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BY JOHN MAULDIN Science tells us energy can neither be created nor destroyed within a closed system. The form may change, but the amount will only stay the same. If this only held true for debt. Within the closed system called Earth, we create debt much better than we eliminate it. Well, when we have too … Read more

By Bill Bonner BALTIMORE, MARYLAND – The stock market continued with a modest bounce yesterday… but America’s automotive giant, General Motors, sank into the mud. The proximate cause was a tweet by President T., who threatened to remove federal subsidies to GM’s electric cars. This from Bloomberg: President Donald Trump said he’ll consider killing subsidies … Read more

by Sovereign Man This doesn’t make front page news… But it should. Every year, cost of living adjustments increase Social Security benefits. Over the past decade, payouts have increased by an average of 1.66% per year, according to the Social Security Administration (SSA). But for 2019, the increase will be 2.8% to keep pace with inflation. … Read more

By Lance Gaitan Early this week, the market shook off Thanksgiving blues and started with a bang! Stocks bounced sharply, and Treasury yields moved up in tandem. Last week’s start was a different story. Stocks fell sharply. Treasury bonds were mostly steady; despite the sell-off in stocks, they didn’t rally much on the long end of … Read more

Finally we now know the truth Watch “Science Proves It” on YouTube   h/t QuantumLove    

by DCG Lincoln County Sheriff Roby Bowe From KPAX.com: The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office is currently facing a lawsuit from the ACLU and the ACLU of Montana regarding a current inmate at the Lincoln County Detention Center. Agustin Ramon, a dual citizen of France and Mexico, was arrested on Aug. 3 for a criminal burglary charge and … Read more

Trumpeteers rejoice. “Best Economy Evah!!!”. In case you didn’t notice, the trade deficit also reached and all-time high today, up $14 billion since the Great Orange One ascended to the throne. The housing market is now in the process of a slow motion crash. Prices have just begun to fall. There is another 20% to … Read more

Laura Ingraham points out that under current law it is highly illegal to help an illegal immigrant get into the United States punishable by 5 years to life in prison or even the death penalty if that immigrant kills someone. So why no indictments by Sessions? No he WASNT strong on immigration.   h/t Waswasz

by John Rubino Looks like we just hit an inflection point. So far this morning: U.S. new home sales drop to more than 2-1/2-year low (Reuters) – Sales of new U.S. single-family homes tumbled to a more than 2-1/2-year low in October amid sharp declines in all four regions, further evidence that higher mortgage rates were hurting … Read more

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJPR6HWwj1g For More Information See: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/arc… http://endoftheamericandream.com/arch… https://thomrainer.com/2016/09/five-r… https://www.prri.org/research/prri-rn…    

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5goJmYjnhc Trey Gowdy said all investigations start at the bottom level and work up. But, this way the Clintons are still threatening prosecutors. Trey should try working from the top down. Eliminate the Clintons and everybody can breathe easier.   TM  

by Jeff Clark, Senior Precious Metals Analyst, GoldSilver   Mike Maloney was excited. It was our weekly company meeting, and he interrupted it to tell us all about a new recession indicator he’d just discovered. In fact, he said it is “one of the most reliable indicators of a pending recession I have ever come across.” … Read more

The Fed continues to operate in search of a mythical, magical set of central-bank-conjured circumstances that allows an economy to grow forever, without recessions, at 2% inflation forever. Join Ron Paul as he discusses the Fed’s recent doubletalk and what it may portend.