Darkening ‘Global Economic Skies’ Pull Stocks Lower, The Stock Market Finally Acknowledges Reality. Gallup Poll: Most See U.S. Economy as Slowing or Declining

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Global PMIs pic.twitter.com/dOOn35O4nw — zerohedge (@zerohedge) February 8, 2019 Darkening ‘Global Economic Skies’ Pull Stocks Lower Global stocks fell for a third straight day on Friday, and were set for their first weekly loss in seven, as investors worried about a broadening global economic slowdown Safe-haven government bonds benefited, with the German 10-year bund yield … Read more

John Stossel: San Francisco has become the slum by the bay — Bad laws cause city’s homeless crisis

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San Francisco is one of the richest cities in the world. It’s given us music, technology and elegant architecture. Now it gives us filthy homeless encampments. One urban planner told me, “I just returned from the Tenderloin (a section of San Francisco). It’s worse than slums of India, Haiti, Africa!” So I went to San … Read more

LIBERAL or LEFT? BIG DAMN DIFFERENCE!

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LEFT or LIBERAL? Tell the average American you’re a liberal and they’ll assume you’re on the political left. Yet, leftists and liberals hold very different positions on key issues. In this video, Dennis Prager explains how the tenets of liberalism like a belief in capitalism and free speech have more in common with conservatism than … Read more

Doc Dump Discovers [CB]s Are Used As A Weapons

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The EU is now in a deep panic, they thought they were controlling the situation but now they realize the people are in control, they don’t want a no-deal BREXIT because it would expose them. EU commission slashes forecast economic growth is slowing. The [CB] economy in the US is hitting a tipping point, the … Read more

It’s all gonna come out eventually, no matter how much they try to stall.

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Law News Stonewalling on Clinton Emails Continues Under Trump, Watchdog Says Federal bureaucrats, defying President Donald Trump, are resisting requests for information about Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email account while secretary of state and how that may have compromised national security, the head of a legal watchdog group told The Daily Signal in … Read more

OCASIO CORTEZ’S GREEN NEW DEAL IS INSPIRING LAUGHTER ALL OVER

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OCASIO CORTEZ’S GREEN NEW DEAL IS INSPIRING LAUGHTER ALL OVER: The reception was so bad they took it down, but you can read it here. Related: Green New Deal Excludes Nuclear And Would Thus Increase Emissions — Just Like It Did In Vermont.Well, remember, this stuff is never about saving the planet, that’s just for the rubes. It’s about advancing an … Read more

France warns Italy. The EU project’s falling apart

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via RT: France’s government spokesman has said the recall of its ambassador to Italy is temporary but sends an important signal toward its historical ally not to meddle in internal French affairs. Benjamin Griveaux said on Friday that the recall was prompted by months of “unfounded attacks” from Italian government members Luigi Di Maio and … Read more

Telltale Signs of Recession

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by Charles Hugh-Smith I’m seeing lifestyles that are out of stock and no longer available, even in China. Though every recession is unique, all recessions manifest in similar ways in the real economy. By real economy, I mean the on-the-ground economy we observe with our own eyes, as opposed to the abstract statistical model reflected in official … Read more

Fed’s QE Unwind Reaches $434 Billion, Remains on “Autopilot”

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Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Getting rid of MBS faster and shifting to short-term Treasury bills will be on the list. The Fed shed $32 billion in assets in January, according to the Fed’s balance sheet for the week ended February 6, released this afternoon. This reduced the assets on its balance sheet to $4,026 billion, … Read more

Q4 is falling apart before everyone’s astonished eyes, and a “technical recession” beckons.

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Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter “Unexpectedly,” German industrial production fell 3.9% in December 2018 compared to December 2017, after having fallen by a revised 4.0% in November, according to German statistics agency Destatis Thursday morning. These two drops were steepest year-over-year drops since 2009. Even during the European Debt Crisis in 2011 and 2012 – it hit Germany’s … Read more

Apocalyptic Sounds In The Sky: No Explanation For ‘Mystery Booms’ And ‘Mysterious Flashes Of Light’ All Across America

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by Michael Snyder For weeks, Americans all over the country have been rattled by extremely loud booming sounds that seem to have no explanation, and they are often accompanied by “mysterious flashes of light”.  These strange booms are shaking homes and rattling windows, and some witnesses say that they sound like cannons being fired.  And … Read more