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I know, it is a 1/2 hour long. But well worth the watch. This is a collection of how, and why the media is not your friend! I am bookmarking this to show the sheep in need of a red pill.   https://youtu.be/1gqYcQTpq_c This vid even gets into the medias lies about global warming, as … Read more

by Ian Shilling a. Lie: The FBI operates according to the Constitution and within the law to benefit the American population. Truth: The FBI has operated totally outside the Law and outside the U.S. Constitution ever since its foundation in the 1920’s. See e.g. the use of unconstitutionally obtained Mass Surveillance on every American by … Read more

By Michael SnyderDid you know that the federal government is going to spend more than 4 trillion dollars this year?  To put that into perspective, U.S. GDP for the entire year of 2017 is going to be somewhere between 18 and 19 trillion dollars.  So when you are talking about 4 trillion dollars you are … Read more

by Pamela Williams President Trump’s new FBI nominee has been announced.  Christoper Wray, testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee on July 12, 2017. He confirmed he would do his job without partisan political influence in response to the first question of the hearing. Frankly, what I seek from the new FBI Director is the desire to … Read more

by Yuli-Ban No matter how much you might want it to be true just to satisfy that tiny little itch on your nerve that the MSM has aggravated, there is actually very little chance that China will collapse. “How is that even possible? Their debt is out the wazoo, they have a housing bubble larger … Read more

She’s the one in the tan dress. Photo from the hearing h/t _George_Costanza_

by Michael Snyder August 21st is the date of “the Great American Eclipse”, and the hype around it is already starting to reach a fever pitch. It is being called “the Great American Eclipse” because this will be the first total solar eclipse ever that is only visible in the United States. In other words, … Read more

by Mark Angelides A political activist group known as The Satanic Temple have been hitting the front pages recently as they have just received permission to erect a “Satanic Statue” in a public place. A deeper look into the group shows that they are actually all about political activism; which is not a bad thing, … Read more

by Mark Angelides Unless you have been living in a vacuum these past few years, it can’t have escaped your attention that in heavily Muslim populated areas (especially in Europe), there are “Shariah Patrols” wandering the streets enforcing the Tenets of Shariah and Islam on the non-Muslim population. This is happening in Germany, in Denmark, … Read more

by Pamela Williams This is a complex setup that Donald Trump Jr. has gotten himself in to, but he certainly is not in it alone. OK, I think I will start by listing the cast of characters and their roles: 1.Natalia Veselnitskaya is a Russian lawyer whose clients include Russian “state-owned businesses”, including Petr Katsyv’s son, … Read more

It is government deciding who is going to contribute more to society. So, therefore, who gets the treatment. It is where it goes when you get into this Orwellian oligarchy. It has got to stop and has got to stop before August.” http://www.breitbart.com/video/2017/07/11/gop-rep-gohmert-obamacare-orwellian-oligarchy-got-stop-august/ This is what you get with government intervention. Problem, reaction, solution. Has … Read more

Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter A “collapse” isn’t when something edges down 1% in value or even 10% or 20%; it’s when something plunges 50% in a short time. Ethereum has collapsed 52% in four weeks. The second largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization had surged from $0.95 at the end of 2015 to $8.21 by the end … Read more

By Michael Snyder After reading this article, you will never look at tap water the same way again.  Most Americans have generally assumed that the water coming out of our taps is perfectly safe, but the Flint water crisis and other similar incidents are starting to help people to understand that there are some very … Read more

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiXKBSGHSB0 Some U.S. real estate markets have bounced back strongly since the Great Recession while others have languished. All told, “the recovery is spotty at best.” Now, two new developments are adding risk to the mortgage market. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiFtoy4_uv0 Retail ETF XRT could be in for a whirl-wind of hurt. We are expecting a 25% clear … Read more

by Mark Angelides Last Thursday, former President, Barack Obama, turned out at the National Democratic Redistricting Committee (NDRC) fundraiser; this coupled with his activities on the world stage (visiting Foreign leaders, hosting Foundation events etc…) leads to only one logical conclusion: He’s making a comeback…And this would be the worst possible thing for the struggling … Read more

by Michael Snyder Did you know that many members of Congress spend three or four hours a day “dialing for dollars” in cramped call centers that both parties have set up in Washington? I promised that I would keep all of you updated on what I am learning as I run for Congress, and what … Read more

This Metric Shows U.S. Corporate Debt At Stretched Territory U.S. corporate bond issuance was $106.2 billion in June, comprising $83.1 billion in investment-grade (IG) and $23.1 billion in high-yield (HY). This puts the first-half total at $868.1 billion, of which $714.1 billion is in IG and $154 billion in HY.  At this pace, 2017 is … Read more