via Reuters: The Bank of Japan cut its inflation forecasts on Wednesday but maintained its massive stimulus program, with Governor Haruhiko Kuroda warning of growing risks to the economy from trade protectionism and faltering global demand. Rising pressure from the trade war between China and the United States — Japan’s biggest trading partners — is adding … Read more
With the government shutdown still in effect, Steven Crowder returns with one of the most controversial and timely Change My Mind’s yet: build the wall. Let the triggering commence.
They need to lose their jobs.There has to be arrests made.Hypocrites! AC
THAT’S DIFFERENT BECAUSE SHUT UP: h/t GR
by Geoffrey Grider New York has an abortion rate of 23.1 per 1,000 women, twice the national average of 11.8 per 1,000 women. 25 to 27 percent of pregnancies in New York State end in abortion. In New York City, 78 percent of abortions are on African American babies. More black babies being killed through abortion than being born … Read more
When at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. That’s what Hillary Clinton’s machine did in 2016, eventually getting the FBI to bite on an uncorroborated narrative that Donald Trump and Russia were trying to hijack the presidential election. Between July and October 2016, Clinton-connected lawyers, emissaries and apologists made more than a half-dozen overtures … Read more
by Shaun Richards The Italian banks have certainly kept us busy in the credit crunch era. We have found ourselves observing a litany of cash calls, bad debts, crises, and official claims that there is no problem. Of the latter the worst was probably the claim by Prime Minister Matteo Renzi that equity investors in … Read more
China has been able to gain a significant foothold of power in Southeast Asia without starting an open conflict with the United States. AEI’s Oriana Skylar Mastro breaks down the strategies that have put China in this advantageous position.
via Reuters: China will step up fiscal spending this year to support its economy, focusing on further cuts in taxes and fees for small firms, finance ministry officials said on Wednesday. Mounting pressure on the world’s second-biggest economy pushed growth last year to its lowest since 1990 even as Beijing stepped up stimulus measures and spurred … Read more
‘Exceptional period of growth’ is done in US, JPMorgan global market watcher warns from CNBC. via CNBC: One of Wall Street’s largest investing firms warns that a global growth slowdown could sink the U.S. into recession this year. According to J.P. Morgan Asset Management’s Ben Mandel, it’s a risk pushing the firm to turn cautious … Read more
Risk of bear market in 2019, Yale’s Shiller says from CNBC. via CNBC: “There is a feeling that the stock market might be due for some deflating now because it’s been a long time, and we’ve seen some hints of it and we haven’t seen the real deflation yet,” he told CNBC at the World … Read more
by OB1_kenobi So what does that mean? It means that everything CNN does is done under the guidance of someone who’s got their eye on the ratings and on profits. The profit motive leaves it’s mark on everything they do. It means CNN tells the news as a secondary purpose… because the most important thing is … Read more
by Graham Summers of Gains, Pains, & Capital The market rig is now over. The pundits on TV attributed last week’s rally to “investors” buying stocks based on perceived “value,” but the reality is that it was a desperate market rig by Wall Street to game options expiration. Wall Street has been running this game for decades. The … Read more
“I think it’s a mistake for conservatives to not take her seriously, to brush her off as a flash in the pan, or an upstart… Shes as close to a thought-leader as the democratic party has today.” BFD
With Rapid DNA machines, genetic fingerprinting could become as routine as the old-fashioned kind. But forensic experts see a potential for misuse. BENSALEM, Pa. — They call it the “magic box.” Its trick is speedy, nearly automated processing of DNA. “It’s groundbreaking to have it in the police department,” said Detective Glenn Vandegrift of the … Read more
Going for the big time. Terrorist death threats and terrorist charges.. can carry 20 years in prison. also going after those inciting violence Just Breaking on Fox news. https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/01/ky-prosecutor-confirms-multiple-investigations-underway-into-twitter-users-for-terrorist-threats-against-covington-kids/ Rob Sanders, a Kenton County Prosecutor, confirmed Tuesday that there are multiple investigations into Twitter users who made terroristic threats against Covington Catholic High School. “We’ve … Read more
by Martin Armstrong There is an undertone lurking behind the rise of Donald Trump in the US, the Brexiteers in the UK, Marine Le Pen in France, political re-alignments in Denmark, and the election of Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil. Additionally, there is the change in governments in Mexico, Malaysia, and the civil unrest in Romania. They … Read more
Happy to be on @foxandfriends at 645 this morning to discuss next steps in #StandWithCovington libel lawsuit. — Robert Barnes (@barnes_law) January 23, 2019 VIDEO: 31:09 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJ_Fv9ilVko&feature=youtu.be&t=1869 https://twitter.com/GMan_1776/status/1088052790872682497 h/t KOS
The government shutdown faces mounting lawsuits, including over ‘involuntary servitude’ from CNBC. via CNBC: If the partial government shutdown continues through this week – and there is no end in sight – Friday will mark the second paycheck missed by affected federal workers, whose household budgets have been completely upended. An estimated 800,000 government employees … Read more