by Michael Snyder Yes, Hillary Clinton really did steal the Democratic nomination from Bernie Sanders, but most people have absolutely no idea how she actually did it. In the end, it was all about the money. A secret joint fundraising agreementthat was made between the Democratic National Committee, the Hillary Victory Fund, and Hillary for America gave … Read more
by Robert Carbery As the focus moves back to domestic terrorism on the national security front in the wake of the first deadly terrorist attack in Manhattan in the last 16 years, the North Korea threat has fallen from the headlines yet again. Sounds like we are due for another aggressive missile test from the … Read more
by Robert Carbery https://www.wsj.com/articles/republicans-stick-with-big-corporate-tax-cuts-in-house-bill-1509629510 This morning, the GOP released the highlights of its proposed tax plan which will keep the 20% corporate tax cut as permanent and for a family of four making $59,000 they will get a $1,182 tax cut. The bill will keep a top rate of 39.6% for the highest … Read more
by Raúl Ilargi Meijer Jean-Léon Gérôme Slave market 1866 Here’s the story in a nutshell: Ultra low interest rates mark a shift away from people’s wealth residing in their savings and pension plans, and into to so-called wealth residing in their homes, which are bought with ever growing levels of debt. When interest rates rise, they will lose … Read more
By Michael Snyder Are you living paycheck to paycheck? Is so, you are just like most other hard working Americans. As you will see below, 78 percent of full-time workers in the United States say that they are living paycheck to paycheck. That is the highest figure ever recorded, and it is yet more evidence that the … Read more
by Michael Snyder A new bill being considered by the U.S. House of Representatives would make it illegal for an abortion to be performed on any fetus with a detectable heartbeat. This bill is known as “the Heartbeat Protection Act”, and it would be a massive victory for the pro-life movement in this country if it … Read more
by Chris Black As per Twitter’s general Counsel Sean Edgett written testimony to the US Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, the social media giant’s algorithms colluded (pun intended) with Hillary Clinton’s campaign in 2016 in a big way. In layman’s terms, Twitter’s systems were tweaked to help Hillary win the election by burying almost half … Read more
by Dana Lyons Recent highs in the major stock averages have not been accompanied by broad participation. With the major stock indices continuing to score new all-time highs, the market appears to be a well-oiled machine right now. However, looking under the hood, we find that, at least recently, the market has not been firing on … Read more
The left’s shrouded trail of strange and seemingly unconnected dots, are slowly coming together. What we knew (very abridged): • Qatar is the Wall Street for terrorist financing • Qatar finances ISIS, was involved in Benghazi, Syrian Civil War, Arab Spring, etc. – https://infamy.org/ • Qatar was awarded the odd 2022 FIFA World Cup that for … Read more
by Mark Angelides The man who authorities believe to be responsible for the New York terror attack that left eight deaths and many more injured was apparently in the US because he “won” one of 50,000 places in the American “Diversity Lottery Visa” program. Not only is this system insulting to all Americans, but it … Read more
by Robert Carbery Elections have consequences. Just look at what the Trump administration is doing to the regulatory state that Obama implemented and expanded over the last eight years. There is nothing the Democrats can do but watch in horror as Trump’s deregulatory agenda rolls on and ramps up. Big business has been behind … Read more
by Ian Shilling The latest ridiculous assertion is that Facebook have now suddenly found some “Russia-linked” ads because the ads were paid for in Rubles http://thehill.com/policy/technology/358102-franken-blasts-facebook-for-accepting-rubles-for-us-election-ads The fact that anyone still gives any credibility to these farcical proceedings is simply amazing:- Congress (and corrupt Corporate scumbag Sen. Mark Warner): Facebook – have you got any evidence … Read more
In your opinion, will the Bank of Canada raise rates at some point in the near future? Canada’s economy is shrinking again, just after the Bank of Canada said everything was just fine. What’s going on here? We need to take a look at the real indicators which explain the truth. fp1031_gdp_monthly.png (640×391) http://wpmedia.business.financialpost.com/2017/10/fp1031_gdp_monthly.png … Read more
