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From Jeff Clark, Editor, Jeff Clark’s Market Minute: The relationship between gold and the S&P 500 is more lopsided now than at any time over the past decade. Take a look at this ratio chart, which shows the price of the S&P 500 divided by the price of gold over the past 10 years… The average … Read more
From Forbes: The last decade has seen a slow move toward nationwide marijuana legalization. The Pew Research Center reported at the beginning of January that 61% of Americans support marijuana legalization. An April Quinnipiac University poll put the number at 63%. There’s clear and unprecedented support for legal pot. But what will happen to our communities and our … Read more
Putin dropped a bomb in the recent Trump/Putin meeting in Helsinki, Finland. Putin charged that an investment fund manager named Bill Browder (a British citizen) took $1.5 billion out of Russia and that he (and others) made the money illegally. On top of that, Putin charged that some U.S. Intelligence Officers helped guide “$400 million as … Read more
The most libertarian legal analyst on cable news dishes on Brett Kavanaugh, the end of his GOP, and his forthcoming new show. h/t Voluntaryist
On Monday, as cable news talking heads tried to outdo each other voiding outrage over President Trump’s press conference with Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Helsinki, one stood above the rest. During an appearance on “All in With Chris Hayes” guest-hosted by Ali Velshi, MSNBC contributor Jill Wine-Banks offered some analysis of the situation which managed … Read more
by DCG Homeless tents in Ballard Like many other proggresive-run cities on the west coast, Seattle has a serious homeless crisis. A neighborhood north of downtown Seattle, Ballard, is experiencing a growth in homeless as well as crime. This past Monday, a four-year-old girl was assaulted at a Ballard community center by a person who is believed to be … Read more
by Daniel Carter Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has taken the Democratic party by storm. Although she has only won the primary election in her New York district, she is quickly becoming the face of a new wave of left-wing politicians. These new left-wingers are undoubtedly socialists, so highly baffling views on economics are to be expected. One may … Read more
by visualcapitalist Location, location, location. Rental markets are heating up all over the continent, but there are specific cities that are feeling the brunt of this phenomenon. In places like San Francisco, Brooklyn, San Jose, Seattle, Vancouver, and Denver, city councils are starting to move into panic mode as regular citizens like teachers and nurses are … Read more
via Bespoke In an interview with CNBC today, President Trump’s top economic advisor Larry Kudlow highlighted the Administration’s growing frustration with China’s seeming lack of interest to reach any deal in the ongoing trade dispute. As the US and China continue to drift apart in terms of reaching a potential trade deal, so too have the stock … Read more
by Thinker How many men and women in the military lost their commanding officer during the Obama will you do for me litmus testing? How many men and women joined the military believing they fight for the honor and pride of a nation? How many men and women in the military will stand up for … Read more
by Thinker Went to one of my favorite places to look for news and the story below had already been removed. All that was left was what you see, but the title was enough to make me go and look to see what they were talking about. GMI: “Wikipedia Throws Chinese Herbal Medicine Under the … Read more
by Thinker In 2016 Bill and Melinda Gates gave an interview to talk about the myths of poverty and left out the conspiracy of no water in Africa. How long has the world been feeding Africa and Americans hearing story after story of the plight of the African? Why hasn’t the hunger problem in Africa … Read more
by Daniel Carter The United States is often viewed as having a political system that is most contrary to dictatorship. It is governed by the many and is the only country to explicitly guarantee rights such as freedom of speech and the right to bear arms in its founding documents. For many, it would be unimaginable … Read more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHllm-fR7Bg The Army’s new weapon will look like a light machine gun, but will put M1 Abrams Main Battle Tank-style blasting power literally at the fingertips of U.S. soldiers. The new light machine gun will weigh less — and yet shoot farther. It should make U.S. soldiers even more lethal and enhance their speed and … Read more
via creditunions: The regulator kept the corporate crisis bailout money for itself, further undermining the pillars of the cooperative system. Does anybody care? The NCUA’s retention of the initial $3.1 billion surplus from the closing of the Temporary Corporate Credit Union Corporate Stability Fund (TCCUSF) isn’t just about the money. If you want to know where you’re going, … Read more
PolitiFact PolitiFact Is a Democrat unregistered superpack created to play defense for Democrats and offense on Republicans They routinely rate true statements by Republicans as false They also have selection bias. Were they only Fact check true statements from Democrats and ignore the full statement from Democrats Democrat h/t hdhdvrgrvrvvheh
The US and UK are conspiring to force Ecuador to hand over Assange for exposing the truth. Pilger highlights the media’s support for the establishment’s conspiration.
by Geoffrey Grider Facebook has over 2 billion profiles, but many of them are nothing more than third-world hackers and government snoopers who want to be fake friends with you Meet Mary Lambert, she lives in North Carolina. Mary just sent me a friend request, and wants to connect with me on Facebook. I get dozens … Read more
by jessefelder Buy-and-hold, and all of its related strategies like BTFD, garnered a cult following a long time ago and it’s only gotten even more popular in recent years. (There may be no better evidence of this than the StockTwits merch store – which I love, btw). And after one of the longest and strongest equity bull markets in … Read more
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter How the “Yield Curves” Stack Up in central-bank manipulated bond markets. So we had a little bond-market upheaval this morning. After President Trump successfully manipulated bond yields down yesterday and today by griping about the Fed’s rate hikes, an inveterate Fed dove (who has also been griping about the Fed rate … Read more