No Green Shoots In The Red Ponzi—Financial Instability/Dollar Squeeze Intensifying

By David Stockman This kind of volatility especially at the shortest maturity suggests limited and temporary capacity for spare liquidity. It is the result of a titanic struggle to maintain control. The PBOC has had better success at term, but perceptions about the shortest maturity heavily color how participants act. If you think there’s a … Read more

Man who dropped out of Seattle City Council race last year exposes city & allies’ coordinated efforts to mislead the public on their homelessness crisis

by DCG Last November I told you how Christopher Rufo, a candidate for Seattle City Council, dropped out of the race due to the intolerance and bullying of Seattle progressives. Rufo, who describes himself socially progressive and fiscally conservative, dared to attend an event sponsored by a conservative group. That earned him the wrath of local progressives – … Read more

Why Goldman Sachs Believes Oil Won’t Go Higher

By Tsvetana Paraskova Despite the somewhat sudden end of the U.S. sanction waivers for all Iranian oil buyers, Goldman Sachs doesn’t see oil prices rallying much higher. “While we acknowledge the near-term upside price risks, we reiterate our fundamentally derived Brent price trading range of $70-75 per barrel for the second quarter of 2019,” Reuters quoted the … Read more

Chicago’s Pension Funds Looking More Like A Collapsing Ponzi Scheme

by Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner of WirePoints You can’t help but call it a Ponzi scheme. Not if you look at Chicago’s collapsing demographics and consider how they’re threatening the solvency of the city’s government-run pensions. Chicago households are on the hook for more than $145 billion in state and local retirement debts and there are fewer and fewer … Read more

Tom Fitton: Deep-State Officials Are Still Targeting Political Enemies… Media is Trying to Spin Mueller Report… You Won’t Believe What They Want To Impeach Trump For Now!

Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton joins Breitbart to discuss the mainstream media lies from the Mueller Report, the media’s reaction, their plan of action, and what Judicial Watch’s next steps are. Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton appeared on “The Larry O’Connor Show” (790KABC) to discuss the Mueller report and how President Trump was spied on.

Why Is There a Mass Exodus Happening In America? Where Are They Going and Why…

For More Information See and Links See: http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/ar… https://census.gov/content/dam/Census… https://www.businessinsider.com/faste… https://www.wsj.com/articles/new-york-citys-population-dips-for-first-time-in-over-a-decade-11555560060?mc_cid=0bb7748b2e&mc_eid=d1f5987f83 https://www.chicagobusiness.com/news/chicago-still-losing-population?mc_cid=0bb7748b2e&mc_eid=d1f5987f83 https://www.chicagobusiness.com/news/chicago-still-losing-population?mc_cid=0bb7748b2e&mc_eid=d1f5987f83    

Stock-Market Margin Debt, after Plunging in Q4, Has Not Bounced Back Despite S&P 500 Historic Surge

Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Leery investors? During the ugliest October in the stock market that anyone could remember, a nasty November, and a brutal pre-Christmas December, margin debt plunged by $94 billion, the deepest three-month plunge since Q4 2008, after Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy. That’s how it usually happens, whether out of fear or forced … Read more

Cut the Price and They Will Come: New House Prices Drop to December 2014 Level

Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter So Sales Finally Tick Up. Home builders, the ultimate pros in the housing market, have figured out something after the malaise in the second half last year: Cut prices and buyers will come. The median selling price of new houses dropped 9.7% in March from March last year to $302,700, the Commerce … Read more

Common Drugs Increase Risk of Dementia

Common Drugs Increase Risk of Dementia Disease can occur up to 20 years after exposure https://www.aarp.org/health/drugs-supple…-risk.html ( i believe it because all prescription drugs have side effects) A common class of drugs known as anticholinergics, used to treat a number of illnesses such as depression and Parkinson’s disease, may also increase a patient’s risk of dementia … Read more

John Williams of ShadowStats made a somber pronouncement

via lewrockwell: I’ve excerpted some quotes from economist John Williams’ most recent economic commentary No. 983-B (ShadowStats.com) which is of interest to every American.  It predicts financial authorities will make a formal admission that the economy is in a state of collapse and in recession on or around September 2019.  Williams made this prediction in 2004!  … Read more

Absolutely incredibly bullish?

probably not good pic.twitter.com/DQBRe2A4CM — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) April 23, 2019 What great shape the US economy is in. Condo sales plunged 5.3% in March and by 11.5% on a YoY basis to 540,000 units at an annual rate. This is the lowest sales tally since July 2012! Consider that this level is comparable to what … Read more