So You Want to Get Rich: Focus on Human Capital

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by Charles Hugh-Smith Wealth is flowing to those who earn money from their human capital and enterprise. So you want to get rich: OK, what’s the plan? If you ask youngsters how to get rich, many will respond by listing the professions the media focuses on: entertainment, actors/actresses, pro athletes, and maybe a few lionized inventors … Read more

The Economic Mood Darkens: iPhone Sales Plunge 15% As Consumer Confidence Falls For The 3rd Straight Quarter

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by Michael Snyder  Apple iPhone sales are never supposed to go down.  For nearly two decades, Apple has been an unbeatable economic miracle, but now it appears that times have changed.  Global sales for the iPhone were disastrous during the holiday quarter, and this is yet another indication that the global economic slowdown is accelerating.  Here in the … Read more

Jackboots in the Morning: No One Is Spared From This American Nightmare

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 by John W. Whitehead “This is jackboots in the morning. This is an American nightmare that they would arrest somebody like this.”—Judge Andrew Napolitano The American Police State does not discriminate. Whatever dangerous practices you allow the government to carry out now—whether it’s in the name of national security or protecting America’s borders or making America great … Read more

Tomorrow Is D-Day For The Stock Market.. Here’s Why. By Gregory Mannarino

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TradersChoice.net, Released on 1/29/19 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

The Most Splendid Housing Bubbles in America Shrink

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Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Seattle prices drop 5.1% in five months, most since Housing Bust 1; San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, San Diego, Denver, Portland all decline. This is the most obvious one: Seattle. House prices in the Seattle metro dropped 0.7% in November from prior month, according to the Case-Shiller Home Price Index … Read more

NARRATOR VOICE: THEY ALREADY HAVE.

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Media Shouldn’t Make The Same Mistakes in Empire Actor Jussie Smollett Attack Stories As The Mistakes They Made With The Covington Kids. Robby Soave at Reason posted a huge scoop on this developing story earlier today: “According to the victim, the offenders’ faces were concealed,” a police spokesperson told Reason. “We have no record indicating that [they shouted ‘MAGA’], we only have … Read more

If the Army Stands With Maduro, What Is Plan B?

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by Pat Buchanan “Pay the soldiers. The rest do not matter.” This was the deathbed counsel given to his sons by Roman Emperor Septimius Severus in A.D. 211. Nicolas Maduro must today appreciate the emperor’s insight. For the political survival of this former bus driver and union boss hangs now upon whether Venezuela’s armed forces choose … Read more

Yet Another Dumbf*k Appointment By Trump

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by Stucky Elliot Abrams will handle relations with Venezuela! [Side Note:  If that’s not a near perfect caricature of (((you know what))) then I don’t know what is.] .@SecPompeo announced today that Elliott Abrams will lead @StateDeptefforts on #Venezuela to help the Venezuelan people fully restore democracy and prosperity to their country. #EstamosUnidosVEpic.twitter.com/iUFHnRhi8x — Department of State (@StateDept) Marco Rubio sure is … Read more

A bond issue does little for the problem of plunging investment in Greece

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by Shaun Richards Today brings a development which will no doubt be trumpeted across the media and it is explained by this from Reuters yesterday, Greece will return to bond markets with a five-year issue “in the near future, subject to market conditions”, authorities said on Monday. The sovereign has mandated BofA Merrill Lynch, Goldman … Read more

Ron Paul: Hands Off! Trump’s Venezuela Fiasco

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by Ron Paul of Ron Paul Institute Last week President Trump announced that the United States would no longer recognize Nicholas Maduro as president of Venezuela and would recognize the head of its national assembly, Jose Guaido, as president instead. US thus openly backs regime change. But what has long been a dream of the neocons may well … Read more

The Trade War Created A ‘Ticking Time Bomb’ For Texas Companies

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by Mac Slavo of SHTFplan Many companies across the United States are reeling from the tariffs imposed by China and president Donald Trump during the ongoing trade war. Even though there’s been a so-called “cease-fire” by both nations and tariffs aren’t going up, many companies in Texas are “ticking time bombs.” Layoffs at auto manufacturing plants such as Tesla, Ford, and GM are … Read more

Oil Prices Rise As Saudis Pledge Deeper Cuts

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By Tsvetana Paraskova Saudi Arabia is determined to restore the balance on the oil market and is cutting deeper than required in the OPEC+ deal, with February crude production likely close to 10.1 million bpd, compared to the 10.3-million-bpd ceiling in the production cut agreement, Saudi Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih told Bloomberg Television in an interview. … Read more

“Bill Clinton Used The Military To Build Physical Barriers On Border” Republican Exposes Democrats

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IDAc8_nMQc “Bill Clinton Used The Military To Build Physical Barriers On Border” Republican Exposes Democrats today during congress hearing and government hearing on border security hearing republican tells democrats that trump is doing exactly what other presidents have done this is latest news and breaking news and news today and today news this is politics … Read more