IMF Warns Britain not Brussels About Hard Exit – Another Political Forecast

by Martin Armstrong QUESTION: Mr. Armstrong; I have tracked the IMF forecasts alongside yours and it clearly appears that they are mimicking you very closely. However, something strange has taken place, for now, their latest warning it seems to be politically motivated. Lagarde warns that the U.K. economy will contract with a hard Brexit. Is this … Read more

CNN – Jennifer Granholm: WTF: Four Witnesses Refuting Ford’s Story “Actually Corroborates Ford’s Story.”

VIDEO: CNN – Jennifer Granholm: WTF: Four Witnesses Refuting Ford’s Story “Actually Corroborates Ford’s Story.” CNN’s Jake Tapper: “We now have four individuals who have come forward who were named by Professor Ford…and all four…have all said they don’t remember anything like this ever happened.” Leftist Jennifer Granholm: “Right. And that actually corroborates Ford’s story.” … Read more

Venezuela Shows Reality of Socialism as the Poor Starve to Death While Politically Elite Feast

via MISES: The socialist policies of the Venezuela government continue to impose a living hell on its people. Hyperinflation has turned its currency to literal garbage. Mortality rates have skyrocketed for groups such as infants, pregnant mothers, and the elderly as clinics have shut down and medicine grown scarce. Food has disappeared from store shelves forcing the population to consume pets and zoo … Read more

Forensicator’s Analysis Supports Assange’s Statements On The DNC, Podesta Emails

by Disobedient Media Disobedient Media has closely followed the work of the Forensicator, whose analysis has shed much light on the publications by the Guccifer 2.0 persona for over a year. In view of the more recent work published by the Forensicator regarding potential media collusion with Guccifer 2.0, we are inclined to revisit an interview given … Read more

Joe Saluzzi: The Markets Are Still Way Too Vulnerable To A Sudden Liquidity Disappearance

by Adam Taggart Joe Saluzzi, co-founder of Themis Trading LLC, outspoken exchange expert, and author of the excellent exposé Broken Markets, returns to give us an update on the state of high frequence trading — otherwise known as HFT. In the past, Saluzzi has been a vocal critic of the dominant and parasitic role HFT algorithims … Read more

Gold in the “Everything Bubble”: Effective Diversification?

Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter What do you do when nearly all asset classes are overvalued? Diversification is one of the oldest principles by which people try to hang on to their wealth, however little they might have. Don’t put all your eggs in one basket, it goes. Diversification is not designed to maximize profits or … Read more

President-Elect of Mexico’s Bombshell: Economy in “Situation of Bankruptcy”

And why are Bank of Mexico executives and employees resigning in droves? By Don Quijones, Spain, UK, & Mexico, editor at WOLF STREET. Around 200 central bank employees, including 20 senior executives, have left their posts at the Bank of Mexico (Banxico) since presidential elections on July 1 handed a resounding victory to populist Andrés Manual Lopez Obrador (or … Read more

The Best Time to Prepare Is While the Bull Runs

by Frank Holmes, CEO, U.S. Global Investors In case you couldn’t tell from the ubiquitous political ads and yard signs, midterm elections are right around the corner. Historically, volatility has increased and markets have dipped leading up to midterms on uncertainty, but afterward they’ve outperformed. Of especially good news is that we’re entering the three … Read more

SALT Taxes, Inflation vs Dis-Inflation, Medicare & Social Security Debt

rom Jason Hartman’s Creating Wealth Jason Hartman starts today’s episode with some new observations on the GOP Tax Reform, specifically involving depreciation and the changes that have been made to it for real estate investors. Then Jason talks to one of his podcast mentors, Jim Puplava, host of Financial Sense, about his thoughts on the new … Read more

China’s ‘Digital Dictatorship’…And Ours

Ron Paul Liberty Report, Released on 9/24/18 China’s “social credit” system purports to rank citizens according to their behavior, trustworthiness, and adherence to the law. Political dissent results in a lower “social credit” score and a reduction in privileges. The system is enforced by hundreds of millions of cameras throughout the country using facial recognition … Read more

Are You Ready for Your State Mandated Brain Implant?

Brain implants are now a reality. How long will it be before you’re ordered to have one to correct thought crime? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTvnFrpEw94   Why you’re probably getting a microchip implant someday From The Atlantic: When Patrick McMullan first heard in early 2017 that thousands of Swedish citizens were unlocking their car doors and turning on coffee … Read more

REPUBLICANS HAVE A SIMPLE CHOICE: VOTE TO CONFIRM KAVANAUGH OR GET SLAUGHTERED IN NOVEMBER.

via thefederalist: “The rubber is about to meet the road for Senate Republicans. They have a simple choice: they can vote to confirm Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, thereby ending the baseless and unsubstantiated Democrat- and media-fueled smear campaign against him, or they can kiss House and Senate majorities goodbye for the next decade, if not … Read more

New Trump rule would deny green cards to immigrants who took food stamps, Medicaid

by DCG Works for me. From NBC: The Trump administration announced a proposed rule Saturday that would make it harder to obtain visas or green cards for immigrants already in the U.S. legally, as well as those seeking to enter, if they have ever been dependent on certain public benefits, like Medicaid, food stamps or public housing. The … Read more

Kavanaugh channels Clarence Thomas, in saying he will not be bullied or intimidated: and looks forward to Thursday to defend his name.

“The coordinated effort to destroy my good name will not drive me out. The vile threats of violence against my family will not drive me out.The last-minute character assassination will not succeed.” yeah, he’s mad. you don’t go after a man’s kids. I Will Not Be Driven Out: Brett Kavanaugh Sends a New Letter to … Read more

The White House Is Toying With The MSM – There Can Be No Other Explanation For This Morning’s Fake News Frenzy Re: Rosenstein…

by semlaw It was a canary trap. All the stories are slightly different! And there are more variations to the story by other reporters. This could be an effort to root out suspected leakers in the WH by disseminating variations of this major storyline to various departments/agencies. By determining who is leaking to who, they … Read more

Russia Retaliates to Downed Airplane: Israel Will No Longer Be Capable of Bombing Syria With Impunity

by Chris Black     If you were following the news last week, you’re probably aware of the Russian spy-plane that got shot-down during an illegal Israeli attack on Syrian targets. To make a long story short, Israel jet-fighters attacked military targets in Syria, and a Russian surveillance aircraft was caught in the middle, as … Read more