By David Stockman CAGR Since Q4 2007 Pre-Crisis Peak: Nominal GDP…………3.31% (brown) Currency………………..7.04% (blue) Savings deposits……..8.03% (green) Checkable deposits….11.82% (purple)
by TFittonJW BIG Update on our heavy lifting: https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-releases/judicial-watch-statement-on-house-resolution-vote/ https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-releases/judicial-watch-documents-reveal-obama-state-department-official-in-contact-with-russian-embassy-political-chief-one-month-before-trump-inauguration/ https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-releases/judicial-watch-obtains-records-showing-contact-between-peter-strzok-bruce-ohr-that-doj-claimed-it-couldnt-find/ Great view from our JW HQ roof here in DC.
by Natura Naturans As birthrates fall, countries will be forced to adapt or fall behind. By Andre Tartar, Hannah Recht, and Yue Qiu At least two children per woman—that’s what’s needed to ensure a stable population from generation to generation. In the 1960s, the fertility rate was five live births per woman. By 2017 it … Read more
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter And these are the good times. What happens in a recession? The US gross national debt – the sum of all Treasury securities outstanding – passed another illustrious milestone, $23.01 trillion, the US Treasury department disclosed on Friday. And it got there at lightning speed just eight months after having passed … Read more
Authored by Matthew Bankert via The Mises Institute, Many people wary of government power rightly criticize public schools for being more indoctrination than education. When the institution is fully dependent on the state for support, why would any ideas be put forth that could put their lifeblood in jeopardy? On education, Mises wrote in Human Action: …as … Read more
Authored by Richard Trzupek via The Epoch Times, According to the official, widely reported story, Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) shut down substantial portions of its electric transmission system in northern California as a precautionary measure. Citing high wind speeds they described as “historic,” the utility claims that if they didn’t turn off the grid, wind-caused damage to their … Read more
BY JOHN RUBINO Craig Hemke: The financial crash is near … James Howard Kunstler: We may not have a 2020 election … In Gold We Trust: time to buy … Max Keiser: What is the Fed hiding? … Peter Schiff: It’s bad monetary policy, not a good economy … Edward Snowden tells his (amazing) story … … Read more
by Charles Hugh-Smith If we put ourselves in the shoes of the Chinese negotiators, we realize there’s no need to sign a deal at all. The world’s worst negotiating strategy is to give the other side everything they want in exchange for worthless empty promises, yet this is exactly what Trump and his trade team … Read more
Chaos in Brooklyn as 1,000 anti-cop protesters storm subway stations yelling ‘don’t let these pigs touch us’ after a spate of violent arrests and the city’s vow to add even MORE officers to crackdown on anyone not paying the $2.75 fare -Nearly 1,000 protesters took to the streets in Brooklyn Friday night to demonstrate NYPD … Read more
A quick simple explanation of how Ponzi schemes work, it’s basically the model that Wall Street functions on, may it be Madoff or Enron or GE and etc…. in regards to their evaluations. h/t salvia_d