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By David Stockman https://twitter.com/macrodidact/status/1098172413337051137 “Surveys show increased credit card debt and lower savings in 2019” @Bankrate @SoberLook H/T @LizAnnSonders @DiMartinoBooth pic.twitter.com/vYHUAhH4ep — The Long Game (@7LongGame) February 18, 2019 Deficit will be worse & debt will be higher than what CBO is forecasting if @GoldmanSachs’ estimates are right@SoberLook pic.twitter.com/hu16JMV8vX — Liz Ann Sonders (@LizAnnSonders) February … Read more

by bartturner Apple overreached for sure. People followed Apple rapidly from $400 for a new phone over a few years to $800 a phone, aided by cell phone companies amortizing the costs into people’s plans over a long term. But $1000 to $1200 for a phone with virtually the same features? A lot of people … Read more

Most investors have heard of the “Buffet Indicator”, a simple but effective way of looking at the size of the stock market compared to the size of the economy. But have you heard of Mike Maloney’s “Market Fragility Index”? It’s an extension of the Buffet Indicator that introduces some very important data. Check out this … Read more

Don’t Get Run Over As The Meltdown Gets Worse https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfwMOyvIzgg   pic.twitter.com/WocS2vO0mH — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) February 20, 2019 China imports from U.S. continue to plunge. I’m sure S&P500 earnings will be unaffected. #tradewar pic.twitter.com/GblOCqnODi — Greg (@GS_CapSF) February 20, 2019 https://twitter.com/DavidInglesTV/status/1098011547257921536

Prions isn’t a disease it’s a symptom-causing misfolded brain protein transmitted only through the consumption of neural matter you morons: http://archive.is/QiSCn    

Good article: http://archive.is/ZWHcF        

By David Stockman    

by Geoffrey Grider   Jussie Smollett’s hoax is symptomatic of America’s illness. Because of the mainstreaming of academia’s victimhood culture, we are now in a place where we place more value on being a victim than on being heroic, charitable, or even kind. Victims or victim groups high on intersectionality points are supposed to be coveted, … Read more

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Is it ok that meetings are happening in SECRET with the Treasury and the Fed with the most powerful companies? There are many influential companies in the world. Financial companies tend to have the tallest buildings, the most collusion with government, and the ability to withstand any form of reduction in their size and power. … Read more

P-please pay us: http://archive.is/dqA8E    

According to a statement from Foxx’s office, the decision to recuse herself was made to address ‘potential questions of impartiality’ based upon ‘familiarity with potential witnesses’; Mike Tobin reports from Chicago.     Call From Jussie Smollett’s Lawyers Postponed Two Former Suspects’ Grand Jury Testimony https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2019/02/20/jussie-smollett-former-suspects-grand-jury-testimony-postponed/  

by Michael Lebowitz Recently, Wall Street and the Financial Media have brought much attention to the flattening and possible inversion of the U.S. Treasury yield curve.  Given the fact that an inversion of the 2s/10s Treasury yield curve has predicted every recession over the last forty years, it is no wonder that the topic grows … Read more

Scott Morefield from The Daily Caller reports, A Vans store employee at the Oak Park Mall in Overland Park, Kansas was terminated after saying “f*ck you” to a 14-year-old customer who wore a red MAGA hat into the store. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glAaHRDLOYM Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: https://dailycaller.com/2019/02/17/va…    

Via The Babylon Bee ATLANTA, GA—While Empire actor Jussie Smollett has been having a tough week so far, there appears to be a silver lining: cable news channel CNN has offered Smollett a job as an investigative reporter and on-air anchor after witnessing his skills at fabricating a story entirely out of thin air. CNN producers were … Read more

from Financial Survival Network Elizabeth Hale is founder of eeCPA. 2018 is over and now the effects of the new tax law are starting to be take hold. Clearly the upper middle class and working rich have taken a major hit, especially those in high-tax states. While there were some benefits spread around, the loss of … Read more

The equities rally we’ve seen in 2019 so far won’t last forever, said Erik Norland, senior economist at the CME Group. “I think that the stock market rally that we’ve seen so far this year is going to run into some pretty substantial headwinds,” Norland told Kitco News. He noted that the rally was fueled … Read more

via AP: MARINE MOUNTAIN WARFARE TRAINING CENTER, Calif. (AP) — Hunkered down behind a wall of snow, two U.S. Marines melt slush to make drinking water after spending the night digging out a defensive position high in the Sierra Nevada. Their laminated targeting map is wedged into the ice just below the machine gun. Nearly … Read more

via theamericanmirror: Maxine Waters appeared at an anti-wall protest in Los Angeles on Monday, and was triggered by a lone pro-Trump protester. James Rojas captured the moment Waters was addressing the crowd and a man wearing a MAGA hat and waving an American flag. “This president is trying to keep a campaign promise to all of … Read more