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Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Every housing bubble requires the connivance of the banks and regulators. Australia is no exception. Sydney’s housing bubble, one of the most magnificent in the world, is deflating further. So far this year, home sales volume has plunged 18.5%, according to CoreLogic. And prices have followed. In September, this is what … Read more

Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter But wait — these are the Boom Times! The US gross national debt jumped by $84 billion on September 28, the last business day of fiscal year 2018, the Treasury Department reported Monday afternoon. During the entire fiscal year 2018, the gross national debt ballooned by $1.271 trillion to a breath-taking … Read more

From Birch Gold Group This week, Your News to Know brings you the latest stories involving precious metals. Stories include: Barron’s says it’s time to buy gold, Bank of America sees gold soaring above $1,300, and Indonesians snap up gold as currency and stocks tumble. Barron’s: Time to Buy Gold Despite persistent faith in the U.S. dollar and … Read more

by Thinker What is happening??? Donald Trump with the help of that which is beyond the minds of many are making strides to change a corrupt world, to one where people take pride in honor and “TRUTH.” Alternative media continues to bring the people “REAL” news and expose the lies printed in the mainstream media … Read more

by DCG A Seattle woman, Maria Ball, was out for an early run on Friday around Green Lake when she was attacked from behind. The man grabbed her chest and crotch. She yelled for help and neighbors called the police. According to the MyNorthwest.com story, Ball knew something was wrong the second she was grabbed and managed to … Read more

The globalists trade deals are being removed and the new people trade deals are being put into place. The new deals are just the beginning to benefit the people. The globalist system is being torn down, their time has come to an end. The central bankers are now warning that nations should resist self-sufficiency. The … Read more

by Simon Black Howard Marks is one of the greatest investors in history. Marks is the founder of the credit investment firm Oaktree Capital Management. And he’s been sharing his insights with the public in his Chairman memos since 1990 (which you can read for free on his website). Even Warren Buffett stops what he’s doing when … Read more

by WARREN MOSLER Highlights A marginal headline gain of 0.1 percent in construction spending masks significant declines in residential spending during August. Residential spending fell 0.7 percent in the month to more than offset a 0.2 percent rise in July. Looking at sub-components, single-family spending was also down 0.7 percent in August with multi-unit spending … Read more

by Dr. Eowyn Democrats are the Anti-America Party of Lawlessness. Congressional resolutions are not laws. They are not legislative in character, but are statements of intent or declarations used primarily to express principles, facts, opinions, and purposes. When Congress seeks to pass a law, it uses either a bill or a joint resolution, which must be … Read more

FBI launches an investigation into the allegations made by Dr. Ford. Trump expands the investigation. Meanwhile Rachel Mitchell says that there is not enough to go on to make a case.Professor Cleveland reviews the entire testimony of Dr. Ford and says that she is lying. Q post more bread, Rosenstein will resign, red October show … Read more

via reddit: “Intelligent evil dust, it’s everywhere in everything” and “The generation being born now is the last to be free” What was he talking about? Smart Dust Smartdust involves 5G wireless and IoT as I will soon explain. First, here’s Assange describing it in his own words: https://youtu.be/Rd6u5Los-VM?t=1m42s It’s interesting to note that research on … Read more

by Thinker So if the police can smoke it, will those who were locked away for using it be let free??? All around the world there are men and women serving time for smoking or selling cannabis, while the use of it continues to be proven safe, and in many cases a cure for some … Read more

https://twitter.com/_ju1_/status/1046853760352493573 https://twitter.com/eSpaiNews/status/1046850288043413504 Pro-Spanish MPs have been escorted out of the Parliament Hoy de nuevo, al acabar la preparación de los plenos de mañana, hemos tenido que salir escoltados del Parlament por un fuerte cordón policial por la presencia de una manifestación de los comandos separatistas en la puerta pic.twitter.com/5GvkzCJaE0 — Inés Arrimadas (@InesArrimadas) October 1, … Read more

He is good, based on what he sees in the markets and housing, says it is coming down. Worse than the Depression.   h/t Booboo

by John Coumarianos  They say nobody rings a bell at the top of the market. But whether this is the top or not, two prominent market observers and historians, Robert Shiller and Edward Chancellor, are expressing concern. First, Shiller warns readers not to take big increases in earnings too seriously because earnings are volatile. Everyone … Read more

Google meets with GOP, strengthening ties with the government RT, Released on 10/1/18 Google’s CEO, Sundar Pichai, recently met with about two dozen prominent Republican Congress people, for a couple of reasons. First, there’s the issue of bias that keeps coming up. A lot of Republicans feel like Google is very biased against conservatives, and … Read more

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCQfSjgFC4A Beijing has abruptly canceled a high-level security meeting with U.S. Department of Defense official scheduled for October. U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis was planning to visit Beijing in mid-October to meet with top officials from the People’s Liberation Army (PLA). The Chinese government on Sept. 30 released a statement that not senior officials … Read more