Global Air Freight Decline Now Worst Since 2008 Financial Crisis

via Zerohedge: The escalating trade war between the US and China has accelerated the synchronized global downturn. Global exports continue to collapse, and the global Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) remains under 50, stuck in contraction territory. All of these ominous signals indicate a global trade recession could be imminent in 2020. New data from the International … Read more

The Big Five: Largest Acquisitions by Tech Company

by visualcapitalist The Big Five tech giants, or “FAAMG”—Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, and Google (Alphabet)—have a combined market capitalization of over $4 trillion. These powerful tech behemoths often devour the talent, technology, or entire businesses of aspiring competitors. Given their financial weight, mergers and acquisitions have become a key tactic in maintaining their strong grip on … Read more

Here Comes The Deluge Of Meaningless “Good News”

Authored by John Rubino via DollarCollapse.com, Today’s relief rally was brought to you by chastened US and Chinese trade negotiators working on a ‘partial’ trade deal (that was clearly nothing more than a face-saving exercise) – no agreement, nothing in writing, but still called “substantial.” Oct 15 tariff hike delayed Dec tariff hike still on the … Read more

My YouTube double ad conspiracy

by Vexcenot   Let’s get straight to the point When it begun: On late December, 2018 (Possibly earlier). Countless of small channels got hit by the “reused content” wave which caused them to all get demonetized whether it was justified or not. Why mostly the smaller channels you ask? Well it’s simple. Smaller channels tend … Read more

Under Trump, employment for the non-college-educated is the best it’s been in 50 years. No wonder our betters hate him.

  Blue-collar jobs like plumbing pay $90,000 without a college degree, and it’s driving more workers to trade school. Blue-collar professionals such as plumbers and mechanics are earning more than the average salary for white-collar jobs — and they don’t require a traditional college degree, according to a recent Bloomberg report. While college graduates still earn … Read more

TRUMP CURSE: Yesterday Barr Met With Murdoch, Owner Of Sliding Fox News. Today Fox Axed Silly Shep ‘Effective Immediately’

by sundance Fox News Anchor Shepard Smith resigns from Fox News effective immediately: . No word yet on his replacement. Interestingly…. [Yesterday – NYT Link] (Via New York Times) Attorney General William P. Barr met privately Wednesday evening with Rupert Murdoch, the media mogul who is one of President Trump’s frequent confidants but whose Fox News is viewed by the … Read more

CA Arbitrarily Cuts Power At 3AM To Sleeping Guy On Oxygen, He Dies. Gov Newsome Says Someone Should Be Held Accountable.

The fire department received a call from Pollock Pines, California, around 3.30am on Wednesday Crews arrived at the scene and found 67-year-old Robert Mardis Sr. unresponsive  It was determined that he was dependent on oxygen and died just 12 minutes after Pacific Gas and Electric shut down power Although the cause of death has not … Read more

MSM Press is Propaganda, Trump Fights Back, Crop Report

The mainstream media has gone full blown propaganda, especially when reporting on all things President Trump. They lie by omission and outright lie. They produce phony stories like the two years of Trump/Russia collusion, and they produce phony polls all in an effort to turn the public against President Trump. Democrats and their globalist/Marxist masters … Read more

Mauldin: Social Security Is Screwing Millennials

by John Mauldin Social Security is a textbook illustration of how government programs go off the rails. It had a noble goal: to help elderly and disabled Americans, who can’t work, maintain a minimal, dignified living standard. Back then, most people either died before reaching that point or didn’t live long after it. Social Security was never … Read more

China May Decide When the Next U.S. Financial Crisis Comes

by Bill Bonner “Here’s another nice mess you’ve gotten us into.” – Oliver Hardy YOUGHAL, IRELAND – Wall Street is on the edge of its chair… holding its breath. Yahoo Finance explains why: High-level trade talks between U.S. and Chinese negotiators are slated to resume in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, providing an opportunity for both sides … Read more

The Chinese are not saying there is a deal in English or on Chinese

https://twitter.com/niubi/status/1182792368426229761 Herein lie the stark differences between Trump’s version of a trade deal and China’s. I would laugh if it wasn’t really not funny.#PerceptionNotReality https://t.co/V1SiV2qD7j pic.twitter.com/GBqsw0HFqB — Samantha LaDuc (@SamanthaLaDuc) October 12, 2019 SCMP SOURCE pic.twitter.com/4P2eBUVAQY — First Squawk (@FirstSquawk) October 12, 2019

If American companies seem pathetic when it comes to China, it’s because they are…. Florida Sen. Rick Scott warns China is greatest threat to US…. It’s time to break this too-friendly relationship

If American companies seem pathetic when it comes to China, it’s because they are After the general manager of the Houston Rockets tweeted out his support of protesters in Hong Kong, the Chinese Communist Party’s retribution was swift and came from all sides, including from parts of the NBA. It is yet another example of how the … Read more

Democrats Don’t Care That Impeachment Will FAIL And Cost Them 2020, It’s Complete Insanity

Sen. Cory Gardner Sees A ‘Very Political Process’ In The House’s Impeachment Inquiry. Republican Sen. Cory Gardner, who was in Denver to speak at a Colorado Chamber of Commerce event, would not say whether he felt it was appropriate for the President of the United States to ask a foreign leader to investigate a political … Read more

Oil Giant Slashes Jobs Amid Shale Slowdown

By Nick Cunningham Halliburton announced that it would lay off 650 workers across four U.S. states due to the slowdown in shale drilling. The oilfield services giant blamed “local market conditions” for slashing payrolls. “Making this decision was not easy, nor taken lightly, but unfortunately it was necessary as we work to align our operations to reduced … Read more

NOTHING NEW ABOUT the Latest US-China Partial Trade Deal: China says they’re going to buy some more soybeans and US says they might delay tariffs.

THE SAME THING FOR THE LAST 2 YEARS. Update (1330ET): Bloomberg reports confirm US and China have reached a partial agreement that would broker a truce in the trade war and lay the groundwork for a broader deal that President Trump and Xi Jinping could sign later this year, according to people familiar with the … Read more