Pivot: Pakistan Wants To Purchase Weapons From Russia And China After Trump Halts Military Aid

by stockboardasset President Trump’s decision to ring the New Year by simultaneously demonizing Pakistan on Twitter has mostly backfired. In an interview with the Financial Times, Pakistan’s defense minister Khurram Dastgir Khan said Pakistan is expanding its relationships with Russia and China, as relations with Washington deteriorate following the suspension over $2 billion in military aid to Islamabad.   Khan said is … Read more

NYC tax dollars at work: School bus driver fired after racking up 37 complaints

by DCG Via NY Post: City school-bus driver Sumatie Kalladeen’s scoldings terrified a little girl to the point where she was too afraid to ride the bus. The city Department of Education fired Kalladeen — but not before she racked up 37 complaints since 2001, seven of which were “substantiated,” records show. She was suspended at least twice before, … Read more

Sara A. Carter: "Latest: sources in bureau telling me whistleblowers feel confident more resignations to come."

Carter reports: McCabe apparently lashed out to his colleagues when he was told he would be asked to resign, according to sources. FBI Director Christopher Wray viewed the four-page memo on Sunday, sources familiar with the discussions said. McCabe, who is facing three federal inquiries for conflicts-of-interest during his time at the FBI, is one of … Read more

Is The Economy Partying Like It’s 1999?

By New Deal Democrat Suddenly I have a lot to say about the economy. My sense is that we are on to a new phase after the 2015 shallow oil-patch centered recession and 2016-17 rebound. The data has a feel to it of a late cycle blowoff. Let’s start with this morning’s personal income and spending. In … Read more

List of companies giving pay raises & bonuses because of new tax law; Democrat governors file lawsuit to block

by Dr. Eowyn The AP’s Paul Wiseman reports that on December 26, 2017, President Trump signed the GOP’s tax bill into law. By slashing the corporate tax rate to 21% from 35%, one of the highest among advanced economies, the new law distributes benefits across a range of American industries, from construction to health care. It also applies a low … Read more

Tax Cut Hangover

by northmantrader In the fullness of time the recent US tax cuts will prove to have been a major policy mistake and I’ll give you several reasons why. Oh I know, amidst the stock market party and and companies seemingly throwing free $1,000 bonuses around suggesting a coming hangover is like urging moderation to the loudest … Read more

IABATO: “It’s all Brexit and that’s Official”

by John Ward We’re not being offered complete Brexit, we’re being offered complete bollocks   A statement from earlier today (Monday) from the Media Johnnies in the Cabinet Office: “We are about to enter into a negotiation with the European Union on the end state, and achieving that partnership the prime minister believes will be in the interests … Read more

The Last Fed Chairman?

by Ron Paul Last week the Senate confirmed Jerome Powell as Federal Reserve Chairman by a vote of 84-13. This is in contrast to the contentious debates and closer votes over Janet Yellen’s confirmation in 2014 and Ben Bernanke’s confirmation for a second term in 2010. Powell benefited from a perception that the economy’s recovery from … Read more

BREAKING: House Intelligence Committee Votes To Release The Memo….

by sundance As widely anticipated the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence has voted to release the majority ‘FISA Memo’ as led by Chairman Devin Nunes.  According to reports it was a party-line vote.  The memo now goes to the executive branch for release approval. Additionally, the politically constructed counter-memo, led by minority leader Adam Schiff, … Read more

Julian Assange Escaped!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrfSOIadYCw Synopsis: According to researcher Dr. Jerome Corsi, a British tribunal on Feb. will formally set Julian Assange free. The new direction was apparently the result of President Trump’s meeting on Thursday with British Prime Minister Teresa May. The Tribunal meets on Feb. 6 and thereafter, Assange will be free to leave the Ecuadorian Embassy … Read more

FBI ANDREW MCCABE STEPS DOWN PAVING WAY FOR CLINTON FOUNDATION INDICTMENTS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBEcWllnOaE   FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe ‘removed’ from the bureau http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/… I want to believe the path you threw out for consideration in Andy’s office—that there’s no way he gets elected—but I’m afraid we can’t take that risk. It’s like an insurance policy in the unlikely event you die before you’re 40…” https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattves… “I … Read more

Canadian Government Risks Popping The Marijuana Bubble As Prices Take-a-dive Before Legalization

by stockboardasset A recent Statistics Canada report confirms price deflation has hit the marijuana industry in an even more significant way than expected, as a downward slope in prices puts a big squeeze on profits for producers in the soon-to-be-legal market. According to data published last Thursday by Statistics Canada, the annual change in the average cost per gram declined … Read more

JW: FBI Turns Over ZERO Texts in Key Judicial Watch Lawsuit Against Andrew McCabe

Judicial Watch filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit on behalf of Jeffrey A. Danik, a retired FBI supervisory special agent, against the U.S. Department of Justice for records concerning FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe (Jeffrey A. Danik v. U.S. Department of Justice (No. 1:17-cv-01792)). Danik worked for the Federal Bureau of Investigation for … Read more

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein Approved Wiretap Of Trump Campaign AFTER Trump Took Office!

https://twitter.com/FiveRights/status/957995828005822464 The New York Times has reported it!   “A secret, highly contentious Republican memo reveals that Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein approved an application to extend surveillance of a former Trump campaign associate shortly after taking office last spring, according to three people familiar with it.” https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/28/us/politics/rod-rosenstein-carter-page-secret-memo.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news From the New York Times: “The … Read more

On-Line Fitness Map 'accidentally revealed the location of secret military bases' by tracking soldiers' movements

  Some of the world’s most secret and sensitive bases in the world are lit up brightly on the running tracker’s map The Global Heat Map is published by the GPS tracking company Strava, and is made up by sticking together the locations and activities of people who use fitness devices like Fitbits. It lights … Read more