The GAO report—“Immigration Detention: Opportunities Exist to Improve Cost Estimates”—examined how ICE calculates its anticipated budgetary needs for detaining illegal aliens. It discovered, for example, that ICE had made some basic mathematical errors in preparing its budget justifications for Congress, including a $34.7 million multiplication error in its fiscal 2014 request and a $129 million … Read more
Democrat welfare destroyed the black community. Did you know back in the 50’s, 90% of black households had a father present. Now its 10% or less. h/t Kirmz
Dark chocolate consumption reduces stress and inflammation..nice to know how much to eat to get immediate effects 48 grams… more from link: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/04/180424133628.htm New research shows there might be health benefits to eating certain types of dark chocolate. Findings from two studies being presented today at the Experimental Biology 2018 annual meeting in San Diego … Read more
Comey says Justice Department watchdog interviewed him over handling of memos Former FBI Director James Comey told Fox News on Thursday night that the Justice Department’s Office of the Inspector General has interviewed him about his handling of memos detailing conversations between Comey and President Trump. Comey told “Special Report” host Bret Baier that he … Read more
As many as 16 mobile phones were seized by the FBI when agents raided Michael Cohen’s home, office and hotel, a prosecutor has revealed. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/michael-cohen-fbi-raid-trump-lawyer-mobile-phones-seized-home-office-latest-a8324966.html That detail surfaced in court proceedings today. Some of the seized phones were modern cellphones, while others were Blackberries. Although Blackberry phones are still sold, almost no one buys them, … Read more
He recently wrote a piece titled “I Helped Sell the False Choice of War Once. It’s Happening Again.” Where specifies ” I worked on Colin Powell’s speech supporting the invasion of Iraq 15 years ago. The Trump administration is doing the same thing today with Iran.” https://youtu.be/eeZqemBOSDU h/t gematrix
According to the US’ National Institute for Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, approximately 90 per cent of people dependent on alcohol are likely to experience at least one relapse over the four-year period following treatment. “There’s no other part of medicine that would tolerate that”, Sessa told us. “Imagine those kind of outcomes in surgery or immunology … Read more
TRUMP: Russia probe ‘MUST END NOW!’ Just Out: House Intelligence Committee Report released. “No evidence” that the Trump Campaign “colluded, coordinated or conspired with Russia.” Clinton Campaign paid for Opposition Research obtained from Russia- Wow! A total Witch Hunt! MUST END NOW! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 27, 2018 House panel officially clears president… … Read more
Amazon will now deliver packages to the trunk of your car. Last year, Amazon asked for permission to unlock your front door so it could leave packages inside your home, and a certain number of extremely trusting Amazon Prime subscribers (Amazon won’t say how many) said okay. Now, the tech giant wants to do the same thing … Read more
by Phil $134 BILLION! That’s what Jeff Bezos is worth this morning as Amazon (AMZN) crushed earnings last night with $51Bn in sales for Q1, up 43% ($16Bn) from Q1 last year. And Q1 is usually AMZN’s slowest quarter so we’re taking about possibly a $300Bn year, which would make Amazon approximately 1/10th of all US Retail Sales and growing … Read more
“Saturday Night Live,” you can do it — better. Comedian Rob Schneider burst out on the scene on “Saturday Night Live” in the 1990s, but nearly three decades later, he thinks the hit NBC comedy series is bursting the punchline when it comes to the Trump White House. The 54-year-old San Francisco native, who was … Read more
by Daniel Carter In February, stocks took the most dramatic tumble in years after surging to unprecedented heights. The bull market continues to age. It has been almost ten years since the start of the current bull market, which is the second longest in modern history. Many people are now questioning whether the recent plunge in … Read more
by Daniel Carter Oh, how the mighty have fallen. At its height, the British Empire ruled over approximately a quarter of the world’s population and land mass. They produced some of the greatest minds of all time, including Adam Smith, John Locke, Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin and the founding fathers of the United States. In the … Read more
by AMY S. With Kim Jong ramping up North Korean nuclear tests, it’s time to start figuring out how to protect yourself from an EMP attack. But what would an EMP attack really look like on United States soil? How bad could the destruction be? What are your EMP protection and survival options? What’s the best … Read more
by Shaun Richards We find ourselves facing another day where far too much pressure will be put on a GDP ( Gross Domestic Product ) print which is partly driven by the fact that the UK produces the numbers too quickly. That is about to change this summer and that change is for the better … Read more
via Danielle Park For anyone who may have been unconscious or in outer space for the last 20 years, here are the Coles Notes: If finance had not been able to ‘securitize’ debts (turn them into assets) and sell them to speculators/investors over the past two decades, then debt creation could not have gone to such … Read more
by stockboardasset Is the Smartphone Bubble About to Burst? Smartphone shipments in China experienced its most significant decline ever in Q1 2018, crashing more than 21 percent annually to 91 million units, according to the Singapore-based research firm Canalys. Since 2013, Chinese smartphone shipments have far exceeded 100 million units quarterly. The last time the headline number fell … Read more
by Martin Armstrong The protests in Armenia are continuing. Now Al-Jazeera reports that the soldiers are joining the people. Back on April 23rd, Armenia celebrated the resignation of Serzh Sargsyan, the man who had ruled Armenia for ten years as president/dictator and then for a week changing his title to the Prime Minister. Everyone celebrated and shops ran out of … Read more
by Egon von Greyerz The coming hyperinflation will start slowly and few people will realise what is coming. But once the first real inflation signals are appearing, the process will speed up fast as the currency debasement accelerates. Right now we are most probably seeing the first signs of inflation. The rising CRB index, together … Read more
by Martin Armstrong The Greek tax authorities are really destroying any semblance of a free society all to satisfy the EU. Tax agents have been pretending to rent houses for a vacation and then monitoring if the people pay taxes. The government is pro-actively sending out people to do business and they are looking to see what you … Read more