With either a Trump win or loss, civil war is likely on the horizon.

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via americanthinker: The machinations of an illiberal left, on display in its ever-increasing violence accompanied by the ululations of a propagandist media in contravention of an imaginary “white supremacist” right, have riven the nation into diametrically opposed camps. The right will never accept socialism, while the left will accept nothing less. Trump Wins Those on the … Read more

JOEL KOTKIN: American Renewal: The Real Conflict Is Not Racial Or Sexual, It’s Between The Ascendant Rich Elites And The Rest Of Us.

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via dailycaller: Despite the media’s obsession on gender, race and sexual orientation, the real and determining divide in America and other advanced countries lies in the growing conflict between the ascendant upper class and the vast, and increasingly embattled, middle and working classes. We’ve seen this fight before. The current conflict fundamentally reprises the end of … Read more

The Most Memorable Quote From Each Of The 10 Candidates During Thursday’s Democratic Presidential Debate…

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by Michael Snyder Okay, so let’s talk about Thursday’s debate.  Apparently, every month the Democrats are going to subject us to at least one of these debates, and I suppose that this time around we should be thankful that they did not stretch things out over two nights.  All of the big news networks are … Read more

“Core” Inflation Rises Most Since Sep 2008, Powered by Services and Now Even the Peculiar Case of Durable Goods

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Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter What would the Fed do if economic factors were all it looked at? Inflation as measured by the “core” Consumer Price Index, which removes the volatile food and energy segments, jumped in August at the highest rate in 11 years, by 2.39%, a smidgen above the prior peaks of July 2018 … Read more

Palace Revolt at the ECB, Legitimacy of Policy out the Window

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Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Draghi’s desperate shenanigans thicken. ECB President Mario Draghi, who is on his way out, will, as we’re learning more and more, do anything to push his agenda and make it stick at the ECB long after he leaves, but whatever his agenda may be, it’s clearly unrelated to the European economy which has … Read more

Bidding Wars For US Homes Collapse To Eight-Year Low

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via Zerohedge: Bidding wars for homes in Seattle, San Jose, and San Francisco have crashed in the past year, reflecting an alarming national trend, according to a new report from Redfin. The report found that the national bidding-war rate in August was 10.4%, down from 42% a year earlier. The rate printed at the lowest level since … Read more

Socialism Is Destroying America

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Authored by Jacob Hornberger via The Future of Freedom Foundation, Leave it to the progressives (i.e., liberals or leftists) to point out, indirectly, that conservatives and Republicans are as devoted to socialism as leftists are. The point is well made in an article by Tim Butterworth, a former Democratic Party legislator in New Hampshire. The title … Read more

Israel accused of planting mysterious spy devices near the White House

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via politico: The U.S. government concluded within the past two years that Israel was most likely behind the placement of cellphone surveillance devices that were found near the White House and other sensitive locations around Washington, according to three former senior U.S. officials with knowledge of the matter. But unlike most other occasions when flagrant incidents … Read more

The price of gold just hit a record high

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by Simon Black A few hours ago, the European Central Bank announced a bonanza stimulus package: interest rate cuts, money printing, quantitative easing, the whole nine yards. Europe’s economic growth has ground to a halt. The German economy actually shrank last quarter, according to official statistics. So the European Central Bank is throwing everything including the … Read more

McCabe to be prosecuted for misleading statements in Clinton email scandal

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Watch the latest video at foxnews.com U.S. Attorney Jessie Liu has recommended moving forward with charges against Andrew McCabe, Fox News has learned, as the Justice Department rejects a last-ditch appeal from the former top FBI official and current CNN contributor. McCabe — the former deputy and acting director of the FBI — appealed the decision of … Read more

Veteran Investor: Buy Gold Now, Thank Central Banks Later

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From Birch Gold Group This well-known financial commentator — known as the “Pied Piper of emerging markets” — usually talks about hot new investment opportunities around the globe. But now, he can’t stop talking about gold. Recently on CNBC’s Street Signs, veteran investor Mark Mobius, founding partner of Mobius Capital Partners, boldly proclaimed “gold is the way … Read more

Wall Street: Where the Elite Meet to Cheat

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by Jesse “Trump makes worse an already problematic situation with pensions.  So whimsical. POTUS makes an historic monetary policy decision by endorsing negative interest rates, probably unaware of the epic controversy that he opened by doing so. Savers and pensioners thrown under the bus! This is why I think a comprehensive and in a sense … Read more

Why Is Modern Art so Bad?

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Will Witt heads to the Arts District in downtown Los Angeles to ask people their opinions on his “artwork” and whether they think there should be standards for judging modern art. Check it out!