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As time goes on, we see more risk taking. More of a departure from reality. A time in which nothing makes sense but who cares, let’s party. We’re almost approaching 2020 and this is beginning to resonate from 100 years ago. The Roaring Twenties. A time in which the Fed opened the taps, the people … Read more

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There’s been a lot of talk about The Green New Deal. Beyond the headlines, what is it really? Given our energy needs, is it practical? Can we have an abundance of energy and a clean planet? Alex Epstein, the author of The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels, considers these questions and has thought-provoking answers.

by Martin Armstrong   Our computer correlates everything from economics to nature. We have been warning that the next 8.6-year wave in the Economic Confidence Model appears to be one of inflation. This should be a cost-push version, meaning not DEMAND but shortages. One of the serious correlations we see is that the next solar cycle of 11 years … Read more

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Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk, After a long sales boom, dealers are struggling to sell cars. New models are on the way but the Lots are Full Car Dealers Say. “We are turning down cars and are being more picky on the cars we stock,” said Brian Benstock, general manager of Paragon Honda in New York City. “We … Read more

by Martin Armstrong Sources behind the curtain are talking about a real political war unfolding. While the Democrats are so desperate to impeach Trump on the prayer they can win the White House in 2020, behind the scenes the Justice Department is said to now be focusing on the original FBI investigation into potential collusion … Read more

by Fabius Maximus There has been much debate about when Boeing took the wrong turn that led to its present downward spiral. That moment remains lost in the fog of time. But here is one of the first moments that we saw that its management was tearing down what had made Boeing great. I reported it … Read more

by Fabius Maximus Introduction: Men are abandoning the rat race. They are dropping out of the labor force and avoiding marriage (see here and here). The great and wise explain this without bothering to ask men. They say that these young men are pawns of economic and social forces, and neurotic Peter Pans that refuse to grow up. But men are rationally … Read more

Submitted by Hardscrabble Farmer Like a parent teaches a child by example, a government without a moral keel to guide it’s population will render them every bit as corrupt. This also serves as a secondary reminder that a corporation that places it’s profitability above it’s humanity will maintain neither. Via Get Pocket The Banana Trick … Read more

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by Martin Armstrong The entire feud between Britain and Brussels has been over the border in Ireland between north and south. Brussels fears that there will be a free-flow of goods which will circumvent their taxes. The election of Borris Johnson has created a giant nightmare for Brussels. Trump and Johnson will enter a free … Read more

by DCG I see we aren’t the only country spending insane amounts of tax payer dollars on criminals. From the Telegraph: Taxpayers have had to foot a £57.5 million bill to pay off lawyers who successfully fought Home Office attempts to deport suspected terrorists, foreign criminals and illegal immigrants. They have had to pay or settle the … Read more

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mus37x7LAwI Fantastic clip. They need to have that playing at every WH press briefing as a reminder who is washed up and who is standing strong.   AC

Submitted by Eric Peters, CIO of One River Asset Management “The power to predict the future is about to emerge,” declared Masayoshi Son. “The amount of data will grow by a million times over the next 30 years,” continued the SoftBank Chairman, pitching his $108bln Vision Fund II which will target companies that facilitate an … Read more