by Lance Roberts In 2016, I first touched on the impacts of hiking the minimum wage. “What’s the big ‘hub-bub’ over raising the minimum wage to $15/hr? After all, the last time the minimum wage was raised was in 2009. According to the April 2015, BLS report the numbers were quite underwhelming: ‘In 2014, 77.2 million workers age 16 … Read more
Democrats have gathered information from 7,000 lawsuits from nearly 50 states Information includes documentation about every time Trump told supporters at his 2016 campaign rallies that Mexico would pay for the wall The Democrats will use the research against the president in the 2020 election, particularly in key battlegrounds states Information was gathered through news … Read more
via realclearinvestigations: Records recently posted online by the FBI indicate that it did little to investigate allegations from private sources connected to Republicans about a scheme in which associates of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton tried to exploit their connection to her to profit from the turmoil in Libya in 2011. The FBI received the documents … Read more
via americanthinker: “Political consultants burn through billions of dollars and have no idea what they’re doing except to enrich themselves. “They do a number of things over and again of limited effect: TV and radio ads, direct mail, robocalls. And burn through money they do. Jeb Bush’s campaign famously spent $139 million and he dropped out … Read more
Parkland dad uncovers how district enabled deranged student-turned-shooter. After the deadly Feb. 14, 2018, mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas HS in Parkland, Fla., national media focused largely on a handful of student activists, leaving it to victims’ parents to unravel why the slaughter happened. Andrew Pollack, whose daughter, Meadow, was one of the 17 killed, … Read more
by Simon Black of Sovereign Man Let’s bring on the weekly absurdity! School cop handcuffs and screams at autistic 8-year-old An eight year old autistic boy in Southlake, Texas became agitated in his guidance counselor’s office. At one point the child became fidgety and took out a jump rope (that had been provided to him by the school). … Read more
by Martin Armstrong QUESTION: Mr. Armstrong, Elizabeth Warren’s proposal seems to lack any comprehension of the economic impact. She has said: “To put our economy — and our families — on firmer ground, it is essential to reduce household debt both by raising people’s wages and by bringing down their costs. That is the heart of her economic … Read more
by Robert Murphy via Mises John Cochrane has an entertaining and informative blog called “The Grumpy Economist,” offering insights centered in the Chicago School approach that nonetheless will resonate with the Austrian reader. However, in a recent post Cochrane erroneously claimed that people living in high-rent areas of California were effectively using a different currency than other Americans. This type of loose … Read more
by Martin Armstrong Margaret Thatcher on the ERM Crisis & why even the euro will fail.
by independenttrader Companies listed on the stock exchange may reward their shareholders in two main ways: by buying back their shares or by paying dividends. Let us remind you the meaning of the former. Share repurchase or buyback is a transaction whereby a company buys back its own shares from the stock market. After repurchase, … Read more
GOP faces must-win race in North Carolina CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Republicans are scrambling to avoid what would be a devastating loss in the special House election in North Carolina’s 9th District. Internal polls from both sides show Republican Dan Bishop and Democrat Dan McCready running neck and neck in a traditional GOP stronghold that was unexpectedly competitive in … Read more
via studyfinds: COLUMBUS, Ohio — The cost of health care in the United States is a controversial topic. For many, health costs are a serious source of stress, particularly with a slumping economy and the potential for a recession on the horizon. Now, a recently conducted survey reveals some troubling truths about the impact financial stress is … Read more
BP BREAKING| The bodies of Hurricane Dorian victims loaded off a plane from the Abacos. More than 3,000 are feared dead. pic.twitter.com/W4tHukE0QD — Bahamas Press (@Moca_Foundation) September 9, 2019 Hurricane Dorian victims could climb beyond 3,000 in Abaco alone… GB hundreds…Government has left the damages untouched and bodies littered in communities across the islands … Read more
Media controlling the political race is nothing new. Here’s an expose of it occurring earlier this century. h/t Orangutan
There are more than one million empty or temporarily occupied homes across the country. That’s according to the report “‘Ghost’ Homes Across Canada: A Decade of Change in 150 Cities,” which also shows that the majority of the abandoned residences are investment properties or short-term rentals, particularly in Toronto and Vancouver. Overall, the number of … Read more
by Michael Snyder This year America is celebrating the 100th anniversary of the NFL. Every week, millions of us will gather around our televisions to watch extremely well paid young men throw a football around. I love football myself, and I am hoping for a really good season. But while these highly paid teams are … Read more
by Michael Snyder It is being called “the Pacific marine heatwave of 2019”, and officials are warning that it could have very frightening implications if it does not dissipate soon. Right now, there is a vast expanse of water stretching from northern Alaska all the way to southern California where the water temperatures have rapidly … Read more
by Charles Hugh-Smith Either we root out every last source of rot by investigating, indicting and jailing every wrong-doer and everyone who conspired to protect the guilty in the Epstein case, or America will have sealed its final fall. When you discover rot in an apparently sound structure, the first question is: how far has … Read more
The University-Corporate-Financial Complex is going to squeal.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QP1c6pVbbM Class 8 Heavy Duty Truck Orders Plunge 79% In August Marking 10th Straight Month Of Declines Every month, analysts are hopeful that Class 8 orders are on the verge of rebounding and every month so far in 2019, orders have continued to crash. Such was the case again in August, according to data supplied … Read more