THIS IS WHY WE CAN’T HAVE NICE THINGS

One of the fundamental elements of good journalism is “show, don’t tell.” This means that reporting facts are preferred over interpretation or characterizations. But it’s not hard to see why distrust in the legacy media is ever-rising. “Americans blame shutdown …

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ONE OF THESE THINGS IS NOT LIKE THE OTHER

● Shot: George Will: Today’s Germany is the best Germany the world has seen. —The Virginian-Pilot, Tuesday. ● Chaser: Germany looks set to enter a recession after Europe’s financial giant sees unexpected collapse in industrial production. —The London Daily Mail, Thursday. ● Hangover: Meet Europe’s Left Nationalists. …

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Things are heating up for more protest in France this weekend. The Yellow Vest Movement has seen smaller movements in Belguim, Germany, and Spain

by AnonDidNothingWrong   50 of the 60 CRS anti-riot unit will be called in emergency on Paris this saturday leaving the countryside defendless, all Paris police force mobilised even anti-immigration special unit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfS_ZFHxbZQ Armored vehicles of the GBGM (elite CBRN …

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SOCIALIST THUGS DECREE A LOT OF THINGS

Maduro Orders Price of Venezuela’s ‘Cryptocurrency’ to More Than Double. Following Maduro’s Thursday announcement, Venezuelan economist Leonardo Buniak explained that the petro “was worth 3,600 Bs.s because the Dicom dollar cost 60 and the oil cost 60,” Atodomomento publication reported. …

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If you believe in the theory that “Housing is the US Economy” then things are starting to get dicey…. Morgan Stanley: “We are in a bear market”

global slowdown is coming pic.twitter.com/76WjQdNNC3 — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) November 19, 2018 Morgan Stanley Calls It: "We Are In A Bear Market" https://t.co/MHNd8yczng — zerohedge (@zerohedge) November 19, 2018 US High Yield credit spreads move up to 418 bps, widest since …

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Things that make you go hmmm…US crude oil inventory quite bearish, home builders dropping prices, falling demand for residential mortgages … except subprime

US crude #oil inventory report was quite bearish, with biggest weekly stockpile increase since early 2017@EIAgov @Investingcom @SoberLook pic.twitter.com/T8TShDeJSs — Liz Ann Sonders (@LizAnnSonders) November 17, 2018 Home builders dropping prices #JohnBurnsRealEstateConsulting @SoberLook pic.twitter.com/HTxyS1vyHX — Liz Ann Sonders (@LizAnnSonders) November …

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Things are about to get Fun and Scary

by SpontaneousDisorder At this juncture factors point to a crash being much more likely than usual, or at least a strong and persistent decline. Lets look at some reasons why… In a January post, I ran over some of the reasons why …

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These Three Things Could Spark a Year-End Rally

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byUZ_EUljj8 On this week’s Stansberry Investors Marketcast, John Gillin and Greg Diamond discuss last week’s “brutal” markets. All the major indices suffered big losses, and bear markets are popping up everywhere. As John explains, 40% of S&P 500 companies are …

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