Political pundits were closely watching last night’s special election in Montana for two reasons: to see if there is an anti-Trump sentiment shift in this hard-line republican state, and whether the “body slamming” scandal that sent shockwaves just one day prior would cost Republican frontrunner Greg Gianforte the election. The results emerged early on Friday […]
House Oversight Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz said today that the FBI had decided to withhold documents, including memos, notes, summaries, and recordings, requested by his committee in regards to the ongoing Russia probe. This was revealed in a letter sent by Chaffetz to the FBI responding to the agency’s decision to withhold documents requested by […]
THARISA, a company that mines for chrome and platinum, was one of the best performing mining shares on the JSE last year largely owing to an incredible improvement in the price of chrome. At one point, shares in the firm reached R28/share which was not too far from its opening listing price in 2014 of […]
FRA is joined by Yra Harris to discuss the current state of currencies – crypto currencies, USD, Yen, and Euro. Yra Harris is a recognized Trader with over 40 years of experience in all areas of commodity trading, with broad expertise in cash currency markets. He has a proven track record of successful trading through […]
THE South African cabinet approved the draft mining charter on Wednesday (May 24) which is said to include a requirement for a minimum 30% black ownership, said Bloomberg News. The charter will be released for public comment once it had been gazetted, the newswire said citing two people familiar with the situation. The current black […]
Authored by Mike Krieger via Liberty Blitzkrieg blog, If Bitcoin blew you away when you first discovered it, and continues to do so to this day, Spiral Dynamics can help explain why. Bitcoin was an expression in the physical world of the newly emergent leading-edge integral level consciousness. It drew lessons from history and attempted to […]
Katy Perry, a woman so crazy Russell Brand divorced her over text message, broke down in tears Saturday night at a concert and urged the crowd ‘not to let terrorists win’ in response to the Manchester bombing. Tuesday morning, she went on the radio to tell everyone all we need is open borders, hugs, and love in […]
Authored by Duane Norman via Free Market Shooter blog, A video of a Florida Sheriff making a promo video to scare has been making the rounds recently. Casey Research recently covered the affair, noting the following quote from Sheriff Grinnell: “Enjoy looking over your shoulder, constantly wondering if today’s the day we come for you. […]
Hitting record high after record high, tech companies have displaced traditional blue chip companies like Exxon Mobil and Walmart as the most valuable companies in the world. Here are the latest market valuations for those same five companies: Together, they are worth $2.9 trillion in market capitalization – and they combined in FY2016 for revenues of […]
Authored by Paul Craig Roberts, This Memorial Day, Monday, May 29, 2017, is the 100th birthday of John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States. JFK was assassinated on November 22, 1963, as he approached the end of his third year in office. Researchers who spent years studying the evidence have concluded that […]
Authored by William Anderson via The Mises Institute, When the cable TV sports giant ESPN announced 100 layoffs recently, including letting go a number of high-profile broadcasters, a lot of people took notice, and well they should: things no longer are business as usual in sports broadcasting, and we are not even at the beginning […]
A kneejerk lower in Cable overnight (on Tory poll numbers dropping and weak confidence) started the fun in FX markets but (aside from Bitcoin), but Yuan is the big mover once more with a big figure spike to 6.85 – strongest since early Feb, extending the gains post-FOMC Minutes. A new poll from Reuters shows […]
Coalition-led airstrikes in Syria killed a total of 225 civilians between April 23 and May 23, the highest 30-day death toll for U.S.-led forces since the campaign began, Agence France-Presse reported. That's nearly double the number of intended targets: The U.S.-led strikes killed 122 ISIS fighters and eight fighters loyal to the Syrian government, the […]
Submitted by Jeff Thomas via SWPCayman.com, "If your gold is outside the US, it gives you another degree of insulation should the United States decide that you shouldn’t own it — it's not a reportable asset." – Doug Casey, May 2017 I’ve been a holder of gold since the 1970’s. At that time, I was […]
Should everyone in America receive a “basic income” directly from the federal government? Considering the fact that we are already 20 trillion dollars in debt, such a concept may sound quite foolish to many of you, but this is an idea that is really starting to gain traction in leftist circles. In fact, Facebook CEO […]
By Chris at www.CapitalistExploits.at Well done! To the Donald… Too true Donald. These guys are filthy rich. In fact, if Justin Bieber lived out there, they’d put him on income support. Fighting words those. Bow wow, woof, woof. Grrrr! Disgraceful… this bowing thing. Elect me, and I’ll show ’em. Aaaand…. tamed! POTUS caught curtseying. Is that Trump […]
Top congressional Democrats, including Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer and Bernie Sanders, held a press conference earlier today to officially introduce their “Fight For $15” minimum wage legislation, dubbed the Raise the Wage Act. Among other things, the bill primarily serves to more than double […]
The University of Illinois has capitulated to faculty complaints and rescinded a speaking invitation to Nobel Laureate James Watson, who has ruffled feathers with past comments about race. Watson is famous for co-discovering the double-helix structure of DNA, but even a preemptive email stating that he would be giving a "narrowly focused scientific talk" failed […]
Update: Just like last week’s bombshells, the Washington Post managed to publish an almost identical confirmation of NBC’s story within minutes…almost like they coordinated… And, just like NBC, the Washington Post was careful to hedge their salacious title (though multiple paragraphs down in the body of the article) by pointing out that Kushner is not […]
By Natalie Obiko Pearson • Frank Giustra aims for hat trick with Leagold Mining in Mexico • Bill Clinton pal sees ‘major’ gold producer within four years Image: Darryl Dyck/Bloomberg Frank Giustra likes to see big where others think small. The Canadian mining maverick’s latest target is a subterranean patch of red earth in southwestern Mexico. […]