The worst crisis is the one you don’t see coming.

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The worst crisis is the one you don't see coming. https://t.co/patJDp7TCu — Eddy Ventolera (@atm0spheric) August 7, 2018 https://twitter.com/OccupyWisdom/status/1026650255381721089 1-Month Treasury Bill Yield ends the day at a 10-year high: 1.96%. pic.twitter.com/u46NqaC4gh — Charlie Bilello (@charliebilello) August 7, 2018 Daniel Ivascyn says it’s time to take a more “cautious and defensive” strategy with both stocks & … Read more

This is Precisely Why I’ve Been Saying: Don’t Short Tesla or Anything in This Crazy Market

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Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter CEO goes nuts, spaghetti-code algos & consensually hallucinating humans lap it up. “Am considering taking Tesla private at $420. Funding secured,” tweeted Tesla CEO Elon Musk this morning. Anyone can tweet anything, as we have seen. Even Musk. Two days ago, as part of his personal battle with short sellers, he’d tweeted, “Dang, turns out … Read more

The Forex market continues to be the hottest story

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The Forex market continues to be the hottest story Trump warns that those who do business with Iran will not do business with the US – pay attention to the Indian rupeeAn impressive pattern of cup and handle in recent years@Sunchartist @dlacalle_IA #dxy #EmergingMarkets pic.twitter.com/vdQM6Iurhh — Amit Noam Tal (@amital13) August 7, 2018 Another country … Read more

The 2008 “Lehman shock” is finally catching up with China… bill for debt binge coming due

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via nikkei: The 2008 “Lehman shock” is finally catching up with China. Beijing beat the odds for a decade, with the Chinese economy growing at above 6.5% year after year. It managed that feat with an epic explosion of credit and debt at government and corporate levels. The latter, for example, surged toward 170% of gross … Read more

If the SEC doesn’t take immediate action against $TSLA and @elonmusk for his comments, they have opened Pandora’s Box for a whole new wave of possible manipulation by insiders.

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If the SEC doesn't take immediate action against $TSLA and @elonmusk for his comments, they have opened Pandora's Box for a whole new wave of possible manipulation by insiders. — Michael Lebowitz, CFA (@michaellebowitz) August 7, 2018 https://twitter.com/patrickcomack/status/1026940818265976832 “Nobody, when they're looking at a privatization, dangles this way and does this sort of teasing dance … Read more

US Wealth Gap Is Largest Since Just Before the Great Depression

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middle class gets limited to no real wage increase, meanwhile, Wall Streets gets record buybacks! pic.twitter.com/Auck3xC7Fq — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) August 7, 2018 https://twitter.com/OccupyWisdom/status/1026958307238572033 via marketwatch: The gap between the rich and the poor in America has ballooned over the last several decades. In 2015, the top 1% of Americans made 26.3 times as much income as … Read more

BIG NEWS: FBI/DOJ Lose in Federal Court — Ordered to Preserve Comey Personal Email. ANOTHER Judicial Watch victory!

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by TFittonJW The order issued yesterday– https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/judicial-watch-court-orders-doj-to-preserve-comey-personal-email/ One Minute: Background: https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/judicial-watch-fbi-asks-comey-to-preserve-records/ https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jul/29/james-comey-ordered-to-preserve-his-government-doc/ Quick vid discussion:

Breaking: 5 Arrested in Plot to Assassinate US Pastor Brunson & the CIA Connection

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In this breaking news report, Newsbud’s Founder & Editor Sibel Edmonds uncovers bombshell reports of a plot to assassinate the American pastor being detained in Turkey, Andrew Brunson. Find out about the contract on Brunson’s life, the hit team that was arrested and why the media is blacking out this report! Support Newsbud.com by becoming … Read more

Journalist Tim Pool; “We have handed over the public square to private companies. These companies can now decide who gets to participate in political debate. This is where most people debate and share ideas and now we have no right to the public discussion.”

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by AssuredlyAThrowAway Putting aside the content of any given act of censorship (although the Alex Jones situation is certainly what drove the above quote), the insight of Tim Pool’s statement reflects a nuanced understanding as to the more fundamental (and terrifying) shift currently occurring with regards the form of the public sphere. What used to be an … Read more

New OIG Report – FBI Agent took Bribes, Lied to local Law Enforcement, Protected Illegal business, Withheld Evidence, among other findings – yet Criminal Prosecution was DECLINED.

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by ver0egiusto The title pretty much covers it, but it is yet another major blow against FBI leadership coming out of the OIG. On the tail of McCabe’s ouster, this latest revelation clearly shows that a Special Agent broke numerous laws under former FBI leadership, and prosecution was declined. How did he get away with so … Read more

The Trump Effect? Poll Shows 71% of Business Owners Want More China Tariffs

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by Thinker A majority of business owners, including small business owners, support additional tariffs on China, according to a poll released from UBS polling. A majority of business owners also supported additional tariffs on Mexico, Europe, and Canada. The poll revealed that 71 percent of business owners support additional tariffs on China. 66 percent of … Read more

Democrats Now Claim The Surviving of “Our Democracy” Relies on Banning More Sites

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by Chris Black   Motto: “Free speech is a bourgeois prejudice.” -Lenin   After Alex Jones’ website was banned on Monday via a coordinated action from YouTube, Facebook and other platforms, Democrats are now calling for even more censorship. Shocking, who would’ve thought, right? Senator Chris Murphy, a Democrat from Connecticut, is looking to impose … Read more