by Chris Black To put things into perspective, President Trump called on Thursday for the Manhattan Islamic terrorist to be put to death; obviously, we’re referring to the Uzbek national who killed 8 innocent people and maimed 12 (one of the survivors suffered a double amputation) by mowing them with a rented truck on November … Read more
Go back to bed you're not allowed to see this pic.twitter.com/M4oNFmFkc1 — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) November 2, 2017 The Year Stocks Stopped Being Risky https://t.co/AW1JYlMM2M @WSJ @chrisdieterich pic.twitter.com/evvLjqOtKn — Leveraged Loans (@lcdnews) October 29, 2017 The spread between America's confidence about the economy and its president has almost never been wider. #MAGA pic.twitter.com/CQecrEUsjU — SentimenTrader (@sentimentrader) … Read more
by Michael Snyder Yes, Hillary Clinton really did steal the Democratic nomination from Bernie Sanders, but most people have absolutely no idea how she actually did it. In the end, it was all about the money. A secret joint fundraising agreementthat was made between the Democratic National Committee, the Hillary Victory Fund, and Hillary for America gave … Read more
by Robert Carbery As the focus moves back to domestic terrorism on the national security front in the wake of the first deadly terrorist attack in Manhattan in the last 16 years, the North Korea threat has fallen from the headlines yet again. Sounds like we are due for another aggressive missile test from the … Read more
by Robert Carbery https://www.wsj.com/articles/republicans-stick-with-big-corporate-tax-cuts-in-house-bill-1509629510 This morning, the GOP released the highlights of its proposed tax plan which will keep the 20% corporate tax cut as permanent and for a family of four making $59,000 they will get a $1,182 tax cut. The bill will keep a top rate of 39.6% for the highest … Read more
by Raúl Ilargi Meijer Jean-Léon Gérôme Slave market 1866 Here’s the story in a nutshell: Ultra low interest rates mark a shift away from people’s wealth residing in their savings and pension plans, and into to so-called wealth residing in their homes, which are bought with ever growing levels of debt. When interest rates rise, they will lose … Read more
By Michael Snyder Are you living paycheck to paycheck? Is so, you are just like most other hard working Americans. As you will see below, 78 percent of full-time workers in the United States say that they are living paycheck to paycheck. That is the highest figure ever recorded, and it is yet more evidence that the … Read more
by Michael Snyder A new bill being considered by the U.S. House of Representatives would make it illegal for an abortion to be performed on any fetus with a detectable heartbeat. This bill is known as “the Heartbeat Protection Act”, and it would be a massive victory for the pro-life movement in this country if it … Read more
by Chris Black As per Twitter’s general Counsel Sean Edgett written testimony to the US Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, the social media giant’s algorithms colluded (pun intended) with Hillary Clinton’s campaign in 2016 in a big way. In layman’s terms, Twitter’s systems were tweaked to help Hillary win the election by burying almost half … Read more
by Dana Lyons Recent highs in the major stock averages have not been accompanied by broad participation. With the major stock indices continuing to score new all-time highs, the market appears to be a well-oiled machine right now. However, looking under the hood, we find that, at least recently, the market has not been firing on … Read more
The left’s shrouded trail of strange and seemingly unconnected dots, are slowly coming together. What we knew (very abridged): • Qatar is the Wall Street for terrorist financing • Qatar finances ISIS, was involved in Benghazi, Syrian Civil War, Arab Spring, etc. – https://infamy.org/ • Qatar was awarded the odd 2022 FIFA World Cup that for … Read more
by Mark Angelides The man who authorities believe to be responsible for the New York terror attack that left eight deaths and many more injured was apparently in the US because he “won” one of 50,000 places in the American “Diversity Lottery Visa” program. Not only is this system insulting to all Americans, but it … Read more
by Robert Carbery Elections have consequences. Just look at what the Trump administration is doing to the regulatory state that Obama implemented and expanded over the last eight years. There is nothing the Democrats can do but watch in horror as Trump’s deregulatory agenda rolls on and ramps up. Big business has been behind … Read more
by Ian Shilling The latest ridiculous assertion is that Facebook have now suddenly found some “Russia-linked” ads because the ads were paid for in Rubles http://thehill.com/policy/technology/358102-franken-blasts-facebook-for-accepting-rubles-for-us-election-ads The fact that anyone still gives any credibility to these farcical proceedings is simply amazing:- Congress (and corrupt Corporate scumbag Sen. Mark Warner): Facebook – have you got any evidence … Read more
In your opinion, will the Bank of Canada raise rates at some point in the near future? Canada’s economy is shrinking again, just after the Bank of Canada said everything was just fine. What’s going on here? We need to take a look at the real indicators which explain the truth. fp1031_gdp_monthly.png (640×391) http://wpmedia.business.financialpost.com/2017/10/fp1031_gdp_monthly.png … Read more
At 49 seconds into the video you see sign https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyV1Jn6IasA&app=desktop Man Yells ‘CNN Is Fake News!’ At Anderson Cooper On Live TV https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDJcfs0LDvw A random person walked into the frame during a live broadcast on the streets of New York on CNN Tuesday, yelling “CNN is fake news!” http://dailycaller.com/2017/10/31/man-yells-cnn-is-fake-news-at-anderson-cooper-on-live-tv-video/
by FS Welcome to the Gilded Age of digital disruption where wealth, influence, and power are radically shifting to new players upending traditional business, economic, and social paradigms. To hear the podcast related to this article, see The Meltup Before the Meltdown on our site here on on iTunes here. Giants Eating the Competition We’ve often discussed the disruption in … Read more
Can capitalism continue without consumption of goods and services? The rate at which money exchanges hands is collapsing https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/M2V SPY/VIX Ratio pushing extremes pic.twitter.com/tdr7jrYPW5 — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) October 31, 2017 rent ate up more disposable income than at any prior time in history. Which unfortunately means that while US housing has never been more unaffordable, … Read more
by GordonTLong I argued in 110 pages that US Economic growth is not as reported because the GDP formula is both archaic and misleading. I recently posted at MATASII.com on September 29, 2017 an article entitled “An Archaic GDP Formula Hides the Fact the USA is Already in a Depression!“, that gave an additional perspective on … Read more