The State Dept is now requiring all Chinese diplomats to notify the US government before visiting any federal, state or local government officials, academic or research institutions.

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A senior administration official said the goal is not to restrict Chinese diplomats' movements, but "to basically add a little bit of reciprocity into the way U.S. diplomats are treated in China as opposed to how Chinese diplomats are treated in the USA.” — Josh Rogin (@joshrogin) October 16, 2019

The Presidential Oscillator

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We’ve all known for a while now that markets have been making huuuuuge moves on presidential tweets. This is obviously really good for those of us who can time it right, or even better, just get lucky. This piece from Vanity Fair talks about another possibility, inside info. Regardless of what you degenerates think politically, … Read more

The Telegraph: The world’s financial system is more stretched, unstable, and dangerous than it was on the eve of the Lehman crisis.

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good lord pic.twitter.com/mcO4G0H8PC — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) October 16, 2019 IMF: The World’s Financial System Is Even More Destructive Than in 2008 The Telegraph: The world’s financial system is more stretched, unstable, and dangerous than it was on the eve of the Lehman crisis. The International Monetary Fund has presented us with a Gothic horror show.  … Read more

The slowdown is broadening, the second half 2019 recovery was a lie by Wall Street

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as you can see the slowdown is broadening pic.twitter.com/ttoLwl2dfU — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) October 16, 2019 “Industrial slowdown is coming India’s way”, Former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh Watch live on https://t.co/Fbzw6mR9Q5 and NDTV 24×7 pic.twitter.com/NNXBtWPUMx — NDTV (@ndtv) October 17, 2019 the 2h19 recovery was a lie by wall street https://t.co/F9Ia65KpHS — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) October … Read more

Brexit deal has been struck – Johnson and Juncker announce ‘fair and balanced’ agreement

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UK and EU negotiators have finally agreed a Brexit deal and will now be put to the 27 leaders of the European Union to sign off. However critically, Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) say they oppose the agreement. President of the EU Commission Jean-Claude Juncker announced on Wednesday morning via Twitter that a “fair and … Read more

Stocks Are Preparing For a Blow Off Top

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by The Phoenix Stocks broke the all-important level of 3,000 on the S&P 500 yesterday. The market is now forming a triangle formation. The breakout is likely to ultimately be up. Breadth leads stocks and breadth is in a clear rising channel, having recently risen to new all-time highs. Until we get a breakdown from that … Read more

EXODUS: Biggest cities losing hundreds of workers every day

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To outsiders the technology industry is often perceived as a massive wealth-generating engine, where 20-somethings lounge around, munch avocado toast and cash in stock options. But insiders know that more people today are discontent living and working in the traditional tech hubs — New York, Seattle, Los Angeles, San Francisco Bay Area and Boston — … Read more

California launching first ever earthquake early warning app for state… New seismic phenomenon ‘stormquakes’ discovered

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Scientists cannot yet predict when the next deadly earthquake will strike, but emergency response authorities in California plan to unveil the first statewide quake warning system Thursday, which marks the 30th anniversary of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake. The warnings will be issued in two ways: a cellphone app called MyShake and the more traditional … Read more

Deadly Virus Threatening Florida’s Tomatoes!

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Florida is the country’s largest producer of fresh tomatoes — yet a deadly virus is threatening its crops. https://weather.com/news/trending/video/deadly-virus-threatening-floridas-tomatoes Spread of Tomato Brown Rugose Fruit Virus has prompted the EU to take action with new trade controls being introduced As of 1 November seed and plant exporters will need to have their produce verified, with … Read more

NOT QUANTITATIVE EASING?? Fed injects 1/10 of a TRILLION dollars via overnight term repo

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via Zerohedge: One day after the repo market appeared to lock up again, when the Fed’s overnight repo operation was unexpectedly oversubscribed again, for the first time since September 25, moments ago – and one day after the Fed’s first “NOT A QE” Pomo in which the Fed bought $7.5BN in a 4.3x oversubscribed open-market … Read more

WHY ARE LEFTY MEDIA SO SEXIST? New O’Keefe video reveals Zucker telling Jake Tapper to keep pressing Kellyanne Conway “to just ****ing nail her.”

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James O’Keefe has a short video out today because they are still producing tomorrow’s big video. And in this video we learn that while Jake Tapper was interviewing Kellyanne Conway, Zucker came down to the control room, got in Tapper’s ear and told him to ignore the commercials, to keep pressing her and pressing her … Read more

GET WOKE, GO BROKE BECOME SLAVES TO THE CHINESE WHILE LOSING ALL CREDIBILITY

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Hollywood’s New Self-Censorship Mess in China. “From Mulan actress Crystal Liu to the Lakers’ LeBron James, most top stars are taking no chances and are lining up to either side with the Chinese regime or denounce any criticism of its authoritarian tactics. Similarly, companies like ESPN (which used a controversial map on SportsCenter that indicated the … Read more

#JOURNALISM: Media hacks agree: Journalists should stop asking Elizabeth Warren to tell the truth about middle-class taxes.

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via hotair: The exchange I’m about to highlight is like a master class in hackery by blue-checked progressives. NYU Journalism professor Jay Rosen said asking Elizabeth Warren about raising middle-class taxes to fund Medicare for All should be disqualifying…for the journalists who ask: The "make Elizabeth warren say she would raise taxes on the middle class" … Read more