MONEY ANXIETY INDEX – US economy topped out in 2018. The markets will soon realize this.

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https://twitter.com/OccupyWisdom/status/1095279587406299136 https://twitter.com/OccupyWisdom/status/1095123331089645569 commodities fade, when macro backdrop is deteriorating, it is kind of hard to hold a cheerful narrative pic.twitter.com/a388Rrdmaa — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) February 12, 2019 Investors with $515 billion surveyed by Bank of America Merrill Lynch aren’t convinced by the new-year equity rally and prefer cash to stocks https://t.co/KoUbXWe650 — Bloomberg Asia (@BloombergAsia) February … Read more

Confronted With Details Of Green New Deal, Ocasio-Cortez Claims Not To Speak English

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Via The Babylon Bee WASHINGTON, D.C.—The controversial Green New Deal ran into trouble early on when an FAQ of the details was placed on Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s website and then pulled down after it received scrutiny. For a while her people claimed the FAQ never existed, and when directly asked about it, Ocasio-Cortez has not answered … Read more

THE SUCCESS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION WILL BE THE DEATH OF EUROPEAN CULTURE

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by John Ward Without the retention and encouragement of natural, bottom-up cultures, the human race will sink into an abyss of bureaucratic status quo. The battle between controlling process and open-minded creativity is the war of our Age. ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ Ever since Microsoft bought Skype – now somewhat old hat, but ten years ago, a revolution in … Read more

All the ways Gen X is financially wrecked

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Via Marketwatch Reality bites. While millennials garner much of the negative press around financial issues — they live with their parents because they can’t get jobs! They spend all their money on avocado toast! — Gen Xers may be the ones who are really in trouble. Just 16% of Gen Xers say that they included … Read more

What to Expect if Markets Correct Next

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By Harry Dent I hate to be so cynical, but the markets love to fool as many people as possible, bulls and bears alike. This is especially true at key turning points and even more so in extreme bubbles like the one we’ve been in since late 1994, with this final phase – and it’s unprecedented QE … Read more

PROTECTION RACKET: FCA Paid $77 Million in Civil Penalties to Sell Cars People Actually Want to Buy.

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via thetruthaboutcars: In December, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) issued a report claiming the industry faced millions in fines from 2016 and that one manufacturer was expected to pay significant civil penalties. You can probably guess which one. But FCA is by no means the only automaker affected by stringent fuel rulings. The NHTSA … Read more

WHEN EVEN VOX IS NOTICING: Vox: Say, AOC’s Story About The Green New Deal FAQ Doesn’t Add Up.

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via hotair: Monday, both the Washington Post and the NY Times wrote articles about the appearance and disappearance of the Green New Deal FAQ. Both articles adopted the self-serving explanations of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’ Chief of Staff who had belatedly claimed over the weekend that the whole thing was a big mistake. The Green New Deal FAQ, which contained lines about … Read more

THE GREEN NEW DEAL WILL MEAN TRASHING ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS

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The Green New Steal…err…Deal envisages a massive and rapid transformation of society akin to mobilization for the Second World War. An under-appreciated aspect of what that means is that laws that delay projects in the name of assessing environmental impact will have to be ripped up. My colleague Myron Ebell explains: One aspect of covering the … Read more

Sean Hannity is right calling it “garbage compromise”, this deal between Dems and Republicans does NOT provide what’s needed to safeguard our borders and national security.

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The tentative border-wall compromise deal reached Monday night while President Trumpwas making his speech at a rally in El Paso, is “garbage,” said Fox New’s Sean Hannity. He wasn’t the only one. Republican lawmakers who have backed Trump’s call for $5.7 billion in infrastructurefunding said the deal is a no deal as the Friday deadline looms for … Read more

Bravo, Senator Rand Paul–Will Oppose Barr, Defend The 4th Amendment

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Sen. Rand Paul (Ky.) said on Monday that he will oppose President Trump‘s attorney general nominee, becoming the first Republican to come out as a “no” vote on William Barr. Paul told Politico that he had concerns about Barr’s record on privacy, calling him a “chief advocate for warrantless surveillance of U.S. citizens.” A spokesman for Paul didn’t immediately respond … Read more

Washington’s Venezuela Coup Is An Old Story: “Plaguing Latin America With Misery In The Name Of Liberty” Said Simon Bolivar

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via truthout.org: As Venezuela’s second president, Simon Bolivar, noted in the 19th century, the US government continues to “plague Latin America with misery in the name of liberty.” From engineering coups in Chile and Guatemala, to choreographing a troop landing at the Bay of Pigs intended to establish an exile government in Cuba, to training Latin American strongmen at the School of the Americas in … Read more

Goldman Sachs smashes quarterly expectations, on to its best trading day in ten years. What does it indicate?

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On January 16th, 2019 Goldman Sachs enjoyed the best trading day in decade, on the back of fourth quarter results that far exceeded analyst expectations. These are the first set of results announced under the leadership of new CEO David Solomon. So, do these record-breaking results suggest that markets are primed for a rebound? Looking … Read more