WE SHOULD PROBABLY SHUT DOWN FACEBOOK, IN THE INTERESTS OF NATIONAL SECURITY AND OF PROTECTING THE CHILDREN

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Facebook faces new crisis over Cambridge Analytica data. Meanwhile, here’s a whole Twitter thread on how Obama’s 2012 team scraped social media data, for which they were hailed as geniuses. And Facebook let them do it, because they were on their side: Great example of the powers of the new media trying to cover up a story … Read more

Inside Judicial Watch: Bruce Ohr, Fusion GPS, & the DNC-Funded Trump Dossier

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Read about our lawsuits here: http://jwatch.us/bSoirs In this edition of “Inside Judicial Watch,” Jerry Dunleavy sits down with JW Senior Attorney Ramona Cotca to discuss Judicial Watch’s legal battle to find out what top-DOJ official Bruce Ohr was up to regarding any connection to Fusion GPS. The opposition research firm was responsible for producing the … Read more

Al Gore’s Global Warming Warnings Get Even Wackier

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  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYWAPdV2k8Q James Barrett for the Daily Wire reports, At the Global Education and Skills Forum (GESF) in Dubai on Sunday, Al Gore presented his new and improved global warming alarmist message, which includes warnings about some rather creatively named weather developments that he believes we should all be very concerned about. Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: https://www.dailywire.com/news/28401/…

TESTING FINANCIAL CYCLE MANIA

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via Danielle Park, CFA Over the last year, cryptocurrencies became an icon for the speculative fervor that has increasingly driven the 2009-18 financial cycle. Leading the sector, bitcoin rose from $1200 last March, to $19,187 by December and back to $8140 this morning. Between rampant fraud, stolen coins, regulatory crackdown, outright bans and liquidation selling, cryptos … Read more

At $21 TRILLION, the national debt is growing 36% faster than the US economy

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by Simon Black Well, it happened again. On Friday afternoon, the national debt of the United States hit another major milestone, soaring past $21 trillion for the first time ever. Clearly that is an enormous number… it’s actually larger than the size of the entire US economy, which is pretty incredible. But what’s always been the more … Read more

Ultimate Indicator Shows US Never Recovered From The ’08 Great Financial Crisis

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Authored by Chris Hamilton via Econimica blog, The ultimate indicator of personal economic confidence is the determination to perpetuate the species and have children.  The chart below shows annual US births from 1910 through 2017 and it is estimated there were 3.84 million births in 2017, nearly a hundred thousand fewer than in 2016. The 2017 figure is … Read more

FINALLY, a hint of sanity in California

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Los Alamitos, CA city council has voted to reject the states position on sanctuary cities. Real deal, or grandstanding? Watch the latest video at foxnews.com A Southern California town council rebelled Monday night and voted to reject the state’s sanctuary law. Los Alamitos Council members voted 4-1 to opt out of a state law that … Read more

How Can the Majority Be Wrong if they ALL Expect Interest Rates to Rise?

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by Martin Armstrong QUESTION: Today most analysts think higher interest rates are on the way. If the majority is always wrong how does that play into the expectations for higher interest rates? HP ANSWER: With the Federal Reserve stating they must “normalize” interest rates since 2014, of course, the majority will view that will be the trend. … Read more

Four Charts: Debt, Defaults and Bankruptcies To See Higher Gold

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by GoldCore – $8.8B Sprott Inc. sees higher gold on massive consumer debt, defaults & bankruptcies  – Rising and record U.S. debt load may cause financial stress, weaken dollar and see gold go higher – Massive government and consumer debt eroding benefits of wage growth (see chart) by Bloomberg Rising U.S. interest rates, usually bad news for gold, … Read more

This Graph Shows Which Political Party Corporate America Loves the Most

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by howmuch President Trump has already started his reelection campaign for 2020 and he’s well on his way to raising a lot of money for the effort. Fortunately, candidates are required to publicly disclose campaign contributions to the Federal Election Commission, which in turn makes the data available to the public. This disclosure process includes where the donors work, allowing … Read more

Recession: When You See It, It Will Be Too Late

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Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, “There are no signs of recession. Employment growth is strong. Jobless claims are low and the stock market is up.”  This is heard almost daily from the media mainstream pablum. The problem with a majority of the “analysis” done today is that it is primarily short-sighted and lazy, produced more for … Read more