Record attendance at NRA Dallas convention

by DCG Suck it, Hogg. From Dana Loesch Twitter: “New record attendance for #NRAAM: 87,154 law-abiding attendees over the three-day weekend in Dallas. #2A” Meanwhile, Oliver North has been named the new President of the NRA. From MSN: “Oliver North is poised to become president of the National Rifle Association “within a few weeks”, the gun rights group announced Monday. The process … Read more

More than 30,000 nursing home eviction notices to be sent in Louisiana Thursday

“The Louisiana Department of Health is beginning the process of notifying all impacted enrollees that some people may lose their Medicaid eligibility,” Department of Health spokesman Bob Johannessen said. “The goal of the department is to give notice to all affected people as soon as possible in order that they begin developing their appropriate plans.” … Read more

The Ultimate Inside Job, Part II: 9/11 was Predicted and the Truth is Finally Bubbling Toward the Surface

By Bob Shanahan Image via Cliff on Flickr, courtesy of photojournalist Bill Biggart who took this final shot of his life before breathing his last breath As I discussed in Part I of The Ultimate Inside Job, there are a multitude of discrepancies in the explanation that September 11th was solely a terrorist attack carried … Read more

Mapped: What Each State Needs the Most from International Trade

by howmuch President Trump’s trade war rhetoric is causing a fair amount of economic uncertaintyright now. Is he planning to implement tariffs on imported goods from other countries or not? And what about other countries planning their own tariffs on American-made goods? All this back-and-forth debate got us thinking about which industries import the most goods in … Read more

Medical Industrial Complex

by Grover I just watched this 60 minutes segment https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-problem-with-prescription-drug-prices/ that started with a problem in Rockford, Illinois. Rockford self insures medical expenses for their 1,000 employees and dependents. Because of drug prices (astronomical) increase on one drug in particular (Acthar,) it caused the city to severely downsize other key functions to pay these costs. (That one drug … Read more

GDP is a classic measure of a healthy economy and many others, claim we are in a “healthy recovery,” while, in actuality, we are in the worst economy of our lifetimes.

https://twitter.com/OccupyWisdom/status/993278806654967809 "Global Slowdown: – Developed Economies Seeing Weaker Growth, Led by EU and Japan– So Far, Emerging Markets Holding Better, But Risk of a Sudden Stop and Currency Fears Start to Impact Leading Indicators," h/t @dlacalle_IA pic.twitter.com/kE9Fu8GvZw — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) May 5, 2018 Chart 6: Chinese slowdown to impact the rest of the world pic.twitter.com/L87bAZGvRq … Read more

Central Banks Switching From Sellers To Buyers Of Gold Has Had A Stunning Impact On The Market

by Steve St Angelo of SRSrocco Report The switch from Central bank gold sales to purchases had a big impact on the gold market.  Precious metals investors fail to realize that Central banks sold a staggering amount of gold into the market up until 2009.  It’s also quite interesting that Central banks became net purchasers after the 2008 … Read more

Can US Russian Sanctions Start A Financial Crisis?

by Martin Armstrong The US sanctions against Russia are pointless and are placing the West at risk the politicians are too stupid to even comprehend. Already, some Russian companies have asked the government for liquidity injections of up to $2 billion. Even the world’s second-largest aluminum producer Rusal has asked for help. Nevertheless, the impact … Read more

Is the Vertical Market Over or Just Beginning?

by Martin Armstrong QUESTION: Thanks for the update. So it looks like the Vertical Market in the Dow will extend into the end of this cycle 2032 as you warned it could do. Correct? EK ANSWER: It appears to be shaping up that way. The consolidation has been shallow and nothing to get excited about. If the … Read more

Correction Likely Not Over, Traders Rotating Into Energy Stocks, Says Craig Johnson

by FS Listen to this podcast on our site by clicking here or subscribe on iTunes here. Financial Sense Newshour just spoke with Craig “Bullseye” Johnson from Piper Jaffray to get his outlook on the market. Johnson believes the corrective phase that started in February is not over and provided some downside targets for the S&P 500. He’s … Read more

Sanctuary Counties Just Popped up in Illinois But there is a Twist the NRA will Love!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OveJui5L0pg Jack Davis for the Western Journal reports, Several counties in Illinois are putting lawmakers opposed to gun rights on notice that they may refuse to allow anti-gun legislation being considered at the state level from being enforced locally. Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: https://www.westernjournal.com/illino…