There’s a historic bull market in uncertainty

https://t.co/YqVZOo036B — Tracy Shuchart (𝒞𝒽𝒾 ) (@chigrl) October 19, 2019 Overall @federalreserve #BeigeBook sentiment has been trending down; but not yet leading to dramatic decline in business activity (which has been much flatter this cycle than past cycles)@mredmond88 @BostjancicKathy @SoberLook @OxfordEconomics pic.twitter.com/dYTR5qN32e — Liz Ann Sonders (@LizAnnSonders) October 17, 2019 America’s small employers, an enthusiastic … Read more

Industry Groups Defend Former Deutsche Bank Traders Charged With Spoofing

by Chris Powell of the Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee (GATA) Ex-Deutsche Bank Traders Must Face Spoofing Case, Judge Says By Janan Hanna Bloomberg News https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-10-21/ex-deutsche-bank-trad… The criminal case against two former Deutsche Bank employees accused of fraudulent and manipulative precious-metals trading can proceed, after a federal judge today rejected their request for dismissal. U.S. District Judge John … Read more

Wework Valuation Craters

via MarketWatch: “WeWork’s board is expected to meet tomorrow to weigh emergency-financing options including a takeover by SoftBank Group Corp. that would slash the co-working company’s valuation to about $8 billion and alleviate a looming cash crunch…It is even further from the $47 billion WeWork at which was valued in a funding from SoftBank in … Read more

Four lessons from the biggest riots in decades

by Simon Black If you’re been following the news, you might have seen reports about civil unrest in Chile– the worst in decades. I lived in Chile for more than seven years before moving to Puerto Rico; I still have business interests there, along with hundreds of employees (both foreign and local), many of whom I’ve … Read more

Erdogan says Turkish and Russian troops will begin joint patrols inside Syria at a 10-kilometer depth, hails ‘historic agreement’

#BREAKING: Erdogan says Turkish and Russian troops will begin joint patrols inside Syria at a 10-kilometer depth, hails 'historic agreement' over Syria reached with Putin in Sochi. pic.twitter.com/IVgU8cwUx4 — Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (@RFERL) October 22, 2019 President Bashar Assad said on Tuesday that Syria would support Kurdish fighters in the northeast of the war-torn … Read more

LONDON (AP) — British lawmakers reject government’s fast-track timetable for Brexit bill, making Oct. 31 EU exit all but impossible.

LONDON (AP) — British lawmakers reject government’s fast-track timetable for Brexit bill, making Oct. 31 EU exit all but impossible. — Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) October 22, 2019 Boris Johnson has hit the pause button on his Brexit deal legislation after MPs rejected his plan to get it through the Commons in three days. MPs gave … Read more

It’s amazing how bourgeois liberalism is unable to admit a political defeat.

SALENA ZITO: Will The Democrats Blow It With Middle America Again? In the weeks, then months, and now years after losing the presidential election in 2016, Hillary Clinton has repeatedly demonstrated in speeches and television interviews she has no idea why she lost. She has blamed everything from racism to Russia, from the media to sexism, … Read more

Why Do Only One In Three Young Adults Feel ‘Deeply Cared-for By Someone Close To Me’?

via HillFaith A major new survey of nearly 16,000 young adults aged 18 to 35 years old living in 25 countries around the world turned up numerous positive trends but it revealed some genuinely worrisome news as well. The survey — entitled “The Connected Generation” — was conducted collaboratively by World Vision, the Washington-based “global Christian … Read more

If You’re Not Long, You’re Wrong

by Shaun Richards Last week I visited beautiful Vancouver to attend the CEO Martini Party. The annual event, hosted by Stockhouse, is an opportunity for business leaders representing a number of industries to connect and meet with newsletter writers and potential investors. It was great to catch up with some old faces and to get … Read more

CEO Confidence Plunges, Consumers Won’t Like What Happens Next

by Lance Roberts There is a disparity happening in the country. No, it isn’t political partisanship, but rather “economic confidence.” The latest release of the University of Michigan’s consumer sentiment survey rose to a three-month high of 96, beat consensus expectations, and remains near record levels. Conversely, CEO confidence in the economy is near record lows. It’s an … Read more

Mass Shooter in South Carolina. Chose victims at random- CNN will stay silent.

SUMTER, S.C. — Four people were shot in Sumter in what the police chief says was ‘active shooter’ situation where random people were targeted by a lone gunman. Chief Russell Roark spoke late Monday afternoon about the shooting, which they believe was conducted by a one man, identified as 25-year-old Ozzy Alexander Mooneyham, at two … Read more

The Holy Grail Of Energy Is Finally Within Reach

By Alex Kimani Theoretically, two lone nuclear reactors running on small pellets could power the entire planet, safely and cleanly. That’s the promise of nuclear fusion. So, why are we still relying on fossil fuels? For decades, scientists have viewed nuclear fusion as the Holy Grail for clean, abundant and sustainable power. Based on the same principle … Read more

Neoconservative Fantasy Lives On

Properly understood, neoconservatism is an ideology that supports using U.S. diplomatic and especially military power to spread liberal democracy throughout the world. One would think that Afghanistan and Iraq would have taught the establishment some humility in this regard, but op-eds like this one by William H. McRaven, a retired Navy admiral and former commander of the … Read more

ALERT: Schiff CONFRONTED By 173 Republicans!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2X2jadxropE Sean Moran from Breitbart reports, One-hundred and seventy-three House Republicans have backed a motion Friday to condemn House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-CA) as Republicans remain poised to force a vote on the bill next week. Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: https://www.breitbart.com/politics/20…

Classless ‘The View’ Co-Host Joy Behar Brags About Bullying Trump Supporter While on Vacation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLxG6Q6gycM Douglas Golden from The Western Journal reports, Joy Behar of “The View” doesn’t like Donald Trump. If you know who Joy Behar is, you know this much. How deep the hatred is, however, isn’t necessarily something everyone is acquainted with. Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: https://www.westernjournal.com/classl…

Catalonian, Hong Kong Protests! The Rise of Global Nationalist Popularism

by James Pro-independence protesters mobilise in Barcelona after Sanchez visit https://youtu.be/_I-oE7dQqG0 Are we finally seeing the violent overthrow of the old Global Private Bankster Family Cartels and their Global Corporate Accomplices? Interesting article from Zero Hedge…But does the author really understand what’s going on on the ground? Civil Unrest Is Erupting All Over The World, … Read more

Senator Rand Paul Calls-Out Chairman Lindsey Graham for Doing Nothing Except Protecting the “Deep State”.

by sundance Finally….. Senator Rand Paul directly calls-out Senator Lindsey Graham, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee for doing absolutely NOTHING.  At a certain point it becomes necessary to accept willful blindness for what it is…. Senator Graham wants to protect the Deep State more than Senator Graham wants to protect a constitutional republic. It’s worth noting … Read more