by Troy In a rally with no pullbacks, the S&P 500 has finally closed above its 200 day moving average (slightly). Go here to understand our fundamentals-driven long term outlook. Let’s determine the stock market’s most probable medium term direction by objectively quantifying technical analysis. For reference, here’s the random probability of the U.S. stock market going … Read more
By Jared Dillian People get really stressed out about money. Money makes people cry. Money causes people to lose sleep. Money causes marriages to hit the skids. So how to not stress about money? Drink decaf? Yoga? Meditation? None of the above. Having more money is not the solution either. Lots of times, more money causes … Read more
What a sad waste of money the 2 year investigation has been. Justice needs to be served to those that deserve it. h/t supporter
Great video, accidentally stumbled upon it. shows how ridiculous and impossible her dream is. She tries to explain taxes to anderson cooper at one point. Even he looks at her like shes nuts AC
SAPOL used brutal and destructive force, kicking in doors without a magistrate issued warrant to find cryptocurrency mining computers where they expected to find a marijuana grow room. only in Elizabeth! they hung up when questioned about who pays the damages no appology, not even so much as a phone call, leaving the property unlocked, … Read more
From Birch Gold Group Your “golden years” can only be “golden” if you retire with enough security that you aren’t worrying where your next meal is coming from. Your retirement may also include vacations, relaxing during your free time, or playing a round of golf among other things. That means there isn’t much room for mistakes … Read more
via jerylbier: One stated goal of the Green New Deal Resolution championed by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is to “remove pollution and greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation sector,” in part by increasing “investment in high-speed rail,” “public transit,” and “zero-emission vehicle infrastructure.” If the experience of Ocasio-Cortez’s own campaign for the House of Representatives last year is any indication, … Read more
via nrf: WASHINGTON – Americans are expected to spend a record amount on Valentine’s Day this year despite a years-long decrease in the percentage of people celebrating the holiday, according to the annual survey released today by the National Retail Federation and Prosper Insights & Analytics. “Those who are participating are spending more than ever and that … Read more
El Chapo’s reign of terror is over. He‘ll spend the rest of his life in a maximum security prison. The threat from violent drug cartels is real – we must secure our border https://t.co/1iyRKAi91i — Kayleigh McEnany 45 Archived (@PressSec45) February 13, 2019
via washingtonexaminer: Seven of 10 new students in a Baltimore-Washington area school district are immigrants, their legal status unknown and their second language English, according to a series of new media reports about the impact of surging immigration on local communities. A recent Baltimore Sun report said that of the 5,000 new students jamming Baltimore County … Read more
OIG finds database with missing FBI texts! Still trying to make some sense of this… Feel free to dig! https://oig.justice.gov/reports/2019/i1902.pdf Snip… The OIG requested from the FBI text messages of, among others, two employees in connection with the Pre-election Review. When the OIG received the text message production from FBI, there was a time … Read more
Trump won in 2016 because a large chunk of those who strongly disapproved of him disliked his opponent even more. Progressive activists seem determined to provoke a repeat. h/t DB
by John Ward They’re all a waste of time HOW 97% OF BREXIT TIME WENT DOWN THE DRAIN Just over a month ago, The Slog began referring to the hijack of the Brexit negotiations as a coup d’état. Doubtless, a lot of people at the time took that term with a large pinch of salt, but … Read more
via thefreethoughtproject: Despite massive gun restrictions rolling out across the country, for the past two years, the number of concealed carry permit holders has continued to soar. A study conducted at the end of last year showed that the number of Americans licensed to carry a concealed weapon is now over 17 million—a whopping 273 percent increase since 2007. … Read more
In a development I must admit I hadn’t seen coming, Sen. Ed Markey is objecting to the Senate Majority Leader’s plan for a vote on his Green New Steal bill: You see, the idea that elected legislators in the national legislature’s premier debating chamber should debate and vote on an introduced resolution is actually a plot to … Read more
by The-Truth-Fairy Phil Donahue: Phil Donahue on His 2003 Firing from MSNBC, When Liberal Network Couldn’t Tolerate Antiwar Voices In 2003, the legendary television host Phil Donahue was fired from his prime-time MSNBC talk show during the run-up to the U.S. invasion of Iraq. The problem was not Donahue’s ratings, but rather his views: An internal … Read more
Fail: WaPo & Vox Journos Get Northam Abortion Position Wrong, Accuse Trump of “Inciting Violence.” The problem with what both Rupar and Gibson asserted regarding Trump “lying” about Northam’s stance on late term abortion? They’re both wrong. Trump got it right. Here’s Northam’s actual quote from that WTOP interview, with bolded emphasis added: When we talk about third trimester … Read more
Update: In an interesting twist, it looks like Trump has decided on a middle path that will allow him to keep the government open while getting more of his border wall built than Congress had initially authorized. According to WaPo, Trump will use an executive order to reallocate federal funds to finance the wall – … Read more
via illinoisfamily.org: Why, I kept asking myself last week, are so many Americans so livid about Governor Andrew Cuomo (D-NY) signing into law a bill passed jubilantly by the state legislature that makes it possible for women to abort full-term babies. Sure, the bill is morally repugnant and the jubilant applause by the legislature was grotesque, but 19 other … Read more
by Michael Snyder This just shows what can happen when you let crazy people run a state for several decades. In the 1960s and 1970s, the possibility of moving to the west coast was “the California dream” for millions of young Americans, but now “the California dream” has turned into “the California nightmare”. According to … Read more
by Charles Hugh-Smith The banquet of consequences is now being served, but the good seats have all been taken. As I discussed in We’re Overdue for a Sell-Everything/No-Fed-Rescue Recession, recessions have a proximate cause and a structural cause. The proximate cause is often a spike in energy costs (1973, 1990) or a financial crisis triggered by excesses … Read more
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter But then there’s the “average transaction price.” A new 2019 Ford Taurus, with a sticker price “starting at” $27,800, is a better car in myriad ways than a new 1996 Taurus was at the time, with a sticker price “starting at” $17,995: quality, equipment, performance, comfort, safety, etc. In other words, … Read more
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter The hope in early January has been unwound. A month ago, mortgages reappeared in the housing-hype circus, when it was widely reported that mortgage applications “soared” and “jumped.” Both types of mortgage applications did so: those used to purchase a home (purchase mortgages) and those used to refinance an existing mortgage … Read more
via visualcapitalist: Since the invention of banking, the global financial system has become increasingly centralized. In the modern system, central banks now control everything from interest rates to the issuance of currency, while government regulators, corporations, and intergovernmental organizations wield unparalleled influence at the top of this crucial food chain. There is no doubt that this … Read more
by americanspritecooker Great example of cognitive dissonance. Cognitive dissonance is the mental discomfort experienced by a person who simultaneously holds two or more contradictory beliefs, ideas, or values. The occurrence of cognitive dissonance is a consequence of a person performing an action that contradicts personal beliefs, ideals, and values; and also occurs when confronted with … Read more