Insulin Appears To Be Unaffordable

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by Chris   Tons of stories out there like these: Americans are dying because they can’t afford insulin Living with Type 1 Diabetes When You Can’t Afford Insulin Insulin is too expensive for many of my patients. It doesn’t have to be … https://www.washingtonpost.com/…/insulin…/c5091c42-56cf-11e7-a204-ad706461fa4f… Jun 22, 2017 – Some doctors are uncomfortable discussing costs with patients; … Read more

Diabetes Risk Factors

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by LesPhelps I find the World Health Organizatios pipublications less biased than the CDC, American Cancer Society, American Heart Association or AMA publications.  Perhaps they get less funding from US agriculture, food manufacturing and drug industries. Here’s a portion of their US diabetes chart, including the percent of people overweight and obese:  

Candace Owens: Biggest Scandal is Democrats Keeping Minorities ‘Perpetual Victims’

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We used to be a country where boys put away childish things and became men. Now a large segment never grows up, depends no daddy government handing out “free” shit, and “men” is a hate word. This is 6 minutes everyone here should watch: Congressional Democrats release “heavily edited” video of Candace Owens   h/t SuperCharged2000

Infrastructure or Pensions – States are Only Choosing One

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From Birch Gold Group There are currently two crises in the U.S. in need of attention: infrastructures and public pensions. Unfortunately, this twin crisis appears to have developed into an “either-or” crisis. According to a recent article at Barron’s, States will have to choose one or the other (emphasis ours): There is an infrastructure crisis in America. The U.S. earned … Read more

John Bolton Took Money From Banks Tied To Cartels, Terrorists, Iran

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by Disobedient Media On June 12, 2018 The Washington Post ran an overlooked story where they disclosed that National Security Advisor John Bolton had accepted money from the Victor Pinchuk Foundation, Deutsche Bank and HSBC to return for his participation in speeches and panel discussions. These three entities have been linked to various kinds of corruption including sanctions … Read more

Millennials for Socialism

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by Walter E. Williams If one needed evidence of the gross ignorance of millennials, and their teachers and college professors, it’s their solid support for socialism and socialist presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders. Socialism has produced tragedy wherever it has been implemented. Last year marked the 40th anniversary of nearly 1,000 Americans perishing in a mass … Read more

American savers lost an estimated $500 billion due to low interest rates since the financial crisis

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via CNBC: One long-lasting impact from the crisis — caused in part by irresponsible bank behavior — is suppressed interest rates, Wells Fargo analyst Mike Mayo wrote. “It’s absolutely a wealth transfer from prudent savers to the borrowers and risk takers,” Mayo said. American savers have lost $500 billion to $600 billion in interest payments … Read more

Martin Armstrong: What’s really driving stocks higher?

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Goldseek Radio, Released on 4/9/19 http://radio.goldseek.com/nuggets/armstrong.04.09.19.mp3 Click Here to Listen to the Interview The dialogue includes an overview of the Presidential Cycle and US stock market performance. Stock indexes could climb to record highs if history acts as a guide amid fresh foreign capital inflows. Global investors seek out the key shares with big media … Read more

OPEC is creating bigger opportunities for North American shale producers.

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OPEC REPORT: Venezuela reports collapse in oil supply, tightening global market. “In a monthly report, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries said Venezuela told the group that it pumped 960,000 barrels per day (bpd) in March, a drop of almost 500,000 bpd from February.” This Reuters story describes Venezuela’s production collapse as an “involuntary curb,” which … Read more

How Big or Tiny of an Apartment Can the Median Household Income Afford to Rent in the 100 Largest US Cities?

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Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter In some cities, you get what is considered a walk-in closet of a McMansion. It’s not totally fair to compare rents in Tulsa with rents in San Francisco because household incomes are different as well. One way to look at this is to figure out how big of an apartment a … Read more

Americans Are Tapped Out as Debt MAXED OUT as Delinquencies and Layoffs Rise!

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Panic sets in when delinquencies rise too high. Just like in 2007 with subprime, it doesn’t take an extremely high percentage either. Just enough to break the derivatives. Look at how many people simply look at the percentage (which is still reasonably high) and suggest it’s not a problem. They don’t understand what derivatives are. … Read more

Oil Rallies Despite Large Crude Build

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By Irina Slav Crude oil prices brushed off the Energy Information Administration inventory report today, which saw a 7-million-barrel build in crude oil inventories for the week to April 5. The authority also reported a reduction in gasoline inventories a day after the American Petroleum Institute estimated those had declined by 7.1 million barrels. The EIA confirmed a … Read more

The Fed’s Body Count

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by Michael Lebowitz “The problem with the war (Vietnam), as it often is, are the metrics. It is a situation where if you can’t count what’s important, you make what you can count important. So, in this particular case what you could count was dead enemy bodies.” – James Willbanks, Army Advisor, General of the … Read more