by Jesse “The human mind, except when guided by extraordinary genius, cannot surmount the established conclusions amid which it has been reared.” Winston S. Churchill, The Gathering Storm “Before mass leaders seize the power to fit reality to their lies, their propaganda is marked by its extreme contempt for facts as such, for in their opinion … Read more
Ruperto Escobar, a 75 year-old, seventh-generation Texas farmer, is offering to donate property to the federal government where it can build a border wall, because he has suffered a lifetime of harm due to illegal immigration. “The problem there right now is primarily drug trafficking. The Illegal immigrants traveling through there are not so prominent, … Read more
HuffPost began laying off employees Thursday morning, one day after its parent company, Verizon Media, announced it would cut 7 percent of its workforce. About 750 Verizon Media employees were expected to lose their jobs. That announcement came more than a month after Verizon took a $4.6 billion write-down on HuffPost’s parent company, Oath (now … Read more
The WH pool was just called to gather unexpectedly — there's nothing on President Trump's public schedule today — Meridith McGraw (@meridithmcgraw) January 24, 2019 President Trump is rattling off today's vote totals. He notes that his bill did not get any support from Democrats "other than actually a wonderful man as you know, Sen. … Read more
Five Stories Americans Missed While Fighting Over A Viral Video That Has No Effect On Their Lives As Americans argued over an irrelevant video of a Catholic boy in a MAGA hat staring at a Native American, multiple events took place that actually affect them and were ignored. 1. Bill Would Force Citizens to Have … Read more
by WARREN MOSLER Euro area business growth close to stalling at 5½ year low in January (Markit) Flash Eurozone PMI Composite Output Index at 50.7 (51.1 in December). Services PMI Activity Index at 50.8 (51.2 in December). Manufacturing PMI Output Index at 50.4 (51.0 in December). Manufacturing PMI at 50.5 (51.4 in December). The factory … Read more
by Ron Paul of Ron Paul liberty Report President Trump yesterday recognized Venezuelan opposition legislator as the legitimate president of the country and warned that “all options are on the table” if Venezuela’s elected president moves against protestors or expelled US embassy staff who refuse to leave Caracas. US neocons applaud Trump’s move. Does the US president finally … Read more
House-Democratic proposal to reopen the government until Feb. 8 fails in Senate by 52-44 vote. Both President Trump's proposal and the House-passed Democratic proposal have failed to meet the 60 votes needed to pass. — NBC News (@NBCNews) January 24, 2019 https://youtu.be/F03rsqtWpws
Third year in a row of extreme snowfall events for Europe. Grand Solar Minimum intensification forecast these amplifications, and these are the totals for 2019, but the real extremes will show around 2020-2021.
by Mac Slavo of SHTFplan The unusually large drop in home sales is puzzling those who work directly in the industry. Real estate agents are confused and baffled by the sudden and seemingly unexpected lack of home sales. Sales of homes plunged in December and real estate brokers are attempting to figure out why. In fact, the shift … Read more
by NorthmanTrader Complacency is back and comes in the form of recession denial in the face of global slowing data. We didn’t see the slowdown coming but we are confident it will not produce a recession so the narrative goes. Not even a risk of a recession. You’re hearing it from the Fed, the White House, … Read more
by Martin Armstrong Merkel and Macron, two politicians who cannot muster even a majority of their people for support, signed a Franco-German friendship treaty which has allowed them to boast that this is the first step to creating a European Army. There is a mad rush behind the curtain to create a European Army, not … Read more
by Martin Armstrong It has been a bitterly cold season. Niagara Falls became a winter wonderland as frigid temperatures cause the falls partially to turn to ice. This is not so rare as people claim. In this 1911 photo of the Great Freeze, you can still see water flowing, but minimal and nowhere near the normal … Read more
by Shaun Richards Sometimes life catches up with you really fast and we have seen another example of this in the last 24 hours, so let;s get straight to it. Analysts at Deutsche Bank say European Central Bank’s Mario Draghi indicated the possibility of a one-off interest rate hike at his last press conference. With … Read more
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Painful moment of truth for banks & investors. “Uncertainty over the accuracy of the companies’ books and disclosure of pertinent information”: Fitch Ratings. Defaults by Chinese companies on bonds they issued in China (“onshore” bonds, as opposed to “offshore” bonds) soared to a record in 2018, according to a report by … Read more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzZG5LGuc48 Democrat Senator Has Major Meltdown Over Trump’s Wall Starts Yelling & Screaming Over Shutdown this is latest news and breaking news in politics and political news in current events and business in news today and today news over trump shutdown and government shutdown original air date: 1/24/2019 senate shutdown president trump , donald trump … Read more
by Kimble Charting Transports are often considered a leading indicator of how the economy is doing. Since the Septemeber 2018 highs, the Dow Jones Transports Index has declined more than the broad market. This decline looks to be forming a new falling channel highlighted at (1). The rally over the past month has this important index testing triple resistance … Read more
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BY ROBERT ROSS I’m not buying the dip in stocks—and neither should you. Let me explain… On December 24, the S&P 500 slid to its lowest level since 2017. The index has since rebounded 6.9%. Investors passed this off as a sign the correction is over. This is wishful thinking. The main worry behind this sell-off … Read more
by Chris One of the defining features of end-of-empire times is the complete isolation of the ruling/protected classes from the lower classes. The so-called “elites” (who are anything but once you get to meet them) live in a near-complete bubble of social isolation that prevents them from connecting with the people whom they harvest sliver … Read more