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MSNBC Host Chris Matthews runs such a ‘brazenly sexist’ newsroom that some staffers have described themselves as victims of “battered wives syndrome,” according to three of his show’s guests and two former producers who spoke to the Daily Caller. According to Amber Athey, an investigative reporter for the Daily Caller, Matthews would rate the looks … Read more

Last but not least, #China stimulus indicators… as a minimum the tailwinds are fading. h/t @topdowncharts pic.twitter.com/FilVvV7zVC — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) January 4, 2018 The Oh-Shit moment in Australian Real Estate pic.twitter.com/LcBWm7U9wb — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) January 4, 2018 Australian Home Prices Fell in Final 3 Months of 2017 Australian home prices fell in the final three … Read more

@StockBoardAsset Debt Used To Maintain Standard Of Living h/t @LanceRoberts pic.twitter.com/yWPIWuPxSV — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) January 3, 2018 The One Chart that says something is terribly wrong in America pic.twitter.com/Pdpfts4Mcl — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) January 4, 2018

Larry Lindsay, 5/19/15: “Unfunded entitlemt liabilities take US Federal debt oblig’s closer to 300%, not 100%, which is > Greece’s debt.” A. Greenspan: “We’re not getting like Greece, we’re getting like Illinois.” Richard Fisher: “[Laughs] Which is worse – Illinois or Greece?” h/t @LukeGromen US Total Market Capitalization vs GDP   h/t @NorthmanTrader

@zerohedge https://twitter.com/NorthmanTrader/status/948861734676303873 Stocks and indices are historically extremely disconnected from their annual 5EMAs and prices ALWAYS reconnect with them. What if you were long S&P500 futures only between midnight and 9am? Here's how cumulative gains during that time compares to the other periods $ES_F $SPY pic.twitter.com/nHxgAw7TDj — Eric Scott Hunsader (@nanexllc) January 3, 2018 Nothing … Read more

https://youtu.be/O4JK2e7jvrI Seen on Drudge today: ICE Chief: Criminal Charges for ‘Sanctuary’ Politicians… http://insider.foxnews.com/2018/01/02/ice-director-rips-california-governor-jerry-brown-sanctuary-state-law

April Ryan continues to be the voice of the left – ignorant, abusive, uninformed and loud.

Let’s start 2018 off right. Make it great! Set your goals today and achieve what you set out to do. You’re the only obstacle in between where you are and that goal. Hope you enjoy this video. It’s a different type than anything I normally do. I would like to talk about this information occasionally. … Read more

by justanta I wanted to discuss the powerful, ridiculous, and rampant economic absurdities and financial insanities we are now observing in the world as BAU draws to a close and the noose gets tighter. A quick note on sources: I have provided none. I believe all of this is true and easily verifiable with google. If … Read more

via  Mauldin Economics Not so long ago, I explained why tax cuts won’t stimulate the economy as much as Republicans think. In short, most CEOs say they will use any tax savings for stock buybacks or dividends, not new hiring or expansion. But what if, instead of little or no growth, this tax bill sets off an outright … Read more

by Jesse Gold and silver gave up a small amount of their recent rally today, being short term overbought. And conversely, the dollar bounced up off its own losing streak from a short term oversold condition. The putative reason was that the Fed minutes released at 2 PM revealed that ‘some’ would like to see … Read more

Authored by Mac Slavo via SHTFplan.com, Longtime Donald Trump advisor and confidante Roger Stone is warning once again about the deep state. This time, he said that the deep state’s “plan C” is to simply murder the president, since plans A and B won’t work out.   With trust in the mainstream media at an all-time low, the … Read more

by Anthony B Sanders You know cryptocurries are hot when the restaurant chain Hooters develops a cryptocurrency rewards progam. {Bloomberg) Add Chanticleer Holdings Inc. to the list of companies racking up big stock-market gains by jumping on the cryptocurrency bandwagon. Shares of Chanticleer, a Charlotte-based Hooters franchisee and owner of burger joints across the U.S., surged 41 … Read more

From E.B. Tucker, Editor, The Casey Report: George Remus was so rich, he once gave every guest at his dinner party a brand-new car. He hid a set of keys under their dinner plates. When his servants cleared the table, guests couldn’t believe their eyes. This was the early 1920s, when owning a car was a … Read more

By Michael Snyder After Bitcoin, can you name the second largest cryptocurrency?  Until recently it was Ethereum, but now it is Ripple.  At the start of last year, Ripple was trading for less than a penny, and even just a few months ago you could still get Ripple for about 20 cents.  But now the … Read more

via Callum Thomas I spent a lot of time this past week looking back across 2017.  I reviewed some of my best charts and market/macro calls of the year (along with some of my worst!). I also reviewed some my favorite charts. This article provides a look at some of the most important charts and indicators as … Read more

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FCLUeG4LAY Michael Wolff, a journalist and author, took quotes from an interview with Steve Bannon out of context to pump up the ratings on his new book “Fire and Fury”, a work of political fiction.