How States/Empires Collapse in Four Easy Steps

by Charles Hugh-Smith The promises cannot be met, and so society decays into warring elites and competing constituencies. There is a grand, majestic tragedy in the inevitable collapse of once-thriving states and empires: it all seemed so permanent at its peak, so godlike in its power, and then slowly but surely, too many grandiose, unrealistic promises … Read more

America Is Precariously Close To Losing Battle With China For Control Of Undersea Global Internet Data Grid As Huawei Tech Flexes Muscle

by Geoffrey Grider A new front has opened in the battle between the U.S. and China over control of global networks that deliver the internet. This one is beneath the ocean. The Internet, made available for mass public consumption in 1994, has grown into a global, One World Systemthrough which the majority of all buying and … Read more

Memo To Powell: The US Economy’s Not In A “Good Place”, But The Beached Whales Are Coming!

via kunstler: Just as presidents are expected to act presidentially, Federal Reserve chairpersons are expected to act oracularly — as semi-supernatural beings who emerge now and again from some cave of mathematical secrets to offer reassuringly cryptic utterances on mysteries of the economy. And so was Jerome Powell wheeled out on CBS’s 60 Minutes Sunday night, like a … Read more

BANKRUPTCY!!

by Jim Quinn Households used the debt to buy new $35,000 SUVs, new 5,000 sq ft $500,000 McMansions, on student loans to get degrees in Transgender Studies and on credit cards to buy the latest iGadget. Corporations used the debt to buy back stock at all-time high prices and pay their executives huge bonuses for … Read more

The End of Civil Asset Forfeiture – NOT!

by Mark Nestmann On February 20, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that the Eighth Amendment prohibition against “excessive fines and fees” applies to the states in civil forfeiture cases and other civil, non-criminal proceedings. The case involved a man named Tyson Timbs, who was arrested in Indiana in 2015 for selling narcotics to undercover police officers. … Read more

Land grab in California, why?

Middle and working class people continue their exodus from California. But because business-owners cannot so easily escape California’s high taxes, the wealthy entrepreneurial class has more-often opted to stay. Legislators are trying to address California’s problem with tax reform, but will it be enough? RT America’s Natasha Sweatte has the details for the News with … Read more

Obama told the DOJ not to charge Hillary for server and mishandling classified information. Now we know why Comey took no action.

Lisa Page released testimony reveals. There are still 52 testimony docs to be released Watch the latest video at foxnews.com Former FBI lawyer Lisa Page admitted under questioning from Texas Republican Rep. John Ratcliffe last summer that “the FBI was ordered by the Obama DOJ not to consider charging Hillary Clinton for gross negligence in the handling of classified … Read more

AOC’s Puppet Masters Exposed… Turkish money?!

Of the seven congressmen listed below, three were chosen thru the audition process and they are, as far as I can tell, puppets of The Justice Democrats, Saikat Chakrabarti and Cenk Uygur.” Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was a bartender and was selected not because she had political aspirations, but because she would take orders and follow the … Read more

Top U.S. Companies by Import and Export Volume

via visualcapitalist: Nothing has transformed our economy quite like containerized shipping. From Rotterdam to Singapore, we see tangible evidence of the world’s bustling maritime shipping network as cranes load and unload uniform containers in a flurry of activity. The efficiency of this system has massively impacted the global economy, but this uniformity has also had the … Read more

Is the stock market still in a bear market?

by Troy The stock market has gone nowhere over the past 2 weeks. This is normal because most of the time, the stock indices simply aren’t as volatile as other markets like commodities. The big news today is that “bond king” Jeff Gundlach says that the stock market is still in a bear market, and … Read more

U.S. FAA gives approval for Boeing 737 Max to keep flying despite safety fears. Who cares about people’s safety when there are $bn’s at stake and the Corporation concerned spends $100m’s bribing the US gov & politicians?

US aviation agency gives nod to the 737 MAX as Boeing struggles to contain Ethiopia crash fallout The US Federal Aviation Administration has reaffirmed the airworthiness of the Boeing 737 MAX in the wake of the Ethiopian Airlines crash that killed 157 people. It comes after several countries and airlines grounded the aircraft. There have … Read more