Comparing Cryptocurrency Against the Entire World’s Wealth in One Graph

by howmuch Given the 8-month long crypto bear market, lots of bitcoin naysayers are feeling smug right about now. From JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon to CNBC’s Mad Money host Jim Cramerand Nobel economist Robert Shiller, every media personality seems to think bitcoin’s downward trend will continue. There’s plenty of evidence to suggest things will turnaround, but that’s beside the point. Bitcoin … Read more

170 MPH Super Typhoon Strikes Hong Kong!

https://youtu.be/bQa_vY-SPgU https://youtu.be/b7oPm1zwuos https://youtu.be/rTQjpnUxp_I RED ALERT! Typhoon Manghuat to smash into 2 nuclear power plants in China! Many leave in panic! TYPHOON MANGKHUT – the most powerful storm of the year – is expected to directly hit two nuclear power plants later today with shocking 120mph winds, as officials issue a red alert warning. https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1018412/Typhoon-Mangkhut-Hong-Kong-China-nuclear-plants-red-alert-worst-storm This … Read more

Raw Video Shows Dozens Of People Looting A Dollar Store As Flooding Cuts Wilmington Off From The Rest Of North Carolina

by Michael Snyder A major emergency brings out the best in some people, but in others it brings out the absolute worst.  Shocking images of “dozens of people” ransacking a Family Dollar store in Wilmington, North Carolina have stunned the nation.  This happened in broad daylight, and many of the looters didn’t even seem to … Read more

“Get Your Cash Out Of The Banks Now…”

Here is a short excerpt from a prior RTD Live Talk live-stream that I thought was worth sharing. With all the events happening around the world there has never been more systemic risk to our financial futures than right now. Take heed and learn from the Emerging Market contagion involving nations overwhelmed with to much … Read more

What Can Cause the Next Mortgage Crisis in the US?

Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter The soothingly low mortgage delinquency rate is a deceptive indicator: the New York Fed weighs in. Mortgage delinquencies at all commercial banks in the US inched down to 3.14% in the second quarter, the lowest since Q2 2007, according to the Federal Reserve. But after those soothingly low delinquency rates in 2007, … Read more

DOJ Invites 24 State AGs to Jeff Sessions Meeting About Breaking Up Google, Facebook

Via PJ Media   On Thursday, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that nearly half of the state attorneys general would be invited to a September 25 meeting with U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions to discuss whether social media companies are violating anti-trust laws. The DOJ announced the meeting last week, following the congressional testimony … Read more

Trust in Banks Still Recovering After Great Recession

by Jim Quinn You will find more infographics at Statista The biggest economic downturn since the Great Depression has left lasting political and social ripple effects visible in today’s world of growing inequality and rising populism. Trust in banks has yet to rebound to its pre-recession levels 10 years after the Great Recession. Roughly 1 in 5 Americans don’t trust bankinginstitutions. While … Read more

The Educational System is designed to Manufacture Obedient Workers.

The Story of your Enslavement ​ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xbp6umQT58A ​ TED talk on Kindergarten social reconstruction. ​ ​ Jacque Fresco – Transition, Changing People’s Values, Advancing Education ​ ​ Jacque Fresco – What the Future Holds Beyond 2000 – Nichols College (1999) ​ ​ Jacque Fresco – Free Will, Cause, Influence of Background ​ ​ Jacque Fresco … Read more

DNC Fraud Lawsuit: September 25 court hearing postponed! One judge of the 3 judge panel suddenly quit the case (“recusal”) yesterday. We do not know why. See order.

I’ve been waiting months for some sort of movement on this case and with less than two weeks to go it gets postponed. Whether this is deep state, an honest recusal, or anywhere in-between, it doesn’t make me any more confident that we’ll ever see justice for Democrats defrauding donors out of over $200 million … Read more

100,000 pages of leaked docs reveal allegations of deadly experiments on people and patents on biological weapons

The center, which is officially called the R. Lugar Center for Public Health Research, is described as a “brand new facility” tasked with the “prevention of proliferation of technology, pathogens and expertise related to the development of biological weapons” by the National Center for Disease Control and Public Health (NCDC), The leaks include documents related … Read more

China May Skip Trade Talks, Cripple US Supply Chains After New Trump Tariffs

Via ZeroHedge When discussing yesterday’s WSJ report that the Trump admin may slap the new, $200BN round of tariffs on Chinese imports as soon as tomorrow, we said that such an escalation would likely derail talks with top Chinese officials, currently scheduled in Washington for Sept. 27 and Sept. 28. Now, in a follow up report, the WSJ … Read more

Australian property prices have started falling. If they crash, a financial crisis will follow for their banks

by mark000 It’s all so bloody predictable. Via the AFR: Selling agents are starting to reveal the truth behind recent listings in Sydney’s west with Belle Property Strathfield’s Jimmy Kang saying up to 50 per cent of his clients were asking him to sell their homes in Sydney’s western suburbs because they can no longer afford … Read more

Largest Companies in the World by Market Cap, 1980 to Today

by gorillaz0e Graph of this issue: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DmWxoc9XcAAluHi.jpg By definition, the largest companies by market cap are the most valued by investors in absolute terms. Of course, these companies change all the time. Secular trends rise and fall, and economic cycles rinse and repeat. New companies are built, while former “blue chips” may struggle. For every Enron … Read more