Let’s Face It: The U.S. Constitution Has Failed

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by Charles Hugh-Smith Elections provide the bread-and-circuses staged drama that is passed off as democracy. Despite the anything-goes quality of American culture, one thing remains verboten to say publicly: the U.S. Constitution has failed. The reason why this painfully obvious fact cannot be discussed publicly is that it gives the lie to the legitimacy of the … Read more

What Trucking & Freight Just Said About the Goods-Based Economy in the US

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Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Something has to give. Starting to be a fascinating phenomenon: Rates charged by trucking companies and other transportation providers continue to surge on a year-over-year basis even as the volume of shipments has dropped below where it had been a year ago, while the “capacity squeeze” of 2018 has disappeared, and … Read more

The Outlook for Automation and Manufacturing Jobs in Seven Charts

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by visualcapitalist View the high resolution version of today’s graphic by clicking here. Over the last decade, the prospect of mass automation has seemingly shifted from a vague possibility to an inescapable reality. While it’s still incredibly difficult to estimate the ultimate impact of automation and AI on the economy, the picture is starting to become a … Read more

FITTON:MASSIVE: Judicial Watch Sues for Coup Documents — Aims to Bust Through DOJ/FBI Cover-Up of Seditious Conspiracy

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by TFittonJW Judicial Watch is relentless: https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/judicial-watch-sues-for-coup-documents/ Great interview with Lou Dobbs last night: “It is no surprise that we are facing an immense cover-up of senior FBI and DOJ leadership discussions to pursue a seditious coup against President Trump,” stated Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton. “This effort to overthrow President Trump is a fundamental threat … Read more

Confessions from a paid shill.

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by HibikiSS Even here, people aren’t quite used to the idea of shills but there are organizations, politicians and PR firms that attack different narratives and forums. This is a good background of a shill talking about the way he operated. It’s a shill talking about the way he shilled for certain politicians online and … Read more

Will 2019 Be the Year of King Copper?

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by Frank Holmes, CEO, U.S. Global Investors Summary Corporate purchasing of copper-gobbling renewable energy more than doubled from 2017 to 2018. Sales of electric vehicles, which use three to four times the amount of copper as traditional vehicles, are booming in China. Copper miners get upgraded by the big banks. Because of its wide availability … Read more

FAKE NEWS is not limited to the USA

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by Martin Armstrong   QUESTION: Mr. Armstrong; When I raised your name to an investor who was indeed biased toward gold, he said you were a front for bankers trying to keep gold suppressed and sent me an article where they quote you stating bankers are worth every penny they get. Do you tell the … Read more

IT’S SATIRE, BUT IS IT REALLY?

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Amy Klobuchar Pledges To Fight Everyday Americans. As Fred Siegel wrote in his 2014 history of the American left, The Revolt Against the Masses: The best short credo of liberalism came from the pen of the once canonical left-wing literary historian Vernon Parrington in the late 1920s. “Rid society of the dictatorship of the middle class,” … Read more

Miami Speech: “Socilaists profess love of diversity & insist on absolute comformity. Socialism is about power for the ruling class. They rant to run health care, education and finance – everything.”

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President Donald Trump is expected to urge Venezuelan military officials to back the country’s self-declared interim president Juan Guaido and allow humanitarian aid to flow into Venezuela. Trump’s latest appeal will come during a speech Monday in Miami where Trump will seek to ramp up the public pressure on the regime of Venezuelan President Nicolas … Read more

Elliott Wave Technician: Gold’s Reversal Is Bullish, Suggests Higher Prices In Short-Term

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by Captain Ewave of CaptainEwave Captain Ewave Gold, Silver, & SP500: Key Waves In Play Email: admin@captainewave.com   Website: http://www.captainewave.com   GOLD: Short Term Update:   Gold reached a low of 1305.30 this past week, but by the end of week we had moved higher to close in the 1324.80 area. We also had a key weekly reversal higher which is bullish and … Read more

Hillary’s Connections to Russia-Gate & Schumer’s Resolution to Prevent Any Investigation in the Magnitsky Act?

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by Martin Armstrong One of the gaping questions that have gone unanswered is why has Mueller not taken Putin up on his offer to go question the Russian intelligence officer he has indicted in Russia? Putin said he would allow Mueller and his team to travel to Russia and be present at the questioning of … Read more

Fund Manager: More Accounting Games At Amazon

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by Dave Kranzler of Investment Research Dynamics On January 31st, Amazon reported an expected “beat” for Q4 revenue and net income. After the headline report hit the tape, the stock soared $59 to $1777 from the closing price ($1718) minutes earlier. But then the stock began plunging. It closed the after-hours session at $1635, down $142 from the … Read more

Amazon To Invest In Electric Pickups, SUVs

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By Jon LeSage Amazon.com, Inc., just added electric trucks and SUVs to its broad investment portfolio. Electric truck and SUV startup Rivian just announced that its $700 million funding round is being led by Amazon. The tech giant said that it’s inspired by the electric pickup and SUV the company revealed in November at the Los Angeles Auto Show, … Read more

The 30 Most Exciting Wildcat Plays Of 2019

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By Rystad Energy After years of budget cuts, oil and gas companies are finally stepping up their exploration game. Several wildcat wells planned for 2019 have the potential to be “elephant” finds, according to Rystad Energy. Improved market conditions and lower well costs have led E&P players to ramp up their 2019 exploration activities in … Read more

America’s Socialist Revolution has officially begun

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by Simon Black On October 31, 1517, an obscure German theology professor put the finishing touches on a paper he had written about the current state of the Catholic Church, and sent it off to Archbishop Albert of Brandenberg for review. The professor’s letter was polite and professional, with a formal tone that one might find … Read more

WTO warns of global trade slowdown as indicator hits nine-year low

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via Reuters: A quarterly leading indicator of world merchandise trade slumped to its lowest reading in nine years on Tuesday, which should put policymakers on guard for a sharper slowdown if trade tensions continue, the World Trade Organization said on Tuesday. The WTO’s quarterly outlook indicator, a composite of seven drivers of trade, showed a reading … Read more

Technically Speaking: You Carry An Umbrella In Case It Rains

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by Lance Roberts With the markets closed yesterday, it gives us a chance to review the short, intermediate, and long-term signals the markets are currently sending. Brett Arends recently wrote an excellent piece for MarketWatch with respect to investors feeling like they “missed out,” on the recent rally. To wit: “Sure, if you’d bought and held you’d have … Read more