by DCG Funny, when Gov. Kate Brown was running for re-election this year, she repeatedly declined to answer direct questions about tax policy (seeThe Oregonian). She also declined to say how much additional revenue the state would need. Voters re-elected her knowing that they …
Steven Beyer for the Western Journal reports, Brenda Snipes may be stepping down from her position as Broward County elections supervisor, but that won’t stop her from receiving nearly $11,000 a month in pension benefits, the Sun-Sentinel reported. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QE_UVJahUSs Read …
by Martin Armstrong The Trump Revolution is unfolding everywhere. It is NOT a philosophy left or right – it is just drain-the-swamp and throw out whoever is in power. The Labor government in the Australian state of Victoria won an …
via tobefrankj: The full article is here: https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2018/nov/20/revealed-one-in-four-europeans-vote-populist Graphics are made in d3 and animated with css. To conduct the research, the Guardian enlisted the help of more than 30 political scientists to assess which European parties could be considered …
Can Republicans ever win enough votes to overcome the extra Democrat ballots that magically appear at the 11th hour…or 15th hour! Stephen Green, Bill Whittle and Scott Ott explore concrete ways to reform elections so every vote is counted, and …
From Birch Gold Group Now that the midterm elections are pretty much over, the Democrats control the House, and the Republicans control the Senate. This may have several important impacts on your retirement over the next two years (and beyond, depending …
via Chris Kimble They say “History doesn’t repeat, but sometimes it rhymes!” This weeks election results are being contested in Florida, similar to what happened in 2000. In the fall of 2000, the S&P made a nominal new high. Momentum was diverging …
Eric Sprott interviewed by Craig Hemke on The Weekly Wrap-Up The market rallied this week on… gridlock? As the United States welcomes divided government, Eric Sprott joins us again for another wide-ranging discussion about the week in precious metals. Tune in to this edition …
by Dave Janda from Operation Freedom The spotlight of this Briefing focuses on the Mid term election results and the aftermath. Additional content available at www.davejanda.com
The elections went as planned, it was not about getting the house and senate it was about getting the senate, the investigations are complete, they are now in the hands of the senate, the FISA declas will bring down the …
by GoldCore In today’s update we look at yet another ‘Punch and Judy’ American election farce which once again ignored the ‘Elephant in the room’ – the inevitable U.S. $121.7 trillion debt crisis and the coming global $250 trillion debt …
Authored by Brandon Smith via Alt-Market.com, Over the past few weeks I received numerous requests from readers to publish my predictions on the outcome of the midterm elections, but I did not do so for a couple of reasons. First …
by Martin Armstrong The computer was correct. There was no Blue Wave. The real interesting aspect is it appears we may have a Bearish Reversal elected in the Senate for the Democrats. While the Democrats won the House, they did not …
by flyawayhigh LIVE STREAMS: C-SPAN starts 8:00 ET Fox News MSNBC Democracy Now starts 7:00 ET Let me know about others. =================================================== =================================================== RESULTS AS THEY COME IN (Latest at top): 7:00 PM Governor – Florida – Ron DeSantis v. …
by Thinker Can the state of Florida get out from under the political cloud of corruption??? From the year that George Bush Jr. was running for president, and the Florida votes were counted last, the corruption in the sunshine state …
by Troy Midterm elections are here. Lots of trader and investors are talking about “if the Republicans/Democrats win/lose, the stock market will (insert random guess here). This “analysis” is no better than a coin toss. Nobody knows how the election will …
by Jesse “We were a very different country 40 years ago. The downhill slide has been pretty fast. America, I think, should be an important warning to other countries not to take for granted their institutions. I worry that things …
by Martin Armstrong On the one hand, the Midterm Elections really mean nothing. The Democrats cannot reverse their declining trend since they peaked with FDR, and the Republicans cannot deliver the final death blow to the Democrats to put …
https://ellacruz.org/2018/10/31/leaked-t…-election/ 1 THE PROBLEM WITH US ELECTIONS 2 MARKETING A VISUAL CRISIS 3 A HOUSE DIVIDED 4 DISSOLUTION (page 4) ENDING DEMOCRACY THE 2000 ELECTION POSED some profound dilemmas for American democracy. OSI’s influence failed and, by small margins, OSI’s …
This is a combined Part I and Part II post by Chris Vermeulen of The Technical Traders PART I Almost like clockwork, our research team, at Technical Traders Ltd., predicted on September 17) the US stock market would turn lower and attempt a 5~8% downside …
by DCG I have never bought Ben & Jerry’s ice cream. And I never will. From USA Today: Ben & Jerry’s is launching a new flavor, Pecan Resist, which the company made to promote activism in the U.S. The Limited Batch flavor – chocolate ice cream with …
by Martin Armstrong QUESTION: Dear Marty, Thanks for the continuous enlightening blogs about increasing interest rates and its effects on EM’s and others. Today on Bloomberg , they were discussing that the earlier 60:40 Equity bond correlation is breaking down and …
by Bill Bonner WATERFORD, IRELAND – Alleluia! We join with all Americans today in breathing a sigh of relief; justice is being done. The bad guys are being hunted down. Our pristine democracy – in its pure white, unblemished, unsullied, and …
by Thinker Energy is pouring onto the planet, and the people are waking up all around the world during the most important elections of all time. Corporate ownership of nations is sinking with the politicians who were part of the …
by Martin Armstrong Jeff Bezos of Amazon loses about $80 million for every dollar the stock goes down. No billionaire was hit as hard by the drop this week in the share market than Jeff Bezos. During the Wednesday selloff alone, the Amazon …
China is actually placing propaganda ads in the Des Moines Register and other papers, made to look like news. Trump said this China is actually placing propaganda ads in the Des Moines Register and other papers, made to look like …
by ShellOilNigeria https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/17/sunday-review/russia-isnt-the-only-one-meddling-in-elections-we-do-it-too.html Bags of cash delivered to a Rome hotel for favored Italian candidates. Scandalous stories leaked to foreign newspapers to swing an election in Nicaragua. Millions of pamphlets, posters and stickers printed to defeat an incumbent in Serbia. …
by Martin Armstrong The left has always been the most violent in politics mainly because they blame others for their own failure. Already we are starting to see a trend where threats are being made against political rallies for the …
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by JayFig_The_Trader Will midterm elections sink the stock market? Here’s what history says – https://on.mktw.net/2PsfPxG Here is a summary of my current positioning and trades. Closed Positions Today 9/5/18 Sold XOP Calls September-21st-41 Strike Bought at 1.01 Sold at 1.25 (+23.76% …