The Crypto-Crash Crushes Hopes, But Will It Impact The Economy?

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Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter The price of cryptocurrency Ripple had been languishing for months at around $0.20 back in 2017, giving it an already astonishing market capitalization of around $8 billion. But on December 11, it took off. In the morning of December 14, the price blew through $0.574, and the market cap passed $22.5 … Read more

“Tech Wreck,” “Techlash,” “Techmageddon” – Whatever You Call It, Wall Street Is Terrified Of It

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by John Rubino Back in the 1990s, critics of the dot-com bubble used to point out that the global economy depended on the US stock market and the US stock market depended on, like, ten Internet stocks with negative aggregate earnings. The resulting inverted financial pyramid was, the critics claimed, very easy to tip over. … Read more

It’s Official: China Launches New Petroyuan Futures Contracts

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From Birch Gold Group Since 2015, we have been reporting about China’s new gold-backed petroyuan and its imminent unveiling on the world stage. In fact, earlier this month we wrote: On March 26 China will finally launch a yuan-dominated oil futures contract. Over the last decade there have been a number of “false-starts,” but this time the contract has … Read more

Dr. Ted Noel – Sick Politicians Need to Go Now!

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from Financial Survival Network Our good friend Dr. Ted Noel joined us again. We thought after his penetrating analysis of Hillary Clinton’s many physical maladies during the presidential campaign that he would happily fade back into obscurity. Were we ever wrong! First Hillary is still alive (barely) and kicking on the political scene. In addition, Nancy Pelosi is … Read more

Central Banks Are Now Panicking

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Home sales are down 4.4% YoY, the economy is moving into a recession. Trump is positioning to take down the economy, the FANG stocks decline, this is all part of the plan to gain the narrative and to show the markets are manipulated. IMF prepares for an economic collapse, they want Germany to give 100 … Read more

Suzanna Hupp is a survivor of the Luby’s massacre where 23 people were killed, including both of her parents. Instead of fighting for stricter gun laws, Hupp has fought for less regulation, arguing that she would have been able to stop the gunman if she was allowed to concealed carry.

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with all of the talk about gun control after recent mass shootings, it’s refreshing to see a survivor have an entirely different perspective than what we’ve seen from other survivors. The media doesn’t talk about this side of the argument, and I don’t think people ever give this side enough consideration. Hupp discussed not only … Read more

Black Pigeon Speaks: “American Gun Owners Have The Power to Defeat US Government”

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Another Enlightening video by Black Pigeon: https://youtu.be/2x_YhKC2WjY If one considers that the U.S. military has been incapable of defeating the Taliban after 16 years in Afghanistan — there is no way the U.S. Government or Military could hope to defeat an armed populace that intends to defend its 2nd amendment rights. In fact, most military … Read more

John Stossel: Why so many are ‘taking the red pill’ (and discovering the truth about the mainstream media)

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Snip: In the movie “The Matrix,” swallowing a red pill reveals the truth, while downing a blue pill leaves you trapped in illusion. Today, in the parlance of some political activists, “taking the red pill” means seeing the lies of mainstreaem media — and learning the truth. “People don’t care to watch CNN anymore: People … Read more

Tweet which lost Assange internet and visitor access

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“In 1940 the elected president of Catalonia was captured by the Gestapo, at the request of Spain, delivered to them and executed. Today, German police have arrested the elected president of Catalonia at the request of Spain, to be extradited.” In 1940 the elected president of Catalonia, Lluís Companys, was captured by the Gestapo, at … Read more

New Project Aims to “Fact-Check the Fact-Checkers” Accused of Liberal Bias

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By Jay Syrmopoulos Reston, VA – With the rise of the term “fake news,” many individuals have turned to self-proclaimed fact-checking sites like Snopes and PolitiFact; the objectivity of these sites tends to be questioned by conservatives as having a covert liberal bias. On Tuesday, the conservative Media Research Center unveiled a new project entitled “Fact-Checking the … Read more

Trend-Setting – A Vast Number Of Markets Are Undergoing Key Tests Of Important Up Trendlines At The Moment.

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by Dana Lyons If you follow us on Twitter or StockTwits, you know that we do a regular chartstorm feature called #TrendlineWednesday (though, it is often published sometime later in the week, time permitting). The feature is meant to highlight some of the more important trendlines in the financial markets that happen to be relevant at the time. It … Read more