via Yahoo: Al-Asad Air Base (Iraq) (AFP) – President Donald Trump used a lightning visit to Iraq — his first with US troops in a conflict zone since being elected — to defend the withdrawal from Syria and declare an end to America’s role as the global “policeman.” Trump, accompanied by his wife Melania, landed … Read more
by Matt from Silver Fortune via Silver Fortune With the major U.S. stock markets still down significantly from their highs, will people realize they were in a bubble all along?
by Ian Shilling The McClatchy Fake News article is below. I am surprised that McClatchy have sunk so low – they used to be a fairly reasonable outlet (for the mainstream) – this article is totally ridiculous and on a par with the laughable accusations of three Manafort/Assange visits junk article recently published by the … Read more
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter By Don Quijones, Spain, UK, & Mexico, editor at WOLF STREET. To the white-knuckle end, 2018 has been a terrible roller coaster ride for Spanish supermarket chain Dia, once one of Europe’s biggest grocery chains. The firm’s shares, reduced to a penny stock — despite the 22% surge today to €0.44 — have … Read more
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter “It now appears bike sharing is the stupidest business, but the smartest brains of China all tried to get in,” Wu Shenghua, founder of 3Vbike, one of the many collapsed bike-sharing companies in China, told Reuters. “It really now seems ridiculous.” Afterwards, a lot of the ingenious must-not-question stuff that happened during … Read more
by Michael Snyder If a doctor tells you that his patient’s condition is swinging up and down wildly, is that a good sign or a bad sign? Of course the answer to that question is quite obvious. And if a doctor tells you that his patient’s condition is “stable”, is that a good sign or a … Read more
by Troy The stock market is making an oversold bounce right now, and has reached its first fib retracement (23.6%). The standard target for a bounce is 38.2% – 50% Go here to understand our fundamentals-driven long term outlook. Let’s determine the stock market’s most probable medium term direction by objectively quantifying technical analysis. For reference, here’s … Read more
US sending trade delegation to China early next year. The power of the wand continues, the market is up again, Trump did say to buy the dip. Trump is demonstrating to the central banks and the DS that he has the power and control. The idea that the Fed is not good for the people … Read more
Trump played the MSM and actually visited the troops in Iraq and other bases, timing is everything. Giuliani is pushing the idea that Mueller needs to be investigated for deleted the text messages of the FBI agents. Judicial Watch receives info that Obama knew about the Benghazi attack. Saudi Arabia reshuffles its cabinet. Russia and … Read more
Herman Cain exposes the truth about what the government shutdown really means. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szvfT57k3Jg
In today’s video, Christopher Greene of AMTV warns of an impending Stock Market Crash 2018. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ppBLRHy0DE
Via Survival Sullivan One of the key things to learn about prepping is that even though each person has in mind specific SHTF events they believe will happen, there’s really no way to predict when SHTF or how it will happen. One of the most dangerous things a prepper can do is to prepare exclusively … Read more
Via the Raconteur Report $116B per year. That’s how much money we set on fire annually to pay for illegal aliens in this country. Enough to build, arm, crew, and deploy 6 new supercarrier task forces every year, forever. (Hint: That would have doubled the current number deployed, in just the two years since Trump has been president.) Or, … Read more
Here is a quick RTD Live Talk snippet that I wanted to share. The question asked during this episode is very timely and thought provoking. Outside of the economic fears facing the globe we also have a technological revolution knocking at our door as well.
by CelineHagbard Today, McClatchy DC Bureau put out a piece claiming Cohen’s cell phone put him in Prague at the time of the alleged meeting between him and Russian officials. Their headline — Cell signal puts Cohen outside Prague around time of purported Russian meeting — states this as a matter of fact, yet the article itself paints … Read more
via nymag: In late November, the Justice Department unsealed indictments against eight people accused of fleecing advertisers of $36 million in two of the largest digital ad-fraud operations ever uncovered. Digital advertisers tend to want two things: people to look at their ads and “premium” websites — i.e., established and legitimate publications — on which to … Read more
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Homebuilders, a bedraggled bunch recently, breathe a sigh of relief, but get crushed anyway. “NOTICE: Due to a lapse in federal funding this website is not being updated,” the Commerce Department’s website says currently on the page where the Census Bureau would have published this morning’s data for new-home sales, inventory, … Read more
Media Stocks Suffer Declines in 2018 With only a few trading days left this year, 31 of the 50 stocks tracked by The Hollywood Reporter are down for the year. Even after Wednesday’s huge day of trading on Wall Street — one where the Dow Jones index soared nearly 1,100 points — shares of most … Read more
Widespread flu activity across the country NEW YORK (FOX 5 NY) – Federal authorities are reporting widespread flu activity across the country and two states with especially high levels. Colorado and Georgia were singled out for high rates of influenza-like illnesses reported. New York City and nine states (Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, New Jersey, … Read more
from Financial Survival Network Danielle Park notes that it’s been a long time coming, but at long last the stock markets are heading downward. What seemed like an impossibility just a few short months ago has now become a stark new reality. Danielle believes that it could keep on tumbling until it reverts to the mean. Pity … Read more
via Jeremiah Johnson: Mullein is a pretty easy herb to come by. It grows in “waste” places; that is to say, in arid, rocky, or sandy soil without many nutrients. It is a pretty common sight all over the United States and is actually considered a nuisance by many, although it was brought to the U.S. … Read more
BECAUSE GOVERNMENT: One year of legal pot sales and California doesn’t have the bustling industry it expected. Here’s why. As the first year of licensed sales comes to a close, California’s legal market hasn’t performed as state officials and the cannabis industry had hoped. Retailers and growers say they’ve been stunted by complex regulations, high taxes … Read more
Sears could face liquidation within 24 hours from CNBC. via CNBC: The employer of more than 68,000 filed for bankruptcy in October. Its last shot at survival is a $4.6 billion proposal put forward by its chairman, Eddie Lampert, to buy the company out of bankruptcy through his hedge fund, ESL Investments. ESL is the … Read more
Dec. 27, 2018 – A Huntington Beach man died after bystanders wrestled with him at the end of a bizarre Christmas Eve rampage in which he rammed several other cars with a stolen van, smashed out the windows of two other cars with a tire iron and tried to carjack a third vehicle, authorities said. … Read more
Ryan Saavedra for the Daily Wire reports, Senior Trump administration adviser Stephen Miller humiliated CNN’s Wolf Blitzer on Thursday night after Blitzer claimed without evidence that “Democrats support border security.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeVoPWQ_6EM Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: https://www.dailywire.com/news/39581/… Senior Trump administration adviser Stephen Miller humiliated CNN’s Wolf Blitzer on Thursday night after Blitzer claimed without evidence that “Democrats support … Read more