Jim Rickards: The Coming Stock Market Crash Will Be Like A Runaway Train With No Brakes

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by Jim Rickards via Daily Reckoning 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 condition without contributing anything to sustain that condition. The best example is a parasite on an elephant. The parasite sucks the … Read more

America’s Looming Abyss

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by Raúl Ilargi Meijer Salvador Dali Galatea of the Spheres 1952  Axios reporter Jonathan Swan “broke” the story yesterday morning that Rod Rosenstein was going to resign before he would be fired, and he was on his way to the White House for that. Just about every would-be journalist in the US followed suit with speculation and … Read more

Global oil hits 4-year highs…

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From MarketWatch: Oil futures extended a recent uptrend on Tuesday that has lifted benchmark prices for the global crude to four-year highs and put U.S. crude on track for its longest streak of gains since late July, supported by expectations of tighter international supplies. Global benchmark November Brent rose 98 cents, or 1.2%, to $82.18 a … Read more

Trump Administration’s Considering Myriad Antitrust Probes Into Social Media Platforms

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkxKShoWV0M The Trump administration is considering a draft executive order that would call for an anti-trust investigation into Google and social media companies like Facebook. The draft order would call on federal antitrust and law enforcement agencies to “thoroughly investigate whether any online platform has acted in violation of the antitrust laws” to “protect competition … Read more

WaPo Fact Checker: Beto O’Rourke Campaign “Know[s] They Are In Trouble” After Beto Lied About DUI

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Washington Post fact checker Glenn Kessler says that Texas Democratic Senate Candidate Beto O’Rourke’s campaign “know[s] they are in trouble” after Beto said that he did not try to flee the scene of his DUI, contrary to what the police report, citing a witness, says. Be sure to like, subscribe, and comment below to share … Read more

EU sues Poland in top court over judicial reform, forced retirement to stop corruption

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ae8cOWZhEY4 The European Union sued Poland on Monday in the EU’s highest court over its ruling party’s changes to the judiciary, which the bloc believes violates the independence of the courts. “The European Commission maintains that the Polish law on the Supreme Court is incompatible with EU law as it undermines the principle of judicial … Read more

Homeless Seattle man, accused of a stabbing, on the loose after failing to show up for court-appointed treatment program

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by DCG The city of Seattle/King County has a homeless crisis that bureaucrats perpetuate by coddling criminal activities committed by the homeless. Law-abiding citizens are terrorized by these actions: Feces and urine line Seattle streets along with drug needles all over the place. Mentally unstable people are allowed to roam the streets and scare citizens. The … Read more

The Kavanaugh hearings’ warning: the Court is too powerful

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by Fabius Maximus Summary: The charges and counter-charges about Kavanaugh obscure the key issue. The Court has become too powerful, so fights for control of it inevitably become fiercer. This will continue until something breaks in our politics, or we reform the Court. Last week I explained how the Kavanaugh hearing showed that our system is broken. … Read more

Harry Dent: Two Scenarios for the Stock Market

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Economy & Markets – Facebook, Released on 9/21/18 Harry outlines two possible short-term scenarios for the stock market, and how you can prepare accordingly to make money and protect your wealth in the months ahead, no matter what comes our way. *If the volume isn’t working, click the volume icon located in the bottom right … Read more

Technically Speaking: Can You “Feel” The Complacency?

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by Lance Roberts  Yesterday, the market sold off modestly over continuing concerns of “tariffs” and trade wars. At least that was the headline reason. The real reason was simply that the market is overbought in the short-term and traders were taking profits in a light-volume session. As shown in the chart below, the sell-off yesterday is now … Read more

ANALYSIS: May has wrong-footed the EU. The mystery is why she was allowed to do it.

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by John Ward Laughter followed by tears and fears in this post. In a small island off a small-minded continent, Little Englander pols are doing hysterical verbal somersaults in a bid to avoid being pigeon-holed as anything other than Brexmain in their outlook. But whatever her reasons were, May has put the European Commission on the back foot, … Read more

Elon Musk’s “Socialism” and the Hegelian Dialectic

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Back in June of this year, tech entrepreneur and multi-billionaire Elon Musk tweeted that he’s actually a “socialist”. He also tweeted that 19th Century philosopher Karl Marx was a “capitalist”. Yes, you heard correctly. Hilarity subsequently ensued online in the ‘Tweet-osphere’ and among Musk observers. Now, seeing how near-fictionally busy Musk is and has been … Read more

HOW MICHAEL MOORE LOST HIS AUDIENCE

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via variety: It’s been nearly 30 years since “Roger & Me,” and through all that time Michael Moore has remained a robust public figure, iconic in his baseball hats and pleasure-loving Middle American girth and can’t-be-bothered-to-cut-it long hair, fearlessly funny and incisive in his rhetoric, stirring up debate on TV news shows with his crackling blend … Read more

EU’s Justice Commission says it’s time for Brussels to regulate European newspapers

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What next – imprisonment for speaking against the EU Commissars? via westmonster: The head of the European Commission on Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality has called on a “European approach” to the media based on “quality and smart regulation” after citing a newspaper front page describing the EU as ‘dirty rats’. Věra Jourová speaking at the … Read more

Hungary Has Made George Soros Mad As Hell

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24 September 2018 – 13H37 Soros challenges Hungary laws at European rights court The foundation run by US billionaire George Soros said Monday that it has filed a legal challenge with the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg against Hungary’s controversial “Stop Soros” laws adopted last June. he “Stop Soros” package targetting the Hungarian-born … Read more

German Refugees Do Not Event Know their Birth Dates

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by Martin Armstrong In Germany, the overwhelming number of refugees have no papers whatsoever. The government remains clueless as to who so many people really are. Over 200,000 refugees/economic migrants have official dates of birth as January 1st. The number is 207,347 persons who have sought protection since 2014 with fictitious birthdays was released by Federal Ministry of … Read more