by Mark Angelides The MSM spin endless stories of how young Western Muslims are being radicalized by tech-savvy Jihadis, and provided with funds and training through secret camps and clever banking trails. But it’s ludicrous. The people we are now bombing are nothing more than idiots, led by slightly less idiotic people with slightly better … Read more
Just like the previous financial crisis and the subsequent shadow banking crisis began in the US, storm clouds are brewing in Canada. First, it was Home Capital Group losing 70% of its deposits last week, then it was Equitable Group Inc. losses announced today. –read both stories for the bloomberg link https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-05-01/home-capital-s-next-hitch-is-keeping-cash-crunch-under-control Now, a mysterious … Read more
By Michael Snyder Why do things never seem to change no matter who we send to Washington? It seems like for decades many of us have been trying to change the direction of this country by engaging in the political process. But no matter how hard we try, the downward spiral of our nation just … Read more
By Gabrielle Seunagal Vermont Senator and former Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders started the month of May by campaigning against economic inequality. In his 30-minute speech, Sanders proposed a $15 minimum wage, three months of guaranteed paid family leave, free college, and a single payer healthcare system. Sanders asserted that a “progressive agenda” would meet the … Read more
by polkadotgirl This post is not going to be necessarily deep or complex. It is just going to be about some thoughts that deeply trouble me as I start the work week. Sometimes I feel like I do not recognize the world I live in – of course, these are only generalizations. *People are … Read more
CNBC reports: President Donald Trump is considering breaking up the nation’s biggest banks, a vow he had made during the presidential campaign then seemed to put on the back burner. In an interview Monday with Bloomberg News, Trump said he is “looking at that right now.” Major averages slipped as the news broke, then … Read more
by AMY S. As time passes in the 21st century, things seemingly look to become worse throughout time, Time no longer plays the role of fine wine and becomes better over time, rather it seems to be worsening and rotting out. This consistent time of rotting, poor decision-making, and poor leadership leads to countries and … Read more
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter The economy depends on them, but they’re cracking. American consumers are holding $1 trillion in revolving credit, mostly in credit card debt. So how well is this segment of consumer debt holding up? Synchrony Financial – GE’s spin-off that issues credit cards for Walmart and Amazon – disclosed on Friday that, … Read more
CULTURE OF CORRUPTION: Why It Matters How Ex-Presidents Make Their Money. If President Obama had collected a $400,000 fee from the founders of Solyndra, the failed energy company that left taxpayers liable for $535 million in federal guarantees, the corruption would be obvious. But because he is taking money from companies that benefited from his … Read more
by Pamela Williams I believe we have fallen from God’s grace, and we cannot even find the decency to feed our own children. What have we become? Have we not said over and over again, “a child cannot learn on an empty stomach.” We are “lunch shaming” children who cannot afford to pay for their lunches. … Read more
by Mark Angelides We can argue all day about the different services that Planned Parenthood offers, but there is one reason why they should not be receiving taz payer’s money…They are already making a fortune selling body parts from abortions. This is a Federal crime that seems to go unpunished, and no one is talking … Read more
By Michael Snyder Should we make homelessness against the law and simply throw all homeless people into prison so that we don’t have to deal with them? Incredibly, this is actually starting to happen in dozens of major cities all across the United States. It may be difficult to believe, but in many large urban … Read more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWJfn6iiAL0 Kim Smith for conservative tribune reports, One of President Donald Trump’s campaign promises was to take care of America’s veterans. To follow through on that promise, the president will sign an executive order that will create a new office in the Department of Veterans Affairs that will discipline or fire incompetent employees as well … Read more
Precious metals expert Mike Maloney points to what large foreign countries are buying and it gold–lots of it. Maloney explains, says, “Between Russia, China and India, their purchases meet or exceed all worldwide production of gold. Whenever they exceed mining supply, the supply has to come from somewhere, and it’s coming from the West. When … Read more
by Pamela Williams As President Trump makes headway in eliminating ISIS, another brutal gang called MS-13 has raised its ugly head in the “sanctuary cities” of America. These cities will hide these gangs and offer them a refuge. A refuge from what? Among other things, American law enforcement, President Trump, and Attorney General Jeff Sessions. Sessions … Read more
By Gabrielle Seunagal A few days ago, President Trump followed through on yet another one of his plethora of commitments to the nation by signing an executive order to engender a new office devoted to shielding whistleblowers at the Department of Veterans Affairs. The Commander in Chief made it clear that the office would … Read more
By Gabrielle Seunagal On Saturday, President Trump made headlines when he invited Rodrigo Duterte to the White House for a conversation about the current state of drugs. Duterte has earned a reputation as a harsh dictator, due to his habits of ordering the deaths of persons connected to drugs and narcotics. Many people dislike … Read more
CNBC reports: Robots are likely to replace 50 percent of all jobs in the next decade, according to Kai-Fu Lee, founder of venture capital firm Sinovation Ventures and a top voice on tech in China. Artificial intelligence (AI) is the wave of the future, the influential technologist told CNBC, calling it the “singular thing that … Read more
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter What are homes & mortgages worth when push comes to shove? Home Capital is Canada’s biggest “alternative” mortgage lender. It’s not a bank – which today is part of its problem because it cannot create money to lend out; it has to obtain it first by attracting deposits and borrowing money … Read more
by Pamela Williams OK…now it is all making sense. We have been in an argument with South Korea about the THAAD Missile System. South Korea does not want it, and now we know why. If we do not take this system back, well, we must take it back. This is the key to stopping … Read more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTiwAnxWaaY Fred Maxwell for western journalism reports, Hospitalized on April 14, Former President George H.W. Bush remains at the Houston Methodist Hospital, where he is being treated for chronic bronchitis. Read More/Source/Credit(FAIR USE): http://www.westernjournalism.com/geor…
by James Quinn Courtesy of: Visual Capitalist Back in 2000, less than 1% of retail sales came from e-commerce. However, online sales have climbed each and every year since then, even through the Great Recession. By 2009, e-commerce made up about 4.0% of total retail sales, and today the latest number we have is 8.3%. … Read more
by Michael Snyder Our world is changing at a blinding pace that is accelerating with each passing day. Thanks to the Internet, information travels at a speed that would have been unimaginable at other times in human history, and our technological capabilities are advancing at a rate that is exponentially increasing. What all of this … Read more
By Gabrielle Seunagal Friday marked the first day of this year’s annual gathering of the National Rifle Association convention. NRA leaders and members are meeting at the Georgia World Congress Center on April 28-30 to admire the plethora of guns that embody America’s beloved Second Amendment. I was privileged enough to attend the event … Read more
by Robert Carbery Looking back on his first 100 days in office, President Trump is realizing that the reality of running the world’s largest economy, biggest and baddest military, and likely most politically divided country in the world right now is much more of a headache than he imagined on the campaign trail. … Read more