Michigan Has Become the First State to Ban the NSA’s Intrusive Data Collection Practices by Passing a Law That Prohibits Law Enforcement and State Agencies From Turning Over Personal Data to the Federal Government Without Due Process

via thefreethoughtproject: Michigan has become the first state to ban the National Security Agency’s intrusive data collection practices by passing a law that prohibits law enforcement and state agencies from turning over personal data to the federal government without due process. …

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EURO ON THE VERGE OF COLLAPSE?

via Dividend Investors Summary The euro has had major trouble gaining friends over the last few weeks. The major reversal in analyst expectations for the single currency does not bode well for euro-denominated assets. We are short the PowerShares CurrencyShares Euro …

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JC Penney to go bankrupt soon?

JCPenney is in serious trouble. There’s no sugarcoating it. The department store chain, famous for its Christmas catalogs, is losing money — and customers. It has a lot of debt. And not much cash. A dismal earnings report on Thursday …

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Obama, btw, can still be impeached.

by TFittonJW This was my reaction to President Trump’s tweet calling for an investigation into Obama gang spying on his campaign. https://twitter.com/TomFitton/status/998282141761966081?s=19 Obama, btw, can still be impeached. https://t.co/JsIU9bhnnJ — Tom Fitton (@TomFitton) May 20, 2018 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BxKz3S1la0&feature=youtu.be

The Return Of A Housing Bubble – (4 Graphs)

from C. P. Chandrasekhar and Jayati Ghosh Even while optimistic assessments of growth trends in the global economy proliferate, concerns that the unwinding of inflated asset price markets could abort the recovery are being expressed. Interestingly, there appears to be a substantial degree …

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Can Cryptocurrencies Survive?

by Martin Armstrong QUESTION: Do you think Bitcoin can survive? Or has it been a passing fad? MT ANSWER: Bitcoin rose because 70% of the miners were in China. It was NOT simply because energy was cheap. Bitcoin became the LEADING means of money laundering and …

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Why are millennials gravitating towards Republicans?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84k87t3PGPs https://dailykenn.blogspot.com/2018/05/millennials-shun-democrats-bad-news-for.html DAILYKENN.com — Breitbart says the far left can’t count on young adults backing the Democrats come November, 2018. The far left has always depended on young inexperienced voters to back their hair-brained agenda on election day. 2018’s election …

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Where Are We In This Mania Cycle?

by stockboardasset “Given rich valuations and deteriorating internals, downside risks are increasing. But finger-waving about the risks of Fed tightening or QT, after the jackweeds at the Fed encouraged THIS, imagines one can avoid the inevitable consequences of a bubble that …

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Red Alert: EM Crisis Spreading, Global QE Dream Ends, Everything Is In A Bubble, Deutsche Bank Is On The Verge Of Collapse…

"EM crisis spreading: #Argentina Peso has dropped another 5% this week, South Africa Rand, #Turkey Lira, #Brazil Real almost 4%, and even #Poland Zloty and #Hungary," h/t @Schuldensuehner pic.twitter.com/5tzuEek73s — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) May 20, 2018 Global QE Dream Ends, ECB …

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