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From John Stossel at Reason: Sen. Bernie Sanders recently came up with a new business to attack: Amazon. Sanders said Amazon didn’t pay its workers enough and because of that, many qualified for government assistance. At first, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos defended his company. That was the right thing to do, says John Stossel. He notes: “It’s … Read more

via silverdoctors: Legendary investor Stanley Druckenmiller was recently interviewed by Real Vision, and the interview has since been made public. Carve out the time to watch the entire video as it provides a wealth of information that people would normally have to pay to see with a subscription to Real Vision. I’d like to focus on the interview by … Read more

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by WARREN MOSLER Continuing to be negative year over year: Highlights Rising interest rates continue to dampen mortgage activity, with purchase applications for home mortgages falling a seasonally adjusted 2.3 percent in the November 9 week to the lowest level since February 2017 while refinancing applications decreased by 4.3 percent to the lowest level since … Read more

by jessefelder Warren Buffett is famous for many things one of which is his general dislike for precious metals as an investment. But maybe you’re old enough to remember when, just over 20 years ago, he backed up the truck and bought a ton of silver – over 3,000 tons, to be more precise. From … Read more

by Charles Hugh-Smith Other governments are keenly interested in following China’s lead. I’ve been pondering the excellent 1964 history of the Southern Song Dynasty’s capital of Hangzhou, Daily Life in China on the Eve of the Mongol Invasion, 1250-1276 by Jacques Gernet, in light of the Chinese government’s unprecedented “Social Credit Score” system, which I addressed in Kafka’s … Read more

This video gently showcases how Kanye West can be viewed as a symbol for love & peace, in the tradition of leaders like John Lennon, MLK Jr, Gandhi, and others. It touches upon conspiracy related topics including: breaking monolithic thought, mind control, achieving peace, media manipulation, eliminating the two-party voting system, and standing up against … Read more

Weather warnings are widespread across the Atlantic provinces with the next big storm forcing school closures and leaving thousands without power. Expect more rain, damaging winds, and a healthy dumping of snow through Thursday with the coldest temperatures of the season closely following behind this beast. By Tuesday evening, heavy snow was reported across northern … Read more

Nile Gardiner joined Fox Business, Wednesday, November 14, to talk about the current trade negotiations between the U.S. and European Union, the state of the U.S.-U.K. Special Relationship, and the need for Britain to support the Trump administration’s Iran strategy going forward.        

BY ROBERT ROSS Last month was a bloodbath for stocks. The S&P 500 sat on a 9.4% gain for the year on October 1. By October 29, the index was down 1.1%—its worst month in seven years. But I found one group of stocks that bucked the trend. While other stocks fell in tandem, these stocks showed gains. Here’s … Read more

by Chris The long wedge has been broken to the downside…. Solidly. The reports of the past few weeks of people not able to get their fiat out of bitfinex for many days and weeks with radio silence from the “help desk” at Bf was pretty telling. I’d be personally terrified of not getting my … Read more

By Bob Shanahan   They are coming. The caravan has started to arrive. Illegal immigrants started climbing the border fence Tuesday afternoon at Tijuana and San Diego. People were scaling the fence and sitting on top of it, not going all the way over to the U.S. side. Border agents were seen patrolling in trucks, … Read more

via confoundedinterest: Last decade, there was a residential mortgage credit bubble that burst. While there doesn’t appear to be a residential mortgage credit bubble (well, just a little), there is most definitely a corporate debt credit bubble that appears to be bursting. Take General Electric. Their stock price has slipped to under $10 per share  from … Read more