Bessent says grow out of debt while debt outruns growth… The Fed is being pulled in opposite directions.

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Bessent: “We will grow our way out of debt.” Real GDP growth: 2023: +2.9%2024: +2.8%2025: +2.1%2026: +1.5% (Q2 annualized) US debt growth: 2023: +7.2%2024: +6.9%2025: +6.1%2026: +7.5% (last 12 months) Debt is growing 2–3× faster than the economy. You don’t grow your… — Fthegurus (@fthegurus) August 26, 2026 Warsh speaks at Jackson Hole on Friday. … Read more

The Russians Are Not So Subtly Threatening The UK With Military Retaliation – Is This Why CIA Director John Ratcliffe Flew To Moscow?

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by Michael We are far closer to a shooting war with Russia than most people realize. The Russians are extremely upset with the UK, because the UK has been providing long-range attack drones and long-range missiles to the Ukrainians. In recent months, the Ukrainians have been using those drones and missiles to attack very sensitive … Read more

The Earth Is Being Hit By One Catastrophic Disaster After Another, And This Is Only Just The Beginning

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by Michael The absolutely devastating floods and mudslides that we just witnessed along the border between Nepal and Tibet look like something out of a science fiction movie. It is a tragedy of epic proportions, and it has made us forget all of the other catastrophic disasters that have been hitting our planet recently. Unfortunately, the victims … Read more

The renter generation: Young Americans, shut out of homeownership, brace to rent forever

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People once believed if they worked hard, they could become homeowners, but ‘we’re coming to terms with the fact that perhaps most won’t. And that’s the new normal.’ When Katrina Linden moved into an apartment in her early 20s after graduating from college, she assumed renting would be temporary and eventually she’d own a home. … Read more

Burger King President weighs in on Trump’s tariff-free beef. Massive margin savior?

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Burger King’s President Tom Curtis breaks down Trump’s emergency order dumping 300,000 metric tons of tariff-free foreign beef into the US market over the next 90 days. While domestic cattle ranchers are furious about losing their pricing power, Burger King and other massive fast-food chains are treating this like pure margin relief. High meat costs … Read more

The CEO making the most money may be a warning sign for your stock

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The obvious reaction to a CEO making $20 million, $50 million or $100 million is: That’s ridiculous. But that’s actually the least interesting part. The salary isn’t big enough to explain the shareholder damage. One study looked at companies with unusually high CEO compensation after adjusting for company size and performance. The top 10% of … Read more

Spin, spin, spin.

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State spins shockingly bad Colorado education testing data. Any of the following would be perfectly accurate and appropriate headlines for testing data released August 19 from the Colorado Measures of Academic Success: “Most students grades 3–8 behind in all subjects according to state testing.” “State testing shows overall low student scores increase in just over … Read more

JPMorgan says be ready to “sell stocks”… Paul Tudor Jones says AI still has 40 percent left

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Stocks are still hovering close to record-highs, but a look under the hood of the market shows a more worrying outlook ahead for equities, JPMorgan says. Jason Hunter, a technical strategist at the bank, said investors may want to consider selling some of their stocks, citing the bank’s technical analysis of the S&P 500 and … Read more

92% of American have either delayed or totally abandoned medical care because of how expensive it is, per the Independent.

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An overwhelming number of Americans are delaying medical care because of fears they can’t afford it, a new study has found. Some 92 percent have delayed or abandoned medical care because of costs, according to a survey of 1,507 U.S.adults by financial services firm JG Wentworth. Those aged 18 to 28 are the most likely … Read more

The footage out of Tibet is insane

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The footage out of Tibet is insane pic.twitter.com/t3lFsTTdRV — Eric Spracklen 🇺🇸 (@EricSpracklen) August 26, 2026 🇳🇵 Nepal got hit by a flash flood that wiped out villages… Then this video starts circulating. People are in waist-deep mud, dragging cooking gas cylinders out of the water to use for later. Families are missing, houses are … Read more

FDA’s most dangerous recall category hits one of America’s most common foods, be prepared

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Midwest Poultry Services recalled white and brown cage-free eggs from Texas farms Brands include Kroger, Simple Truth, Brookshire’s, Country Morning, Cal-Maine Sunups Look for plant codes P-1950 or 0840962 and Julian dates 157-184 Distributed mainly in Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Arkansas, New Mexico, Mississippi Linked to multistate Salmonella Enteritidis cases https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/midwest-poultry-services-lp-recalls-shell-eggs-due-possible-salmonella-enteritidis-contamination https://www-cdn.abcnews.com/GMA/Food/19-million-eggs-voluntarily-recalled-potential-salmonella-contamination/story?id=135028861 FDA raised the risk … Read more