by Raúl Ilargi Meijer Francis Tattegrain La ramasseuse d’épaves (The Beachcomber) 1880 I haven’t really written about finance since April of this year, and given recent fluctuations in what people persist in calling the markets, maybe it’s time. Then again, nothing has changed since that article in April entitled This Is Not A Market. I was right then, … Read more
Via Campus Reform Campus Reform rounded up the five most viewed Campus Reform videos of 2018. While students had a lot to say on various issues, they didn’t always offer a lot of knowledge on those issues. In 2018, Campus Reform videos received millions of views across social media and right here on CampusReform.org. From January to December, Campus … Read more
by DCG A primate example of why you cannot rely on anyone but yourself for your personal safety. A good reason to believe in the Second Amendment and exercise that right. From Yahoo: Lauren McCluskey, the 21-year-old Utah track athlete who was abducted outside her Salt Lake City dorm and killed in October, had called both University … Read more
Some of the biggest and most promising experiments were plagued by delays and shutdowns. From the MIT Technology Review: Silicon Valley loves the idea of universal basic income. Many in the tech elites tout it as the answer to job losses caused by automation, if only people would give it a chance. The idea is that … Read more
by zenmasterzen3 Could the 38 Billion given to Israel by the US be used to feed, cloth and shelter America’s 500,000 homeless? 38 * 1000 * 106 / (500000) = 76,000 So yeah that’s enough for food and shelter and probably a car and a overseas holiday. Is there something wrong with my math? edit: it’s … Read more
The co-founder of LinkedIn, Reid Hoffman, has apologized to Republican Roy Moore for funding an organisation that faked a ‘Russian bot’ involvement to mar his election campaign in Alabama. https://youtu.be/54IcPmfqHlo
from Zero Hedge The global scramble for a little known metal called vanadium is officially underway. The metal, which when used in small amounts can help strengthen steel significantly, is in high demand following new Chinese regulations on infrastructure and buildings. The new rules, which came as a result of a 2008 earthquake that devastated part of … Read more
Bill Holter interviewed by James Howard Kunstler on KunstlerCast Bill Holter joins the KunstlerCast for an up-to-date and hard-hitting interview on the current state of the economy. Think the breakdown of our financial system is a possibility? Bill Holter says it’s not a possibility but a mathematical certainty. Don’t miss this important update for all the latest economic and … Read more
by Amy S. There are long term trends developing. The problem is not a trading war or China. What worries me is that the FED also seems to be surprised by weakness – although our indicators showed that already in early 2018. Frightened sellers commonly cause a crash. An unexpected economic event, catastrophe, or crisis triggers … Read more
Audio Only. Turn sound down on this one. You hear him refer to more information here by Julian. h/t Pinkorchid- Not NPC
by Thinker Who will get caught up in the scam and corruption in the crypto currency. It’s never good to put all your eggs in one basket. Variety always works and goes further. Stop giant AI vaporize dollars! Wake-up! https://youtu.be/XuG6BXSTvEg Jim Rickards | Axis of Gold: Sanctions Weaponize the Dollar Jim Rickards, author of The … Read more
How will technology revolutionize our world? Will it empower individuals and free expression, or tighten the noose of the controllers? It seems that there is a constant paradox, an ebb and flow. Such is the case with Nikola Tesla and his wireless energy tower – which he intended to use to broadcast free wireless energy … Read more
‘Immune banks’ will hold immune cells and can be delivered to hospitals in hours •The treatment is said to be the ‘ultimate’ approach to using the immune system •It’s set to be used as early as next year with impressive results so far groundbreaking treatment for cancer which uses immune cells from strangers could save … Read more
via CBS NEWS: The Fed’s interest rate hikes are doing more than hitting consumers in the credit cards. They’re also making it much more expensive for the U.S. to carry its debt load. While they’re not currently a subject of President Trump’s Twitter outrage, America’s interest payments have become a point of concern for some on … Read more
Wealth Research Group, Released on 12/26/18 Gerald Celente is a pioneer trend strategist and founder of The Trends Research Institute. He is the author of the national bestseller Trends 2000: How to Prepare for and Profit from the Changes of the 21st Century and publisher of the internationally circulated Trends Journal newsletter. Gerald Celente is a political atheist. … Read more
by KOS via thehill: Rudy Giuliani has an unmistakable New Year’s message for special counsel Robert Mueller: It is time for the chief investigator in the Russia case to be investigated in 2019. In wide-ranging interviews with Hill.TV’s Buck Sexton and me on Wednesday and Thursday, President Trump’s defense lawyer pointedly accused Mueller’s office of destroying evidence by … Read more
by GR Raising children has become significantly more time-consuming and expensive, amid a sense that opportunity has grown more elusive. “Parent” as a verb gained widespread use in the 1970s, which is also when parenting books exploded. The 1980s brought helicopter parenting, a movement to keep children safe from physical harm, spurred by high-profile child … Read more
by Ruby Henley On December 17, President Trump filed an appeal requesting that a district-level lawsuit from the Maryland and D.C. attorneys general accusing him of illegally taking foreign government cash through his Washington hotel be frozen due to the government shutdown. His request was granted by the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals, stating the … Read more
by Charles Hugh-Smith While wages have supposedly gone up 3.4% in 2018, taxes and fees are rising at much higher rates. Here’s a list of tax and fee increases hitting residents of one of the counties I call home; the list includes taxes/fees raised in 2017 and 2018: 1. Property taxes: between 6.5% and 10%, depending … Read more
by Kimble Charting While it’s easy to find articles that suggest a Santa Claus rally isn’t taking place this year, the Power of the Patterns would disagree! This chart looks at the performance from several assets in the metals sector the past 30-days. Even though all of these metals assets are lower in 2018, each of … Read more
From Kitco: Uranium is likely to outperform other metals in 2019, said Lobo Tiggre of Independent Speculator, formerly known as Louis James at Casey Research… Continue reading here…
From Quartz: Russia conducted a hypersonic weapons test today, and Vladimir Putin is clearly excited about it. Speaking from a defense ministry control room after watching a live feed of the demonstration, the Russian president boasted to his military leaders that the intercontinental, nuclear-capable weapon is “invulnerable to intercept by any existing and prospective missile defense means of … Read more
by Lance Roberts Yesterday, saw a record surge in the markets. Such was not surprising given the extreme oversold condition in the market. More importantly, throughout market history, the biggest bull rallies have occurred during bear markets. Yesterday’s relief rally was simply that. As shown in the chart below, following the breakdown of the market from its consolidation … Read more
via fox5dc: WASHINGTON (AP/FOX 13) – A new rule going into effect January 1, 2019, will require hospitals to post a list of their standard prices online and make electronic medical records more readily available to patients. The new rule, called the Inpatient Prospective Payment System rule, is part of a Medicare program aimed at pricing transparency in the healthcare … Read more
via CBSNEWS: Paris (CNSNews.com) – With European elections scheduled for next May, momentum is growing for the so-called Yellow Vests protest movement here to transform itself into a political party, a step that could shake up the French political scene. The national secretary of the French Communist Party, Fabien Roussel, is calling on supporters of … Read more