H-1B Displaces U.S. Teachers, Drives Down Wages

by Joe Guzzardi The H-1B visa that allows U.S. employers to temporarily employ foreign workers in specialty occupations typically is associated with tech industry use. But the visa can have more far-reaching applications as recent Capitol Hill actions showed. With the H-1B visas of 25 Baltimore teachers expiring, five Democratic members from the Maryland congressional delegation began … Read more

VIOLENT, HATEFUL RHETORIC:

Actor Jeff Daniels to CBS’s Stephen Colbert: ‘We Need Someone That Can Punch Trump in the Face.’ Earlier: ● Ilhan Omar Retweet Suggests Rand Paul Deserved to Be Assaulted. ● Senator Jon Tester (D-MT) to 2020 Dems: Don’t Run Away from Trump — ‘Punch Him in the Face.’ ● Parents cheer as kids bash an ICE agent piñata … Read more

Things Are About To Get Bad w/ Mario Innecco

Today’s guest, Mario Innecco also known as Maneco64, sits down with Mike Manwell to share his thoughts on the global economy. Find out why Mario thinks it’s going to get really bad once central banks start quantitative easing again. During the interview Mario talked about the recent appointment of Prime Minister Boris Johnson in the UK, gold and a … Read more

The Fed’s Dangerous Game: A Fourth Round of Stimulus in a Single Growth Cycle

by Brendan Brown via Mises Wire The longer the signals in capital markets go haywire under the influence of “monetary stimulus,” the bigger is the cumulative economic cost. That is one big reason why this fourth Fed stimulus — in the present already-longest (but lowest-growth) of super-long business cycles — is so dangerous. True, there is nothing new … Read more

No Epstein Trial Until June 2020

Jeffrey Epstein appeared in court on Wednesday where Judge Richard Berman set next June as the start date for his federal trial on charges of sex trafficking  There were no red marks on Epstein’s neck, and he showed no visible signs of injury one week after he allegedly tried to take his own life  Epstein, 66, seemed … Read more

Williamson Warns Of ‘Dark Days’ For Dems; Trump ‘Psychic Force’ In America

Marianne Williamson Gets Rapturous Applause For Denouncing Trump’s ‘Dark Psychic Force’ of ‘Collectivized Hatred’ Marianne Williamson got rapturous applause from the crowd when she brought up race issues numerous times during the Democratic debate. Discussions on racial environmental injustice and reparations proved to be her time to shine. When asked her response on the Flint water … Read more

Genetic-testing scam targets seniors

Capitalizing on the growing popularity of genetic testing, scammers are persuading seniors to hand over their DNA, not knowing it may lead to identity theft and Medicare fraud. The 86-year-old woman in rural Utah doesn’t usually answer solicitations from strangers, she said, but the young couple who knocked on her front door seemed so nice. … Read more

iPhone can be hacked just by receiving a text

SIX iPhone security flaws have been found by Google researchers – and Apple still hasn’t fixed one of them. The holes in Apple’s iOS software allow a hacker to take control of your phone by simply sending you a bugged message. The find flies in the face of recent suggestions by Apple that it’s the … Read more

AMAZON Ring Alerts Tying Up Police With False Alarms; Videos Of People In Innocent Act

Police promote Ring partnerships as a way to keep communities safe. Now they’re inundated with video of people in innocent activities. In May, police in Hammond, Indiana, got a suspicious-person alert from a concerned resident. She could see a man, she told officers, through her Ring smart doorbell. The resident had already sent police another message, … Read more

R.I.P. Economic Cooperation 1944-2018

by Patrick Watson Last month, world leaders observed the 75th anniversary of D-Day, when Allied troops stormed the beaches of Normandy, France. It was a critical day in world history. However, other things happened that year. As that massive invasion took place, a smaller group quietly planned how to reshape the world economy. The Second World … Read more

EXPLOSION at EXXON

BREAKING: Explosion and fire reported at Exxon facility in Baytown just. No shelter in place reported right now. Visit https://t.co/WP7mq1Ug8E for latest updates. pic.twitter.com/ktnzh5wFbB — KHOU 11 News Houston (@KHOU) July 31, 2019 Soooo something just exploded in Exxon pic.twitter.com/PC4zvOSHjq — JBH (@B_MetalSucks) July 31, 2019

The Fed’s Massive Debt-For-Equity Swap

Authored by Michael Lebowitz via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, “All assets are priced where they are today because of central banks. That’s modern finance — it’s not about psychology or flows anymore, it’s about what the central banks are going to do next.” – Mark Spitznagel Cause and Effect Rene Descartes, a 17th-century mathematician, asked the fundamental question … Read more

Chicago PMI Crashes Near Post-Crisis Lows

via Zerohedge: Despite some rebounds in regional Fed surveys, Chicago PMI has fallen for five of the seven months so far in 2019, collapsing in July to 44.4 – the second weakest since the financial crisis. This is the worst drop since the financial crisis. This was dramatically below the 49.5 lowest analyst estimate. Only 2 components … Read more

August 5 2019 is the deadline, Trump set to let Monsanto and ChemChina regulate the American food supply with no oversite!

https://www.organicconsumers.org/blog/deadline-august-5-tell-usda-do-its-job-protect-consumers-not-biotech-industry?fbclid=IwAR2lntAifC8T50SAw-trV7Ff8X_eITvblRR35qMTbR_T6ieSX3-jmNp5yjE The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) wants to let companies like Monsanto-Bayer, DowDupont and Syngenta (now owned by ChemChina) “regulate” their own genetically engineered products—under a proposed rule the USDA euphemistically calls the “Sustainable, Ecological, Consistent, Uniform, Responsible, Efficient,” or “SECURE” for short. DEADLINE AUGUST 5: Tell the USDA to do its job: protect … Read more