We provide unfiltered news and market signals for people who have no time to search.
Friday morning’s CNN Newsroom ended on quite the interesting note as co-host and former Obama official Jim Sciutto brought on U.S. Border Patrol Chief Carla Provost to discuss the tsunami of illegal immigrants crossing into the country and, needless to say, Provost brought the heat and some takes that CNN viewers probably haven’t heard as … Read more
The chopper company ceo says they charge only $2000 for people on medicaid while they charge more than $6000 for people on medicare. Why is there a difference in the bill ? AC
via pjmedia: For the third time in her life, Hillary Clinton toured the nation, hoping to be loved. Hoping to break the cycle that the more people see of her, the less they like her. The third time wasn’t the charm. This weekend, the Clintons took the Hill and Bill Tour to The Forum in Inglewood, … Read more
by Fabius Maximus Summary: Amidst the gloom that blankets America, evidence grows that another discontinuity in history approaches – a singularity. If so, it will evaporate many of today’s problems and create new ones. Let’s prepare for what is coming. “Everything that can be invented has been invented.” — Attributed to Charles H. Duell, Director of US … Read more
via hotair: Google provides a significant percentage of the incoming traffic which many news sites get, but the algorithms that determine which sites get that traffic are proprietary and not widely understood. Academics at Northwestern University decided to attempt to quantify how those algorithms work by looking closely at search results for news related queries for … Read more
However, if it was worthwhile for Washington and his contemporaries to suffer a 15-20% loss in living standards to avoid the mild and benign rule of George III, how much more worthwhile must it be for the British people today to put up with a much smaller loss in living standards to get rid of … Read more
Washington is flirting with a debt crisis. No one has a plan to stop it Washington (CNN)The US government is hurtling toward a potential financial crisis, and no one in Washington seems to know how to stop it. As lawmakers trade fire over contempt votes and impeachment, there’s been no progress toward reaching a budget agreement … Read more
by northmantrader And then The Never Ending Market Rally ended. With a tweet no less and $VIX exploded 82% higher just days after $VIX futures net short positioning reached an all time high. Knuckleheads. Look, technicals matter greatly, but so do sentiment, the political, macro, and central banks, and the structural. It’s a complex web that can be … Read more
Mark Taylor, author of the popular book called “The Trump Prophecies,” predicted there would be “military tribunals” the day after Trump was elected to the Presidency. Taylor says, “I don’t know the timing of this, but I sense we are on the cusp of a lot of big stuff happening because of the FISA report … Read more
The ground may be shifting under the British political landscape as Nigel Farage’s Brexit Party, already polling in first place for the upcoming European Parliament elections, has now pulled ahead of the governing Conservative Party in polls for general elections to the House of Commons. The latest major poll of Westminster voting intentions, conducted on … Read more
by Jim Quinn You will find more infographics at Statista Since the September 11 terror attacks in the United States, the U.S. has racked up costs of almost $6 trillion in its War on Terror. This is according to a new Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs analysis. Unlike official estimates from the Pentagon, the study takes into … Read more
by Jordan Peterson They don’t care that there are well-documented reasons for unequal outcomes in occupational choice and pay in addition to whatever role genuine prejudice plays In this occasional series, Jordan Peterson writes from his international speaking tour for his book, 12 Rules for Life. The mantra of Diversity, Inclusivity and Equity (DIE) perhaps constitutes the … Read more
via forbes: “This would leave Federal spending limited to: the military, debt service, retirement benefits for Federal employees, and “everything else.” This too could eventually be cut in half over time. At present, these categories constitute 38% of Federal spending, or 7.9% of GDP. This reduced spending commitment could be funded with a much simpler … Read more
via city-journal.org: The mayor also makes his case by comparing Chicago’s crime numbers over the last two years with those of . . . Baltimore. Not New York. Not Los Angeles. But Baltimore—one of America’s most dangerous, crime-ridden cities. It’s no accident that Emanuel chose this comparison, instead of putting Chicago up against New York and … Read more
Police raided the home and office of a freelance journalist Friday morning as part of an ongoing investigation into a leaked confidential police report containing salacious details about the death of late Public Defender Jeff Adachi. Freelance journalist Bryan Carmody told the San Francisco Examiner that his home and office were raided by police and … Read more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHYiorzBb_o Nick Givas from The Daily Caller reports, New York City Democratic Councilman Robert Holden said Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents should be allowed to make arrests in and around state courthouses, without a signed warrant. Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: https://dailycaller.com/2019/05/08/ne…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5nBiiAtvrA Mike Brest from The Daily Caller reports, Democratic Minnesota Sen. and presidential candidate Amy Klobuchar seemingly dismissed the ordeal of Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearings by appealing to the fact that he got the job, during a Wednesday town hall on Fox News. Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: https://dailycaller.com/2019/05/08/am…
Do you think that the valuations of these companies are justified? Once upon a time a billion dollars seemed like fiction. Today, it seems as though more and more individuals and corporations are watching that extra digit added to their net worth. There are now hundreds of companies that have found themselves worth billions of … Read more
by Amy S. This is the closest that the U.S. has been to a war with Iran in decades, and yet most Americans are either clueless or they don’t seem to believe that it could actually happen. And I certainly don’t think that President Trump wants a war, but he is surrounded by war hawks that … Read more