OPINION: the British Establishment has lost all interest in our independence.

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by John Ward WE, THE PEOPLE, ARE ALONE   ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ Now that Rosh Hashanah is finished, and the Almighty has been confirmed as King of the Universe through heartfelt prayers directed Heavenwards, we can be sure that the stability of our world is fully assured by those petitions to God in favour of a happy, healthy and sweet … Read more

GDP Estimates Collapse After Dismal ISM Report

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by Mike Shedlock GDPNow and other GDP estimates took a dive today on weaker than expected manufacturing reports. The GDPNow forecast for third-quarter GDP fell to 1.8% today on weak economic reports. Gold and Treasuries Rally Manufacturing ISM Worst Since 2009 on Severe Contraction of Export Orders@IanShepherdson "First-ever recession caused by actions of the president"https://t.co/POOo9lT110 — Mike … Read more

Endemic Corruption Is Suffocating Iraq’s Oil Boom

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By Simon Watkins Last week’s agreement by the London-based oil and gas company TechnipFMC to pay US$5.1 million to settle an Iraq-related corruption case with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) again highlights the endemic corruption that has crippled Iraq over the years. However, it is just a drop in an ocean of dirty money that … Read more

Is This The End Of The Lithium-Ion Battery?

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By Tsvetana Paraskova Researchers have been in a race to find ways to improve lithium-ion batteries. They are also looking to develop alternatives to the lithium-ion battery that would be lower cost and more sustainable to manufacture. And they may just have found one. Aluminum-based batteries would be cheaper to make, because aluminum is the third most … Read more

A story about my billing for a routine c-section. Don’t blindly trust hospitals and insurance companies to bill correctly.

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by condortheviking Numbers are approximate. My wife had a scheduled routine c-section. We went through all the proper channels and have good health insurance. The hospital had us make a down payment a week before the c-section of about $2800. We knew it was going to cost about this much, and we had the money … Read more

Signs Of The Times? Earthquake Swarms Hit Texas, Oklahoma, San Francisco And The New Madrid Fault Zone

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by Michael Snyder There is a whole lotta shaking going on in America right now, and many people are concerned about what that could potentially mean.  Could it be possible that the U.S. is entering a more seismically active time?  This week alone, we have seen earthquake swarms in Texas, Oklahoma, San Francisco and the … Read more

Tariff-Front-Running Hits US Manufacturing, after Causing Biggest Surge since 2004

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Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Supply chains begin to shift back to US suppliers, “due to tariffs.” Two US manufacturing reports were released this morning, one showing the fastest decline since June 2009, and the other showing an increase in growth, and given the bad numbers recently, the fastest growth in five months. So get ready … Read more

US Gross National Debt Jumps by $1.2 Trillion in Fiscal 2019, to $22.7 Trillion, Hits 106.5% of GDP

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Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter But what happens if there’s actually a recession? The US gross national debt jumped by $110 billion on the last two business days of Fiscal Year 2019, and by a breath-taking $1.2 trillion during the entire fiscal year, after having already jumped by $1.27 trillion in Fiscal 2018, the Treasury Department … Read more

This robot can make 300 pizzas in hour

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Watch out pizza world: this pizza robot could shake things up. Seattle startup Picnic announced Tuesday that it has a developed a unit that can make 300 12-inch pizzas per hour and 180 18-inch pizzas per hour. We are excited to unveil our first-of-its-kind intelligent food assembly platform. See us in action at Seattle's @TMobilePark. To learn … Read more

Americans Spend More on Taxes Than Food, Clothing, Health Care — Combined! LIST: Least Tax-Friendly States…

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Americans on average spent more on taxes in 2018 than they did on the basic necessities of food, clothing and health care combined, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Expenditure Survey. The survey’s recently published Table R-1 for 2018 lists the average “detailed expenditure” of what the BLS calls “consumer units.” “Consumer units,” … Read more

Vatican financial offices were just raided…first time in their history

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via lifesitenews: VATICAN CITY, October 1, 2019 (LifeSiteNews) – Vatican police raided its own Secretariat of State this morning to seize evidence connected to suspicious financial transactions that have been allegedly carried out over time. According to a bulletin released by the Holy See’s Press Office, “documents and electronic devices” were seized from “certain offices of the First … Read more

The economic collapse is here. It’s happening in slow motion and people can’t see it.

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Turbulent times are often written about in the history books and myths and legends appear alongside them. However, at the time, many cannot really understand what’s happening. They’re simply going about their lives. Some are doing well. Some are struggling. Life goes on. Certain statistics can foreshadow future events. Some have higher weight and correlation … Read more

It’s almost unbelievable how brazen they are becoming in their coup plots.

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The CIA Operative Lied on the Old Whistleblower form Claiming to Have First Hand Knowledge. Deep State then Changed Form to Not Needing First-Hand Knowledge, So they Changed Story and Refilled Again Clip Around 29 Minute Mark https://youtu.be/JVKTLR9F-UQ It’s disgusting, and there needs to be consequences. A few years in jail for these plotters who … Read more