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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-FgeXMMPno Torrential downpours slammed southwestern Japan Saturday, causing treacherous flooding that has left 88 people dead and 58 missing, according to the Associated Press. People fled to rooftops and balconies to keep above rising waters, waving to hovering helicopters for rescue. Footage showed a residential area in Okayama prefecture inundated in brown water, spreading quickly … Read more

Wolf Richter with Jim Goddard on This Week in Money: A wide-ranging interview on the auto industry, plus how mortgage rates impact housing markets in the US and Canada, and how the brick-and-mortar meltdown is hitting the mall segment of commercial real estate

by Charles Hugh-Smith I know it hurts, but the reality is painfully obvious: the USA is now a 3rd World nation. Dividing the Earth’s nations into 1st, 2nd and 3rd world has fallen out of favor;apparently it offended sensibilities. It has been replaced by the politically correctdeveloped and developing nations, a terminology which suggests all developing nations are on the … Read more

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5B7H7A8VWRE This sounds rather trite and simple and perhaps it is. But nothing could be more true than this most evident gravamen.

Do you believe we have been programmed all our lives? You think you’ve purchased something because you enjoy it, because you desire it, because you it keeps you safe. But in reality, you have been programmed. Nobody likes to feel this way and will surely deny it but yet, every day, it’s the truth. Wake … Read more

Desperate May turns to LABOUR MPs to help force through her ‘stinker’ Brexit trade plan as she faces Tory calls to quit after David Davis resigns – with Boris Johnson ready to pounce Minister in charge of negotiating Brexit resigned at midnight over Theresa May’s plans for the UK’s exit Mr Davis said her policies announced … Read more

Moody’s warnings should not be taken in stride. The agency only issues warnings when they absolutely have to and cannot put off the bad market sentiment any longer. They can only cover up so long until it becomes obvious. For their own good, they have to look like a serious credit rating agency when the … Read more

Video: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/lost-in-detention/ A PBS Frontline video from Obama’s time in office inadvertently proves that separating families of illegals didn’t begin with President Trump. In fact, from the 19:00 point in the PBS film “Lost in Detention” transcript featuring Pres. Obama’s top advisor on immigration, Cecelia Munoz said, “THEY DON’T HAVE TO LIKE IT” referring to … Read more

by howmuch Have you ever wondered how much the highest-paid CEO in your state makes for a living? It turns out that climbing to the top of the corporate ladder can mean dramatically different things in different parts of the country. Our new map breaks down the highest-paid CEOs in each state, letting you easily see … Read more

by goldcore – Italy is EU’s ticking timebomb as debt nears €2.4 trillion – Italy’s GDP is just €1.85 trillion; National debt is 132% of economy – Italy is politically dysfunctional at best of times; Now has populist left / right wing government – National debt owed to other EU nations alone is 25% of its GDP – … Read more

They don’t have a real message, so they promise FREE STUFFS! Socialism is socialism…you spend other people’s money until it runs out…look at Venezuela…   Democrats Love Socialism Because They Want To Take Your Stuff And Enslave You Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is less hideously unattractive than the usual Democrat potentate or potentatette and has therefore been … Read more

by Jim Quinn You will find more infographics at Statista There is increasing recognition that GDP measures or GDP per capita are insufficent when it comes to understanding the true economic well-being of households. That has resulted in research becoming increasingly focused on household income with a higher emphasis on income inequality. A recent OECD paper analyzed the … Read more

by Martin Armstrong The American Embassy personnel in Haiti are still under an order to take shelter and remain in place. They have been instructed: “Do not attempt to travel at this time.” Riots began on Friday in Haiti and have continued for three days when the government, instructed by the IMF to reduce government subsidies for fuel, … Read more

by Martin Armstrong The causes of the Great Depression have been debated for decades. The problem with all of the analysis is this same attempt to reduce the cause to a single event. In school, we read the Great Crash by Galbraith. He was a socialist so he blamed the corporations and never bothered to ever … Read more

via thefreethoughtproject:   While the United States is typically set apart from other countries when it comes to gun laws, a recent conference with the United Nations has raised major red flags, as the U.S. agreed to enact “full implementation” of an international agreement on gun control that will violate Americans’ constitutional rights by adding their … Read more

Tucker Carlson devoted a segment of his show last night to discussing Democratic Socialism with Professor Cornel West. After outlining some of the policy prescriptions advocated by Democratic Socialists—”state ownership of major industries,” reparations for black Americans, abolishing ICE, etc—Carlson asked Cornel West for an example of where such a program has worked. “Can you … Read more