Fannie and Freddie could need $100 billion bailout in next crisis, stress test finds Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac could need a taxpayer bailout of as much as $99.6 billion if a severe economic downturn gripped the U.S., their regulator said Monday. The Federal Housing Finance Agency released the results of a stress test that … Read more
Wall Street Banks Are Sending Warning Signals Five big ideas that made the week interesting, and the stories behind them. 1) We Could Be Close to a Downturn The rally looks like it’s about to peter out, say analysts at banks like HSBC Holdings Plc, Citigroup Inc., and Morgan Stanley. They’re looking at the relationships between … Read more
by Thinker https://youtu.be/JF5vUzH63eE Who owns the news? https://youtu.be/CSUgRQmBod8 Who rewrites history? Who owns you by way of your social security/slave number? – Glenn Beck Exposes the Private Fed; Gets Fired by Fox
by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, Many of those about to be vaporized did not grasp the fragility of the “prosperity” they assumed was both solid and permanent. Business-cycle recessions are not just inevitable, they are necessary to flush bad debt and marginal investments/projects from the system. The next recession–which I suggested yesterday has just … Read more
by Thinker Banking Failure on the Rise BANK RUN in China! Billions in Withdrawals: “The Taps are Gushing”
by Thinker What is really happening in the world, do you really know? How many times has a story been presented in the front pages of mainstream media and on the mind-controlled flat-screens in almost every place in the world? How much of the truth is being told? Was the Charlotte incident real or just … Read more
The House ethics committee on Monday outlined its charges against Rep. Maxine Waters, who is accused of helping a bank in which her husband owned stock secure federal bailout funds. The committee charged the 10-term California Democrat with three counts of violating House rules and the federal ethics code in connection with her effort to … Read more
by Robert Carbery Ever since Steve Bannon was outed from the White House, there is no non interventionist voice left in Trump’s inner circle. We have witnessed the reversal of Trump keeping to his America First commitments in his decision increase our troop presence in Afghanistan, America’s longest war by far. The Wall Street … Read more
by Mark Angelides A NYPD cop who has served since 2002 and made over 1000 arrests is facing not only a loss of job, but also reputation because gang-bangers are setting up a “cottage industry” of hiring dodgy lawyers to file suit against police officers. They can get away with this, because under Mayor de … Read more
by Daisy Luther, The Organic Prepper The division in America has become so dramatic over the past year that many people can only foresee it heading one place: Civil War. There’s a pronounced uptick in violence and protests (often going hand in hand.) Free speech is being crushed by the opposition with the mere threat … Read more
by Ruby Henley I have known through study that the Trump Dossier is a fake, and I am thrilled to see that the respected WASHINGTON EXAMINER and author Byron York is questioning it. In his article, York explains that Republicans are also suspicious of the same. How could they not be? We know that the … Read more
Conflict between Trump and Congress escalates as difficult agenda looms The conflict between President Trump and Congress escalated a day after he threatened to shut down the federal government over funding for a U.S.-Mexico border wall as well as targeted opponents in Congress, aggravating tensions as a difficult legislative agenda looms. Trump is now at … Read more
by Ruby Henley This is an interesting and popular currency concept, and it is taking the world by storm. However, are there any dangers ahead for bitcoin users? How do banks feel about bitcoin? For that matter, how does the government feel about bitcoin? https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2013/11/15/bitcoin-companies-and-entrepreneurs-cant-get-bank-accounts/#a0b6197260d8 In the first week of July, Jay Shore got … Read more
by tsukeisawa With the recent controversies with the lefts call to remove historical statues ranging from Robert Lee, Christopher Columbus, and even reaching up to George Washington in some cases there have been some comparisons made between this and the Cultural Revolution promulgated by Mao in China. Several conservative thinkers have compared this to the period … Read more
by Charles Hugh Smith The signs are everywhere for those willing to look: something has changed beneath the surface of complacent faith in permanent growth. This is more intuitive than quantitative, but my gut feeling is that the economy just stumbled off a cliff.Neither the cliff edge nor the fatal misstep are visible yet; both … Read more
by Thinker Cynthia McKinney talks with Alex Jones about Donald Trump and how the establishment is trying to destroy him. Is Trump holding up the next war or gun confiscation? https://youtu.be/MVfKWi-xxJM Cynthia Mckinney: AIPAC is in total control of US Government & few Americans know anything about it https://youtu.be/dDqIeB6s4jA
There’s a new sub-prime crisis, but it’s not what you think The struggles of Provident Financial have fuelled concerns about a new sub-prime crisis Buyers of Provident’s car loans are up to their eyeballs in debt Regulation has discouraged big banks from offering affordable credit to the poor A decade on from the financial crisis, … Read more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bO5RgApDy-U Financial newsletter writer Lior Gantz says the most dangerous debt problem in the world is not debt held by governments, but personal debt held by the public. Gantz says, “Personal consumer debt is at an all-time high. When student debt is at an all-time high, when mortgage debt is at an all-time high, when … Read more
https://twitter.com/IWillRedPillYou/status/900423425407107072?s=09 https://twitter.com/TrumpTrain45Pac/status/900421781235933184?s=09 Washington (CNN)The White House has prepared the paperwork for President Trump to pardon former sheriff Joe Arpaio when he makes the final decision to do so, CNN has learned. An administration official said the White House has also prepared talking points to send to surrogates after he is pardoned. One of the talking … Read more
by Ruby Henley This is an update to the following article: http://investmentwatchblog.com/breaking-news-paid-actors-to-protest-at-president-trumps-arizona-rally-tonight/ This is an investigation into the validity of the Craigslist Ad which popped up in an Arizona newspaper before President Trump’s Rally in Phoenix Arizona last night. (August 22, 2017). I am searching for the actual ad itself in the actual newspaper. … Read more
by howmuch The Japanese have their electronics, the Germans their cars and the Americans their technology. Many countries claim to be the best in one field or another. But which country is home to the most overall productive workers? Take a look at the chart below to see the distribution of the world’s most productive … Read more
by Mark Angelides Chanelle Helm, a self-described “organizer” who happens to engage in activist activities has written a hate-fuelled diatribe against white folks, and more specifically it seems against white men. Published in the Leo Weekly, she lists ten things that “should change” about modern America. The list includes requests that white folk either leave … Read more
by Mark Angelides As the media complain about security spending for President Donald Trump and his family, they happily overlook the billions of dollars wasted on seemingly contradictory programs to hold up corrupt governments we are supposedly at war with. Are they just ignorant? Or is the war not actually a war? To start with, … Read more
by Ruby Henley http://truthfeed.com/breaking-craigslist-ad-exposes-tonights-event-will-have-paid-actor-protesters/103486/ President Trump is holding a rally in Phoenix, Arizona tonight, and he needs to get ready to rumble as paid actors will be there to disturb and create chaos. They were recruited from Craigslist…yet again. It is not known who is paying them, but most likely it is the same billionaire, who … Read more
by Charles Hugh-Smith Solutions abound, but they require the retirement of obsolete systems that defend entrenched interests and soul-crushing inequalities. It turns out Nero wasn’t fiddling as Rome burned–he was 60 km away at the time. Did Nero Really Fiddle While Rome Burned? The story has become short-hand for making light of a catastrophe, either out … Read more