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Image by iStock/baona From Jim Rickards, Editor, The Daily Reckoning: A major blind spot in U.S. strategic economic doctrine is the increasing use of physical gold by China, Russia, Iran, Turkey and others both to avoid the impact of U.S. sanctions and create an offensive counterweight to U.S. dominance of dollar payment systems. This is the … Read more
Few corporate meltdowns have been as swift and dramatic as General Electric’s over the past 18 months – but the problems started long before that. From Fortune: It’s a bad day for a CEO when he announces he’s retiring and the stock goes up. That was Jeff Immelt’s day on June 12, 2017. The news of his … Read more
Via The Free Thought Project In an email Tuesday night, former Congressman and presidential candidate Ron Paul released an ominous statement claiming that a source they have in the Senate revealed Democrats are teaming up with Republicans to push through a massive gun control bill. According to their source, as Paul explained, “Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL) … Read more
Trump canceled the June 12th summit with Kim Jong Un, and the North Korean leader is back within hours wanting to continue the talks. What gives? Why so crazy? North Korea is China’s crown jewel of crazy, and it is not going to give that up without getting major concessions from Trump on trade and the … Read more
● Shot: How a Weakened ESPN Became Consumed by Politics — Arguments over tweets, tension with owner Disney increased anxiety over the network’s future in era of cord-cutting. —Shalini Ramachandran, the Wall Street Journal, yesterday. ● Chaser: Keith Olbermann Getting Expanded Role at ESPN. —The Hollywood Reporter, today. What could possibly go wrong? Update: “So welcome back, Olbermann. It’s like you never left MSNBC. They just … Read more
Superb first step to (perhaps) stimulating the civil service zombies to EARN’ their (overset) salaries….and retirement benefits….all at the tax payers expense. via buzzfeed: Asked if the proposals were in response to any “deep state” conspiracies, senior administration officials instead cited a need for more efficiency in using government resources. The Trump administration announced a … Read more
Nancy Pelosi decided to engage her mouth before thinking…AGAIN! She came out to comment on Trump pulling out of the summit with North Korea and claimed they were probably having a “giggle fit”. We seriously doubt they are in the least bit giggling about what just happened to them. WE GOT OUR HOSTAGES BACK AND … Read more
via RT: The global economy is facing a threat of a spiraling protectionist measures that can lead to a devastating crisis, Vladimir Putin warned. Nations must find a way to prevent this and establish rules on how the economy should work. The Russian president spoke out against the growing trend of using unilateral restrictions to … Read more
May 24, 2018 — ADVFN Crypto NewsWire — It just might finally be true that the “Wild West” of Crypto is coming to an end. Bloomberg, Coin Telegraph, as well as other news outlets, reported today that the U.S. Department of Justice has officially launched an investigation into the price manipulation of Bitcoin and Ethereum. … Read more
50 U.S. Code § 1802 – Electronic surveillance authorization without court order; certification by Attorney General; reports to Congressional committees; transmittal under seal;…of communication common carrier; applications; jurisdiction of court. Notwithstanding any other law, the President, through the Attorney General, may authorize electronic surveillance without a court order under this subchapter to acquire foreign intelligence information … Read more
https://youtu.be/AYIdwtedFJU It would be nice to take up a collection and get this Officer something that could help keep him safe! Officer Robert Josett is the perfect example of what a police officer should be! Well done Officer Robert Josett! May God be with you and keep you and your loved ones safe! AC
Democratic voter turnout in Texas reached historic lows this week, with fewer liberal supporters showing up during Tuesday’s governor run-off than any point in nearly 100 years. According to the Texas Tribune, the Democrat Party had “their worst runoff turnout in almost a century,” setting the stage for a showdown between Democrat Lupe Valdez … Read more
Tommy just been arrested outside Leeds court for breech of the peace. Fookin joke. Filmed it live and did absolutely nothing wrong! https://twitter.com/mc55064Q/status/999935490240516097 He was just standing outside the court quietly filming, probably for an article in the Rebel Media. He was arrested for ‘breach of the peace.’ As he’s already on bail he’ll be … Read more
Starbucks plans to close the stores and offer sensitivity training on May 29th of this year as a result of a Starbucks employee calling the police on two black men who were denied access to the bathroom for not being a paying customer. What will those classes look like? Here’s a video of what employees … Read more
Image via @BarackObama on Twitter By Bob Shanahan Spygate is the biggest political scandal in political history. The embedding of an FBI spy in the Trump campaign and the Obama administration’s illegal wiretapping and unmasking of targets in the Trump camp reveal dangerous and unprecedented acts of collusion against the most transformational president in … Read more
by Daniel Carter During the last election cycle, a large portion of the US population became enticed by Bernie Sanders, who repackaged the old idea of socialism under a new name: Democratic Socialism. The younger generations, who don’t have much of a perspective outside US politics, ate up the old socialist’s dogma even though the world … Read more
by Daniel Carter Conservatives seemingly got a victory this week when the NFL decided to change its policy regarding the national anthem. The NFL decided that players would be allowed to stay in the locker room while the national anthem plays, but the players and personnel that stay on the field will be required to stand … Read more
by Daniel Carter In the US, we are taught an extremely limited view of the history of slavery. This narrow and uninformed view has slavery beginning in 1619 (when slaves first arrived in North American) and ending when slavery was abolished in the US in 1865. People that don’t look beyond the indoctrination think that slavery … Read more
Happening now. 'Multiple casualties' in downtown Portland incident https://t.co/ufwznriWcA pic.twitter.com/jFYFuW7D5g — The Oregonian (@Oregonian) May 25, 2018 #BREAKING: Multiple injured in what appears to be hit-and-run incident near Portland State University; massive police presence in the area. LIVE COVERAGE NOW: https://t.co/KbHcRGAzBN — KATU News (@KATUNews) May 25, 2018 Watch @KATUNews's broadcast: MULTIPLE INJURED NEAR PSU … Read more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WkvxEpjlmI Financial tops and indulgence go hand-in-hand. The same psychology drives them both. A review of the past provides us with clues about what today’s extravagances might imply.