by Dave Kranzler of Investment Research Dynamics Last month the Government’s Bureau of Lies And Statistics served up an employment report purporting 312,000 new jobs in December. This despite massive seasonal retail lay-offs in the latter half of the month. The BLS happily counts those jobs when hired in October but forgets to remove them when are dismissed … Read more
Gee, I wonder why nobody wants to be a cop there? via usnews: SEATTLE MAYOR JENNY Durkan announced her plans Thursday to help recruit and retain experienced police officers by offering new hires a $15,000 bonus. Durkan, who sent her proposed legislation to the City Council, said in a press release that the bonus would also help officers with … Read more
This is absolute gold. 1. Republicans passed the 13 Amendment, which ended slavery. 2. Republicans passed the 14th Amendment, which made black people citizens. 3. Republicans passed the 15th Amendment, which gave black people the right to vote. 4. Republicans started Howard University for blacks. (White Republican Oliver Howard started Howard University) 5. Republicans started … Read more
PROPUBLICA: Facebook Moves to Block Ad Transparency Tools — Including Ours. “Our tool had let the public see exactly how users were being targeted by advertisers. The social media giant urged us to shut it down last year.” ProPublica, Mozilla and Who Targets Me have all noticed their tools stopped working this month after Facebook inserted code … Read more
by Raúl Ilargi Meijer Rembrandt van Rijn Aristotle Contemplating a Bust of Homer 1653 That statement is going to make me real popular, right? Any criticism of Robert Mueller for many people equals support for President Trump. But it doesn’t, and Mueller really is a coward and a liar, and it’s not hard to make that case, … Read more
by Dr. Eowyn There is a phone scam that you need to know. As the video below explains, phone calls are made from people you don’t know. When you answer, a voice may ask: “This is (name). Can you hear me?” If you answer, “Yes,” your voice is secretly recorded. Then you’ll get another phone … Read more
If You Were A Fart, What Kind Of Fart Would You Be? https://t.co/X8J7j6HQmK — BuzzFeed (@BuzzFeed) February 3, 2019 h/t KOS
by srt4b This guy is one of the few last remaining senators with principles, not special interests that betray the best interest of his constituents Good on you Kentucky
by Wayne Root Did you hear the latest economic news? I predict President Trump just won re-election in 2020. Can you even imagine the reaction from Democrats as the remarkable, miraculous, out-of-this-world new economic data about the Trump economy was released on Friday? More on that in a moment. The Trump economy is soaring like a … Read more
Via The Babylon Bee RICHMOND, VA—A new law proposed by representatives in the Virginia state legislature would allow parents to abort their non-viable millennial children. “Any child who’s 30 years old and still living with their parents is obviously a non-viable life form, and that’s between the parents and their doctor to discuss options,” said one … Read more
Via ZeroHedge If there’s one thing electric vehicle owners are learning, it is that extremely cold temperatures are likely going to lead to frustration if they don’t take extra special care of their battery powered vehicles. Look at it as just another added benefit to “saving the world”. As we push through the cold that … Read more
via Marketwatch: ‘Where will the next shock come from? Could changes in the global financial system — including those aimed at building bank resilience — be sowing the seeds of the next crisis?’ That’s the question posed by MIT Sloan professor Kristin Forbes in a paper set to be published in an upcoming issue of the American … Read more
via visualcapitalist: It’s hard for most stakeholders to get excited about replacing an aging bridge. Chaotic construction can disrupt the flow of traffic for many years, while annoying many of the local residents. Even worse, such projects usually go over budget, ultimately costing millions or even billions in taxpayer dollars. At the end of the day, … Read more
by John Rubino The key insight of the Austrian School of Economics (maybe the key insight of ALL economics) is that the amount you borrow matters, but so does the use to which you put the money. A case in point is US corporate debt, which has changed structurally lately in very scary ways. The … Read more
by Daniel Carter The last year has been an absolutely wild ride for stock prices. If you are a long-term investor, which I hope you are, there may not have been a point so turbulent to induce you to sell all your stocks. After all, if you’ve been holding stocks for years, you’re still up … Read more
Authored by Sven Henrich via NorthmanTrader.com, There’s no risk of a recession. Everybody says so. Fed Chair Jay Powell says so. Mario Draghi says so. The IMF says so. There seems to be a lot of coordinated certainty out there about one thing: No matter how uncertain things may be we are certain that nothing bad will happen. … Read more
by Daniel Carter The US propaganda machine, also known as the mainstream media, has been incredibly successful at shaping the thoughts and behavior of the US public. Just think about it. Every war the ruling elites have wanted, they have gotten. The elites have largely gotten the US public to forget about the egregious crimes … Read more
Reporter Millie Weaver challenges the Democrat talking point that “late-term abortions are only available for medical emergencies” by showing she was able to schedule an abortion appointment in her 9th month of pregnancy simply using the vague excuse of depression. h/t Voluntaryist
by Graham Summers of Gains, Pains, & Capital While the media focuses on the political hot topic du jour, major corporations are telling us that a recession is fast approaching. Economic bellwether and industrial Caterpillar missed estimates and downgraded its guidance for 2019. It now joins Amazon, Apple, Samsung, LG, Fed Ex, Johnson & Johnson, Nautilus, Tesla, Tailored … Read more
via theguardian: Its populist leaders said they were on the cusp of an economic miracle to rival the 1960s, but debt and uncertainty intervened Sharing his predictions on the economy less than a month ago, Luigi Di Maio, the Italian deputy prime minister, believed the country was on the cusp of an economic miracle akin to the … Read more
Via Investment Research Dynamics Last month the Government’s Bureau of Lies And Statistics served up an employment report purporting 312,000 new jobs in December. This despite massive seasonal retail lay-offs in the latter half of the month. The BLS happily counts those jobs when hired in October but forgets to remove them when are dismissed … Read more
Stephanie Hamill on President Trump and Campaign 2020 Stephanie Hamill of the Daily Caller talked about the future of the Trump presidency and the 2020 presidential election.
via foxnews: No rhetorical sleight of hand, such as Zuckerberg’s disingenuous claim that “we don’t sell your data,” can obfuscate that fact. His claim makes a technical distinction. Obviously, Facebook does not part ways with the data we give it in exchange for money from advertisers. They hold onto this precious commodity and sell insights into … Read more
Venezuela latest news. More information on the coup in Venezuela from human intel sources as well as from a few books and globalist publications. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhyAoXe5PzI
Terresa Monroe-Hamilton for RWN official reports, Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg ripped Democratic Socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), and those embracing socialism instead of capitalism. I believe he’s an Independent currently, but he changes parties frequently and you’ll pardon my amusement at someone I consider to be a soft … Read more