by visualcapitalist The Chart of the Week is a weekly Visual Capitalist feature on Fridays. Yes, we all know that Google is dominant in the realm of search. But at the same time, the internet is also a huge place – and building a decent searching algorithm can’t be that hard, right? This week’s chart is a bit mind-boggling, … Read more
From Birch Gold Group When the possibility of war is at the center of the geopolitical conversation, the ripple effects on the economy build until tensions relax (or we go to war). Today, due to renewed tensions in Syria, one of those ripple effects is putting pressure on the U.S. Dollar. Let’s start by putting the weakening dollar … Read more
by northmantrader In early March I mused about a market paradox, one where tech would make new highs on a negative divergence while the $DJIA would not make a new high. This event did indeed transpire and it still may have significant implications as it is so very reminiscent of the action we saw in the year 2000. … Read more
by DCG Liberal logic: Voting allows one to “re-connect” with their community. From Fox News: In an executive order signed Wednesday, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo granted some 35,000 paroled felons the right to vote. The move by the second-term Democrat came after state Republicans blocked a bill in the state Senate. “I’m unwilling to take no … Read more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3wcl30PoBs They’re all in bed together, been like this forever! The sooner people see their government is broken the better! DS
For More Information See: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/democratic-party-files-lawsuit-alleging-russia-the-trump-campaign-and-wikileaks-conspired-to-disrupt-the-2016-campaign/2018/04/20/befe8364-4418-11e8-8569-26fda6b404c7_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.6c89a0961666 https://www.documentcloud.org/documen… https://www.infowars.com/assange-has-…
by Simon Black http://traffic.libsyn.com/sovman/092__Why_on_earth_are_you_still_letting_big_banks_screw_you_.mp3 Wells Fargo stole the headlines yet again today for defrauding its clients. The bank was fined $1 billion today for selling over 500,000 clients auto insurance they didn’t need (which in some cases caused the owners to default on their car loans and get their cars repossessed) and for charging erroneous fees … Read more
by stockboardasset On Thursday, Young Invincibles released a troubling update to their report, “The Financial Health of Young America: Measuring Generational Declines Between Baby Boomers & Millennials.” This report includes a cross-generational study of the financial well-being of Millennials today versus Baby Boomers when they were in their adolescence. The update covers the economic challenges facing millennials age 25 to 34 … Read more
by DCG From Daily Mail: The Department of Homeland Security says that so-called sanctuary states shielded dozens of alleged MS-13 gang members from deportation during an eight-month period between 2016 and 2017. The findings were provided to the Senate Judiciary Committee by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) – the federal agency responsible for deporting undocumented migrants illegal aliens. According … Read more
by TankHappy The federal reserve is increasing rates to the recommendation of an economic thoery called Taylor’s Rule. While this rule isn’t always perfectly followed it does show whether to increase or decrease rates. It is a theory that observes output gaps and inflationary gaps in attempt to hit targets. Let me show you how … Read more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVE71weuMOY Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer announced on 20 April – a day known for its celebrations of the psychoactive drug – that he would sponsor legislation to remove marijuana from the country’s list of scheduled substances, effectively decriminalizing it at the federal level. http://marygreeley.com/?p=68601
This model has been getting kicked around for the past year or so, but in various forms. About 6 months ago, the Congress was looking to allow pay day lenders the ability to skirt customer protection laws in states by running their loans through the larger banks.This would allow them APR’s of 300+%. Still trying … Read more
A link to the original tweet https://mobile.twitter.com/wikileaks/status/987043452109148160 And a link to The Guardian article contained within. Tip of the iceberg: Astroturfing Information Megathread Government Shills The Guardian: US military studied how to influence Twitter [and Reddit] users in Darpa-funded research Vice: Your Government Wants to Militarize Social Media to Influence Your Beliefs CBC News- … Read more
Via Boing Boing When journalist Curtis Waltman filed a Freedom of Information Act request with Washington State Fusion Center (which is partnered with Department of Homeland Security) to obtain information about Antifa and white supremacist groups, he got more than the information he was looking for – he also accidentally received a mysterious file on “psycho-electric … Read more
Via Truepundit.com Florida Republican Congressman Ron DeSantis, along with 10 other GOP members of the House, sent a letter to Attorney General Jeff Sessions and FBI Director Christopher Wray on Wednesday, detailing formal criminal referrals against James Comey, Hillary Clinton, Loretta Lynch and Andrew McCabe. While Sean Hannity and other conservative radio and TV talk show … Read more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSUJ4AkAD44 Jim Hoft for the Gateway Pundit reports, FOX News reporter Griff Jenkins traveled to California to confront Governor Jerry Brown on his sanctuary policies that put the “rights” of illegal aliens above the rights of California citizens. Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018/…
by Dave Of course, it looked that way 3 months ago too. All we can do is follow the signals. All the headfakes seem to happen just in order to tire you out, and make you lose hope. Right when your hope is gone, that’s when price takes off. When silver moves, it tends to … Read more
As David Bernstein pointed out here, the DNC filed a lawsuit against, well, everybody they don’t like. I’ve read the papers and the legal term for this Complaint is “batsh*t crazy.” Leaving out the fact that they’ll never be able to properly serve most of the defendants, the key thing is if they get a judge inclined to … Read more
This is why Bernie Sanders is wrong. Govt health care is tyranny in the making. Socialism at its best, have the English not learned a thing from WW2 RG
by Nullrasa I found something really interesting while trying to confirm something, and I’m not sure where to post this. So, the jist is that a world-news post brought up a fictional scenario between Taiwan and China. And a thread lead me down a rabbit hole regarding Taiwan’s energy usage. Basically, I wanted to find out … Read more