What can we expect next from UK house prices?

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by Shaun Richards A feature of the credit crunch era has been the way that central banks have concentrated so much firepower on the housing market so that they can get house prices rising again. Of course they mostly hide under the euphemism of asset prices on this particular road. For them it is a … Read more

U.S. companies benefiting from 2017 arms deal with Saudi Arabia and the politicians these companies support

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by loratcha Factbox: Deals signed by U.S. companies in Saudi Arabia, Reuters, May 20, 2017 U.S. and Saudi Arabian companies signed tens of billions of dollars of business deals on Saturday as Riyadh sought help to develop its economy beyond oil during a visit by President Donald Trump. National oil firm Saudi Aramco said it … Read more

Marriage dying. Less sex. More loneliness. Society dying.

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by Fabius Maximus Summary: The results of fourth wave feminism begin to appear. Marriage is dying, people are living isolated lonely lives. The stress on America society will be immense as these trends continue. “The sexual revolution, however, wanted men and women to get together bodily, while feminism wanted them to be able easily to get along … Read more

Who Owns The Fed, And Does It Even Matter?

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by Ron Paul of Ron Paul Liberty Report The Federal Reserve isn’t “federal” and it has no “reserves.” Is it a public institution? No…Is it private? No again…Is it Constitutional? Absolutely not!…Who owns The Fed, and does it even matter?  

The Agenda 2030 Smart City Challenge – Gov’t To Award $75 Million For Best Smart City Design

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via Press For Truth: The following video was produced by Press For Truth Google’s parent company Alphabet Inc. owns a company called Sidewalk Labs, and they are working with the Canadian government to launch a new “smart city” at the waterfront of downtown Toronto called “Quayside.” Quayside is proposing a centralized identity management system which each resident … Read more

Thousands More ‘Enemy Combatant’ Migrants Expected To Arrive In Tijuana And Will Also Be Demanding Asylum In The United States

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by Geoffrey Grider Thousands of additional migrants are expected to arrive Tijuana, Mexico, expecting to claim asylum at the U.S border. The migrants expected to arrive are in addition to the approximately 5,000 migrants who already arrived in this border city during recent days. The border battle is on. Emboldened by wins by the Democrats in … Read more

OPINION: We voted for Brexit and got Andrexit. Where is the leadership to turn a bogroll into a bugle call?

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by John Ward There’s one thing in Mrs May’s Brexit withdrawal agreement we’re overlooking . It is not the beginning of the end of Britain being bullied by Brussels, it’s merely the end of the beginning. If Farage et al wait too long before showing up, they will miss the bus.   ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ Pretty much every … Read more

When Cash Outperforms Everything

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via Ben Carlson U.S. stocks were up double-digits well into 2018 and sailing along nicely until a funny thing happened — they stopped going up and went the opposite direction as they are wont to do. The Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (VTI) is now down around 20 basis points on the year. Not only have … Read more

The stock market is collapsing like in 2008, but the media doesn’t want to tell you….yet.

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via visualcapitalist: The Chart of the Week is a weekly Visual Capitalist feature on Fridays. What goes up, must come down. Over recent years, there hasn’t been a safer bet than big tech – specifically the FAANG stocks, which include Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix, and Google’s parent company Alphabet. But in the financial world, this feeling of euphoria … Read more

Assange Prosecution Will Focus On Chelsea Manning Era Releases, Not DNC Emails

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by Disobedient Media It seems that the shades have finally been ripped off of the persecution of Julian Assange. Fallen by the wayside is the pretense used to justify his arbitrary detention: allegations of sexual misconduct, of Russian involvement, and of aiding Trump’s ascension to the Presidency. Gone is the pretense that it is not … Read more

SOCIALISM: Venezuela Is Leaking Oil Everywhere.

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via bloomberg: “The once-mighty PDVSA is polluting waterways and farmland, unable to clean up its messes after years of neglect, scant investment and corruption scandals.” The spills are conspicuous signs of what has gone so horribly wrong at once-mighty PDVSA. The state-owned company doesn’t publish statistics, but environmentalists, analysts and workers keep seemingly endless lists of … Read more

PRIVACY: European privacy search engines aim to challenge Google.

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via denverpost: Sites such as Britain’s Mojeek, France’s Qwant, Unbubble in Germany and Swisscows don’t track user data, filter results or show “behavioral” ads. These sites are growing amid the rollout of new European privacy regulations and numerous corporate data scandals, which have raised public awareness about the mountains of personal information companies stealthily gather and … Read more

Heads up, historical support test for interest rates!

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by Kimble Charting This 4-pack looks at short to long-term interest rates over the past few decades with a little twist, each chart is inverted (yields are upside down). Each chart reflects that yields are testing multi-decade support at each (1). These support lines were tested back in 2000 & 2000, where lows took place, which ended up … Read more

Martin Armstrong: Central Banks Looking at Creating Their Own Cryptocurrencies – One Step Closer To Losing All Our Freedom

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by Martin Armstrong The IMF has recommended that all Central banks should issue their own cryptocurrencies. Indeed, they are looking at using Block Chain to keep track of taxes and to enforce negative interest rates with cryptocurrencies which would allow them to impose negative interest rates whenever necessary. With adopting cryptocurrencies that governments would control, we will come one step … Read more

CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS OUST ALMOST 130, INCLUDING 9 TEACHERS, OVER CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS

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via chicagotribune: Nearly 130 Chicago Public Schools employees have been terminated, recommended for dismissal or simply resigned amid scrutiny following an enormous review of worker backgrounds prompted by a Tribune investigation this year. That group of employees includes nine teachers, 35 people classified as classroom aides and an unspecified number of people the district lists as substitute or … Read more