Civil Asset Forfeiture Can Be Lethal – Death by Police is Rising When they Enter the Wrong Home

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by Martin Armstrong The end of the Venetian Empire, otherwise known as the Republic of Venice, traditionally was a sovereign state and maritime republic in northeastern Italy, which existed for over a millennium between the 7th century and the 18th century from 697 AD until 1797 AD. As is the case with ALL Republics as we have … Read more

This Post Is Not About Tim Pool

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by Hollywood Rob You don’t need to like Tim Pool.  You don’t even need to know who Tim Pool is.  Maybe you don’t like Joe Rogan.  Maybe you hate him because he was a bad MMA fighter or maybe you love him because you liked his MMA commentary.  What is important here is that Joe and … Read more

Kirsten Gillibrand just called eliminating all private plans an “urgent goal.” 180 million Americans will loser their employer healthcare

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Venezuela here we come, it just keeps getting dumber and dumber… If you like your health care plan, chances are the 2020 Democrat nominee will want to eliminate it. Kirsten Gillibrand is now echoing Kamala Harris’ call to eliminate all private plans – saying it’s an “urgent goal.” pic.twitter.com/HDbsa0nG1I — GOP (@GOP) February 10, 2019 … Read more

Man in 2007 Predicted How Future Fascism Would Really Work and How Most Conspiracy Theorists Had it All Wrong – Proven Correct 10 Years Later

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Man in 2007 Predicted How Future Fascism Would Really Work and How Most Conspiracy Theorists Had it All Wrong – Proven Correct 10 Years Later Re:just taking care to take care. (Score:5, Insightful) by DavidTC November 01 2007 https://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=346351&cid=21193115 Have fun in your little made-up universe where the government comes to round you up and you … Read more

TV Viewership is Collapsing

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by Martin Armstrong Chart provided by STATISTA The TV viewership of Superbowl LIIII collapsed in a virtual waterfall to just 98.2 million viewers. CBS, however, said the big game was watched across all platforms — including digital and streaming — by a combined total of 100.7 million viewers. That is still a major decline down … Read more

Guess how this turned out? CA DMV tries to improve wait times & thousands left without driver’s licenses

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by DCG Tax dollars at work. From SF Gate: It appears the California Department of Motor Vehicles is, yet again, trying to clean up after itself. The Sacramento Bee uncovered one possible reason why thousands of Californians have yet to receive a driver’s license in the mail, months after attempting to renew them. It comes down to … Read more

Arizona Cops Taser Man 11 Times For No Reason!

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Whatcha gonna do when they come for you.   The stop was for an alleged turn signal violation. Minutes later, Wheatcroft was handcuffed lying face down on the hot asphalt on a 108-degree day. He’d already been tased 10 times, with one officer kneeling on his back as another, Officer Matt Schneider, kicked him in … Read more

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez hails Amazon’s possible pullout from NYC

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez applauded news on Friday that Amazon is reportedly reconsidering its plans to build a second headquarters in New York City as it faces fierce opposition from some state and city officials. “Can everyday people come together and effectively organize against creeping overreach of one of the world’s biggest corporations Opens a New Window. … Read more

Danielle DiMartino: “I find this to be highly ironic (Powell’s remarks on inequality) because the Fed has been instrumental in widening inequality by looking like they want to prop up Wall Street and the top 1%…who own 80% of stocks.”

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"I find this to be highly ironic (Powell's remarks on inequality) because the Fed has been instrumental in widening inequality by looking like they want to prop up Wall Street and the top 1%…who own 80% of stocks." @QuillIntel on @FBN:AM —https://t.co/EDTGcTswOg — Danielle DiMartino Booth (@DiMartinoBooth) February 8, 2019  

If you think QE4 will raise world trade I think you should think it twice. CBs are panicking because there is no way out.

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If you think QE4 will raise world trade I think you should think it twice. CBs are panicking because there is no way out. Overcapacity which they have created on ZIRP and QE after 2008 needs to unload as market said – can’t take more consumption even on NIRP. #1929Reudux https://t.co/eSIGOXQ5gw — GregTheAnalyst (@Analyst_G) February … Read more

US Faces CATASTROPHIC Food Supply Crisis As America’s Farmers Struggle

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by Mac Slavo of SHTFplan American farmers are battling several issues when it comes to producing our food.  Regulated low prices, tariffs, and the inability to export have all cut into the salaries of farmers.  They are officially in crisis mode, just like the United States’ food supply. “The farm economy’s in pretty tough shape,” said John Newton, chief economist … Read more

GOOGLE to Delete Links to Sites Banned in Russia? APPLE, GOOGLE Host Saudi Govt App That Tracks Women

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Reports: Russian authorities make deal with Google MOSCOW (AP) — Russian news reports say that Google has agreed with national authorities to delete links to websites banned in Russia. The daily Vedomosti reported Thursday that Google has reached an agreement with the Russian state media oversight agency, Roskomnadzor, to regularly receive updated lists of banned … Read more

The State of the American Debt Slaves, Q4 2018

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Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Consumers are doing their job only in a lackadaisical manner. But the student-loan scheme is hot. It’s a tough job, but someone’s got to do it: Propping up the massive US economy. And consumers are doing it, but in a somewhat lackadaisical manner when it comes to spending money they don’t … Read more

Recession: I Missed It!

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by Dave For some reason, I forgot to check my favorite pre-recession indicator after the January Nonfarm Payrolls number was reported last Friday: “Working part time/economic reasons.” See the chart below.  its a “quarterly” chart, so the moves stand out a bit more, but Q1 is not looking very good at all right now.  At … Read more

A house price crash in Australia would require a $300 billion government bailout.

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via news.com.au: The Reserve Bank could be forced to step in with a $300 billion bailout program to rescue Australia’s banks if the housing credit crunch accelerates into a “doom loop” that causes property prices crash by 50 per cent, plunging the country into recession. That’s according to Saxo Bank’s latest “Outrageous Predictions” report, which outlines a … Read more