There is only so much gov’t & fed can do to prop stocks, at some point, the market will figure out the global economy continues to implode.

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There is only so much gov't & fed can do to prop stocks, at some point, the market will figure out the global economy continues to implode. pic.twitter.com/uKrfk6pwhr — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) January 11, 2019 https://twitter.com/GreekFire23/status/1083843957539393536 The big declines in the industrial production data for Germany, France, Italy, Spain and the UK raises the specter of … Read more

Fed’s Powell: Balance Sheet to be “Substantially Smaller.” How Small? He Gave Big Clues. My Dive into the Dynamics & Charts

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Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter In fact, QE started reversing at the end of 2014. The Fed’s balance sheet would be “substantially smaller” after the Fed gets done with its QE unwind, Fed Chairman Jerome Powell said on Thursday. How far the Fed might go in shedding assets is a red-hot topic right now that causes … Read more

Do economic booms die of old age?

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From Bloomberg: Ben Bernanke got a big laugh from economists in Atlanta on Jan. 4. A few minutes after Janet Yellen said, “I don’t think expansions just die of old age,” he replied, “I like to say they get murdered.” All right, not that funny. But the nerdy repartee between the past two Federal Reserve chairs … Read more

Gold forecast raised on recession fears

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The bank cites “a sharp deterioration in risk sentiment following soft macroeconomic data in December and renewed concerns about the future direction of growth.” From CNBC: Goldman Sachs has found the safe haven gold more attractive after a volatile December. The bank on Thursday raised its gold forecasts to $1,325, $1,375 and $1,425 per troy ounce … Read more

Watching The Arctic Sea Ice Scam Unravel

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Via The Deplorable Climate Science Blog The Arctic sea ice scam began to rapidly unravel last March, when all records for Arctic sea ice volume gain were blown away. Spreadsheet    Data So far this month, ice volume gain has also been a record high. And January 9 Arctic sea ice volume has been increasing for over … Read more

The US Government is funding research to make ‘humanized mice’ out of aborted baby parts

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via CNSNews: The National Institutes of Health will not decide whether to continue its long-term multimillion-dollar contract with the University of California, San Francisco to make “humanized mice” with organs taken from aborted babies until after it has completed its ongoing audit of all HHS-funded fetal tissue acquisitions and a comprehensive review of HHS-funded fetal tissue … Read more

S&P bulls hope Trump rally doesn’t end here

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by Kimble Charting Could Presidents Trump’s election rally be in trouble? We could find out very soon, says Joe Friday This chart looks at the S&P 500 and the VIX index over the past few years. We applied Fibonacci to the price when President Trump was elected and the 2018 highs. The decline from the September … Read more

The EVERYTHING Bubble Explained! – Why You Should Prepare (with Daniel Ameduri)

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Josh Sigurdson talks with Daniel Ameduri of Future Money Trends about the coming everything bubble as we see a massive pension shortfall, banks falling, housing bubbles, derivatives bubbles, student loan bubbles, currency swapping, etc. Daniel notes that he doesn’t think people will be uniformly switching from the US dollar any time soon, but that eventually … Read more

WATCH: Leftist CNN Activist Jim Acosta Get ABSOLUTELY WRECKED by Kellyanne Conway

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Jim Hoft for the Gateway Pundit reports, THIS HAD TO HURT– Liberal media jackass Jim Acosta blurted out insults at Kellyanne Conway on Tuesday in a presser before President Trump’s address to the nation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRxerwE0xB4 Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019…   CNN’s Jim Acosta: “Kellyanne, can you promise the president will tell the truth tonight?” Kellyanne Conway: “Yes, Jim. … Read more

A hostile action on Syria is highly expected / 4 AIF fighter jets over South Lebanon / Update : IAF fighter jets AGAIN above Beirut right now!

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A hostile action on #Syria is highly expected. https://twitter.com/SyrainMC/status/1083764308562100225 More than 4 IAF fighter jets over SouthLebanon according to Intel https://twitter.com/Intel_sky/status/1083748417694769152 stand by … w-end   in the meantime… just in  Various Gaza factions including the Popular Resistance Committees call for revenge for the death of 43 year old Amal Tramis, the third woman to be … Read more

Congress is preparing bipartisan challenge to Trump national emergency

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From Quartz: Donald Trump’s threat to declare a national emergency at the US border with Mexico is being taken so seriously inside Congress that a powerful committee is preparing a bipartisan challenge to the move. The Democrat-led House Armed Services Committee, which oversees funding and operations of the Defense Department, has been united across party lines … Read more

Jan 9, 2019: Scientists discover a process that stabilizes fusion plasma

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Scientists seeking to bring the fusion reaction that powers the sun and stars to Earth must keep the superhot plasma free from disruptions. Now researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) have discovered a process that can help to control the disruptions thought to be most dangerous. Replicating fusion, … Read more

Another 2020 contender: Bill de Blasio says “There’s plenty of money in NYC, it’s just in the wrong hands”

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by DCG The mantra of every elite socialist and ill-informed, government-educated proggie. From NY Post: Burnishing his progressive credentials, Mayor Bill de Blasio portrayed himself as a protector of the working class on Thursday — while proposing a redistribution of wealth — in his sixth State of the City address. “Brothers and sisters, there’s plenty of money in … Read more

Man bills the US government for his Corvette. This is how they responded…

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by Simon Black Last week I decided to use my tax savings to pay the rent for US government workers affected by the shut down. Emails keep coming in from furloughed federal employees having a tough time. And money keeps going out. As I’ve been highlighting over the past week, the government shutdown affects many more people than the … Read more