Josh Sigurdson talks with author and economic analyst John Sneisen about the vast amount of debt in Canada as Canadians are going broke! HALF of Canadians polled claim they are just $200 away from bankruptcy. 26% of Canadians say they …
The Mueller Report Exposes the Absurdity of the Governing Class: Despite decades of egregious errors, a group of “leaders” remains steadfastly in place, waiting to take charge again. Plus: Now let’s think about part one of the Mueller report: the …
via Twitter: “Chief Legal Analyst” for CNN. UPDATE: From the comments: “This is not stupid, and it is dangerous to see it that way. This is the deliberate and coordinated big lie, the latest attempt to keep this coup together. …
HARSH, BUT FAIR: Related: The mass hysteria that has consumed much of our political class since the 2016 election should serve as a very frightening warning about the kind of people we’ve been letting run our country. RICK MORAN: Forecasting Model …
Should middle America be thankful for all the “jobs” provided by the military in areas like the National Guard? That’s the argument of some pro-war progressives. It’s dead wrong. The massive military budget is driven by the idea that “debt …
by R3gusPhilbun And over the last 5-6 years, they have been “turning up the heat” so to speak. I believe the masses have a natural inclination to befriend one another and work as a group to develop a convenient, safe, …
by traxtar3 Taking a data analytics course. Needed to compile and visually represent something from a very large data set. I compiled the obesity and diabetes and compared them to the median household income per county. This is just the …
by Chris Powell of the Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee (GATA) Dear Friend of GATA and Gold: Proceedings in the federal class-action anti-trust lawsuit against JPMorganChase charging the investment bank with manipulating the gold and silver futures markets — http://www.gata.org/node/18844 — have been suspended for …
by Frank Holmes, CEO, U.S. Global Investors Last week I had the privilege of attending BMO’s 28th Annual Global Metals & Mining Conference in Hollywood, Florida, along with portfolio manager and precious metals expert Ralph Aldis. The BMO conference is an epic …
by Charles Hugh-Smith Rounding up the usual suspects won’t restore a vibrant middle class. What killed the middle class? The answer may well echo an Agatha Christie mystery: rather than there being one guilty party, it may be that each of …
via wbez.org: Maps courtesy of UIC Middle-income areas, pictured above in light yellow, made up half the city in 1970. Today, Chicago neighborhoods tend to be, on average, either low income (orange) or high income (blue). Chicago’s middle class, once …
Via Casey Research Justin’s note: Are billionaires bad? Many Americans on the left are asking themselves this question. And Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez – the Democrat’s new rising star – is certainly no exception. Just look at what AOC said in a recent interview. …
By The Phoenix Yesterday’s article caused quite a stir. I wish that represented the worst of what’s to come, but it doesn’t. Prepare to be taxed. The growing mantra from the political class is that “the wealthy aren’t paying their fair …
by SP In this video interview, The Pathology of the Rich, and article from 2013, Lets Get This Class War Started, Hedges tell of a kind of psychopathology that emerges in the supper rich. The rich are different. The cocoon of wealth …
Pelosi Struggles to Keep Dems United During Government Shutdown. “Moderate, freshman Democrats open to deal.” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (Calif.) and the rest of the Democratic leadership are struggling to present a unified front during the ongoing government shutdown, as …
by FlashbackUniverse My state is trying to make Personal Finance a required class for graduation. I think this is something we’ve needed for a long time. — it made me wonder if any other states are doing this. via wistv: COLUMBIA, …
via Twitter: On Chris Cuomo’s CNN program this week, professional Trump shade-thrower Ana Navarro got into a heated debate with Trump supporter Steve Cortes over immigration. Much of the discussion was a shouty mess, and the seriousness of the exchange …
by howmuch The U.S. economy is booming. Republicans think President Trump deserves much of the credit for cutting business and individual tax rates combined with a deregulation agenda. And Democrats believe former President Obama rightfully deserves ownership for America’s recovery. Regardless of who gets credit, …
via visualcapitalist: We’re only a few days into 2019, but it appears markets have picked up exactly where they left off. There is growing uncertainty and volatility almost everywhere, and individual events are starting to become catalysts for sell-offs or rallies. …
So a recession is looming? The natural chain of events is already in motion AC
by DCG From Daily Mail: Kris Jenner has set the Internet alight after posing with a $15,000 suitcase adorned with the slogan ‘Rich as f**k’. After her daughter Kourtney Kardashian shared the snap, Twitter and Instagram were flooded with messages and memes …
by howmuch Are you in the middle class? You probably think you are, according to new research from the Pew Research Center, but that doesn’t necessarily mean you’re right. It turns out household size is a major determiner of status in …
Occupy Wall Street stopped because of unnecessary mass arrests and police violence against peaceful protesters. The same is happening to the yellow vests in France. The militarization of our police and the empowering of the intelligence agencies, have all been …
Soaring rents outran tenant wages, which can’t last. By Don Quijones, Spain, UK, & Mexico, editor at WOLF STREET. Spain’s residential rental market has been on a bit of a roll of late. Over the last 45 months, median rents have risen …
by Charles Hugh-Smith Capital garners the gains, and labor’s share continues eroding. That’s the story of the 21st century. The middle class, virtually by definition, is not prepared for downward mobility. A systemic, semi-permanent decline in the standard of living isn’t …
by Michael Snyder The middle class has been steadily shrinking, but most Americans still believe that they are a part of it. Perhaps this is due at least in part to the egalitarian values which have been pounded into our heads …
ROSS DOUTHAT ON OUR SORRY NEW ARISTOCRACY: But then the WASPs themselves decided to dissolve their own aristocracy, and transform their once-Protestant universities into a secular mass-opportunity system — a more democratic way of education, in which anyone with enough talent …
Watch the latest video at foxnews.com Freedom of speech. A lot of people voted for Donald Trump in the hope they’d have more of it. But two years into his presidency, the opposite has happened. Our ruling class has clamped …
Michael Barone: Who’s to blame? Weak leaders, weak institutions, weak voters? In the wake of the midterm elections, conservative analyst Yuval Levin saw no winners. “It is the weakness of all sides, and the strength of none, that shapes this …
