It Is Happening! Executive Order on Coordinating National Resilience to Electromagnetic Pulses

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Infrastructure & Technology Issued on: March 26, 2019 https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/executive-order-coordinating-national-resilience-electromagnetic-pulses/ Executive Orders Executive Order on Coordinating National Resilience to Electromagnetic Pulses Infrastructure & Technology Issued on: March 26, 2019 By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows: Section … Read more

DOUG BANDOW: 1984: China Edition.

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via nationalinterest: Many Americans, myself included, hoped that the PRC’s immersion in the international economic system would encourage further expansion of the freedom of Chinese to debate ideas and ultimately control their political future. Although the CCP showed no willingness to relax its control, intellectual space appeared to grow a bit and liberty expanded in some … Read more

World Trade in Face of Tariffmageddon, Trade Wars & Manufacturing Slowdown

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Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Consumers and companies keep plugging, the world has not come to an end. World trade volume – imports and exports of merchandise across the globe – increased 0.3% in May from April, after falling 0.6% in the prior month, according to the Merchandise World Trade Monitor, released today by CPB Netherlands Bureau … Read more

Warning: The stock market could be about to drop through this ‘trapdoor’

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via MarketWatch: Back in 2007, when Wall Street was careening toward the financial crisis, the S&P 500 split from the consumer discretionary-to-consumer staples ratio, in a sign that appetite for risk was drying up even as the broader market pushed higher. Now, as Jesse Felder points out this week on the Felder Report blog, we’re seeing … Read more

TRUMP BEWARE! He Just Triggered Deep State Desperation! Their Next Move Could Be Deadly…

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pEb_aqqwxc For More Information See: https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019… https://www.chicagotribune.com/column… https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2019/07/24/chris_wallace_mueller_hearing_has_been_a_disaster_for_democrats_reputation_of_robert_mueller.html https://thehill.com/homenews/administ… https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2…    

“Credit Card Splurge” Suggests Imminent Storm

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Authored by Sven Henrich via NorthmanTrader.com, You’d think that the drop in yields and a Fed about to cut rates would’ve brought about some relief to credit card bills. No Sir. And you might think that the highest interest rates on credit cards ever would deter consumers from loading up on additional credit card debt. Oh no. … Read more

Stocks No Bid – Gold No Offer

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by Egon von Greyerz It is not difficult to understand Cassandra’s enormous frustration. She was given the gift of accurately predicting important events and her curse was that no one would believe her. Some of us are certain that we can now see the biggest bubbles in economic history coming to an end with totally … Read more

“The Downturn Could Be Particularly Brutal” – ‘First’ Fed Cuts Are Not Bullish

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Authored by Kevin Ludolph via Crescat Capital, Crescat Capital Quarterly Investor Letter Q2 We believe there is an opportunity to capitalize on a material downturn in the business cycle based on the composite of timing and imbalance indicators in Crescat’s 16-factor macro model. US Equity Markets The downturn could be particularly brutal for US stocks … Read more

Palestinian President Ending Agreements With Israel

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#BREAKING Palestinian president says to end agreements with Israel pic.twitter.com/wa2Ob8QDan — AFP News Agency (@AFP) July 25, 2019 Abbas says Palestinian will no longer abide by agreements signed with Israel Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas says his government will stop abiding by agreements signed with Israel following the demolition earlier this week of 12 buildings … Read more

Saudis To Oil Buyers: Protect Your Oil Tankers In Strait Of Hormuz

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By Tsvetana Paraskova Khalid al-Falih, the energy minister of the world’s largest crude oil exporter and OPEC’s biggest producer, Saudi Arabia, urged on Thursday countries buying crude oil to secure the free navigation of tankers in the Strait of Hormuz. The Strait of Hormuz near Iran is the most important oil chokepoint in the world with daily oil flows … Read more

Liberal utopia of San Francisco: Car break-ins double at Golden Gate parking lot

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by DCG Feces, needles, drugs, rats and car break-ins! Aren’t you in a hurry to plan your next vacation to San Francisco? Even if this article claims that break-ins have declined, it must just be for this year. My blog post from last September told a difference story: “San Francisco had more than 30,000 car break-ins reported last … Read more