1 in 3 Americans have less than $5,000 saved for retirement; Most young Americans are living on the edge financially; Almost half of Americans can’t pay for their basic needs

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The vast majority of Americans, 78 percent, say they’re “extremely” or “somewhat” concerned about not having enough money for retirement, according to Northwestern Mutual’s 2018 Planning & Progress Study. And for good reason: A shocking 21 percent of Americans have nothing at all saved for the future, and another 10 percent have less than $5,000 tucked … Read more

Gold To Fight Back And Regain Safe Haven Status

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From Birch Gold Group This week, Your News to Know rounds up the latest stories involving gold and the overall economy. Stories include: Gold to fight the dollar for safe-haven status, why bitcoin can’t replace gold, and lower prices lead to pick-up in physical gold demand. Sprott: Gold will fight back for safe-haven status Although the dollar’s recent … Read more

1 in 7 adults on pot… 1 in 20 use e-cigs

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One in seven U.S. adults used marijuana in 2017 (Reuters Health) – With more and more states legalizing marijuana, whether for medical use, recreational use, or both, increasing numbers of Americans are using cannabis. A new survey finds that one in seven had used marijuana in 2017, with smoking being the most common manner of … Read more

Tourists Rescued From Dangerous Flooding as Hurricane Nears Hawaii

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDTAb7Opf2k The Western Journal reports, Hurricane Lane spun in a dangerously unpredictable path this week as it lumbered toward Hawaii, dumping rain on the mostly rural Big Island and forcing more than 1,000 people to flee to emergency shelters. Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: https://www.westernjournal.com/touris…

The global financial crisis of 1825 foreshadowed the problems of emerging markets today

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via qz: First Argentina. Now Turkey. The next country to face a financial crisis could be any one of a slew of emerging-market economies that have grown dangerously dependent on borrowing in dollars and other foreign currencies. As of the end of 2017, corporations in emerging markets owed $3.7 trillion in dollar debt, nearly twice the amount they … Read more

ARE WE STILL PLAYING THESE GAMES IN 2018?

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Deluded Chuck Todd: Media Bias a ‘Campaign Creation’ ‘Not Based’ in ‘Fact.’ Don’t talk to Chuck Todd about the liberal media. The Meet The Press host on Sunday snapped at David Brody, telling the CBN political analyst that dislike of a partisan press is simply a “campaign creation” of the late Fox News CEO Roger Ailes. Todd huffed … Read more

Trump Scores and Wins Big in China Trade War

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by Chris Black Do you remember that old campaign adage, “you’ll get tired of winning”? It was a fun line to scream in the face of your liberal friends, yet I bet not so many Americans, even hard-core Trump fans, took it very seriously. However, not two years into his presidency, Trump is proving why … Read more

Nafta is Dead. Long Live Nafta – The biggest problem with Nafta remains unaddressed

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Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter The biggest problem with Nafta that hurt US workers, Mexican workers, and the Mexican economy, though it hugely benefited profit margins of global automakers and Corporate America, remains unaddressed: Wage repression in Mexico, including via “protection contracts” as condition for building a plant. The deal was announced with fanfare at a … Read more

Top Student Loan Official Quits, Blames Trump; Warns “The System Is Rigged”

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via stockboardasset: The top federal official overseeing the massive $1.5 trillion student loan market bubble resigned Monday, citing in a letter what he says is the Trump administration’s blatant disregard towards protecting the nations 44 million Americans struggling with student loan debt. In a fiery resignation letter, Seth Frotman, who until Monday morning was the Student Loan Ombudsman at the Consumer … Read more

WELL, DON’T TELL THEM: The Left Still Has No Clue Why It’s Losing.

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via spectator: In Reagan’s America: Innocents at Home, Garry Wills described the 40thPresident’s relationship with the voters as “a kind of complicity,” implying that Reagan and the electorate had colluded to commit some sort of crime. The offense was, of course, their mutual refusal to imbibe the propaganda ladled out by the liberal establishment and the media. … Read more

DEE SNIDER speaking to congress on censorship.

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In 1985, a Senate hearing was instigated by the Parents Music Resource Center (PMRC), who wanted to introduce a parental warning system that would label all albums containing offensive material. The system was to include letters identifying the type of objectionable content to be found in each album (e.g. O for occult themes, S for … Read more