At 49 seconds into the video you see sign https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyV1Jn6IasA&app=desktop Man Yells ‘CNN Is Fake News!’ At Anderson Cooper On Live TV https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDJcfs0LDvw A random person walked into the frame during a live broadcast on the streets of New York on CNN Tuesday, yelling “CNN is fake news!” http://dailycaller.com/2017/10/31/man-yells-cnn-is-fake-news-at-anderson-cooper-on-live-tv-video/
by FS Welcome to the Gilded Age of digital disruption where wealth, influence, and power are radically shifting to new players upending traditional business, economic, and social paradigms. To hear the podcast related to this article, see The Meltup Before the Meltdown on our site here on on iTunes here. Giants Eating the Competition We’ve often discussed the disruption in … Read more
Can capitalism continue without consumption of goods and services? The rate at which money exchanges hands is collapsing https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/M2V SPY/VIX Ratio pushing extremes pic.twitter.com/tdr7jrYPW5 — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) October 31, 2017 rent ate up more disposable income than at any prior time in history. Which unfortunately means that while US housing has never been more unaffordable, … Read more
by GordonTLong I argued in 110 pages that US Economic growth is not as reported because the GDP formula is both archaic and misleading. I recently posted at MATASII.com on September 29, 2017 an article entitled “An Archaic GDP Formula Hides the Fact the USA is Already in a Depression!“, that gave an additional perspective on … Read more
by Robert Carbery Something has been going on this past month that has as usual been lost in the shuffle of other mainstream media prioritized news. Lost in the hysteria around the Vegas shooting (of which we still have many unanswered questions) and Harvey Weinstein and Mueller indicting Manafort and the wacky World Series is … Read more
by Michael Snyder Terror has just struck New York City once again. On Tuesday afternoon, a “Middle Eastern man” shouting “Allahu Akbar” used his truck as a weapon in Lower Manhattan near the World Trade Center. After careening on to a bike path and hitting numerous bikers and pedestrians at high speed, he was finally stopped after his … Read more
By Michael Snyder Are we about to see chaos in the streets in major cities all over America? Antifa and other radical leftist groups are promising that a series of protests will begin on November 4th that will never end until “the Trump/Pence regime” is “removed from power”. And as you will see below, Antifa … Read more
http://moslereconomics.com/2017/10/29/credit-check-34/ A Look at NYSE Margin Debt and the Market The NYSE has released new data for margin debt, now available through September. The latest debt level is up 1.6% month-over-month. The September data gives us an additional sense of recent investor behavior. At the suggestion of Mark Schofield, Managing Director at Strategic Value … Read more
by Geoffrey Grider IS THE MERE ACT OF WEARING MINSTREL STAGE MAKEUP FROM A HUNDRED YEARS AGO A RACIST ACT? My intern Haley and I were walking back to the car after lunch this afternoon here in America’s oldest city, when we heard vigorous shouting coming from the area of the Prohibition Kitchen restaurant. As we got closer, … Read more
Why is this not front page news in the west? So it must be looking good, as super-loose monetary policy seems to have peaked and central banks are “talking the talk” and “walking the walk” for normalisation and tighter policy ahead. The US Federal Reserve has been doing this for nearly two years now, the … Read more
Irrefutable proof Podesta Group lobbied on behalf of Uranium One. 2012: https://soprweb.senate.gov/index.cfm?event=getFilingDetails&filingID=2a6bc321-f7aa-413d-bd53-3b1f96b7f6e7&filingTypeID=62 2015: https://soprweb.senate.gov/index.cfm?event=getFilingDetails&filingID=e2f7e742-f91b-4244-a805-237a020f220f&filingTypeID=51 to keep data intact… 2012 archive 2015 archive Sources: Podesta Group, Mercury Are Companies ‘A’ and ‘B’ in Indictment WASHINGTON — Lobbying firms the Podesta Group and Mercury Public Affairs are the unnamed companies in the grand jury indictment of Trump campaign chairman … Read more