Bill Blain: Fast-Evolving News on Iran, Gold and Boeing
"Gold hit $1620 last night before sliding back a tad."
8 January 2020 - 22:48
Is This Why Central Banks Are Rushing to Buy Gold?
Once private property is gone, public survival depends on the “charity” of the state and its corporate partners. Without property, dependency metastasizes like a cancer.
8 January 2020 - 19:48
Texas Mom Wins Appeal to Keep Eleven-Month-Old Daughter, Tinslee Lewis on Life Support
"Tarrant County District Judge Alex Kim signed a restraining order against the hospital, preventing physicians from stopping care."
8 January 2020 - 16:48
How Chinese Financing is Fueling the World’s Megaprojects
This is particularly evident in its capital, Addis Ababa, where a slew of transportation projects — from new ring roads to Sub-Saharan Africa’s first metro system — transformed the city.
8 January 2020 - 14:27
UIA Flight 752 Crashes on Outbound Flight from Tehran: Updates
82 Iranians and 62 Canadians are among the dead.
8 January 2020 - 12:19
Government Acts on Northern Irish Same-Sex Marriage Concerns
"Public order law will be amended to underline that criticism of same-sex marriage is not an offence."
8 January 2020 - 07:48
Technically Speaking: Markets Dismiss Iran as the Fed “Put” Remains
You would think that with the U.S. taking out a top Iranian commander, threats of military action flying between the U.S. and Iran, not to mention the “Selective Service” website crashing over concerns of World War III, the markets would be in full “sell” mode. If you thought that would be the case, you were wrong.
8 January 2020 - 01:48
Seven out of Ten Scottish Councillors Oppose Smacking Ban
"The Scottish Government seem to have it hard-wired in to their psyche that meddling in family life is desirable and proportionate."
7 January 2020 - 22:48
Michael Snyder: Armies of Unidentified Drones Are Appearing over Western US Skies at Night
"Already, the FAA has contacted test sites, drone companies and companies that have received authorization to operate drones in the affected areas. But the agency has not been able to determine who is flying the aircraft, spokesman Ian Gregor said in a statement Monday."
7 January 2020 - 19:48
At Least 56 Mourners Crushed to Death at the Funeral of Qassem Suleimani
Members of the public attempted CPR on victims, while others appeared helpless to rescue those trapped under the crush.
7 January 2020 - 19:07
US Supreme Court Allows Pro-Life Ultrasound Law to Stand
“Modern ultrasound technology opens an unprecedented window into the womb, providing undisputable evidence of the humanity of the unborn child.”
7 January 2020 - 13:48
Americans Are Debating about whether We Will Go to War with Iran, but the Iranians Say the War Has Already Started
"It must be a direct and proportional attack on American interests, he said, openly carried out by Iranian forces themselves, three Iranians familiar with the meeting said Monday."
7 January 2020 - 12:28
The Next Decade: Valuations and the Destiny of Low Returns
For long-term investors, the reality that a clearly overpriced market will eventually mean revert should be a clear warning sign.
7 January 2020 - 07:48
Australian Border Force Reveals Disturbing Increase in Illicit Childlike Dolls Smuggled from Asia
Warning: this article contains details about child abuse that many readers may find disturbing.
7 January 2020 - 04:48
Michael Snyder: Why Is Iran Flying a Blood Red Flag over a Famous Mosque That Is Directly Associated with the Mahdi?
"Of course President Trump is not going to put up with this, and he has warned the Iranians that he has identified 52 Iranian targets that could potentially be hit…"
7 January 2020 - 01:48
Bill Blain: Welcome to 2020!
I can’t but wonder how much truth there is in Iran’s latest threat to reveal the European politicians who took backhanders on the last Iran deal.
6 January 2020 - 22:48
Mark Griffith: The Cult of Youf
Social-proofed projects like climate correction and European federalism neatly feed this indignation.
6 January 2020 - 19:48
Paris versus London: The Clash of the Financial Centres
"The battle will be hard and long."
6 January 2020 - 19:48
A United Kingdom-European Union Free Trade Agreement Can Be Done in 2020
The trade talks are the first item on our agenda as a fully independent country, and here are the reasons why they are likely to be successful.
6 January 2020 - 16:48
A Billion Dead Animals: Under a “Blazing Red Sky” in Australia, Apocalyptic Wildfires Are Killing Koalas, Kangaroos and Countless Other Creatures
Prime Minister Scott Morrison is telling us that the fires “could burn for months” before they finally go out.
6 January 2020 - 13:48
Larry C. Johnson: There Will Be Blood
"We should not be surprised in the future if other countries, such as Russia and China, embrace our new doctrine of assassinating people we say are "imminent" threats. I used to believe that our moral authority counted for something. I no longer believe that to be true. I remain eager to be proven wrong, but if history is any guide, we have not learned the lessons we need to in order to create a better future."
6 January 2020 - 12:09
Lance Roberts: Flat Start to 2020 as Iran Trips Up Traders
Such is just the “Pavlovian” response to more monetary stimulus.
6 January 2020 - 07:48
Fights Break out in Serbian and Montenegrin Parliaments as Montenegro Passes Law Facilitating Religious Property Expropriation
The example of France where nationalisation of all Catholic Church property led to the decimation of Catholic faith in the country demonstrates that Serbian Orthodox are justified any potential expropriation.
6 January 2020 - 04:48
Iran Vows Revenge against the United States, and the Phrase “World War 3” Is Now Trending…
The world is most definitely a better place without Iranian military chief Qassem Soleimani. He was a butcher, a murderer and a despised international terrorist. All over the globe, people are celebrating his death, but without a doubt this also brings us much closer to a cataclysmic war with Iran.
6 January 2020 - 01:48