via thediplomat: At a meeting in July 2018, the Chinese Communist Party’s Politburo analyzed the current economic situation and proposed stabilizing employment, finance, foreign trade, and investment to tackle external changes and ensure stable economic operations effectively. Within that list, the Politburo ranked “stabilizing employment” as the first and most important task. In addition, the report … Read more
by Playaguy Sandmann lawyer: Letters sent to New York Times, Today Show, 50 others may precede suits The Washington Post The New York Times Cable News Network, Inc. (CNN) The Guardian National Public Radio TMZ Atlantic Media Inc. Capitol Hill Publishing Corp. Diocese of Covington Diocese of Lexington Archdiocese of Louisville Diocese of Baltimore Ana Cabrera … Read more
Ohio Republican Rep. Jim Jordan says Democrats aren’t fulfilling their promise to negotiate a border security deal now that the government has been reopened. AC
Martin for ilovemyfreedom.org reports, President Donald Trump spoke about Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s ailing health earlier this week, and revealed who he might nominate if she retires. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPCqujNefmw Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: https://ilovemyfreedom.org/after-trum…
Kara Pendleton for the Conservative Tribune reports, With all of the attention surrounding the southern border of the United States and building a wall, it is important to note that some people from across the world use other means to attempt illegal entry. While some simply overstay their visas, others try to enter illegally at … Read more
by FS Louis Gave at Gavekal Research says the greatest source of potential instability in the years ahead lies with the massive growth of the U.S. corporate debt market, particularly at the BBB-rated (near junk) level. Gave recently told FS Insider that it has far outpaced the economy and could be due for a reset during … Read more
https://abc7ny.com/angry-protesters-confront-correction-officers-at-brooklyn-detention-center/5117105/ LAWYERS: BROOKLYN INMATES STUCK IN DARK, FREEZING CELLS SUNSET PARK, Brooklyn – Hundreds of inmates at a federal jail in New York City have spent days in cold, dark cells amid frigid weather and without access to visitors or email, attorneys for the inmates said Friday. Lawyers from the Federal Defenders office said there’s … Read more
via phys.org: Snopes, the popular myth-busting website, said Friday it was ending its fact-checking partnership with Facebook as part of a “difficult, but necessary change.” A Snopes statement said it was “evaluating the ramifications and costs of providing third-party fact-checking services,” and wants the efforts to be “a net positive for our online community, publication, and staff.” The … Read more
by Charles Hugh-Smith The global economy is way past the point of maximum debt saturation, and so the next stop is debt exhaustion. Just as generals fight the last war, central banks always fight the last financial crisis. The Global Financial Crisis (GFC) of 2008-09 was primarily one of liquidity as markets froze up as a … Read more
by GoldCore 7. Diversify, diversify, diversify – Truly balance your savings and investments 6. Avoid leverage and speculation and focus on saving and owning quality assets 5. Don’t make money the guiding principle for what you have or do 4. Own gold/ silver (in safest ways) & focus on value rather than price in fiat … Read more
by Michael Snyder In the chaotic aftermath of New England’s 13-3 win over the Rams on Sunday, Tom Brady was clearly the center of attention. Even though he had definitely not played his best game, and even though his teammate Julian Edelman was voted MVP of the Super Bowl, it seemed like virtually everyone was striving … Read more
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Housing has became a global financialized asset class. The possibilities seemed unlimited. And this flow of money, along with local factors, has created enormous distortions in some markets. But the priciest markets are now starting to experience price declines. This includes the priciest markets in the US, Canada, Australia, the UK, Hong Kong, … Read more
Despite low rates and massive liquidity, global capital expenditure (investment) is falling. There will be a say when central planners will undertsand the word "overcapacity" and stop the fallacy of stimulating a demand that has been overstimulated for years. pic.twitter.com/PVKWqoiJjn — Daniel Lacalle (@dlacalle_IA) February 3, 2019 The Profit Party Is Over: Q1 Earnings Growth … Read more
The banking lobby and the ECB will have a cow. By Don Quijones, Spain, UK, & Mexico, editor at WOLF STREET. On Friday, Italy’s coalition government unveiled new banking regulations that it hopes to pass in the coming months, including a rule that would separate banks’ commercial and investment arms. It would be the Italian equivalent of the Glass-Steagall … Read more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YJIzhh6cP4 Doctor Tells Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez He Agrees With Trump’s Plan today Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez makes her first appearance in the house oversight and government reform committee where she questioned doctors on prices of goods for certain health companies this is latest news and breaking news in politics and political news and is news today in today … Read more
As the girthy legal shadow of the Tsunami of Righteousness finally begins to fall on the panicky lemmings of the liberal American media, we use Part 6 of our MARCH FOR LIFE series to do a case study on the comorbidity of feminism and debilitating developmental disorders. Under the spotlight of her first dance recital … Read more
‘Profiting from war crimes’ – that’s what a new report, by Amnesty International, says tourism companies are doing by listing accommodation in disputed West Bank settlements. The report has prompted one Israeli minister to call for the human rights group to be banned from the country. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEw9nnLRibs
via sacbee: Nobody is happy about PG&E’s bankruptcy filing, but California’s two biggest public pension systems are positioned to absorb losses on the utility’s stock without major repercussions. That’s because the pension funds’ multi-million dollar investments in PG&E are tiny fractions of the portfolios that CalPERS and CalSTRS control. Pacific Gas & Electric Co. and parent company … Read more
via Reuters: The Federal Reserve’s policy twist on Wednesday might seem just what the White House ordered, with a hold put on what President Donald Trump termed “loco” interest rate hikes, and an openness to ending the monthly runoff of up to $50 billion from the U.S. central bank’s balance sheet. But the story the … Read more