THE SEINFELD EFFECT: How to make a story out of nothing.

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Axios and Politico breathlessly report that “Judge orders White House to preserve records of Trump’s calls with foreign leaders.” Well, my, oh my, that must mean something serious is happening! We’ve got him now! Not so much. In the initial stages of ANY lawsuit (even the fender-bender down the street) once an action has commenced parties are … Read more

Colin Powell’s Diplomatic “Shambles” Continues

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China Pulls Out of Giant Iranian Gas Project: Exit follows broader Chinese pullback from Islamic Republic amid U.S. pressure. China National Petroleum Corp. has pulled out of a $5 billion natural-gas project in Iran as escalating tensions threaten to sever Beijing’s trade with Tehran, a key lifeline for the Islamic Republic. The exit by Beijing—which … Read more

Capital Flight Is Killing The US Shale Boom

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By Nick Cunningham The growth in U.S. shale production is grinding to a halt as low prices put drillers in a financial vice. The slowdown has been unfolding for much of 2019, but the latest slide in oil prices is another blow to cash-strapped companies. Share prices for many E&Ps are down sharply. For instance, … Read more

As Hong Kong ATMs Run Out Of Cash, Central Bank Steps In To Prevent “Panic Among The Public”

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Via ZeroHedge As the violence in Hong Kong escalates with every passing week, culminating on Friday with what was effectively the passage of martial law when the local government banned the wearing of masks at public assemblies, a colonial-era law that is meant to give the authorities a green light to finally crack down on protesters … Read more

BCP: New Declas’d Docs Prove Treason! Shady Biden Deal W/ Chinese Military. Coup Plot/leaks Came From Doj

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Peter Schweizer: Hunter Biden Helped China Buy Our ‘National Security’ Assets Hunter Biden, Joe Biden’s second son, helped facilitate China’s acquisition of Henniges Automotive explained Peter Schweizer, president of the Government Accountability Institute and senior contributor at Breitbart News, in a Friday interview on SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Tonight with host Rebecca Mansour and special guest host Rick Manning. … Read more

The stockmarket is now run by computers, algorithms and passive managers

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https://www.economist.com/briefing/2019/10/05/the-stockmarket-is-now-run-by-computers-algorithms-and-passive-managers Unfortunately behind a paid wall but if you click through and hit ESC (on desktop) you can fully load it. According to Deutsche Bank, 90% of equity-futures trades and 80% of cash-equity trades are executed by algorithms without any human input. Each day around 7bn shares worth $320bn change hands on America’s stockmarket. Much … Read more

JPMORGAN: “We believe the global economy has entered a second and more dangerous phase of slowing…

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JPMORGAN: “We believe the global economy has entered a second and more dangerous phase of slowing. .. Against this backdrop, we believe the emergence of more tangible signs that US growth has slowed will encourage the Fed to ease again at the end of this month.” pic.twitter.com/6GHpaTePuO — Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla) October 6, 2019 In … Read more

Scientists Want To Turn Asteroids Into Gas Stations

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By Mining.com Scientists planning to start mining the moon as early as 2025 may soon shift their attention to other celestial bodies as a new study suggests that there are about 1,000 asteroids closer to our planet than the lunar surface and which contain large amounts of the most precious resource: water. While most of those space rocks are only a … Read more

Perhaps the Newseum could have stayed opened if its gift shop sold items that people wanted to buy.

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METAPHOR ALERT: Washington’s Newseum to close by year’s end. “A museum dedicated to journalism and the First Amendment is set to close its doors near the National Mall by the end of the year.” A decade ago, John Podhoretz dubbed it “The News Mausoleum:” The Newseum is chock-a-block with television studios, both actual (ABC’s This Week with … Read more

Kamala Harris teams up with Maxine Waters on $13B plan to “end” homelessness

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by DCG The street of LA… Not ONE mention of addressing the REAL culprits of homelessness: Drugs and mental health issues. Yet if the actual root of the problem is addressed then there’s no need for continuously siphoning taxpayer dollars. From HuffPo: Senator Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), who is running for president, introduced a bill Thursday that would invest billions of more dollars … Read more

Pelosi net worth $120m, owns large stakes in companies like Facebook, Apple, Comcast, Shutterfly and the Walt Disney Co.

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via moneyinc: Do you know the official Nancy Pelosi net worth? Most people have heard of the name Nancy Pelosi, even if they don’t know the first thing about American politics. Granted, her name comes up in the news on a fairly routine basis so it’s not hard to have some type of generic idea who she … Read more

Adem Tumerkan: Worsening Global Economic Slowdown Now Drastically Hurting the US; Peter Schiff: Service Sector to Follow Manufacturing into Recession

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Wall St. For Main St., Released on 10/4/19 Jason Burack of Wall St for Main St interviewed returning guest, former Editor-In-Chief for Palisade Research and former analyst at Stansberry Research, options trader and newsletter writer at Speculators Anonymous https://speculatorsanonymous.com/, Adem Tumerkan. During this hour plus long interview, Jason asks Adem about the global economy slowing down … Read more

Kevin Shipp – Former CIA Director Brennan Will Rat Out Trump Coup Criminals, Trump Impeachment Like KGB Operation

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Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi says the impeachment inquiry “will be worth it” even if the Democrats lose the House of Representatives in 2020. What?? How can an amateurish phony whistleblower story, they are using to try to impeach President Trump, be “worth it”? Former CIA Officer and whistleblower Kevin Shipp says, “It’s going … Read more