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by stockboardasset Last week, President Trump suggested the idea of pulling federal immigration officers and Border Patrol agents out of California over the states “lousy management” in providing adequate support to federal agents in enforcing immigration policy. As a “sanctuary state,” California has snubbed the Trump administration and refused to comply with federal immigration laws, which … Read more

by John Rubino Indicators of a market top began piling up way back in 2014, and since then most have gone on to unprecedented extremes. Every analyst has their favorite harbinger of financial doom, but the easiest to understand — and the most tragic — is probably margin debt. This is money borrowed by (usually … Read more

A pair of American soldiers based in South Korea have been indicted for a drug smuggling scheme after customs officers discovered $12 million worth of meth sent through military mail in boxes of cereal, said US media citing prosecutors According to the US military newspaper Stars and Stripes, the two 20-year-old privates, stationed at the … Read more

Leftists using emotional teens as Political Pawns (Link to article below) http://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/th…  

by Jim Quinn Very interesting breakdown of our working and non-working population. If you back out those under 16 and over 64 years old, you get 234 million working age Americans. According to the BLS, only 7 million of these people are unemployed, even though only 153 million are actually working. Do you believe 10% … Read more

by stockboardasset American Airlines, the world’s largest air carrier, is enjoying a boom in business. Everything is fantastic, as the company made almost $2 billion in profits in the fiscal year 2017 alone. The airline lobbied hard for tax cuts, which its executives are now receiving increased stock options and millions in bonuses. Meanwhile, in the tale … Read more

Authored by David Stockman via Contra Corner blog, This is getting pretty ridiculous. For old times sake, we recently checked on the Federal debt level during the month we arrived in the Imperial City as a 24-year old eager beaver. That was June 1970 and the Federal debt held by the public was $275 billion. Mind you, while that … Read more

via Adapt 2030 https://youtu.be/ZS2Hi_E7KtI Direct question to #QANON from David DuByne of #ADAPT 2030 Grand Solar Minimum intensifying Mini Ice Age bringing Global Crop Losses Food Shortages When will global population be informed? Timeline? Feb 22, 2018 David DuByne of ADAPT 2030 Ocean Circulation Currents? Weather Patterns changing as a result? Ocean Surface Currents https://earth.nullschool.net/#current/ocean/surface/currents/overlay=currents/orthographic=-73.46,40.03,2738

by stockboardasset “Fed’s Dudley and Rosengren said today Fed is “quite likely” to require large-scale asset purchases again coz real rates will remain low due to slow productivity and labor-force growth and if LSAPs are indeed not effective, then the Fed may need to take other measures. Like these?,” said David Brady, CFA. “108 consecutive months of global … Read more

Jim Rickards interviewed by Alex Stanczyk on The Gold Chronicles In this February edition of The Gold Chronicles, Alex and Jim take a deep dive into the economy, geo-politics, and of course, gold. There is extra care and attention paid to what Jim is calling the “Debt Bombs” that are blowing up the budgets. For the the … Read more

by DCG Oregon Governor Kate Brown, who lobbied for this bill While I could agree with convicted domestic abusers not having firearms, I have a problem with denying someone their Constitutional right because of a restraining order (which is no cost to file in Oregon). Here’s some of the requirements to obtain a restraining order in Oregon, according to the Family Abuse … Read more

by stockboardasset The Norwegian government is planning to allocate 100 million kroner ($13 million) in technical improvements to enhance a doomsday seed vault situated on an Arctic island, built nearly a decade ago to protect the world’s food supplies from an apocalypse, a government press release said Friday. The Svalbard Global Seed Vault is a secure seed bank … Read more

via SilverDoctors London Analyst Alasdair MacLeod also tells Silver Doctors China’s trade, not America’s, is now driving the global economy. He explains the impact this is having on the U.S. dollar. As the U.S. dollar declines, gold and silver will rise, MacLeod says. He says optimism about the economy is a sign the last phase of the … Read more

by Egon von Greyerz In the old Greek mythology, the opening of Pandora’s box unleashed many evils on the world. Within the next few years, we will see a modern Pandora’s box being opened that will lead to events in the world which will be as devastating as when the ancient box was opened. The … Read more

h/t @StockBoardAsset WEALTH EFFECT DEFECT Small business optimism    

Link to slides and supporting sources: https://www.itmtrading.com/blog/hidde… When derivative bets on mortgages failed in 2007 and 2008, we all learned who was “Too Big to Fail” as Banks were bailed out on the backs of the taxpaying public. We’re told that the banks and financial system is so much safer and more resilient and that … Read more

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUQjZIxwps8 US patriots fighting for our First & Second Amendment rights!

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