Coincident Economic Indicators: History Suggests Recession Is Close

by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk, The Philadelphia Fed’s coincident economic activity index suggests the economy is close to recession. The Coincident Economic Activity Index is produced monthly by the Philadelphia Fed. The indexes are released a few days after the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) releases the employment data for the states. The coincident indexes combine four state-level … Read more

Welcome to Financial Fantasy Island

by Jesse   “So the old shell game plays out once more. In, 2016 millions of average Americans enthusiastically signed up for a war on elites; with boisterous hurrahs they climbed aboard the Trump train; and after a few years’ journey they are going to find themselves deposited right back where they started, with inequality … Read more

Texas Man Facing Weapons Charges Said He Was On Classified Government Mission “Dealing With A Virus”

by Disobedient Media Source: UPDATE: Texas man facing Tewksbury weapons charges said he was on classified government mission TEWKSBURY — Police and the FBI are investigating the intentions of a 59-year-old Texas man who man was caught with a massive weapons cache in a Tewksbury hotel before he told investigators he was on a classified mission … Read more

When Fiscal And Monetary Policy Collide

via Scott Minerd Summary The markets are potentially on a collision course for disaster, brought about by strong fiscal stimulus in the late stage of the business cycle. At this stage of the business cycle monetary and fiscal policy should be utilized to cool off the economy. With corporate debt at record levels, the next recession … Read more

Federal Court Rules YouTube Can Censor Conservative Videos

A United States Federal District Court threw out a court case against YouTube, which claimed the video service was violating free speech rights by restricting conservative videos. The case, brought by Dennis Prager of Prager University, asserted that YouTube was discriminating against his organization and other conservative groups by not allowing their videos to be … Read more

Boom, The Plan Is In Motion, One Piece At A Time

Paul Manafort’s attorney just moved to have the charges dismissed because Mueller went outside his mandate which was Russian collusion. Boom, the FTC is now investigating Facebook and the investigation will be spreading to Twitter now. Zuckerberg will not hand over information to the UK but is open to testifying in front of congress. The … Read more

The Federal Reserve Bank is soliciting proposals from developers for a “Social Listening Platform” that will monitor “Facebook, Twitter, Blogs, Forums and YouTube…to “Handle crisis situations, “continuously monitor conversations…

The Federal Reserve is planning on monitoring what you say about it on social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook. As first reported on Zero Hedge, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York is soliciting proposals from developers for a “Social Listening Platform” that will monitor “the primary social media platforms – Facebook, Twitter, Blogs, Forums … Read more

Jordan Peterson has been considering running against Canadian PM Justin Trudeau

https://youtu.be/4Bqpig0LE1c 2018Ever since being a young boy Jordan Peterson has thought about be involved in politics. however, he is constantly drawn back the psychological aspect as it seems to have more depth and be able to explain more about human existence. Jordan Peterson is educated enough to know how difficult running a province can be … Read more

Remember, when it comes to “gun control,” the important word is “control,” not “gun.”

by bBAMEr There are 30,000 gun related deaths per year by firearms, and this number is not disputed. U.S. population 324,059,091 as of Wednesday, June 22, 2016. Do the math: 0.0925% of the population dies from gun related actions each year. Statistically speaking, this is insignificant! What is never told, however, is a breakdown of … Read more

NYPD too understaffed to properly investigate sex crimes

by DCG Tell me #GunControlNow crowd, why do want to make it easier for women to not be able to protect themselves when their own government won’t be there to protect them (if they can’t even properly investigate, how can they properly prevent)? From NY Post: The NYPD’s Special Victims Division (SVD) is woefully understaffed and under-trained despite a … Read more

Sarah Sanders SHUTS UP CNN Reporter Over Stormy Daniels

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNMAxK1K1jk Sarah Sanders SHUTS UP CNN Reporter Over Stormy Daniels Today (3/27/2018) Sarah Sanders lets reporters know she is not playing around over the press asking the same questions over and over press secretary sarah sanders answered questions about president trump and stormy daniels , president donald trump has denied any and all claims this … Read more

The CIA talking point word of the day is…

This is not a coincidence. The Operation Mockingbird word of the day is “gamble”. It’s almost as if when an ambassador makes a statement, he doesn’t make a separate individual statement to each different media outlet! Hint: they’re all referring to a specific statement that called it a gamble. Great job master sleuths! h/t 10gauge

Government Subsidized Medicine Bankrupt Hospitals

by James Hall Hospitals are now government subsidized monopolies. They have little to do with improving the health of patients but have everything to do with dispensing pharmaceutical industry drugs and treatments. The net result is that small and rural hospitals must merge into mega facilities in order to achieve economy of scale or close altogether … Read more

Update on the Most Splendid Housing Bubbles in the US

Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Some flat spots disappear, new ones form. Prices of houses and condos across the US rose on average 6.2% from a year earlier (not seasonally-adjusted), according to the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller National Home Price Index for January, released this morning. The index exceeds the crazy peak of “Housing Bubble 1” in … Read more