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via marketwatch: U.S. stocks continue to rally in the face of steadily falling earnings estimates, leading some market commentators to draw comparisons to 2016, when equity markets rose amid a corporate earnings recession. That year, the S&P 500 index SPX, +0.37% rose 9.5% after an early stumble as earnings-per-share for S&P 500 firms rose just 1.2%, according to FactSet. Stock-market … Read more

BBC: “Dutch shooting: Utrecht police arrest suspect after three killed – arrested because of his connections with [IS] but released later” A man has been arrested following a shooting on a tram in the Dutch city of Utrecht which left three people dead, police say. Five others were injured in the incident, and authorities say … Read more

Winds have picked up TC officials held a 10 a.m. press conference and said a total of seven tanks with chemicals were on fire in addition to an empty tank that burned as well. There are a total of 15 tanks in the are https://www.khou.com/article/news/local/chemical-tanks-near-houston-could-burn-for-two-more-days/285-30ca8f2d-f977-4b38-b2ca-a1f76f6140b5 Deer Park plant fire: Incredible photo shows aerial view of … Read more

by howmuch   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, approximately 108 million American households own at least one vehicle, with 7.5 million households owning four or more vehicles. But if you’re a vehicle owner who is considering moving to a new state, you might be in for a surprise when it comes to your auto insurance … Read more

This is a continuing trend. There’s always people coming in and out of different areas. But the trend is that they seem to be leaving certain areas and moving towards others specifically. This is a pattern you can’t deny. What do you think is going on? Americans are on the move. Statistically, we have seen … Read more

The great debate of whether you should buy or rent a home will always persist. Some advocate renting due to certain factors. Other swear that buying a home is the only logical option. In 2019, these are the cities where it’s cheaper to pay mortgage payments than rent. January 2019 Foreclosure Filings See an Uptick … Read more

via Dave Kranzler: Summary Fed officials always understate risks embedded in the system. Just like the stock market, fixed income prices rallied sharply after the Fed and the Trump Government acted to arrest the sell-off in the stock market in late December. The average household is getting squeezed from higher interest payments on the record amount … Read more

via @DavidBCollum : I’ve been arguing with bulls lately. Let me just leave this here. Notice where we are. Notice how low we did NOT get in 2009. Can this 300% run be supported by a 30% GDP run? Do ya feel lucky? I’ve added my favorite too. Have a nice day.      

Travis Fedschun from FOX News reports, A police officer in Arkansas is on the hood of a moving car that had been reported stolen when he fires 15 times into the vehicle’s windshield, killing the driver, stunning dashcam video shows. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZmVSRJtMNQ Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: https://www.foxnews.com/us/arkansas-p…      

Marco Margaritoff from ATI reports, James Stern has thus far managed to convince the group’s former leader to retire swastikas and other over Nazi iconography — and also to make him the group’s new president and director. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RWCjaRKL7I Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: https://allthatsinteresting.com/james…    

Molly Prince from The Daily Caller reports, Republican leaders in the House of Representatives gathered outside the Capitol Building on Wednesday to announce the party’s strategy to bring anti-infanticide legislation to the floor after House Democrats rejected a vote 17 times. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eq_mySIs_OA Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: https://dailycaller.com/2019/03/13/sc…      

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via @CantillonCH: China’s Banks Have a Hidden Wave of Bad Debt Factor in the amount of soured loans they stripped from their balance sheets last year, and the situation looks a lot more troubling. China’s banks may have a flood of bad loans waiting in the wings. Not that you’d know it from looking at official … Read more

The birth or adoption of a child is a happy experience for all families, but for millions of working moms and dads affording the time off to spend with their newborns is a much more complicated picture. Some members of Congress now think they may have a solution. One America’s John Hines has more from … Read more

via spectator: Tucker Carlson hosts his show Tucker Carlson Tonight There have been endless, gleeful reports about Tucker Carlson’s Fox News show losing nervous corporate advertisers. Far less attention has been paid to the fact that, for the last few days, his news show’s ratings have been creeping up. A week is a long time in … Read more

via caseyresearch: Justin’s note: The left has a new obsession… Modern Monetary Theory (MMT). MMT is an economic theory which essentially argues that the U.S. government wouldn’t need to collect taxes or borrow money to finance spending. It could simply print more money if necessary. Now, this concept isn’t new. It’s been around for decades. But its … Read more

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIKbTyE4qIU “America puts killers on the cover of TIME magazine, giving them as much notoriety as our favorite movie stars,” Marilyn Manson wrote in a Rolling Stone article after the Columbine High School shooting. “From Jesse James to Charles Manson, the media, since their inception, have turned criminals into folk heroes.” http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/n…