North Korean Missile Lands Close to Japan ... North Korea fired a ballistic missile early Wednesday that landed unusually close to Japan, drawing a strong protest from Tokyo a day after it warned of Pyongyang's advancing missile threat. ... Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said the latest missile had fallen into Tokyo's territorial waters and called it an "unforgivable act of aggression that...Read More
Donald Trump: 'I'm Afraid the Election Is Going to Be Rigged' ... Donald Trump on Monday night repeated his earlier assertion that the 2016 general election will be "rigged" against him ... "I'm telling you, Nov. 8, we'd better be careful, because that election is going to be rigged," Mr. Trump said in the Fox News interview. "And I hope the Republicans are watching closely or it's going to be t...Read More
The big puzzle in economics today: why is the economy growing so slowly? ... The growth of the US economy keeps falling short of expectations. On Friday, we learned that the US economy grew at an inflation-adjusted rate of 1 percent in the first half of 2016. That's the slowest six-month growth rate since 2012, and it continues the slow growth that has characterized the recovery since 2009. So w...Read More
Donald Trump: 'I'm Afraid the Election Is Going to Be Rigged' ... Donald Trump on Monday night repeated his earlier assertion that the 2016 general election will be "rigged" against him ... "I'm telling you, Nov. 8, we'd better be careful, because that election is going to be rigged," Mr. Trump said in the Fox News interview. "And I hope the Republicans are watching closely or it's going to be t...Read More
The big puzzle in economics today: why is the economy growing so slowly? ... The growth of the US economy keeps falling short of expectations. On Friday, we learned that the US economy grew at an inflation-adjusted rate of 1 percent in the first half of 2016. That's the slowest six-month growth rate since 2012, and it continues the slow growth that has characterized the recovery since 2009. So w...Read More
WND Exclusive Secret: Service Agent Warns of ‘Dictator’ Hillary: ‘There are rules for the Clintons, and there are rules for everybody else’ ... Gary Byrne worked in the White House during the Clinton administration, but he wasn't among the speakers invited to give testimony at the Democratic National Convention last week of Hillary Clinton's character and deeds. Had he b...Read More
“The path of least resistance in the short term seems to be for stocks to go higher, but to do so sustainably we need to see much stronger economic growth and positive earnings growth,” said Wiegand, adding that he is surprised by the absence of volatility and range-bound markets. - Fox BusinessThe path of least resistance is up.Until it's down.And we told you so. Remember this DB art...Read More
WND Exclusive Secret: Service Agent Warns of ‘Dictator’ Hillary: ‘There are rules for the Clintons, and there are rules for everybody else’ ... Gary Byrne worked in the White House during the Clinton administration, but he wasn't among the speakers invited to give testimony at the Democratic National Convention last week of Hillary Clinton's character and deeds. Had he b...Read More
“The path of least resistance in the short term seems to be for stocks to go higher, but to do so sustainably we need to see much stronger economic growth and positive earnings growth,” said Wiegand, adding that he is surprised by the absence of volatility and range-bound markets. - Fox BusinessThe path of least resistance is up.Until it's down.And we told you so. Remember this DB art...Read More
Gold mining stock Centerra Gold has agreed to acquire Thompson Creek Metals. This may not be a text book example supporting the Theory of Complementary Needs, but each has at least some of what the other needs. Thompson needs to make money and repay debt. Centerra needs more political certainty and longer-lasting gold mining operations. We regularly review Colorado-based Thompson Creek Metals (TSX...Read More
Global disorder: from Donald Trump to the South China Sea ... The belligerence of domestic politics is spilling on to the world stage ... Take a harder look and some uncomfortable patterns emerge: rising nationalism, identity politics, disdain for institutions and a fracturing of the rules-based international system. Governments have lost control, and citizens faith. The belligerence in domestic p...Read More
Defending against the growing missile threat ... Congress has a duty to bolster the U.S. air defense system ... Both Iran and North Korea are rogue nations developing and testing new missile technologies at an alarming rate. Iran threatens U.S. forces and has missile technology to carry out those threats. North Korea has successfully tested missiles that can be fired from submarines and is threate...Read More
Global disorder: from Donald Trump to the South China Sea ... The belligerence of domestic politics is spilling on to the world stage ... Take a harder look and some uncomfortable patterns emerge: rising nationalism, identity politics, disdain for institutions and a fracturing of the rules-based international system. Governments have lost control, and citizens faith. The belligerence in domestic p...Read More
Defending against the growing missile threat ... Congress has a duty to bolster the U.S. air defense system ... Both Iran and North Korea are rogue nations developing and testing new missile technologies at an alarming rate. Iran threatens U.S. forces and has missile technology to carry out those threats. North Korea has successfully tested missiles that can be fired from submarines and is threate...Read More
Hillary Clinton at her DNC speech: "I’m not here to take away your guns" ... Hillary Clinton wants you to know one thing about her position on gun control: "I'm not here to repeal the Second Amendment. I'm not here to take away your guns." She elaborated further on her comments, which she made at her Democratic National Convention speech accepting the presidential nomination: "I just d...Read More
Judge calls for online court without lawyers to cut costs ... Lord Justice Briggs, a Court of Appeal judge, who drew the package of reforms to the civil justice system ALAMY A senior judge has called for the establishment of an online court that does not have lawyers and can deal with claims of up to ?25,000. The move would give "effective access to justice without having to incur the disprop...Read More
Hillary Clinton at her DNC speech: "I’m not here to take away your guns" ... Hillary Clinton wants you to know one thing about her position on gun control: "I'm not here to repeal the Second Amendment. I'm not here to take away your guns." She elaborated further on her comments, which she made at her Democratic National Convention speech accepting the presidential nomination: "I just d...Read More
Judge calls for online court without lawyers to cut costs ... Lord Justice Briggs, a Court of Appeal judge, who drew the package of reforms to the civil justice system ALAMY A senior judge has called for the establishment of an online court that does not have lawyers and can deal with claims of up to ?25,000. The move would give "effective access to justice without having to incur the disprop...Read More
The surprising secret to Bill and Hillary Clinton’s marriage ... Tuesday night, Bill Clinton took the stage at the Democratic National Convention to make the case for another Clinton: the former U.S. Secretary of State– and his former First Lady — Hillary Clinton, as the next President of the United States ... It was powerful, convincing and heartfelt. But it was more than just...Read More
Peter Thiel’s Conservative Case for Big Government ... At the Republican convention in Cleveland, billionaire investor and entrepreneur Peter Thiel introduced ... new ideas to his conservative audience ... Thiel talked about the importance of public goods. He praised the big government projects of the mid-20th century, and lamented the fact that these seem to be a thing of the past.- Bloombe...Read More