More states allowing gun seizures amid plague of mass shootings Mike DeWine knows he’s in for a challenge. The Ohio governor, a Republican trying to push gun control proposals through a legislature where the GOP holds supermajorities in both chambers, saw his predecessor, John Kasich, try the same thing without success. “No one said this is … Read more
BY PATRICK WATSON People respond to incentives. So do national governments. This is foundational to both economics and geopolitics. Carefully examining each side’s incentives can illuminate how a conflict will end. No one has infinite choices. They choose from limited options. That applies to the US-China trade war, which is right now one of our … Read more
There are at least six million illegal aliens who arrived in the United States the same way seven of the 9/11 Islamic terrorist hijackers came to the country: by overstaying a visa. All 19 terrorists from 9/11 — who murdered nearly 3,000 Americans and injured more than 6,000 others in 2001 — arrived in the … Read more
Republican Victory In North Carolina Good News For Trump 2020 Reelection, But Democrats Making Gains. In a replacement election and a ‘do over’ two republicans won congressional districts. One easily defeated the Democratic contender while the other was narrow. In a narrow victory Dan Bishop won a do over election. While this is good … Read more
Lowest black unemployment in American history at 5.5 percent makes the 2019 Trump economy the most equitable ever: http://dailytorch.com/2019/09/lowest-black-unemployment-in-american-history-at-5-5-percent-makes-the-2019-trump-economy-the-most-equitable-ever/
by Natura Naturans Cold weather is 20 times more deadly than hot weather A 2015 study analyzing 74 million deaths from 384 locations across the world (1985 and 2012) revealed that cold weather killed 20 times more people than hot weather did (7.29% of mortalities due cold vs. 0.42% of mortalities attributed to heat). Rising energy … Read more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jExrta2XlIw Awr Hawkins from Breitbart reports, NASCAR admits it is shifting its position on guns and the latest proof can be seen via the rejection of an ad that shows a semiautomatic rifle. The NRA-ILA reports the rejected ad was from K-Var, and “included depictions of ‘assault-style rifles/sniper rifles.’” Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: https://www.breitbart.com/politics/20…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3kSSc9nV-0 100% Fed Up reports, Rep. Jim Jordan and Doug Collins ripped into the Democrats for trying to push the impeachment of President Trump. As Democrats return to Capitol Hill to relaunch their impeachment proceedings against President Trump, Rep. Jim Jordan questions why Inspector General Michael Horowitz is not being called to testify on his … Read more
by FS As markets flirt with fears of a recession, many point to the recent yield curve inversion as a telling sign that recession is imminent. Financial Sense Insider spoke with Daniel Nevins, a financial analyst, investment professional and behavioral economics researcher to get his take on current conditions. See Dan Nevins on Why You Shouldn’t Get … Read more
By Nick Cunningham Global oil demand continues to see downgrades from major energy forecasters, with several downward revisions in just the past week. The U.S. EIA said in its Short-Term Energy Outlook that it expects oil demand to grow by only 0.9 million barrels per day (mb/d) this year, the latest in a series of downgrades from … Read more
by Raúl Ilargi Meijer Max Ernst The Angel of the home or the Triumph of Surrealism 1937 A friend of mine here in Athens, Greece, named Wayne Hall, who’s of Australian descent but moved here at about the time Napoleon headed for St. Petersburg, and works as a translator and language teacher, sent me a mail a … Read more
BIG United States Supreme Court WIN for the Border on Asylum! https://t.co/9Ka00qK1Ob — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 11, 2019 WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is allowing nationwide enforcement of a new Trump administration rule that prevents most Central American migrants from seeking asylum in the United States. The justices’ order late Wednesday temporarily undoes … Read more
by TFittonJW And one wonders why I often look like I am on the verge of exploding: Read the judges remarks here and you will see he is not laughing: https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-releases/judicial-watch-federal-judge-criticizes-state-and-justice-departments-on-clinton-email-cover-up/
by howmuch When comparing the economies of different countries, one of the most common methods is to use “purchasing power parity.” Purchasing power parity (PPP) compares international economies by standardizing the prices within a “basket of goods”. In other words, PPP accounts for the differences in standards of living (such as the different costs of a carton … Read more
by GoldCore ◆ Gold will “trade stronger for longer” and Citigroup see gold possibly topping new nominal highs at $2,000 an ounce in the next year or two ◆ Citi is bullish on gold due to the prospect of the Fed cutting interest rates to zero, heightened geopolitical tensions and rising risks of a global … Read more
Authored by Mac Slavo via SHTFplan.com, Google wants you to bring Big Brother into the privacy of your home with its Google Nest surveillance system. Google’s Nest Hub surveillance system is constantly looking for its owner’s face and technically can’t be shut off. After making sure certain information is censored on behalf of the political establishment, … Read more
via Zerohedge: With the August payrolls report widely seen as disappointing, with less than 100k private payrolls added (despite accelerate wage growth), the last data point the Fed is waiting for to cement next week’s 25bps rate cut is this Friday’s retail sales data (assuming tomorrow’s CPI report is not a shock). Luckily for the … Read more
There's a groundswell of support among lenders and even U.S. regulators for looking at alternative data to decide how creditworthy a borrower is. The goal here is to help "unbanked" individuals – those without FICO scores – access credit more easily. https://t.co/6DpvmGLqRk — Lisa Abramowicz (@lisaabramowicz1) September 12, 2019
via amgreatness: J.P. Morgan estimates that President Trump’s tariffs will cost American families up to $1,000 next year. We have heard this before and we’ll hear it again. But the fact is that tariffs have not yet—nor will they likely—increase the cost of living. Further, the myopic obsession with the price of goods ignores the more pressing problem: … Read more
