India & Russia ditching dollar

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GO8wJ5yjztQ Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India and Russian President Vladimir Putin have announced plans to conduct their countries’ rapidly accelerating bilateral trade in national currencies (rupees and rubles) instead of the US dollar, which remains the world’s reserve currency. “Boom Bust” co-host Christy Ai joins News.Views.Hughes to discuss the details.

Will Everything Change in 2020-2025 or Will Nothing Change?

by Charles Hugh-Smith Any domino-like expanding crisis will unfold in a status quo lacking any coherent response. Longtime readers know I’ve often referenced The Fourth Turning, the book that makes the case for an 80-year cycle of existential crisis in U.S. history. The first crisis was the constitutional process (1781) following the end of the Revolutionary War, … Read more

THE TRUTH HURTS: Chicago Mayor Enraged at Ted Cruz for Telling the Truth About Gun Violence in Her City.

via pjmedia: It’s totally understandable that Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot is touchy about gun violence in her city. The city is a shooting gallery with citizens little more than clay pigeons. Last weekend was a typical holiday weekend in Chicago: 7 dead, 41 shot. Lightfoot’s answer to the violence? More gun control, of course. Senator Ted Cruz … Read more

Bloomberg’s Hit Piece On Trump Official Is Why Americans Distrust The Media.

via thefederalist: In other words, Penn admitted the entire point of his reporting was to get a Trump appointee fired. In the article, Penn explained that Olson was part of the administration’s efforts to draft wage-hour regulations, which, one assumes, Penn opposes on ideological grounds. That’s probably why Penn was combing through Olson’s Facebook history in … Read more

News articles floating a 25-50 BP rate cut for the feds FOMC meeting sept. 17th!

Its been the talk for 2 months. Its being expected. The market will be breathing down thier necks waiting for that hit of easy money. If those monitoring are right, we will see the long end of the curve drop respectively https://www.ccn.com/dow-jones-analysis-9-4-2019/ https://www.cnbc.com/2019/09/04/feds-bullard-says-aggressive-step-is-needed-to-align-fed-with-markets-insure-against-trade-war.html   2 articles for your time   h/t mr. jingles

China Bullying South China Sea Waterway – All 10 Countries from ASEAN Joining Maritime Naval Exercises As Result

It says something when you have “all 10 countries” from ASEAN joining these drills. First US-ASEAN joint maritime drills kick off as Washington beefs up presence in South China Sea The United States and 10 Southeast Asian nations were set to kick off joint maritime naval exercises Monday, including drills in the disputed South China … Read more

The Rally is Almost Over, Next Comes the Big Drop

 by The Phoenix With this morning’s breakout, stocks (blue line) have finally moved to within spitting distance of their upside target as predicted by the credit markets (black line). Now comes the nasty part. China’s stock market has already shown us where things are heading. The Trade War is only going to worsen. And US markets … Read more

SLAP ON WRIST: YOUTUBE $170 million penalty for collecting data on kids… GOOGLE Accused of Secretly Selling User Info… More than 30 states looking at antitrust probe

Google’s YouTube to pay $170 million penalty for collecting data on kids WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Google, which is owned by Alphabet Inc (GOOGL.O), and its YouTube video service will pay $170 million to settle allegations that it broke federal law by collecting personal information about children, the Federal Trade Commission said on Wednesday. YouTube had … Read more

STUDY: NY, NJ Worst to Drive in

Between the traffic and the expenses associated with having a car, driving is a necessary hassle for many people. A recent study confirmed what many in New Jersey and New York hold to be true – driving is a major headache. WalletHub took a look at the 100 largest cities in the country across 30 … Read more

Flores becomes 15th House Republican to announce plans to exit chamber… TROUBLE in Texas

Rep. Bill Flores becomes 15th House Republican to announce plans to exit chamber WASHINGTON – Rep. Bill Flores, R-Texas, on Wednesday became the latest House Republican to announce plans to retire at the end of his current term, saying he wants to spend more time with his family and resume private-sector business activities. “After much … Read more

Social Credit Score To Determine Who Can Buy Gun? AMAZON Echo And APPLE Watch Would Flag Neuropsychiatric Violence

TRUMP ADMINISTRATION CONSIDERING SOCIAL CREDIT SCORE SYSTEM TO DETERMINE WHO CAN BUY A GUN White House considers new project seeking links between mental health and violent behavior https://t.co/EhrsWcgfyw — The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) August 22, 2019 The Trump administration is considering launching a social credit score-style system in coordination with Big Tech that would use … Read more

When Losing is Winning in Germany for AfD

via tomluongo: Germany held the first two of three important state elections over the weekend. And the results were striking. Leading up to the elections polls had the current opposition party in the Bundestag, Alternative for Germany (AfD), neck and neck with the ruling parties in both Saxony and Brandenburg. Chancellor Angela Merkel’s ruling coalition was battered … Read more

Life is Not Fair

by Martin Armstrong IRS: Hello; This is the IRS helpline. What is your problem? Obviously, you owe us money or you would not be calling. CITIZEN: Can you explain why I owe you money? IRS: Its called taxes. CITIZEN: Well how much do I owe? IRS: That is your job to figure it out. CITIZEN: … Read more

Zillow Business Model 100% Dependent on Two Companies

by damien008 Ever wondered how Zillow/Trulia works? Its a simple website aggregator that gets 95% of its data from the local MLS (Multiple Listing Service Listings) and rest from direct postings. They sell overpriced ads that most agents do buy because they simply dont work and have crappy ROI. They basically sell ads to the … Read more

Sam Zell: It’s difficult to have a recession when interest rates are zero

CNBC, Released on 9/4/19 Sam Zell is an American businessman. He is chairman of Equity Group Investments (EGI), a private investment firm he founded in the 1960s. The firm’s equity interests are often in asset-intensive industries such as real estate, energy, logistics, transportation, media, and health care. EGI’s holdings also include fixed-income investments in public … Read more

Employment In America, By The Raw Numbers

by econimica Summary The age segments that make up the working age population are at levels typically associated with full employment. The primary source of workforce slack over the past 50 years, females, are now experiencing declining percentages of employment. With minimal working age population growth, full employment, no further female labor force slack; there is … Read more

“The Eurozone Faces The Worst Combination Of Economic And Systemic Risk”

by Claudio Grass via Claudiograss.ch The past few months have been an exciting time for gold investors, as the precious metal has seen a spike in demand after serious economic concerns and geopolitical tensions unsettled the markets. Many mainstream analysts have pointed to a number of recent events, from the US-China trade war escalations to the inverted yield … Read more