via usnews: The world has become less peaceful in the past year as longstanding global conflicts remain unresolved and the United States and other world powers face political instability, an international study finds. The 12th annual “Global Peace Index” by the Institute for Economics and Peace, an independent non-profit think tank based in Australia, scored 163 independent states and territories according … Read more
AMD tops Intel with its 32-core Threadripper 2, which will ship this year. “Intel wowed the Taipei crowds on Tuesday with a 28-core Core chip, which the company promised by the end of the year. One day later, on Wednesday, AMD announced Threadripper 2—and at 32 cores and 64 threads, it will easily top what Intel … Read more
Josh Sigurdson does another Freedom Minute update, this time on a mysterious story, something we wouldn’t usually go into. A UFO was caught stalking a U.S. aircraft carrier for days in November 2004 according to newly released Pentagon documents. The craft which was described as an elongated egg or a “tic tac” moved at supersonic … Read more
by Ruby Henley A disturbing conflict is taking place as we speak in Tucson, Arizona. Below is a short video from Facebook by Veterans on Patrol. If you take the time to watch it, you will understand what a critical situation this is. You will understand that the prayers of the American people are needed. … Read more
by Charles Hugh-Smith We’re going to get a synchronized global dynamic, but it won’t be “growth” and stability, it will be DeGrowth and instability. To understand the synchronized global meltdown that is on tap for the 2021-2025 period, we must first stipulate the relationship of “money” to energy:“money” is nothing more than a claim on … Read more
Dow stock Caterpillar is quietly falling after soaring 70% last year. Here’s why that matters from CNBC. What ever happened to “synchronized global growth?” Nobody is suddenly looking for economic recessions in new corners of the globe. But amid a weakening in some global economic data relative to activity in the U.S., there’s no question … Read more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HC_LwX_woyU Yup, the democrats have zero platform besides being anti Trump. They are Done! AC
By Rodney Johnson I had a finance professor in college who referred to self-evident ideas as BGOs, or blinding glimpses of the obvious. The term stuck with me, and my kids have heard it their entire lives. And it came to mind recently when I considered if rising oil prices weighed on the real estate market. Well, … Read more
by stockboardasset A history of economic cycles dating back to the mid-1800s reveals a troubling outlook for today’s Central Bank induced bull market of hopes and dreams, which could be in the later innings. It is quite evident that Americans have quit saving as their gig-economy jobs have left them in financial ruin — now being squeezed … Read more
by DCG Be sure to vocalize your true agenda while on the road, kids… There were record gun sales in April, the second month in a row. The NRA has reached 6,000,000 members. The NRA had record attendance at their annual convention in Dallas last month. The NRA broke a 15-year fundraising record in April. Donations to the NRA PAC tripled after the #GunControlNow crowd started targeting the … Read more
by stockboardasset European Union member states remained mostly divided to start June over how to embrace and share burdens of the aftermath of the migrant crisis in a troubling sign, that political divisions will continue to develop. While millions of people have escaped the world’s worst war zones and poverty-stricken areas in Africa and the Middle East, they have … Read more
Putin has got to stop doing interviews with these Morons, is that the best journalist, Austria has to bring to table? JHS
Well I guess even CNN has a few redeeming moments….nah.. but I give credit to Baldwin for trying.. They will probably try to find a reason to fire her shortly for going against “the cause”…. AC
Image by iStock/Alphotographic From Frank Holmes at Frank Talk: Although not directly addressed in [the World War II movie] Darkest Hour, the U.K. ended up evacuating billions of dollars’ worth of gold bullion and other assets across the Atlantic, all to be kept safely in Canada. The mission, codenamed “Operation Fish,” is still the largest movement of … Read more
by Chris The ever-lying BLS will tell you that medical care inflation is currently running at 2.2% The above article will tell you that: Health insurance companies in New York State have submitted their rate requests for 2019, and on average, the 14 companies are requesting a 24% hike for individuals. So only off by a factor … Read more
Global growth now hamstrung by a moderate but unmistakable slowdown in economic momentum in Europe and elsewhere. https://twitter.com/WSJCentralBanks/status/1003671616197414912 Billionaire Investor Cooperman Says He Would Sell Stocks “I think that inflation and interest rates will catch up to the market as we normalize” “I would be a reducer on strength, not a buyer on strength. I … Read more
In your opinion, are share buybacks deliberately being used to push stock prices higher? Have no fear, the Fed will save the day! But if the Fed is reducing its balance sheet, isn’t that the exact opposite? What would happen if the Fed delivered on its promises and didn’t print more money? sources uses … Read more
via thefreethoughtproject: On June 5, 1968, Senator Robert F. Kennedy had just won the California Democratic presidential primary when he was shot following a speech at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. As Americans remember the tragic night 50 years ago, Kennedy’s son is joining with one of the survivors of the shooting to call … Read more
The rising wages also give employees a greater share of the productivity gains achieved by adding many robots to Amazon’s warehouses. The rising wages for warehouse workers is a financial problem for Jeff Bezos, whose Amazon retail empire employs a reported workforce of roughly 300,000 employees. Trump is limiting the supply of imported workers, so Bezos and other … Read more
