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Could America end up with a new currency? Journalist Alex Newman says, “I think there are two competing forces here. Trump and Pence have both praised the gold standard. They have both publicly said the gold standard would be awesome. Trump has acknowledged that it would be difficult to go back to it, but it … Read more

Where we stand:– Q1 buybacks hit record high– Q1 corporate leverage hits record high https://t.co/ugsxHoDKAq pic.twitter.com/MOKvyRqCLM — zerohedge (@zerohedge) June 5, 2018 middle class — you get nothing — except, you get to watch assets that you do not own move higher, meanwhile you're told to feel great while the <10% make all the profits. … Read more

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6-i2_08DeM Sources: The Vandalization of Star Wars: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-GxI&#8230; Solo: A Star Wars Story Review (Spoilers): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zyYa&#8230; Forbes Article on Solo: http://ow.ly/A1mU1016GCl   GET WOKE, GO BROKE: ‘Solo’ Will Lose $50M-Plus in First Defeat for Disney’s ‘Star Wars’ Empire. Weird that a film with a female director producer and a lot of social-justice points didn’t make a lot of money. … Read more

by TFittonJW Crisis solved in a little over 2 minutes: In the meantime, JW carrying much of the weight on oversight: https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/judicial-watch-sues-expose-doj-fisa-warrant-abuses-continued-stonewalling-congress-relating-russia-collusion-investigation/

This guy is a master. BOOM! Watch Top Economist Kevin Hassett THUMP April Ryan at White House Presser  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkCWeHOjk4g The Patriot Beat reports, It won’t be easy to evoke change at Netflix, after all, they’re the most popular “TV network” in America and more valuable than Disney or Comcast. But what’s happening now, is a start. Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: https://patriotbeat.com/2018/06/04/ba&#8230;

The central bankers/establishment are now warning that if the BREXIT moves forward and the UK just breaks away from the EU the economy will implode. There would be shortages of almost everything. The middle class in the US is completely disappearing. There are only two classes forming the wealthy and the poor. The Yuan is … Read more

Bill Priestap is set to testify and he might have flipped because Comey was trying to make him the fall guy. He is testifying behind closed doors so this should be interesting. Government and social media are pushing their agenda to censor the alternative media. Bolton is being kept away form the NK talks. US … Read more

Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Crash insurance with an expiration date. But its working while it lasts. In May, with great and perfectly orchestrated fanfare, US corporations announced plans to buy back $173.6 billion of their own shares sometime in the future. it was the largest monthly buyback announcement ever. And some of the announcements were … Read more

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5wh4q7XxH4 McCabe seeks immunity for testimony in congressional hearing over FBI handling of Clinton email probe https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/05/politi&#8230; Andrew McCabe Has Reportedly Requested Immunity for Testimony in Hearing on Clinton Email Probe https://www.mediaite.com/online/andre&#8230;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_0svYtRRRA Liz Angarola for the Western Journal reports, After four years, Facebook is shutting down its “trending” news section and replacing it with features pushing breaking news from sources it deems to be trustworthy. Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: https://www.westernjournal.com/facebo&#8230;

by Chris Black In a related story, the Miss America Pageant will not be broadcast this year due to a total lack of viewers and sponsors.  Joke aside, after turning America’s campuses into leftist indoctrination centers and Hollywood into a hard-core propaganda machine for cultural marxism, now it’s Miss America pageant’s turn to get slapped … Read more

by Chris Vermeulen of The Technical Traders Our proprietary predictive modeling systems are showing us a core market dynamic that many people are completely unaware of right now.  We are going to show you something in this post that is so valuable that you won’t believe we are sharing it with you.  Why are we doing this you … Read more

by stockboardasset J. Brett Freeze, CFA has provided us with critical information concerning auto sales. The overall scope of the data could point to a downward draft in auto sales.   

via swprs.org: Largely unbeknownst to the general public, executives and top journalists of almost all major US news outlets have long been members of the influential Council on Foreign Relations (CFR).  Established in 1921 as a private, bipartisan organization to “awaken America to its worldwide responsibilities”, the CFR and its close to 5000 elite members have for … Read more

by WARREN MOSLER Another indication of low aggregate demand this cycle: Continuing to weaken: Recovering from the dip but still has a ways to go: This component had previously leveled off at about today’s level: Actual shipments recovering but still not looking so good: Inventories correcting but remain elevated:

by Jesse   “Pride gets no pleasure out of having something, only out of having more of it than the next man… It is the comparison that makes you proud: the pleasure of being above the rest…A proud man is always looking down on things and people; and, of course, as long as you are … Read more