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NBC Pulls Trump Campaign Ads on Eve of Election The move comes after the ad aired during ‘Sunday Night Football’ and received swift backlash. NBC has pulled an infamous “migrant caravan” ad that ran during Sunday Night Football. The ad featured an undocumented immigrant who was convicted of murdering two sheriff’s deputies in California in … Read more
by Ron Paul Sadly, but not unexpectedly, the mass shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh is being used to justify new infringements on liberty. Of course, opponents of gun rights are claiming this shooting proves America needs more gun control. Even some who normally oppose gun control say the government needs to do … Read more
“Supreme Corp.”! “Make America Sick Again”! The party’s messaging is an atrocity, and it won’t get any better until Pelosi and Schumer are gone. From Slate: In June, the Supreme Court ruled that public-sector employees who are represented by unions in collective bargaining can’t be obligated to pay dues to those unions. Legal observers say that … Read more
by NaturalHedgehog Each day I go through the top rising and falling stocks today, and look for (a) what the company actually does, and (b) why the stock is moving so much. Hopefully this saves you some digging! Below are my notes from 5 November 2018 as of mid-morning. (This list is limited to companies … Read more
by SP ConsortiumNews.com has been very critical of the NYT assertion that Russian operatives using facebook ads, “stole the election” “handing it to Trump.” (and here) Here is another ConsortiumNews piece by Gareth Porter that profoundly undermines this narrative. The reason that I am posting it here is not as much about this article’s CONTENT of … Read more
Bold move, gonna shave off quite a bit of Walmart’s top line this quarter since a big appeal of their eCommerce business is offering Free Shipping to customers without the need to buy a membership. Source: https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/nation-now/2018/11/05/amazon-drops-25-minimum-free-shipping-through-holiday-season/1889512002/ Target $TGT also has free 2-day shipping. Target Corp. TGT, +0.99% said it plans to offer free two-day … Read more
by Jake right now he is only saying +2% nationwide for republicans Wisconsin West Virginia, michigan, Georgia, Ohio and Indiana all up big for republicans. florida in a statistical tie. Target smart has republicans up More women than men voting for Republicans cruz leading beto 51 to 48%
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Time for some hefty share buybacks. Apple suppliers are talking and filling in some details on demand for iPhones. And shares of Apple dropped another 4% mid-morning, after having dropped 6.6% on Friday, after it had reported revenues and earnings Thursday evening. Earnings and revenues rose sharply in the quarter, but … Read more
From Birch Gold Group This week, Your News to Know rounds up the latest stories involving precious metals and the overall economy. Stories include: U.S. dollar weakness to drive gold and silver prices in 2019, silver is a promising investment in 2019, and explorers are searching for rare gold coins from the SS North Carolina wreck. Natixis: U.S. … Read more
by Graham Summers via Gains, Pains & Capital The Trump administration is doing everything in its power to prop up stocks. On Friday we had not one but TWO verbal interventions from President Trump: both related to a potential trade deal with China. Stocks rallied on the news, but the rally was short-lived and stocks finished the day … Read more
From Forbes: I grew up in one of a handful of admittedly sun-drenched US places that don’t observe Daylight Saving Time, but the cycle of ‘Spring Forward, Fall Back’ (a phrase apparently first used by the Los Angeles Examiner) still had an impact. Twice a year, for up to a few weeks, people needed a couple extra seconds before scheduling … Read more
By Bob Shanahan Photo courtesy of Antiwar.com While the country is obsessing over the midterm elections on Tuesday, the military industrial complex rife with neoconservative nation builders has completed its hijacking of President Trump’s foreign policy. Instead of navigating a non-interventionist America First foreign policy, the president has hired warmonger John Bolton lobs bombs and … Read more
High Youth Unemployment and a National Labor Shortage – Say What? (Link to article below) https://business.financialpost.com/entrepreneur/why-do-we-have-high-youth-unemployment-concurrent-with-a-national-labour-shortage
Kitco News, Released on 11/5/18 “The battle is kind of lost. I’m not even worried about the markets…I’m worried about the collapse of Western civilization itself, because of all the values that made the West what it is…these things are held in disrepute by the public at large.”
by DCG Bye, bye you terrorist supporter! Our country and the safety of our citizens matter. Good riddance! From ICE press release dated 11/01/18: DALLAS — Officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) removed a Kazakhstani man on Oct. 23 who was previously convicted for concealing criminal evidence for one … Read more
via Sara Tipton: Recent studies have shown that 90% of Americans use digital devices for two or more hours each day and the average American spends more time a day on high-tech devices than they do sleeping: 8 hours and 21 minutes to be exact. If you’ve ever considered attempting a “digital detox”, there are some health benefits … Read more
by Lance Roberts Last week, General Electric (GE) did something that many never thought would happen. They slashed their dividend to just $0.01 per share. We are talking about GE. A company which has been bringing “good things to life” for well over 100-years. There is an important lesson to be learned here by investors who have … Read more
by DCG Video NSFW due to her foul mouth. From Fox News: An intern for Democratic Florida gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum has been arrested and charged with battery after she threw chocolate milk on a group of College Republicans tabling on campus. The far-left student activist who had the profanity-laced meltdown, Shelby Shoup, is listed as an intern for the Andrew … Read more
by DCG From NBC: The midterm elections are turning out to be nearly as stressful as the 2016 presidential election — especially for Democrats. According to a poll conducted by YouGov and commissioned by the fitness site Daily Burn, Democrats are 50 percent more likely than Republicans to say they’re “eating their feelings” as a result of the current political climate. They’re also … Read more
Brent Johnson interviewed by Craig Hemke at TF Metals Report Brent Johnson is one of the good guys. He’s a sound money advocate who understands that, though change is coming, it’s not necessarily coming next week. To that end, it was great fun to get caught up with Brent and discuss the US$…not only the long-term forecast but what … Read more