Are We Fiddling While Rome Burns?

by Charles Hugh-Smith Solutions abound, but they require the retirement of obsolete systems that defend entrenched interests and soul-crushing inequalities. It turns out Nero wasn’t fiddling as Rome burned–he was 60 km away at the time. Did Nero Really Fiddle While Rome Burned? The story has become short-hand for making light of a catastrophe, either out … Read more

Market Breadth is collapsing, the market is rolling over and the crashiest time of year is approaching. What happens next?

by SpontaneousDisorder View post on imgur.com Supporting links http://jlfmi.tumblr.com/post/164336486605/did-stocks-cross-the-medianhttp://jlfmi.tumblr.com/post/164232288495/tech-rally-getting-thinhttps://www.hussmanfunds.com/wmc/wmc170821.htm (Good dicussion of tech stock revenues here)http://stockcharts.com/h-sc/ui?s=%24SPXA200R&p=D&yr=5&mn=0&dy=0&id=p81125049138http://stockcharts.com/h-sc/ui?s=%24SPXEW%3A%24SPX&p=D&yr=5&mn=0&dy=0&id=p54604245879   Sign of the times? Correction in world stocks nearing? Sign of the times? Correction in world stocks nearing? pic.twitter.com/wYeIS49Bht — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) August 22, 2017 HEADWINDS FOR HOUSING AND AUTOShttps://t.co/OtBY7vQsML $SPX $VIX — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) August 22, 2017 Chinese acquirer … Read more

A Darkness Is Spreading Across the U.S.

by BILL BONNER Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered. And the process is continuing day by day and minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party … Read more

The Rising Costs of Sending Your Kids to a Private School

by howmuch The average cost of private school tuition has grown at a rate that is higher than inflation over the past 20-years. While there are several cost increases that have led to the rise in private school tuition, administrative employee compensation has been the main catalyst for the increases in private school expenses. The rise in the volume … Read more

WATCH The Live Broadcast Of The Full Solar Eclipse HERE. FULL Solar Eclipse of August 21, 2017!

by Ruby Henley http://www.zam.fme.vutbr.cz/~druck/Eclipse/index.htm Total solar eclipse is one of the most fascinating astronomical phenomena. Thousands and sometimes millions of people, as it was in case of the last total eclipse visible in central Europe, travel to the narrow band of totality to enjoy fleeting beauty lasting few minutes only. Even people without any knowledge in … Read more