via forbes: Not bearing the burden. At $4 trillion, Germany’s economy is a fifth the size of America’s. But Germany’s military budget isn’t a fifth of America’s military spending. It isn’t even a tenth. In recent years Berlin has spent 1.1% …
by John Ward They’re all a waste of time HOW 97% OF BREXIT TIME WENT DOWN THE DRAIN Just over a month ago, The Slog began referring to the hijack of the Brexit negotiations as a coup d’état. Doubtless, a lot …
by John Ward While the main focus of those who wish to protect internet freedoms has hitherto been the provision of an alternative to Old Mass Media bias and self-censorship, it is the ‘social media’ information gatherers who are now in …
via foxnews: No rhetorical sleight of hand, such as Zuckerberg’s disingenuous claim that “we don’t sell your data,” can obfuscate that fact. His claim makes a technical distinction. Obviously, Facebook does not part ways with the data we give it in …
by John Ward “Yesterday” as Franklin Roosevelt said after Pearl Harbor, “is a day that will live in infamy”. Although the header to this post says ‘Analysis’, it is the kind of analysis a midbrow six year old could make – …
by John Ward Two days ago I promised to flesh out my experiences of trying to extract money from various UK financial institutions, while dealing with more examples of the Macronisation of France. The point is to try and motivate people …
My students and I profit from making money in bear and bull markets alike. Both these markets contradict each other. However through my expertise and experience, more often than not we profit on our trades regardless of the type of …
by John Ward Mainstream television “news” is now so awful – off the point, dumbed down biased, D-noticed and neo-propagandist codswallop mixed with lachrymose little boy saves tiger ‘human interest’ vomit – it’s time someone found another word for the generic. …
by TraderStef via CrushTheStreet (connect with TraderStef via Twitter or at TraderStef’s website) The Federal Reserve may have driven itself into a dead end of a one-and-done interest rate hike in Dec. 2018, and they are holding their noses (see Porky Pig) over the stench of a …
This is from alternative journalist Jimmy Dore. For some reason the left wing socialist types really threaten the power structure. But on the other hand the right claims socialism is being pushed in textbooks and all that. Hard to sort …
by John Ward Last Thursday, Skype told me the person I was trying to reach was offline. Said person rang me back within three minutes to say he’d been online for the last two hours non-stop. An hour later, I tried …
by John Ward Our two main political Parties are monsters sewn together using the body parts of cadavers. Dr Frankenstein himself is absent, and thus there is no sign of life. They are unfit for purpose and kept in power by …
by Hubert Moolman of HubertMoolman.wordpress.com Previously, I have shown how we could be close to major financial crisis with the monetary system at the center. The following chart that shows the ratio of gold to the monetary base was used: The chart shows …
THIS COULD BE THE MOST EPIC TRUMP MOMENT I HAVE SEEN. 1. Nanci and Chuck did not know there was going to be the press there. 2. Chuck looked to where the press was. It would of been from that …
via americanadvisorsgroup: While the definition of the word retirement means actually leaving your job, we at American Advisors Group know that word means so much more. We have firsthand experience with retirement of all types, and understand the various ways people …
by John Ward It is perfectly possible in 2018 (and in many ways, quite advantageous) for me to self-identify as a transsexual deep-fried coffee percolator. I mean, why not? Guy Verhofstadt calls himself a believer in democratic values, and I find …
via city-journal.org: The CHSRA has also wasted large sums of money through poor management. Tillier has detailed how the Authority plans to spend billions to outfit Bay Area stations with unnecessary tunnels and viaducts, rather than making elementary improvements to operations. …
by John Ward Who winds up in the White House two years from now is likely to be an infinitely more significant outcome than the state of Brexit…which will no doubt still be in the air by then. One can never …
by John Ward My Deal by Theresa & the Temptations. I bring sunshine in a cloudy way cos it’s cold outside so it’s better if we stay And so I say “It’s my deal or just no way – My Deal …
by FIREoManiac https://www.fidelity.com/bin-public/060_www_fidelity_com/documents/press-release/fidelity-q3-2018-account-balances-hit-record-highs.pdf Headlines include: • The average 401(k) balance reached an all-time high balance of $106,500 • Contribution Rates for Women Reach Record Levels • Number of 401(k) Millionaires Increase 40 Percent from Q3 2017 • Average 401(k) Balance for Millennials Saving for …
by Mac Slavo of SHTFplan The so-called “Godfather” of market chart analysis said that the damage already done to the stock market is much worse than most people are talking about. Ralph Acampora, a prominent market technician, says the stock market is in bad …
Mac Slavo October 31st, 2018 SHTFplan.com The so-called “Godfather” of market chart analysis said that the damage already done to the stock market is much worse than most people are talking about. Ralph Acampora, a prominent market technician, says the stock …
by Captain Ewave of CaptainEwave Captain Ewave Elliott Wave Counts For Gold, Silver, & SP500 Email: admin@captainewave.com Website: www.captainewave.com GOLD: Short Term Update: Gold moved sideways to lower in yesterday’s day session and that trend continued in the overnight session. We reached a low of …
by John Ward Today’s bigger stories all suggest that the time is right for something or other to happen. It’s just not immediately clear what that might be. Will there be a Brexit deal in the nick of time? Is Philip Hammond out …
by John Ward Each of us has his or her own Big Political Lie that we think should be Top of the Pops. For me, the Number 1 slot – by a country mile, an EU kilometre, or a Chinese Yuan …
Deep analysis of the Kanye West, NFL legend Jim Brown, and President Trump meeting that took place in the White House’s Oval Office on October 11, 2018, and the INSANE fallout on mainstream news outlets (like CNN’s Don Lemon), conducted …
via thefederalist: How many times have politicians claimed they wouldn’t vote for House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) or Schumer only to do just that or otherwise fail to put other Democrats in power? Bredesen claimed he wouldn’t vote for Schumer …
by Martin Armstrong In the Netherlands, the high court has now ordered the Dutch Government to cut greenhouse gases by 25% before end 2020. The court called it a Violation of the duty of care pursuant to articles 2 and 8 ECHR. The …
So Republican lawmakers do have spines after all. Who knew? Last weekend’s confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, notwithstanding the controversies surrounding his nomination, stemmed primarily from two sources. First, many Republican lawmakers objected to how Democrats politicized the nomination—holding …
Salina Zito: Darcelle Slappy says Democrats and Republicans who live in places like this part of Western Pennsylvania are a lot closer than how they’re portrayed on TV. “Unlike Washington, we are all just a few notches from each other …