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The very first Thanksgiving happened almost 400 years ago – long before the nation was born. How did it evolve into America’s quintessential national holiday? Credit largely goes to two people – one, a name you know; the other, you’ve probably never heard – but should. Melanie Kirkpatrick, senior fellow at the Hudson Institute, gives … Read more

Trump Says He May Shut Down Government in December Over Border Wall    

Five feet of snow Greece, Blizzard in Croatia, Slovenia with record snowfall, EF2 water spouts and 200K lighting strikes along new jet streams forming in our atmosphere. This is why the ancient cultures followed cycles in the stars, Sabians of Haran, Sumerians, Daoists and ancient cultures of the Adriatic.    

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44bI99g4Tg0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRXjD… Who is acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker?    

Jim Hoft for the Gateway Pundit reports, during his interview with Chris Wallace on FOX News President Trump accused Pakistan of not “doing a damn thing” to assist the US in the War on Terror despite the US sending billions in aid to the country. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXs6PZem9Sg Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018…  

Cristina Laila for the Gateway Pundit reports, A Honduran migrant complained about the free beans and tortillas provided to the members of the caravan camping out in Tijuana, Mexico. According to reports, approximately 6,000 mostly military-aged Honduran males are camped out in Tijuana, Mexico, a city that borders San Diego. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILUhn91zl1Q Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018…  

by GoldCore Is Brexit a Massive Threat to Globalisation? As Theresa May heads back to Brussels today in a last ditch effort to renegotiate her Brexit deal in order to get it passed through the British Parliament, we take a look not just at the current state of DIS-unity but also ask the question – … Read more

by Michael Snyder George Soros avoided a loss of more than 17 million dollars by dumping shares of Facebook, Netflix and Goldman Sachs just before the big crash started happening.  In other words, he made out like a bandit by selling at the peak of the market.  Is he smarter than all the rest of … Read more

by Michael Snyder Things just continue to get even worse for the U.S. housing industry.  New homes sales have been absolutely plummeting, homebuilder stocks have lost over a third of their value, and existing home sales just posted their biggest decline since 2014.  For years, we had been witnessing a real estate boom in the … Read more

by WARREN MOSLER Not good: Highlights Yesterday’s housing market index may have unexpectedly plummeted but today’s housing starts and permits report, though soft, at least is in the ballpark of expectations. Starts in October rose 1.5 percent to a 1.228 million annualized rate that compares with Econoday’s consensus for 1.240 million. Permits edged past expectations, at … Read more

UMich confidence drops as the rate hikes take effect. The people are starting to feel the rate hikes, businesses are starting to feel it, the Fed will be blamed. Credit card delinquencies shoot up. Realtors urge the Fed to slow the rate of interest rate increases. Mortgage financing down to an 18 month low. Trump … Read more

Jimmy Dore points out the hypocrisy of Dems meeting in secret to take money from big corporate donors, and using them for “progressive values”.   h/t mikeleoncraft    

A controversial law to tackle ‘fake news’ has been passed by French parliament – nearly a year after President Macron vowed to clamp down on what he called – ‘destabilisation’ efforts. https://youtu.be/T1hqysu-qpQ     h/t salvia_d

via BI: In the era of peak quantitative easing (QE), there weren’t many options out there for investors seeking a little bit of yield. Government bond yields were ultra-low, corporate debt yields, especially for investment grade, weren’t much higher, while commodities and cryptocurrencies and, in most instances, cash, didn’t even offer yields. That meant the … Read more

via David Yong (Bloomberg) — Signs of credit stress globally are increasing. In Asia, prices for the region’s riskiest debt slid to the lowest level in almost seven years, and the cost to protect against default climbed amid a sell-off in global markets. The average price for junk-rated corporate notes fell to 90 cents on the … Read more

by sundance [OK, take note – this official Butte County statement now leads me to add a ‘Paradise Fire’ tab to the category listings on the right margin of the page.  This evolving story deserves continued and ongoing review.] Today, Butte County health officials are establishing a the legal predicate to stop residents of Paradise, CA … Read more

by jessefelder “To achieve superior investment results, you have to hold non-consensus views regarding value, and they have to be right. That’s not easy… The good news is that the prevalence of first level thinkers increases the returns available to second level thinkers. To consistently achieve superior investment returns, you must be one of them.” -Howard … Read more

BY SRSROCCO Global debt increased at the fastest rate at the beginning of 2018.  In just one quarter, total global debt jumped by more than $8 trillion.  That is quite surprising as total world debt rose by $22 trillion for the full year in 2017.  Thus, the increase in global debt last year averaged $5.5 … Read more