Antifa invades Portland City Hall!

Antifa rioters invaded Portland City Hall today injuring and attacking innocent people and officials. Arrests were made. This comes after violent riots where blood spilled into the streets and police had to respond with force to end the civil disturbance. The Willamette Week, a news organization owned by the Democrat Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum’ Backpage.com-affiliated … Read more

How to Negotiate Loan Interest?

A loan is a big financial commitment. So, don’t go unprepared when taking out a loan. The financial market can be intimating and overwhelming. But negotiating the terms of your loan are not impossible. Yes, you can negotiate the loan interest and terms, but you need to do a lot of researching. Following, we are … Read more

The State of the American Debt Slaves, Q2 2018

Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Let the good times roll. Total consumer credit – or less soothingly, consumer debt – rose 4.8% in the second quarter from a year earlier, or by $176 billion, to $3.87 trillion (not seasonally adjusted), the highest ever, according to the Federal Reserve. This includes credit-card debt, auto loans, and student loans, … Read more

Deader Than Dead: as Mortgage Rates Rise, Refinancings Hit 18-Year Low

via confoundedinterest: Rising interest rates have led to the lowest level of mortgage refinancing applications since December 2000. And compared to the “Go Go” days of the housing bubble, mortgage purchase applications are back to 1997 levels and growing at a tepid rate (by comparison). Even rising home prices aren’t thwarting mortgage purchase lending. But at … Read more

Treasury Says Banking Not “Financial Services”, Handing ~$2.5B Windfall to Banks

via splinternews: This piece is co-published with investigative reporting outlet Capital & Main. Do “financial services” include banking? Not according to the Trump administration, whose new rule, issued Wednesday by the Treasury Department, argues there is a difference — and then cites the alleged difference as a means of extending lucrative tax breaks to the banking industry. … Read more

The Online ANTIFA

It’s ok to SILENCE and BEAT conservatives While believing that they’re the “good guys”…pretty deluded i say…   Democrats think the internet should be free and open…. unless you disagree with them.     h/t FuzzieMuff

Keiser Report: Emerging & Declining Superpowers

via Keiser Report In this Summer Solution episode of the Keiser Report, Max and Stacy contrast the situation with China, a perhaps emerging superpower, to the United States, a possibly declining superpower. As the US grew powerful as an empire of debt, extracting resources and equity from economies colonized by their debt rather than their … Read more

The looming threat of a yuan depreciation

via George Magnus A Sino-American trade war could trigger a currency shock in Asian markets When the Asian financial crisis occurred 20 years ago, many nations in East and Southeast Asia succumbed because they were following inconsistent domestic and international economic and financial policies. But one trigger was the 50% fall in the Japanese yen against … Read more

Amazon HQ2? Mysterious ‘Project Rocket’ Takes Another Step Forward Outside Atlanta

by stockboardasset A mysterious economic development project proposed for a commercial site outside Atlanta, which has been rumored to be tied with Amazon, has taken another step forward towards reality Tuesday night. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports Gwinnett County planning commissioners unanimously voted to recommend approval of the special-use permit necessary for the code-named “Project Rocket,” a massive (and … Read more

Stocks could plummet 20 to 30 percent next year in biggest drop since financial crisis: Ned Davis Research

via @stephlandsman The bulls may be treading water. According to Ned Davis Research’s Ed Clissold, there’s a high probability a record year-end rally will give way to a painful 2019. “You could be looking at the first 20 percent-plus decline in the S&P since the financial crisis,” the firm’s chief U.S. strategist said Tuesday on CNBC’s … Read more

As CEO of a public company, Musk ‘is a train wreck,’ leadership expert says

via @chlobo_ilo Die-hard fans may love Elon Musk’s freewheeling ways, but when it comes to running a public company, his behavior just isn’t appropriate, corporate governance expert Betsy Atkins told CNBC on Wednesday. Atkins said Musk already behaves like he’s the CEO of a private company, and the board, which also “behaves a lot more like … Read more

Rep. Chris Collins arrested by the FBI on insider trading charges and lying to the FBI

via wgrz: BUFFALO, NY– Congressman Chris Collins is facing insider trading charges and was arrested by the FBI Wednesday morning. He is also accused of lying to FBI. Collins, along with his son Cameron Collins and Stephen Zarsky, the father of Cameron Collin’s fiancee, are being processed by the FBI in Manhattan. An ethics investigation was … Read more

Trump Decision On Mueller Interview Imminent!

Trump legal team plans to respond today to special counsel Robert Mueller about possible interview with Pres. Trump, Rudy Giuliani tells @ABC News — John Santucci (@Santucci) August 8, 2018 Another source: Washington (CNN)Rudy Giuliani said Wednesday that President Donald Trump’s legal team has responded to the special counsel, the latest effort in ongoing negotiations … Read more

New Mexico Man Arrested for Training Children to Commit School Shootings

From Associated Press: “Court documents say man arrested at New Mexico compound was training children to commit school shootings.” BREAKING: Court documents say man arrested at New Mexico compound was training children to commit school shootings. — The Associated Press (@AP) August 8, 2018 The father of a missing 3-year-old who was arrested at a … Read more