by howmuch In 1961, President Dwight Eisenhower famously warned Americans about what he called the “military-industrial complex,” a term he used to describe the toxic union between special interests and people in power. Companies can make a lot of money selling weapons …
by Jesse “It’s no accident that the size of the financial sector today as a percentage of GDP is at levels equaled only on the eve of the Great Depression. Like the decade leading up to the financial crisis of …
Can you believe how insane the levels are at this time? Just look around and see everything out of whack. In your opinion, will the stock market break all time new highs in 2018 or did we pass the peak …
by workerdaemon Here is how I’m prioritizing the distribution of our household income: Max 401k (has 50% employer matching) Max IRA Save 1 month’s worth of bills (I have enough access to credit to handle worse scenarios) Pay down 10.75% …
Will the Fed be the lender of last resort? Looking at the financial system you will see the flaws which are now fully apparently. Debt is pervasive at every level. You can’t escape it. So what do central planners do …
by Frank Holmes, CEO, U.S. Global Investors You’ve no doubt heard that everything’s bigger in Texas. That’s more than just a trite expression, and I’m not just saying that because Texas is home to U.S. Global Investors. Want to know …
At the same time that we are childish and insane, we are a threat to civilization (read; we endanger the pay checks of the MSM and boring hollywood entertainment.)
by howmuch They say only two things in life are absolutely certain: death and taxes. With Tax Day just around the corner, many Americans are gathering paperwork and getting ready to file their 2017 taxes. Federal and state income taxes …
LOL bezos is complaining about having to pay higher wages to employees Hypocrite much?? The editors of the Jeff Bezos-owned Washington Post say President Trump’s tight labor market – which is delivering historic wage increases and job opportunities to American …
These kind of online tracking services are a testament to what has become of modern journalism. Money is made not by the quality of one’s reporting, but instead by the level of exploitation of one’s userbase. Shameful practices all around. …
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter In the jobs report today, the Bureau of Labor Statistics provided a trove of granular data on which industries and governments created jobs over the past 12 months, and which destroyed jobs – with some counter-intuitive …
Memorandum on the New 10-Year $38 billion U.S. Aid Package to Israel Starting in 2019, the U.S. will give Israel $38 billion over the next 10 years – $3.8 billion per year, which is $10.41 million per day. This is in line …
Increasing tensions and justification for Cold War 2.0. Assange used Twitter to challenge Britain’s blaming Russia for the poisoning. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FH1sl37uY0 h/t gematrix
“In 1940 the elected president of Catalonia was captured by the Gestapo, at the request of Spain, delivered to them and executed. Today, German police have arrested the elected president of Catalonia at the request of Spain, to be extradited.” …
Failed rally: "This is the final push higher, which upon its turning lower causes many market participants to being capital protective selling, that causes almost all assets involved to be sold in the hopes of avoiding more losses. And a …
If potus signs this shit we are fucked. I’m more than slightly pissed I’ve emailed POTUS about the OMNIBUS. Have you? whitehouse.gov/contact. here are the republicunts who voted for this mess http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2018/roll127.xml SAY NO and contact the White House to …
by howmuch President Trump has already started his reelection campaign for 2020 and he’s well on his way to raising a lot of money for the effort. Fortunately, candidates are required to publicly disclose campaign contributions to the Federal Election Commission, which in turn makes …
Libor Scandal Gets Older and Uglier for Banks Societe Generale SA’s deputy CEO has abruptly left the French bank. The cause appears to be the decade-old Libor scandal. With much still unclear, the takeaway for investors is troubling. Didier Valet has left without …
Sir Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the world wide web, has called for large technology firms to be regulated to prevent the web from being “weaponised at scale”. The web can be weaponised – and we can’t count on big tech …
Why? Thanks to a last-minute change, an amendment to the bill (meant to punish Equifax) offered by its author, Senate Banking Committee Chairman Mike Crapo. That’s the basic gist of it. America is becoming a full-blown Corporatocracy. Senate Bill …
Is it a coincidence that the assets that have received the most QE have increased the most? I really don’t know how anyone can overlook this obvious detail. The stock market has performed incredibly well since March 2009, showing impossible …
I love how John Coleman, co-founder of the Weather Channel says it’s a hoax and a political platform. I’ll still be cautious of my footprint and waste though. h/t TheCIASellsDrugs
Power and control is collected under fewer and fewer hands. People are being funnelled into a tight space while praising this happening. Not a good thing. Do you see the concentration of trades and psychology within the financial system today? …
The tariff history of the United States spans from colonial times to present. The first tariff law passed by the U.S. Congress, acting under the then recently ratified Constitution, was the Tariff of 1789. Its purpose was to generate revenue for the federal government (to run the government and to pay …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=3041&v=JZfyyQLefhQ Today’s Guest: Jim Willie Websites: Golden Jackass http://goldenjackass.com Most of artwork that are included with these videos have been created by X22 Report and they are used as a representation of the subject matter. The representative artwork included with …
Ex-Trump adviser sold $31m in shares days before president announced steel tariffs Carl Icahn, a former special adviser to Donald Trump, sold $31.3m of shares in a company heavily dependent on steel imports last week, shortly before Trump’s announcement of …
By Harry Dent One of the buzzwords since Trump became president is “growth.” He’s made ridiculous promises about economic growth that he can’t possibly make good on. But let’s take a look at another type of growth that affects us …
President Donald Trump will veto any immigration bill to codify DACA protections into law that does not meet his three core demands, a senior administration official told Axios. Trump’s veto threat comes as the Senate begins a period of debate on immigration in …
No matter how much money is taken from people as taxes, there will never be enough money to pay for what is needed. Too much money is being used on war and killing the innocent. Too much money is being …
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