https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcmHG… Roger Stone enters not guilty plea Mueller witness Jerome Corsi says Roger Stone indictment is true as Stone pleads not guilty https://thinkprogress.org/roger-stone…
They don’t mention it in the video, but the driver of the semi was 66-year old Jean Morency, who was taken to the hospital with minor injuries. h/t Voluntaryist
PAUL BEDARD: As base shrinks, GOP urged to ‘show up’ in black, Hispanic communities. If the Democrats’ new platform of post-birth abortion doesn’t help the GOP in black and hispanic communities, something’s wrong. Meanwhile Juliette “Baldilocks” Ochieng posts this on Facebook. She’s been warning for a while that leftist agitators are deliberately trying to sow racial division. … Read more
Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) may shed more than $40 billion worth of power purchase agreements after the California utility was driven into bankruptcy by liabilities for sparking deadly wildfires, The Wall Street Journal reports. PG&E wants the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in San Francisco to rule whether the company must honor $42 billion worth of contracts with … Read more
Desperate measures for desperate times? By Don Quijones, Spain, UK, & Mexico, editor at WOLF STREET. As house prices in the UK continue to slip-slide downwards, compounding fears that the multi-year housing boom has run out of gas, the country’s largest mortgage lender, Lloyds Bank, has unveiled a new mortgage schemecalled “Lend a Hand” to help first-time buyers … Read more
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter “Patient” has become the Fed’s favorite word in recent weeks as just about all Fed governors slipped it into their speeches. Today the word made its way into the FOMC statement for the first time. During the Q&A at the press conference, reporters tried to get Fed Chairman Jerome Powell to … Read more
by Michael Snyder The left has been salivating over the prospect of voting Donald Trump out of office in 2020, but now something has happened that could change everything. On Sunday, former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz announced that he is “seriously considering running for president as a centrist independent”. If Schultz officially decides to run, and it … Read more
by Michael Snyder Isn’t it nice to have a press secretary in the White House that is not afraid to speak the truth? Sarah Sanders has an extremely tough job, and she has done it with dignity and grace. And in her position it would be really easy to attempt to be as “politically-correct” as … Read more
by Charles Hugh-Smith The social media space is absolutely ripe for a new entrant who demands arduous verification and constantly monitors its user base to eliminate cloned and fake accounts. How many accounts on Facebook are fake? Recent estimates of half could be low. Here’s an experiment: open a Facebook account with a name that cannot … Read more
In late 2017, the spike in Bitcoin value stopped just a few hundred dollars shy of $20,000 at the highest exchange rate a cryptocurrency has seen. 2017 was a year of cryptocurrency craze as the Bitcoin frenzy penetrated all depths all society. But in the course of 2018, the currency went through a steady decline … Read more
By Dagny Taggart If you live in the Midwest, you surely already know that dangerously cold weather is heading your way. Some parts of the region are experiencing heavy snowfall and powerful winds, and the worst is yet to come. Here’s what has already happened. Officials have already canceled nearly 1,600 flights so far, most … Read more
by Dave Kranzler of Investment Research Dynamics The mis-pricing of money and credit has also driven a terrible misallocation of capital and kept unproductive zombie debtors alive for too long. Saxo Bank, “Beware The Global Policy Panic” “Mis-pricing of money and credit” refers to the ability of the Fed to control interest rates and money supply. Humans with character … Read more
by Graham Summers of Gains, Pains, & Capital If you’re looking for a template for what’s coming to the US during the next crisis, Europe is the place to start. Europe has already imposed cash grabs via Negative Interest Rate Policy (NIRP). That’s where banks CHARGE you for the right to keep your money. Europe is also where … Read more
Via The Daily Wire A pair of Utah high school seniors lost a debate round because they read quotes from Daily Wire Editor-in-Chief Ben Shapiro and clinical psychologist Dr. Jordan Peterson, who were deemed “white supremacists” by the judge. Layton High School senior Michael Moreno and his debate partner, whom The Daily Wire will not … Read more
By Harry Dent Thanks to those who answered my question on Monday about the tax cuts. I’ll share some of those answers below, but first I’ve got to get something off my chest. When showing people my Spending Wave chart, I now must do so in two phases: the first with the market correlation to … Read more
With the passing of the 17th amendment, the way the government is supposed to be determined has been bastardized from the original workings. States have no real voice in the government anymore. Now they are trying to take away state voters voices and throwing their state votes in with what the majority says. I heard … Read more
TradersChoice.net, Released on 1/30/19 Gregory Mannarino started his financial career working for the securities and trading arm of the now defunct Bear Stearns before the dot-com bubble. He is an active trader of the capital markets and has published several books pertaining to finance, global economics, and equity trading; His most recent book is titled Ultimate … Read more
by Jesse Colombo As seen on Forbes by Real Investment Advice’s Jesse Colombo – “Computer Science Demand Is Soaring Due To Tech Bubble 2.0.” For the past several years, I’ve been warning that the tech startup boom (and the surge of interest in “coding”) is actually a dangerous bubble that is driven by the U.S. … Read more
via Marketwatch: The slowdown in global growth bears strong resemblance to a 2015-16 episode that was driven in large part by softness in China. This time around, China’s problems could prove even more damaging, warned economists at Oxford Economics. “The Chinese slowdown could have serious negative consequences for world growth if it intensifies. Our model … Read more
by Frank Holmes, CEO, U.S. Global Investors Last year was admittedly a tough one for emerging markets. A number of currencies were under considerable pressure, with some of them falling to record or near-record lows against the strong U.S. dollar. Global trade tensions, threats of sanctions, rising U.S. interest rates and higher oil prices—before they … Read more