The current U. S. government shutdown is proving to be unlike any other in U.S. history.

by ShowMeTheTyrant Is Trump is trying to expose Congress as being fully compromised and actively working against the American people to destroy the country? Or is Trump a fascist dictator? Let’s have a conversation. Congress has had single digit approval ratings off and on for the past decade. Sure sometimes congress manages to get up around … Read more

Is This Downturn A Repeat of 2008?

by Charles Hugh Smith Crashes differ, so be cautious about your assumptions Even people who don’t follow the stock market closely are aware that the global economy is weakening and appears to be heading into recession. For those who track the stock market, the signs are ominous: the U.S. was the last major market to … Read more

GLOBAL slowdown/recession signals

GLOBAL slowdown/recession signals: * Equity markets down sharply YoY * US Treasury yield curve inverting * OECD and China PMIs weakening * Global export orders falling * Air freight down (Hong Kong hub) * Spot oil prices down YoY * Oil calendar spreads in contango GLOBAL slowdown/recession signals: * Equity markets down sharply YoY* US … Read more

OCASIO-CORTEZ: Raise Tax Rates to 70%! 82.7% for richest New Yorkers… Compares self to Lincoln, FDR…

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Suggests Super Wealthy be Taxed Up to 70% to Fund ‘Green New Deal’ Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez sat with Anderson Cooper for an upcoming 60 Minutes interview set to air this Sunday, a portion of which has been released as a promotion. In the released segment, Ocasio-Cortez reveals how exactly she suggests paying for the environmental agenda known as the “Green … Read more

Trump threatened to keep the government closed for ‘months or even years’

Trump: I did say I’m prepared for shutdown to go on for years from CNBC. Democrats emerge from a meeting at the White House showing little optimism about ending a government shutdown. From CNBC: Democrats emerged from what they called a “contentious” two-hour meeting at the White House on Friday showing little optimism about ending a … Read more

Trump says he is considering declaring a national emerg a potential attempt to circumvent Congress for wall

WATCH: President Trump says he is considering declaring a national emergency as a potential attempt to circumvent Congress for border wall funding. pic.twitter.com/7CYDuBS2pn — NBC News (@NBCNews) January 4, 2019 https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=2190940787826400&id=131459315949 https://www.pscp.tv/w/1yNGaOArnnlxj?t=8m   h/t Phen

Trump Is In Serious Danger This Year…

For More Information See: https://www.ajc.com/news/national-gov… https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dem-… https://www.infowars.com/first-muslim… https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/nati… https://www.dailywire.com/news/39931/…    

S&P Cuts Brent, WTI 2019 Price Outlook By $10

By Irina Slav S&P Global Ratings cut its price outlook for Brent crude oil from US$65  to US$55 and for West Texas Intermediate from US$60 to US$50 for this year, citing a worsening demand situation for the commodities. “The on-going trade war between the US and China as well as news of China’s economic slowdown, has led … Read more

Market Volatility Skyrocketing as Trump & Pelosi Spar

via moneymetals: Keith Weiner: Uncle Sam’s Debt-Money System Is Immoral, Tantamount to Theft https://s3.amazonaws.com/ILB_MS_BUCKET/ILB-190104-WeeklyMarketWrap.mp3 Don’t want to listen? Read the podcast below! Welcome to this week’s Market Wrap Podcast, I’m Mike Gleason. Coming up we’ll hear a truly fascinating interview with Keith Weiner of Monetary Metals and the Gold Standard Institute. Keith tells the story about … Read more

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Suggests Super Wealthy be Taxed Up to 70% to Fund ‘Green New Deal’

via mediaite: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez sat with Anderson Cooper for an upcoming 60 Minutes interview set to air this Sunday, a portion of which has been released as a promotion. In the released segment, Ocasio-Cortez reveals how exactly she suggests paying for the environmental agenda known as the “Green New Deal” — with remarkably higher tax rates for the super wealthy. Ocasio-Cortez suggests … Read more

Healing Message of DiaDan Holdings’ Eileen Richardson: How Art Impacts Lives

The CEO of Nova Scotia based DiaDan Holdings Ltd. recently took her passion for photography and applied it to the greater good by donating several pieces of her photographic artwork to local charity.   Eileen Richardson’s interest in the arts first surfaced in the 1960s while studying photography in college. The school supported her efforts … Read more

Sam Mizrahi: The Toronto Developer Building Canada’s First Billion Dollar Tower

When Sam Mizrahi purchased land at the southwest corner of Yonge and Bloor Streets in Toronto to develop a groundbreaking mixed-use tower called “The One,” he knew how much manpower and equipment it would take to complete the project, but what he did not anticipate was attaining one of the world’s most powerful cranes.    … Read more

Leveraged loan investors worry good times will soon haunt them

From Lisa Lee and Bloomberg: One of the safest ways to invest in junk-rated companies is starting to look pretty risky. Money managers have grown increasingly concerned about loans to high-yield corporations over the last month as early signs of slowing global growth have emerged. Investors are starting to realize that a key safeguard that protects them, namely the collateral they … Read more

Blood Pressure Meds Made in China and India Recalled for Containing Ingredient Used to Make Rocket Fuel

via Meadow Clark: Dozens of blood pressure medicines have been recalled. The medications, containing an ingredient used to make rocket fuel, are the latest in the recent mass blood pressure drug exodus. The recent recall that follows months of blood pressure drug recalls may be an ominous sign for modern medicine as the blood pressure and … Read more