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By Bob Shanahan “The face that they see before them is the face of the attacker. The face of innocence has become the face of guilt. That’s the frightening part — the truly horrifying idea that our memories can be changed, inextricably altered, and that what we think we know, what we believe with all … Read more

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by Tom McClellan The stock market has been doing something peculiar lately.  In an obvious uptrend, we are starting to see an increasing number of NYSE-listed issues making new 52-week lows.  When the number of New Highs (NH) and New Lows (NL) both exceed a certain threshold on the same day, coupled with some other criteria, … Read more

by Lance Roberts Last week, James Rickards posted an interesting article discussing the risk to the financial markets from the rise in passive indexing. To wit: “Free riding is one of the oldest problems in economics and in society in general. Simply put, free riding describes a situation where one party takes the benefits of an economic … Read more

by NEE 48 percent of Americans speak a foreign language at home in America’s five largest cities One in Five American Residents Speak a Language Other than English in 2017 New US Census Bureau data finds that roughly half (48.2 percent) of residents living in America’s five largest cities speak a language other than English at … Read more

by Spencer P Morrison, NEE On Monday the Trump administration announced that it would impose 10 percent tariffs on an additional $200 billion worth of Chinese goods—including many consumer goods which have been exempt until now.  This rate will increase to 25 percent by year’s end.  China responded by imposing new tariffs on $60 billion worth of American goods.  Make … Read more

by Fabius Maximus Summary: This year we may have crossed the Rubicon, abandoning the ideals that built America. They will be difficult to recover. America is an idea, or an assembly of ideals. Most of our strengths comes from these intangibles. If we lose those, we are just another nation. There will be nothing restraining our … Read more

Its like 5 minutes starting at 41:00 Ye got bullied backstage at SNL for his MAGA hat Would you defend yourself in an angry way, if falsely accused? Dale scoffs and LOLs at “temperament” being applied to men What percentage of sexual abuse accusations turn out to be false? False accusations against people in the … Read more

via nationalreview: Why the Hell are people losing their minds? I don’t know. Why did St. Vitus’ Dance sweep Europe? Why did tulips get so expensive during the Tulip Craze? Why did the witches hang? I suspect what’s happened is a convergence of things. First the #MeToo movement, which mostly has been a force for good, … Read more

via Kevin Yao, Lusha Zhang Growth in China’s manufacturing sector sputtered in September as both external and domestic demand weakened, two surveys showed on Sunday, raising the pressure on policymakers as U.S. tariffs appear to be inflicting a heavier toll on the Chinese economy. global slowdown continues https://t.co/pyHYK3hazC — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) September 30, 2018 A private survey … Read more

Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Chinese RMB gains, but is inconsequential as central banks remain leery. Euro hangs on. Those who’re eagerly awaiting the end of the “dollar hegemony,” or the end of the dollar as the top global reserve currency, well, they’ll need some patience, because it’s happening at a glacial pace – according to … Read more

by Martin Armstron The sun is entering perhaps one of the deepest Solar Minima in thousands of years. Sunspots have been absent for most of 2018. This is really alarming. Since the start of 2018, there have been totally spotless days for weeks. The sun’s ultraviolet output has sharply declined and this is not going to end well. We … Read more

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https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/#{“autoUpdate”:[“autoUpdate”],”basemap”:”grayscale”,”feed”:”1day_m25″,”listFormat”:”default”,”mapposition”:[[18.312810846425442,-65.7806396484375],[19.078990851489117,-64.8138427734375]],”overlays”:[“plates”],”restrictListToMap”:[“restrictListToMap”],”search”:null,”sort”:”newest”,”timezone”:”utc”,”viewModes”:[“list”,”map”],”event”:”pr2018273012″}   That is all it is Volcanoes of the Caribbean Islands https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/carribean.html   AC

“In the legal context, here is my bottom line,” Mitchell said. “A ‘he said, she said’ case is incredibly difficult to prove. But this case is even weaker than that.” “Dr. Ford identified other witnesses to the event, and those witnesses either refuted her allegations or failed to corroborate them,” Mitchell said. “For the reasons … Read more