Trucking, Rail Freight Volume And Rates Surge, “Pricing Power Has Erupted.”

Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Shipment volumes in the US by truck, rail, air freight, and barge combined surged 11.9% year-over-year in March, according to the Cass Freight Index. This pushed the index, which is not seasonally adjusted, to its highest level for any month since 2007 and for any March since 2006: After the US … Read more

WHOA! Trump’s New TASK FORCE Just Put Amazon in its Crosshairs And He’s Using the Post Office

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcTJFqA2Y-8 Diana Stacey Corell for the Washington Examiner reports, President Trump is creating a new task force to evaluate the U.S. Postal System that will review “the expansion and pricing of the package delivery market and the USPS’s role in competitive markets.” Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/ne…

BOOM! GOP Lawmaker REVEALS Rod Rosenstein’s WORST NIGHTMARE That Will Send Him Running For the Hills

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNwrwyqtwzQ Joshua Caplan for the Gateway Pundit reports, During an interview with the Fox Business Network, Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) raised the possibility that Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein is under investigation for his role in the Uranium-One scandal. Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: http://thegatewaypundit.com/2018/04/g…

The TED spread has recently started to spike again. It’s getting closer to a ratio of 1.0, which would be a strong warning signal for a liquidity crisis.

Peter Schiff: Calm Before the Storm Ted Spread Blowout pic.twitter.com/HzvrCJiV00 — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) April 17, 2018 https://twitter.com/OANDAlerts/status/986058426831818754 WTF CHART OF THE MORNING: $SPX versus Shanghai Compsite Index pic.twitter.com/ouLBgdqPbC — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) April 17, 2018

Optimism of Manufacturers “Plunged” the Most Ever: NY Fed

Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Corporate America fears that a Trade War would hit supply chains in China. Something strange happened in the Empire State Manufacturing Survey released by the New York Fed this morning. The survey has two headline components: The index for current conditions and the index for future conditions six months down the … Read more

MILLION$ GIVEN TO BUSH-CLINTON KATRINA RELIEF FUND NOW UNACCOUNTED-FOR

You’ve heard the one about the guy who turned everything he touched into gold? With the Clintons, everything turns to gold … for them. Charles Ortel, who looks increasingly like the corporate watchdog Ralph Nader should have been, pored over the Clinton Foundation’s public filings once again and what he found illustrates how doing good can so … Read more

One America News Investigation Finds No Evidence of Chemical Weapon Attack in Douma, Syria

This corroborates reports from Vanessa Beeley, and Robert Fisk that there is no evidence of a chemical attack in Douma. There is the possibility that the chemical attack did not happen, and was staged. Meanwhile, BBC interviews the white helmets: https://twitter.com/VanessaBeeley/status/985845840383225856?s=19 Edit: There are much, much more examples like the one in the tweet above about the White … Read more

The judge overseeing Cohen case, who ordered Sean Hannity’s name outed, performed George Soros’ wedding!

September 20, 2013 Billionaire investor George Soros, 83, will marry 42-year-old Tamiko Bolton today, followed by a huge party at his Caramoor Estate in Bedford, with 500 guests. Kimba Wood, a federal judge, will perform the non-denominational ceremony, which will be attended by members of the couple’s families, including his five children, a source familiar … Read more