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$1,665,484,000,000: Feds Collect Record Individual Income Taxes in Calendar 2018–as Debt Climbed $1,481,349,159,596.80 (CNSNews.com) – The federal government collected a record $1,665,484,000,000 in individual income taxes in calendar year 2018, … Read more
Howard Schultz: The $21 trillion national debt is the ‘greatest threat domestically to the country’ Howard Schultz rips Democrats for veering too far left from CNBC. “I think … Read more
by DCG Odds were one against four (or five, depending upon which media outlet you read). That’s why you need an equalizer. From KHOU: Three people are dead and one is recovering after … Read more
by John Ward If one looks back over the last fifteen years (which, having started blogging in 2004, I’ve been doing of late) it doesn’t take that long to enumerate what … Read more
via Bloomberg: The Vanguard Group holds about $415 million of municipal bonds issued on behalf of PG&E Corp., about half of the $920 million state and local debt sold for the California … Read more
by: Lance D Johnson (Natural News) A Pennsylvania doctor with no criminal record was denied his right to own a firearm only because he possesses a legal medical cannabis card. Unable to … Read more
A 1974 New York state ban on nunchucks that was put into place over fears that youth inspired by martial arts movies would create widespread mayhem is unconstitutional under the … Read more
from Zero Hedge On the eve of Wednesday’s Fed decision, President Trump is once again bashing the Federal Reserve over its plans to raise interest rates at a time when markets … Read more
Via International Man Joel Bowman: Greetings from Texas, Doug. Where in the world do we find you today? Doug Casey: No place new. JB: Well, I guess that could be just about anywhere … Read more
by David Haggith If we don’t beat the establishment before the next downturn, we’re going to see the same bailouts and money printing we’ve seen before but on a deliriously insane … Read more
by pikindaguy Put together a google sheet here with weekly data from the past 10 years: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1H_mm_G5edQio-iCLAbnbg_ApgMarh–jTarHgxeoHTI/edit#gid=0 I’m not much for data visualization so let me know if anything needs clarity … Read more
via cbc.ca: The second-largest Ebola outbreak in history has spread to a major city in eastern Congo, as health experts worry whether the stock of an experimental vaccine will stand up … Read more
via Bloomberg: A key regulator of Wall Street banks has joined the Federal Reserve in warning about risky corporate borrowing that has reached record levels as lender protections are eroded. The Office … Read more
Mind experiment; as you have seen French very upset about rising fuel prices when there is still available supply what do you think will happen when food triples in price … Read more
by jessefelder “To achieve superior investment results, you have to hold non-consensus views regarding value, and they have to be right. That’s not easy… The good news is that the … Read more
If you don’t know the specifics about how trusts operate, you are missing an important piece of the global financial picture. Trusts are hidden money, and they are the way … Read more