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By Michael Snyder It is hard to believe that Baltimore was once one of the greatest cities in the entire world.  Unlike nearby Washington D.C., Baltimore is a blue collar city that is home to some of the hardest working people in America.  When I was in high school, my brother and I were huge … Read more

by Robert Carbery Texas Governor Greg Abbott has decided to enforce law and maintain order in his state, signing perhaps the nation’s toughest law against sanctuary cities this week. Under the law, Abbott prohibits the state’s law enforcement agencies from limiting their cooperation with federal authorities enforcing immigration law. Law and order has come to … Read more

by John Rubino One of the interesting things about the Great Recession was how Canada’s financial system sailed through it largely unscathed. Its banks were regulated wisely and behaved prudently, its citizens avoided the extreme stupidity of their credit-addicted neighbors to the south, and its government refrained from doubling its debt every eight years. It … Read more

By Gabrielle Seunagal   In a day and age where terrorism is growing more and more rampant, new speculations have risen regarding the notion of additional troops being deployed to Afghanistan. There are currently 8.4K troops residing in Afghanistan, but the Pentagon recently submitted a proposal for an increase of troops in the area. They … Read more

by Gordon T Long I recently highlighted the STUDENT SERVITUDE SHAM operating in America but since then our continuing investigation (which I will summarize below) has  forced us to more appropriately label it a “racket”!   We define “racket” as a business activity which is misleading, not fully “above board” and takes advantage of those less able … Read more

by Mark Angelides As expected, the media lapped up the idea of MTV giving out a Gender neutral Award; the LGBTQ (i?) groups are enthralled at the idea that people would finally be judged equally regardless of their gender. But the problem is… it’s nonsense. It will do nothing to promote “the genderless society”. It … Read more

by Mark Angelides The now infamous #bringbackourgirls achieved quite literally nothing of positive value. Virtue signaling, changing your profile picture, adding a “French Solidarity Flag Filter” to your photos does nothing. But even if you do nothing of actual value…You should still be asking questions about why no one else is doing something. Especially if … Read more

By Michael Snyder Did you know that the number of murders increased by almost 60 percent in the city of Chicago last year?  And as you will see below, this year gang violence in the Windy City has risen to a new level of viciousness.  A staggering 9.5 million people live in the Chicago metropolitan … Read more

by Umar Farooq   Vix gauge – which measures the expected short-term turbulence of the S&P 500 and doubles as a fear index – heading for its lowest closing level in over two decades. Vix has fallen to just 9.84 today, which if maintained would be the lowest closing level since December 1993. Earlier on … Read more

by Pamela Williams I am going to admit that I did not understand the fullness of Net Neutrality before I started this report. We are at risk as Internet users of losing our magical world of cyberspace.  Our freedoms to access and even comment on this subject are being taken away as we speak.   Trump … Read more

by Robert Carbery   Chinese buyers are bringing inflation to the country of their choice – Australia. These cash-rich buyers are looking to secure the property they want by any means necessary, regularly outbidding Australian buyers by $100,000 or more. Andrew Talyor, co-founder of property website, juwai.com, estimated that Chinese investors spent some $5.3 billion buying … Read more

By Gabrielle Seunagal   On Thursday, Americans were shocked to learn of the House of Representatives’ approval of the American Health Care Act (AHCA), more commonly referred to as ‘Trumpcare.’ Now, the Senate must make their ruling, but if the bill passes, critical changes to healthcare as we know it will be enacted. For starters, … Read more

Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter It was a historic election in France: Emmanuel Macron will become the youngest president in French history, and the first one ever whose party “En Marche!” doesn’t have a single representative in the National Assembly, the lower house of parliament. Legislative elections are coming up in June, but En Marche! won’t … Read more

by Pamela Williams   How far will this overbearing political movement within our public schools dare to go?  I see our young people losing their freedom of expression, as they are judged for their every minute action. A  child may kiss his classmate, point a finger, or do what this youngster did to impress his middle … Read more

by Mark Angelides Emmanuel Macron has won the second round of the French presidential Elections and secured his position as the new leader of France. But this was not a victory solely for him, this was a concerted effort of the world’s Globalist leaders to further their agenda at the expense of the voting public. … Read more

by Mark Angelides Several factors seem to be pointing towards one of the most epic political showdowns in history. One of the most influential politicians of modern times, Nigel Farage (Mr. Brexit), and three time British election winning machine and former Prime Minister, Tony Blair, are locked on a collision course over the eventual fate … Read more

By Michael Snyder If a former Reagan administration official is correct, we are likely to see the next major financial collapse by the end of 2017.  According to Wikipedia, David Stockman “is an author, former businessman and U.S. politician who served as a Republican U.S. Representative from the state of Michigan (1977–1981) and as the … Read more

by Pamela Williams https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jIg7cgqFC0   Here it is live in France now.  Wow, I was pulling for Le Pen.     http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39791036?intlink_from_url=&link_location=live-reporting-story DID HE JUST GET LUCKY? Luck doesn’t tell the whole story. Mr Macron could have gone for the Socialist ticket, but he realised after years in power and dismal public approval ratings the party’s voice … Read more

by Pamela Williams   “This project has stable funding, creates sufficient jobs and guarantees the safety of investors’ money,” one description reads.  Are we talking about government here or big business?  Is this not what we seek in government and big business?  Politicians are making big money behind closed doors, and we all know it.  Why … Read more

By Gabrielle Seunagal In recent new, occurrences of female genital mutilation (FGM) taking place in America have come to light. A few weeks ago, two Michigan Muslim doctors (Jumana Nagarwala and Fakhruddin Attar) were arrested for mutilating the genital of young girls. FGM is a disgusting and barbaric act involving the mutilation or removal of … Read more

French Interior Ministry Live maps and data tables – http://elections.interieur.gouv.fr/presidentielle-2017/ Live TV coverage France24 (English) http://www.france24.com/en/ Rightside Broadcasting (English) BFMTV (French) Political Analysis Tim Pool – The French Election – Macron V. LePen Tim Pool – Meeting a LePen supporter in Paris Technical Analysis Marine Le Pen can breach her glass ceiling: The drastic effect … Read more

SNB goes on buying spree and loads up on Apple, Alphabet, Microsoft stock. Picture [W]e are long beyond the point of debating the central bank intervention in equity markets (we do want to remind readers that until several years ago, it was considered “fake news” to even mention it, and those who accused central bankers … Read more

by Pamela Williams IWB wants all readers to know if you are blocked, it is a mistake!  If this does happen, please contact us via “contact.” We are under a massive DDos attack at this time.  We have to keep blocking malicious ip addresses in order to stay up and running.  It is a nightmare to … Read more