulated up 24% in one minute at the close. Parker Drilling announced Wednesday morning that it had filed for a “pre-arranged” chapter 11 bankruptcy. The storied drilling contractor has been …
On Tuesday, Google CEO Sundar Pichai was interrogated by the House Judiciary Committee over a number of topics including potential bias in the search results it provides users. DuckDuckGo — a privacy-focused search engine company that competes with Google Search— released a study last week …
by Frank Holmes, CEO, U.S. Global Investors If you followed some of my posts from two years ago, you might recall that I was in favor of Brexit. I still am. One of British voters’ main grievances was the heavy …
By Bill Bonner BALTIMORE, MARYLAND – A fight with the Fed one week. A trade war with China the next. And now, it’s a war with the Democrats. Donald J. Trump knows how to keep the cameras rolling. From Bloomberg: President …
Many investors are surprised when the stock market changes trend. Yet, change has been the only constant throughout the market’s history. Even the “big boys” on Wall Street get caught off-guard. Consider the stock market’s 2018 jump in volatility … …
by TFittonJW Reason to smile when courts rule the right way now and again! Judge Sullivan, who just ordered review of key Flynn docs, also ordered Hillary Clinton to answer key email questions, under oath. Her answers are due by …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0QPOYvfrFU Having bowed to the demands of large-scale, nationwide anti-government protests, French president Emmanuel Macron is facing trouble on another front. Left wing MP’s have tabled a motion of no confidence in his government with the vote to take place …
by Michael Snyder The middle class has been steadily shrinking, but most Americans still believe that they are a part of it. Perhaps this is due at least in part to the egalitarian values which have been pounded into our heads …
Earlier this week, a man from Oxford, Massachusetts found himself facing a 22-count indictment for his alleged role in a real estate scam that is no less than massive in scale. 50-year-old Allen Seymour, the accused, has been involved in …
by Michael Snyder Large earthquakes aren’t supposed to happen in Tennessee. On Wednesday, the largest earthquake in 45 years hit eastern Tennessee, and it made headlines all over the nation. The magnitude 4.4 quake was so powerful that it was …
From Birch Gold Group Corporate pensions have been in trouble for quite some time. Some are underfunded, while others are on the brink of termination. Worldwide, the pension crisis is all but imminent, threatening to reach a $400 trillion level. And now, corporate pensions appear to have …
RWN Official reports, Dog the Bounty Hunter Just released a statement that he plans on pressing charges against two men, father and son who aggressively hounded him and his wife Beth, who is very ill with Cancer, while they were …
The global markets have suffered in 2018. Weakening all across the world. Central banks have taken unprecedented measures in order to backstop the losses which began in 2008. We are now a decade out from what nearly spiraled out of …
by Chris Vermeulen of The Technical Traders As 2018 draws to a close and the global equities markets continue to find pricing and valuation pressures driving prices lower, a few questions come to mind for all investors/traders – Is a deleveraging event about …
By Lance Gaitan Talk about volatility! The unemployment rate stayed at 3.7%, but the expected 190,000 non-farm jobs missed the bar by 35,000, only managing 155,000. To add to that misery, October jobs were revised lower by 14,000 jobs. Wage …
Trends Journal, Released on 12/11/18 (Recorded on 12/10/18) Gerald Celente is a pioneer trend strategist and founder of The Trends Research Institute. He is the author of the national bestseller Trends 2000: How to Prepare for and Profit from the Changes of …
by Thinker The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), which is the country’s competition regulator, recommended overseeing the commercial activities of Google and Facebook in order to protect smaller tech firms. In its preliminary report released Monday, the ACCC called …
Looking forward to it! https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-12-11/three-clinton-foundation-whistleblowers-testify-about-tax-fraud-pay-play Following allegations of sloppy accounting, potential tax fraud and pay-to-play, the Clinton Foundation will be under a Congressional microscope this week after three whistleblowers have come forward and agreed to testify – one of whom secretly submitted 6,000 …
by Jesse “It is no exaggeration to say that since the 1980s, much of the global financial sector has become criminalised, creating an industry culture that tolerates or even encourages systematic fraud. The behaviour that caused the mortgage bubble and …
Amid the ongoing controversy over political censorship on social media accounts, companies like Facebook are also being accused of hurting small businesses. One America’s Gabrielle Cuccia has more from Washington.
Peter Brookes joined Fox Business, Wednesday, December 12, to talk about the latest drama with China, particularly the Chinese arresting a Canadian diplomat in apparent retaliation for Canada’s arrest of a top Huawei executive, and the work left to do …
via Eric Peters: Avoiding an accident is actually pretty easy – because most “accidents” aren’t. They are the result of mistakes. In other words, avoidable things. Here are a few common mistakes that can lead to an “accident.” Too much speed, not enough …
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Mac Slavo December 12th, 2018 SHTFplan.com Market analyst and financial guru Peter Schiff says that the United States economy is headed for a disaster. In a recent interview, Schiff said that when the dollar goes away as a reserve currency, …
EMMANUEL Macron’s government faces a vote of no confidence in parliament on Thursday amid nationwide anger at the French president which has seen violent riots across the country. Mr Macron’s leadership is hanging by a thread after the Yellow Vest …
by Dr. Eowyn On November 8, 2018, a terrible wildfire, the Camp Fire, destroyed most of Paradise — a town of 26,218 people in the Sierra Nevada foothills in Northern California. The AP reports that an Anatolian shepherd dog named Madison who had …
From CNBC: Former Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen is worried about excessive leveraged lending and the level of corporate debt across Wall Street. “Corporate indebtedness is now quite high and I think it’s a danger that if there’s something else that causes a …
by DCG This past November, Washington voters approved numerous gun control laws that include a mandate on how you store your firearms in your home. Now the demorats in Oregon are following their lead to infringe upon their citizens’ rights. The Oregonian reports …
by Duane Norman, Free Market Shooter In 2014, renovations at the Provident Mutual Life Insurance Co. building began, with the Philadelphia Police planning to use the building as its headquarters. Philadelphia’s city government, rife with mismanagement and corruption, attempted to make use …