from Zero Hedge A Reddit user who was “surprised” to learn he owed the IRS roughly $50,000 from his crypto-trading profits – money that he had not set aside when he cashed out his bitcoins at the height of the boom – complained in a viral post that crypto trading “ruined his life.” The alleged trader, who … Read more
From Birch Gold Group This week, Your News to Know brings you the latest stories involving gold and the overall economy. Stories include: Gold could suddenly become the most desirable asset, gold is heading to $1,400 if trade war breaks out, and could the U.S. finally see a return to the gold standard? Gold could suddenly become the … Read more
by Disobedient Media Last week, reports emerged that the Justice Department had failed to meet a deadline requiring the agency to turn over documents to the House Judiciary Committee in response to a March 22 subpoena issued by Chairman Goodlatte (R-VA). According to the Washington Examiner, the subpoena sought “Information on a variety of matters, including the documents … Read more
Authored by Chris Wood via Grizzle.com, There has been a lot of talk about trade wars in recent weeks. But the biggest risk to the American stock market remains monetary tightening. The monetary tightening dynamic can be best seen in the ongoing slowdown in the growth rate in the M2 money supply. US M2 growth slowed from … Read more
Housing prices staged a significant rebound since the depths of the subprime mortgage “meltdown.” Want to know when even luxury housing will become a “bargain”? Keep an eye on this financial market.
Michael Cohen’s office releases statement.
by Michael Krieger, libertyblitzkrieg.com An alleged new ‘chemical incident’ in Syria reminds of a similar series of events we saw last year. We are told to believe that each time the U.S. pulls back from the war on Syria the Syrian government is responding with a ‘chemical attack’ that pulls the U.S. back in. – … Read more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0FY9g088z0 Sarah Sanders Makes Jim Acosta Look Like A Complete Idiot Today during white house press briefing 4/9/2018 sarah huckabee sanders owns cnn reporter jim acosta this is today news and news today from the white house press conference 4/9/2018 lots of questions about president trump and how president donald trump will respond to breaking … Read more
“Rebel-allied organizations in Syria have claimed that the government has released chlorine gas near Ghouta, killing dozens. The Syrians and Russians deny the charges. Neocons are all demanding that Trump launch a bigger attack or America will “lose face.” Will the Russians sit back and allow another US attack on the Syrian government? And if … Read more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XsHbaz7mSM They should make it illegal to break the law.
Josh Sigurdson talks with author and economic analyst John Sneisen about the crashing Toronto real estate market as house prices drop harder than they have in 30 years. March sales in Toronto dropped 40% from last year, the lowest since 2009. The average selling price for all homes dropped 14% from a year earlier, the … Read more
RICHARD FERNANDEZ: An Evitable Disaster. “The Great Lesson of California in America’s New Civil War”, according to Peter Leyden and Ruy Teixeira in Medium is “there’s no bipartisan way forward at this juncture in our history — one side must win. … The solution for the people of California was to reconfigure the political landscape and shift a … Read more
Article in question Here’s a screenshot which provides a bit more context as to where that thumbnail was found. Bing has a feature where it gives ‘trending’ topics on the Bing landing page. I clicked on the one above and that was one of the results. This may seem like no big deal to people, but … Read more
Clark said he had raised about $1,500 while Benitez said he has raised around $2,500. Both expressed confidence in the face of long electoral odds. “Our challenge is going to be making a dent in the fundraising race,” said Clark, who identifies as a constitutionalist on Twitter, about his campaign. “We have the message, we have the passion we … Read more
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter New Chapter 11 bankruptcies in the US spiked 63% year-over-year in March to 770 filings, the highest number of filings for any month since April 2011 (when there had been 789 filings as companies were still trying to emerge from the Great Recession). This chart shows Chapter 11 filings back to … Read more
BY JOHN MAULDIN At Strategic Investment Conference 2018, my good friend Neil Howe and I talked about the differences in generations with regard to income inequality. His data shows that when you were born makes a big difference. Those now 75 and older (what it is generally called the “Silent Generation”) began their economic lives in the 1950s–1960s when … Read more
The F.B.I. on Monday raided the office of President Trump’s longtime personal lawyer, Michael D. Cohen, seizing records related to several topics including payments to a pornographic-film actress. Federal prosecutors in Manhattan obtained the search warrant after receiving a referral from the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, according to Mr. Cohen’s lawyer, who called … Read more
Premiums have more than doubled here in Nevada. h/t nomorerulers
This article is still up on yahoo news: “US ‘backed plan to launch chemical weapon attack on Syria, blame it on Assad govt’: Report” https://in.news.yahoo.com/us-backed-plan-launch-chemical-weapon-attack-syria-045648224.html Daily Mail deleted this article soon after publishing, thus the screenshot https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/dm-deleted-syria-story/ h/t callmebaiken
by TFittonJW We do the heavy lifting in court. Here’s the background on Judicial Watch’s underlying lawsuit: https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/judicial-watch-sues-text-messages-fbis-strzok-page/ Vid discussion from back when it was filed: