Dear Trump Advisors: Prop the Market Up Now and Lose in 2020, or Let the Market Crash and Win in 2020

by Charles Hugh-Smith The Everything Bubble has topped out, and trying to push it higher for the next 14 months is a sure way to increase the damage next year. One of the more reliable truisms is that Americans vote their pocketbook: if their wallets are being thinned (by recession, stock market declines, high inflation/stagnant wages, … Read more

Trump’s Personal Assistant Madeleine Westerhout Abruptly Steps Down After The President Learned She Was Leaking Information To The Media:

President Trump’s personal assistant, Madeleine Westerhout, whose office sits in front of the Oval Office and who has served as the president’s gatekeeper since Day 1 of his administration, resigned on Thursday, two people familiar with her exit said. Ms. Westerhout’s abrupt and unexpected departure came after Mr. Trump learned on Thursday that she had … Read more

GDP Revised Down to 2%… Ultra-Long Bonds Under Consideration… CLAIM: Most Canadians Now Better Off Than Americans

U.S. Second-Quarter Growth Revised Down to 2% Pace From 2.1% (Bloomberg) — Terms of Trade is a daily newsletter that untangles a world embroiled in trade wars. Sign up here. U.S. economic growth decelerated in the second quarter by more than initially reported, suggesting President Donald Trump’s trade actions are weighing more heavily on the … Read more

Ex-Pentagon chief Mattis says bitter politics threatens nation… ‘I had no choice but to leave’

Ex-Pentagon chief Mattis says bitter politics threatens nation… WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is warning that bitter political divisions threaten American society, saying he views “tribalism” as a greater risk to the nation’s future than foreign adversaries. The retired Marine general, who resigned in December 2018 in a policy dispute with President … Read more

Magnitude 6.3 Quake Off The Oregon Coast Raises Concerns That The Cascadia Subduction Zone Could Soon Rupture

by Michael Snyder We haven’t seen this sort of seismic activity on the west coast in a very long time.  Last month, two monster earthquakes in southern California were followed by thousands upon thousands of aftershocks, and the shaking still hasn’t stopped.  Scientists tell us that the San Andreas fault is “locked and loaded” and that … Read more

Tariffs not having the intended result yet

by WARREN MOSLER Back down: Highlights After jumping sharply in June, pending home sales sank sharply in July, falling 2.5 percent which is well below expectations. Yet the 105.6 showing for the index is nevertheless among the best showings of the last year. Today’s results will hold down August forecasts for existing home sales which … Read more

Why Does Pentagon Need Huge Underground Facility — by Friday?

Darpa is often described as the “mad science” wing of the Defense Department. They’re the ones who have a history of working on cutting edge technology for the military like virtual fences, disaster relief robots, and the invention of the internet itself. They even tried to build Skynet in the 1980s. But Darpa sent out a tweet today that’s … Read more

DOJ Watchdog Issues Worthless Toothless Report and Comey’s Again Thumbing His Nose At Us and Justice

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXkiKD8zidc President Trump put it this way via Tweet: “Perhaps never in the history of our Country has someone been more thoroughly disgraced and excoriated than James Comey in the just released Inspector General’s Report. He should be ashamed of himself!” And that’s all that will happen. Yet again.

APPLE apologizes for letting contractors eavesdrop on Siri sex recordings… Cook sells millions in stock… New iPhone on Sept. 10

Apple apologizes for letting contractors eavesdrop on Siri’s sex recordings Sorry we’ve been eavesdropping on your sex life. Apple on Wednesday apologized to its users for employing third-party contractors to listen to audio recordings picked up by its Siri voice assistant, including when the voice assistant program was accidentally triggered by muffled background noise. The … Read more

Very interesting THEORY on TRUMP’S SUCCESS!

by WHITE GLOVES The mayor of Livermore California explains Trump’s popularity and success. This is perhaps the best explanation for Trump’s popularity. Marshall Kamena is a registered Democrat and was elected mayor of Livermore, CA. He ran on the democratic ticket as he knew a Bay Area city would never vote for a Republican. He is … Read more

Scientists for the first time successfully conducted an experiment on quantum teleportation

A team of researchers from China and Austria teleported three-level quantum states, also known as kutrits. The results of the study are published in the journal Physical Review Letters. For the first time, scientists were able to successfully conduct such an experiment. Physicists were able to prove that kutrits have a unique opportunity to exist … Read more

The Fed and the White House Are Now Openly At War, President Trump Will Use the Trade War to FORCE the Fed to Ease

by The Phoenix President Trump is worsening the trade war between China and the US in order to force the Federal Reserve to ease monetary policy. Before proceeding, I want to stress that none of the following is meant to be political analysis. I’m NOT saying I like any of this. I’m merely pointing out what … Read more

Chinese troop movement into Hong Kong prompts unease… Protest Organizer Attacked By Masked Men With Bat

Chinese military vehicles have been seen moving across the border into Hong Kong, in what the military said were regular troop movements, as fears rose that the city could see a Beijing-led crackdown after months of political unrest. Following witness reports of the movements in the early hours of Thursday, state-run news agency Xinhua released a … Read more