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Texas Republicans sound alarm about rapidly evolving state AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Republicans are sounding the alarm as Democratic presidential candidates get ready for their debate next week in Houston, warning that the Lone Star State could become more purple if the party doesn’t treat it as a 2020 battleground. Most in the GOP are … Read more
The Democrat presidential field has proposed a long list of tax increases. “It’s official. The Democrats want to tax everything,” said Grover Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reform. “De Blasio had to find a way to stand out after the rest of the Democrat field had already laid claim to raising taxes on income, … Read more
by Jesse “The Economy is great. The only thing adding to ‘uncertainty’ is the Fake News!” Donald J. Trump Now we toddle on into September. The Jobs Report came in unexpectedly weak this morning, and even weaker if one backs out the government census workers, showing a private payrolls growth of only 96,000. The markets … Read more
Don’t laugh until you read this Hudson Institute briefing memo by William Schneider. The “Internet of things” made possible by 5G could be the crucial technology leap that China makes before the U.S., with horrendous consequences. “The United States is late to the game, and the time to catch up is short.” h/t MT
By Harry Dent The markets rallied a little on Thursday, up 400 points on the Dow. But Friday’s jobs report was low, and we’re not seeing any indications that we’ll be getting off this collision course with a recession any time soon. Even with the 400 points, it’ll still take a climb up to 28,000 for me … Read more
US hiring slow but steady amid trade war and global weakness WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers added a modest 130,000 jobs in August, a sign that hiring has slowed but remains durable in the face of global economic weakness and President Donald Trump’s trade war with China. The unemployment rate remained 3.7% for a third … Read more
By Tsvetana Paraskova Contrary to its official mission to stabilize the oil market, OPEC’s strategy is doing the contrary—the oil production cuts are destabilizing the oil market, Emirates NBD’s Commodity Analyst Edward Bell says. The production cuts have thrown in a new variable of uncertainty in the market—how long these cuts would last, and how long the … Read more
Democratic Candidate SHOCKED To Find The Left Lies And Is Mean After Wave Of Hit Pieces And Smears. For all her faults and criticisms Marianne Williamson didn’t deserve the mass ridicule, lies, and smears she received from the media and the left. Unfortunately Marianne had to learn the hard way. Many people don’t pay attention … Read more
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OKLAHOMA CITY – A man accused of secretly recording video of a “staggering” number of victims in their homes and in public places pleaded guilty to the crimes and was given a life sentence Wednesday. Ryan Alden said afterward that he thinks he probably deserved the sentence for what he did. He was working for … Read more
By Nick Cunningham The world’s largest oilfield services companies warned of write-downs and consolidation due to a slowdown in the U.S. shale industry. Spending cuts by shale drillers could force a consolidation, Halliburton’s CEO Jeff Miller said at the Barclays CEO Energy-Power Conference on Wednesday. Miller conceded that Halliburton’s third quarter earnings will come in … Read more
http://bit.ly/2jXjjOq On last night’s episode of The Ezra Levant Show, the President and CEO of the Canadian Institute of Steel Construction Ed Whalen joined me for an in-depth explanation of the Liberal government’s handout of $42 billion worth of construction projects to China instead of Canada.
by Philip Giraldi via Strategic Culture Foundation There have been several interesting developments in the United States government’s war on free speech and privacy. First of all, the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Customs and Border Protection Agency (CBP), which is responsible for actual entry of travelers into the country, has now declared that it can legally access … Read more
by Graham Summers of Gains, Pains, & Capital 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 have … Read more
The Wall Street Journal’s editorial board (WSJ) recently suggested that the Obama administration pulled off “the biggest accounting fraud in history” with student loans when eliminating the role of private lenders in the federal student lending market. Experts who spoke with Yahoo Finance acknowledged the issue with the general policy in hindsight, though they disagreed on who … Read more
by Shaun Richards Today it is the turn of Europe to be in focus and let me briefly break my rule of looking at the real economy first because there is something going on which if it continues could easily hit it. As I seem to be not far off alone in noting this here … Read more
When financial experts talk about the U.S. national debt, do your eyes glaze over? You may want to drink some coffee and pay attention, since the consequences of the national debt are unavoidable for investors. (You can ignore politics, but the government’s economic policies won’t ignore you.) A new “debt solution” is being seriously considered … Read more
Via Bruce Wilds’ Advancing Time blog, Farmageddon is real and very painful for a small segment of America. According to the Book of Revelation in the New Testament of the Bible, Armageddon is the prophesied location of a gathering of armies for a battle during the end times. Today many farmers living in America’s farm belt … Read more
Authored by Paul Joseph Watson via Summit News, The head of United Nations Global Communications says that it is a “right” for migrants to illegally enter the United States. Writing on Facebook, Melissa Flemming asserted that, “the right to seek asylum is enshrined in Article 14 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights & was … Read more
