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via Gregor Gregersen Fed monetary policies have inflated the biggest bubble ever. The Fed risks popping this bubble with further rate hikes. Fall 2018 could see the beginnings of an economic collapse if the bubble pops. Major U.S default and debt monetization coming. SBTV speaks with Michael Pento of Pento Portfolio Strategies about the possibility of an economic collapse … Read more

via Mark Gongloff Financial crises are sort of like snowflakes: No two may be exactly the same, but they sure look enough alike that you can tell what they are. Emerging-market currencies and stocks tumbled again today, part of a long selloff that increasingly has a crisis-y feel. Satyajit Das lays out all the hallmarks of a standard EM crisis: … Read more

via Erin Swenlin There were some new developments on the 20-year Bond ETF (TLT) that are tipping the scales bearish. We were already noticing some problems for Bonds in general, but volatile trading had made it difficult to decipher. Today there is no denying the negative bias as both a Short-Term Trend Model Neutral signal and a … Read more

via The Phoenix The markets are getting downright ugly. While US stocks have performed relatively well recently, globally things are looking worse and worse. Germany’s DAX never reclaimed its former high established back in January. Instead it’s been carving out a massive Head and Shoulders pattern. Germany is the fourth largest economy in the world and … Read more

by Dr. Eowyn The WIC or Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children, created in 1974, is a federal welfare program for supposedly low-income pregnant women, breastfeeding women, and children under the age of five — regardless of whether they are U.S. citizens or in the U.S. illegally. The basic eligibility requirement is a … Read more

by DCG Some of these celebrities who have butt hurt about Bannon are people who have a platform to trash others who aren’t of the same political persuasion: Jim Carrey: Uses his “art” to trash Sarah Huckabee Sander’s looks and religion Judd Apatow: Used profanity in a stand-up gig to trash Melania and Barron Trump Patton Oswalt: … Read more

What usually happens when just a few stocks are rising but the majority are weak or in a bear market? Looking at the US market, we see just a few select stocks rising. And in the case of 2 specific stocks, they have definitely risen! But what usually happens in situations like this?

claims Ted Koppel in the Washington Post: Whether by strategy or inadvertence, President Trump has drawn much of the media into a distortion of their traditional roles. Editors and reporters insist that they are bound by the strictures of objectivity, but the very nature of the president’s character — the preening, the boasting, the torrent of … Read more

https://medium.com/swlh/russian-engineers-developed-an-ai-based-avatars-app-for-old-iphones-apple-didnt-let-it-go-live-aaeb3ff16298 “Too similar to Animoji, which creates a misleading association with Apple products.”, — The App Store Review Team In other words, your app is better than Animoji, and they don’t want the competition. h/t philippbatura

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jJmU3hmyAU A global network of intelligence agencies wants easier access to your private and encrypted messages. In a barely veiled warning to tech companies, it has promised to make things tough for those that don’t comply.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_bD4jzMGdw Zuckerberg better get his house in order because President Trump and millions of angry conservatives are ready to take action. At a recent rally the president took aim at the social networks and vowed action if they continue to censor our voices. Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBdL8IcovPM Joseph Curl for the Daily Wire reports, Jon Kyl, once the second-highest ranked Republican in the Senate, has been named to succeed the late Sen. John McCain, the Arizona Republic reported Tuesday. Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: https://www.dailywire.com/news/35415/…

Mueller tells Trump’s legal team that he will accept written answers on campaign questions https://www.washingtonpost.com/politi…

An interesting theory I hadn’t heard before that the lost city of Atlantis actually did exist, and that its true location has been hiding in plane sight for thousands of years, completely unnoticed, as we’ve been looking in all the wrong places. Since everyone assumes that it must be under the ocean somewhere, such as … Read more

A new video produced by China’s military that features the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) showing off a wide range of the country’s latest military technology The just over two-minute video, called “I am a Chinese soldier” is an over the top patriotic tribute emphasizing a combination of personal sacrifice and loyalty. Infantry soldiers give fierce … Read more

Self driving cars. The Truth About Self-Driving Cars, What They Don’t Want You to Know, FYI with Scotty Kilmer. Self driving Tesla cars. Self driving car fails. Will the future be self-driving trucks, cars, Ubers and more, probably not for a long time. Why self-driving semi-trucks won’t work anytime soon. The future technology of self-driving … Read more