The Suicide Rate In The U.S. Has Hit The Highest Level In 50 Years, And There Is Concern That It Will Go Much Higher

by Michael Snyder Despite the fact that more money is being spent on suicide prevention efforts than ever before in our history, the suicide rate in the United States continues to rise dramatically.  As you will see below, one new study has discovered that our suicide rate actually increased by 41 percent between 1999 and … Read more

San Francisco man may close store after being bitten by homeless person twice in four months.

The business owner says he often finds homeless people selling and doing drugs inside his restrooms. “About every half hour to hour we have some kind of incident, another theft, violence, crazy people walking around, people who need mental health… there should be facilities where people can do drugs… there’s needles everywhere… people have threatened … Read more

A “Looming” Recession Is a Golden Opportunity

by Money Metals  It’s the most widely anticipated recession in history. The recession hasn’t arrived yet – and may not do so anytime soon – but the mainstream media still can’t stop talking about it. Consider this strange article from NBC News. It purports to show that young adults are posting dark, ironic memes to social media in … Read more

Water discovered on ‘Super-Earth’ raises first real hope of alien life

K2-18b, which is eight times the mass of Earth, is now the only planet orbiting a star outside the Solar System, or ‘exoplanet’, known to have both water and temperatures that could support life. The discovery, published today in Nature Astronomy, is the first successful atmospheric detection for an exoplanet orbiting in its star’s ‘habitable … Read more

California demorat calls for expansion of red flag laws: Employers, co-workers & teachers can petition to take away your guns

by DCG California Assemblymember Phil Ting tweeted about his excitement to remove due process for law-abiding citizens, all in the name of “gun safety.” From his tweet: “My bill, #AB61, which improves gun safety by expanding CA’s #RedFlagLaw, heads to the Gov! If signed, more people can access a court process that temporarily takes away someone’s firearms if they pose … Read more

TROUBLES: WASH POST shuts commuter newspaper… Fake News Fears: 95% Worried by State of Media… 33,000 newsroom jobs slashed

TROUBLES: WASH POST shuts commuter newspaper… Express, the free newspaper published weekdays by The Washington Post for Metro riders and other commuters, will shut down on Thursday, ending 16 years of publication, the company said Wednesday. Managers of the paper cited its deteriorating financial condition for the decision to cease publishing. Although they declined to … Read more

SHTF: How to Make and Store Electricity Before a Catastrophic Grid Collapse ( Survive Weeks Without Power )

by Amy S.  Millions lost power and suffered after Hurricane Dorian but you can have electricity after the power grid fails: How to store and re-generate electricity as an extended power supply before a grid collapse. Best of all — No one needs to know you have it. America runs on electricity — and it’s not … Read more

Can someone remind me what happened with the equity market the last time the trend in (fictional?) operating EPS diverged massively from earnings from a true national income perspective?

🇺🇸 Can someone remind me what happened with the equity market the last time the trend in (fictional?) operating EPS diverged massively from earnings from a true national income perspective? pic.twitter.com/rbY6TDkeGi — Mikael Sarwe (@MikaelSarwe) September 11, 2019

DoubleLine’s CIO Says Not Treasuries, Gold Could Be Smart Recession Play

via CNBC: DoubleLine Capital’s Jeffrey Sherman tells CNBC that August’s exodus into long-term Treasurys could be “overdone” and cautioned investors from the momentum trade. Sherman, who serves as DoubleLine’s deputy chief investment officer, says gold makes a more compelling recession play. Do you want to incur that “interest rate risk for buying what has been … Read more

CHANGE: Most Americans Now Have an Unfavorable View of the Democratic Party, A Flip From 2018.

via mediaite: The blue wave in 2018 was undeniable (by everyone, seemingly, except President Donald Trump. Democrats gained 41 seats in the House and lost just two in the Senate — despite facing an overwhelmingly unfavorable map. But with the presidential candidates in the spotlight, the Democratic party’s approval numbers appear to be taking a bit of … Read more

LIFE IN THE 21ST CENTURY: “Your best friend may not know when you last had sex, but it’s possible that Facebook does.”

via The Washington Post: Your best friend may not know when you last had sex, but it’s possible that Facebook does. At least two menstruation-tracking apps, Maya and MIA Fem, were sharing intimate details of users’ sexual health with Facebook and other entities, according to a new report from Britain-based privacy watchdog Privacy International. In some cases, … Read more

Incredible progress being made at the Southern Border!

Incredible progress being made at the Southern Border! pic.twitter.com/xcqxKEkfGD — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 10, 2019 I think this chart is showing the effectiveness of two things. The deal with Mexico. He basically forced them to stop illegal aliens coming up from Central America through Mexico. Mexico had previously been letting Central Americans freely … Read more

KEEP PUNCHING: CIA Rebuke Wasn’t Enough…GOP Rep Wants Investigation Into Shoddy CNN Spy Story.

via townhall: The CIA rarely rebukes a media report, but the agency made an exception for CNN this week. The network recently claimed that two years ago the U.S. pulled an American spy out of Russia. The sources they chose to rely on were “multiple Trump administration officials with direct knowledge told CNN” and “a person.” … Read more