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by Daisy Luther If you ever use the encrypted messaging options on programs like iMessage, WhatsApp, Signal, Wickr, Telegram, or any other service, your time to discuss things privately over the phone may be running out. The US government doesn’t like for anything to get in the way of their ability to spy on investigate even the … Read more
TOKYO — Corporate bond maturities are rising in Japan as insurers and pension fund managers look to align their portfolios to some of the word’s longest life spans. A life insurer was among the main buyers of Japan’s first 50-year corporate bond issued by Mitsubishi Estate in April. Policyholders in their 30s and 40s who take out insurance to … Read more
The U.S. will restart trade negotiations with China after President Trump met with Xi Jinping during the Group of 20 summit in Japan. Trump said he agreed the U.S. would pull back on restrictions on Huawei and delay slapping new tariffs on Chinese goods with negotiations ramping back up, while China is expected to buy … Read more
Why cut rates if everything is fantastic? There’s a huge divide in between reality and fiction. Oddly, people don’t act like it. They live in a perpetual state of fear, fear of missing out, fear of not keeping up with the Jones’, fear of not being like one of the Kylie Kardashian crew. They don’t … Read more
By: Jim Willie CB, GoldenJackass.com A major breakdown is in progress for the USDollar index. It has broken its intermediate uptrend which began in April 2018. Eighteen months of official rate hikes and tremendous hidden activity with derivative bond purchases, which obscure the absent USTreasury Bond buyers, have finally weighed on the King Dollar. The … Read more
by serkok Dozens of demonstrators broke through the glass of the Legislative Council (LegCo) building, while a large crowd observed the unrest from outside. Hundreds crowded the building’s lobby, spray-painting messages on the walls and waving to the crowd outside from upstairs windows. Earlier, police held signs warning they would use force if protesters charged the … Read more
BY JOHN RUBINO It is generally, if grudgingly, accepted that the “paper gold” markets – that is, the people trading futures contracts and options – are able to dictate the metal’s price and have used this power to suppress and delay gold’s inevitable trip to the moon. It’s also generally believed (at least by gold … Read more
by Ron Paul The mainstream media was too busy obsessing over Russiagate to notice that, according to an annual Social Security and Medicare Boards of Trustees report, the Social Security trust fund will run out of money by 2035. The trustees also reported that the Medicare Hospital Insurance trust fund will be empty by 2027. The … Read more
by John Ward It’s hardly surprising that Boris Johnson used his favourite sport as a way to tell hustings activists that he is the Sixes Slasher who should be at the crease. BoJo is the opportunist par excellence, but those who (like me) support him for the moment must use him in an equally opportunistic manner. Once inside Number … Read more
by DCG The good judge… You want to know how old the judge in this case is? He was appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson. Yes, Lyndon B. Johnson. The good judge is 97 years old. From NY Post: A Brooklyn federal judge Wednesday sentenced an admitted ISIS recruiter and failed government cooperator to only 48 months behind bars — despite prosecutors’ … Read more
Israeli scientists have demonstrated the ability for mammals to mate and produce only female babies. A similar system based on identical principles could produce only males. The research for the study was led by Prof. Udi Qimron, Dr. Ido Yosef and Dr. Motti Gerlic and conducted by Dr. Liat Edry-Botzer, Rea Globus, Inbar Shlomovitz and … Read more
Third of Americans cut spending… A third of Americans say they’ve cut spending in the last year, and that percentage is about the same no matter the demographic, according to the Invest in You Spending Survey released on Monday. Reasons for spending less ranged from a loss of household income and new debt to fear … Read more
by Martin Armstrong QUESTION: During the WEC I came to understand Real Estate will crash. Then when looking at Socrates, it shows real estate indices, however I do not recognise these trends. First I thought they were in $, I need to translate them to euro base to recognise the trend. But no, the real estate … Read more
Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton talks about how big of a role Hillary Clinton’s lawyer Heather Samuelson actually played in the entire Hillary Clinton email scandal.
Filmmaker, alien researcher and renowned radio host Steve Quayle says this is the year the truth is going to come out about aliens visiting earth. Quayle says, “The information is being released now by the same government that used to cover up every single UFO sighting, even when they started with ‘Project Blue Book.’ It … Read more
by Lance Roberts In Part 1, we discussed the problems with the “savings” side of the equation as it relates to building wealth. Part 2, covered the issues of counting on average, or compound, returns as it relates to future outcomes. This final chapter is going to cover some concepts which will destroy the best laid financial plans if they are … Read more
by DCG New Chiraq Mayor Lori Lightfoot Expect the numbers to go up since I scheduled this early Sunday afternoon. Given the level of violence this city has seen since Mayor Lori Lightfoot assumed office (see here, here and here), Monday’s “Accountability Meeting” should be a blast. From MyFoxChicago: Citywide gun violence since 5 p.m. Friday left at least four people … Read more
Signs are pointing to a coming U.S. recession, according to an economic indicator that has preceded every recession over the past five decades. It is known among economists and Wall Street traders as a “yield curve inversion,” and it refers to when long-term interest rates are paying out less than short-term rates. That curve has … Read more
