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Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Forget the hype about a shortage of supply. In its report today on existing-home sales in September – they fell by 4.1% from a year ago to the lowest level since November 2015 — the National Association of Realtors blamed inevitably the “decade’s high mortgage rates.” This is no surprise. The Fed has … Read more
Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, The Mandate of Heaven will be withdrawn, and the autocratic regime overthrown. The absolute confidence that China’s political structure is permanent and forever is reminiscent of the absolute confidence in the 1980s that the USSR’s political structure was permanent and forever. But the social contract that undergirds the … Read more
by John Rubino The sentiment shift is still subtle, but it’s both real and widespread. After a few years of being ignored and/or dismissed as basically useless, gold is cool again, attracting positive comments in the media and increasing accumulation by big investors. India, for instance, imported less gold than usual in the first part … Read more
by Chris Okay, 0.5 points under the 200 dma. So the bears got a slight victory here? Not really. For what it’s worth, there are tons of troubling economic signs around the world, and plenty to suggest that the bull case here in the US has to rest too much (entirely) on official central bank … Read more
Recently we discovered that this influence has been much more extensive than people thought. We shouldn’t need to find out about the full extent of that influence through FOIA requests, and that’s assuming we do know about all of it, which I doubt. Washington DC’s role behind the scenes in Hollywood goes deeper than you … Read more
Antifa May Be The Biggest Liability For Democrats as they instigate conflict with right wing groups causing the general public to move towards republicans. Not only that but they lose every time they start a conflict. NYPD has recently made an arrest of one of the Proud Boys involved in the NYC scuffle but they … Read more
by Disobedient Media Disobedient Media previously reported the tightening stranglehold of censorship across social media. Unfortunately, events that have taken place since the publication of this writer’s opinion that Julian Assange was the first domino to fall in a series of increasingly draconian censorship measures have far exceeded even this author’s worst expectations. The crackdown has seen … Read more
by ObservationalHumor So as of last night Tesla made some significant changes to the actual versions of the Model 3 that can be order going forward. They aren’t selling the LR version anymore and you need to get an AWD or Perf version for the biggest battery pack. There’s now a Medium Range version with … Read more
by jakewins The Treasury Department on Friday outlined rules for investors seeking to finance development in under-served regions in exchange for significant tax breaks. The opportunity zones come with several tax advantages. Capital gains placed in a certified opportunity zone fund will not be taxed through the end of 2026 or when the investment is … Read more
It’s unbelievable that this big banks has still employ this type of people, you should resign for your lack of knowledge of things, it’s not like that you don’t understand, you are very one of the best, it’s not like you don’t understand our business , you don’t understand your own business. You are a … Read more
A senior attorney on special counsel Robert Mueller’s legal team has even more connections to the Clinton campaign than previously thought; attending Hillary’s election night soiree in New York City along with other senior aides, reports the Wall Street Journal. Andrew Weissmann, described by the New York Times as Mueller’s “pit-bull,” allegedly attended the Clinton … Read more
The U.S. government’s mammoth broadcasting arm has begun the “unleashing of thousands of hours per week of government-funded radio and TV programs for domestic U.S. consumption,” John Hudson of Foreign Policy reported on Sunday. The content arrives with the enactment of the Smith-Mundt Modernization Act of 2012, sponsored by Rep. Mac Thornberry (R- Texas) and Rep. Adam … Read more
From ZeroHedge: With the Mega Millions Jackpot now nearly $1 billion, people, mostly those in the lower and middle classes, are coming out in droves and buying lottery tickets with hopes of striking it rich. After all, with $1 billion one can even afford healthcare in America. Naturally, we wish the lucky winner all the (non-diluted) … Read more
by Amy S. Of course, meats lasts for a shorter period of time if it is not stored properly. But like a lot of other proteins, it usually has a sell by date which is simply the last date the store should sell the product, and not an expiration date for the product. How to tell … Read more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfXm0OLwHKU “I Don’t Regret What I Said” Trump SHUTS DOWN Reporter Over What He Said About A Body Slamming Congressman Trump Smiles At Reporter Then Tells Her He Has No Regrets About Praising A Body Slamming Congressman president trump signed a memorandum today and he was asked if he regrets praising a congressman who body … Read more
via visualcapitalist: When ground broke on the massive Tesla Gigafactory in Nevada in 2014, the world marveled at the project’s audacity, size, and scope. At the time, it was touted that the cutting-edge facility would be the largest building in the world by footprint, and that the Gigafactory would single-handedly be capable of doubling the world’s lithium-ion battery … Read more
From Marketplace.org: The opioid crisis has put a spotlight on physician prescribing practices, especially since studies show a quarter of chronic pain patients misuse opioids. One startup in Nashville has become a sort of watchdog for health insurers who spend far more when a patient is abusing opioids. “It’s billions of dollars in amenable, avoidable health care expenses … Read more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPjLi1RYH1w In the last month, a number of strange things have happened in Saudi Arabia.
by Dr. Eowyn On Graustak St. near the Black Hole Coffee House in Houston, Texas, a long-hair maggot-infested Demonrat steals and tears up two Sen. Ted Cruz (R) campaign signs. His face contorted by rage, the demon-possessed man then gets in the face of the video camera and, in a Gollum voice, hisses: “I hate Ted Cruz! I hate Ted Cruz! … Read more
PolitiFact is forced to retract a story claiming Claire McCaskill didn’t say what she definitely said. “At some point, we may have to consider the possibility that certain media fact-checkers are not so dispassionate and free from partisan biases as they’d like us to believe. PolitiFact has already stepped in it twice this week, publishing … Read more