By John W. Whitehead “When the rivers and air are polluted, when families and nations are at war, when homeless wanderers fill the highways, these are the traditional signs of a dark age.”— Pema Chodron, When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice …
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter The ECB’s Negative Interest Rate Policy has been the funniest monetary joke ever. The distortions in the European bond markets are actually quite hilarious, when you think about them, and it’s hard to keep a straight …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KR5fIJl9wPg President Trump – Somebody Said You Shouldn’t Say That It Will Be Controversial NASCARS NOT GONNA MIND RIGHT FELLAS! President Trump Dishes ON Nascar And How They Stand For The National Anthem this was filmed today at the white …
by Charles Hugh-Smith If we want to extend the opportunities for positive social roles to everyone, we have to change the way money is created and distributed in our economy. One of the most unrecognized dynamics of our era is …
by John Rubino Here’s a new indicator for you: It seems that the difference between the price of oil here and abroad is a measure of tightness in the market, with a rising spread indicating higher prices in the future, …
By Bob Shanahan Image Source More than 40 percent of American households cannot afford rent, transportation, childcare, or a cellphone, according to a new study from the United Way Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed Project, obtained by Axios. U.S. households …
by Ruby Henley https://www.superoffice.com/blog/gdpr/ Companies tell you that they collect this type of information so that they can serve you better, offer you more targeted and relevant communications, all to provide you with a better customer experience. But, is that …
by Daisy Luther, The Organic Prepper You know all those reports about how lots of Americans can’t afford a $1000 surprise expense like a medical bill or a car repair? Well, forget additional expenses. It turns out that nearly half of the …
by John Coumarianos The most recent quarterly letter from Grantham, Mayo, van Otterloo (GMO) contains an interesting argument about bonds. Over the past five years, bonds have provided great performance, but also more diversification from stocks than they have since the Great …
by stockboardasset According to a new report from Bloomberg, the Pentagon is spending approximately $1 billion over the next several years for a variety of robots designed to complement combat troops on the modern battlefield. In addition to scouting and explosives disposal, …
by DCG Last week the Seattle City Council approved a new head tax on big businesses. The tax is an amount businesses pay per employee ($275 per year), with a sunset clause of 2023 (don’t hold your breath that this tax will …
by DCG From MyFoxChicago: CHICAGO (Sun-Times Media Wire) – Four people were killed, and another seven were wounded, in gun violence Friday across Chicago, including a 65-year-old man who was found shot to death in the South Shore neighborhood. About 11:30 p.m., officers found …
by DCG I’m sure Juanita Broaddrick would like to have a conversation with ol’ Bill. From NY Post: Bill Clinton will spend his summer rolling in dough. Next month the former president is scheduled to crisscross the US and Canada in a promotional tour for …
Via The Economist Youngsters report problems with anxiety, depression, sleep and “FoMO” Emigrate While You Still Can! MAY 20th will mark the end of “mental-health awareness week”, a campaign run by the Mental Health Foundation, a British charity. Roughly a …
by John Ward The connection between oil, money, power, lies and votes becomes more predictable with every year. In Britain, it has been strengthened by the passive acceptance of globalism….and the dilution of ethics that goes with it. At a macro …
by muhdshuaib Warren Buffett does not give much credence to financial market predictions from economists. “I don’t pay any attention to what economists say, frankly,” he said. Warren Buffett believes economists do not add value for investors. In a 2016 …
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via Daniel Kruger U.S. government bonds are paying more than debt from other developed countries for the first time in almost two decades, a new sign of investors’ struggle to reconcile expectations for faster U.S. growth with concerns about the impact …
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Josh Sigurdson talks with author and economic analyst John Sneisen about the most recent news in Canadian debt. Recently, Canadian budget watchdogs announced that the Liberal Party is unable to account for $2.5 billion. $8 billion was supposed to be …
Dow Tops 25k As “Trade War Delay” Sends Industrials Into Green For 2018 Even after the overnight spike, investors panic-bid stocks at the cash open, sending The Dow back into the green for 2018…
by howmuch In 1961, President Dwight Eisenhower famously warned Americans about what he called the “military-industrial complex,” a term he used to describe the toxic union between special interests and people in power. Companies can make a lot of money selling weapons …
Posted on May 20, 2018 by Rick Wells Soros will provide guidance and services to Facebook during the upcoming elections to stifle conservative voices and promote open borders, globalist, anti-American… soros zuckerberg facebook elections censorship Later the same day that …
by Raúl Ilargi Meijer Vittorio Matteo Corcos Conversation in the Jardin du Luxembourg 1892 Obviously, there are tensions between Europe and the US. Just as obviously, these tensions are blamed on, who else, Donald Trump. European Council President Donald Tusk recently said: …
In 2015, the total number of organ transplant surgeries in the United States hit an all time high with more than 30,000 operations. Meanwhile in China, the forced organ harvesting of tens of thousands of peaceful Falun Gong practitioners continues …
by doublecastle https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/02/your-money/stock-market-after-hours-trading.html Check out the graph about halfway down in that article. It’s revelatory. If you had bought the SPY at the last second of trading on each business day since 1993 and sold at the market open the …
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by John Rubino of Dollar Collapse There’s A Number That Ends This Cycle — But What Is It? After an epic (generation-spanning at the long end) decline in interest rates, the trend has finally reversed. Which means, if history is still a reliable …
A fascinating documentary exploring how the WannaCry exploit effected the EU, why Windows remains the dominant OS in European Governments, and the shady (slightly illegal) politics surrounding its use. What this documentary depicts is a high level of corruption within …
