Democracy dies in darkness: WaPo reporter celebrates “Merry Impeachmas”

by DCG A tweet last night from WaPo reporter Rachael Blade, which magically disappeared within an hour. Rachael then tried to cover her butt by tweeting this BALONEY: “I’m deleting a tweeting tonight that is being misinterpreted by some as an endorsement of some kind. To be absolutely clear, we at the Post are merely glad we are getting a break … Read more

Severe Clashes between Pakistan Army and Indian Army still going on in Multiple sectors of Neelum Valley. Intense CAPs Activity at Several Locations

Severe Clashes between Pakistan Army and Indian Army still going on in Multiple sectors of Neelum Valley. Intense CAPs Activity at Several Locations including LoC. #LoC #Kashmir #PAF #PakistanArmy Severe Clashes between Pakistan Army and Indian Army still going on in Multiple sectors of Neelum Valley. Intense CAPs Activity at Several Locations including LoC.#LoC #Kashmir … Read more

The Worst Global Depression Is Nigh

by Egon von Greyerz Since the Great Financial Crisis started in 2006,  global debt has more than doubled from $125 trillion to $260 trillion. The more money that has been printed, the lower interest rates have gone. In 2006 US short term rates were 5% and between 2008 and 2015 they were ZERO. Today they … Read more

Mnuchin on Why Nearly $1.5 Trillion Worth of $100 Bills Disappeared

Almost $1.5 trillion of the world’s cash, with U.S. $100 bills making up a great deal of it, is reportedly unaccounted for. So what happened to the money? “Literally, a lot of these $100 bills are sitting in bank vaults all over the world,” Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin told FOX Business’ Lou Dobbs during an interview on Tuesday. Mnuchin pointed to the negative interest rates … Read more

As employment downturn continues – Fed money printing props of stocks. Powell couldn’t let cccs implode on christmas week

as employment downturn continues – fed money printing props of stocks pic.twitter.com/eeBw4oOluL — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) December 19, 2019 Cyclical employment growth is being ignored. Represents over 1/4 of total jobs and still trending lower w/hours worked still moving lower. pic.twitter.com/z2SHnpBwxx — Eric Basmajian (@EPBResearch) December 18, 2019 powell couldn't let cccs implode on christmas week … Read more

FedEx CEO on Global Reality: “The Stock Market Is Very Bullish, But The Industrial Economy Doesn’t Reflect Any Growth At All Worldwide”…..There is reality… and then there is the stock market.

via Zerohedge: Yesterday we covered Fedex’s latest disastrous earnings report, in which the company disappointed Wall Street yet again reporting a huge miss to expectations while slashing guidance. Naturally, analysts – who were once again wrong in expecting a rebound for the logistics bellwether – were quick to slam the results (it’s the company’s fault, not theirs … Read more

Where’s The Inflation? It’s In Stocks, Real Estate, And Higher Education

by Ryan McMaken via Mises In my days before I worked for the Mises Institute, I had a colleague who knew I associated with Austrian-school economists. In the wake of the bailouts and quantitative easing that followed the 2008 financial crisis, he’d sometimes crack “where’s all that inflation you Austrians keep talking about?” But then, in the very same … Read more

Americans Are Not “Free to Choose” Anymore

By John Mauldin When you write for a wide audience, no matter what you say, or how carefully you say it, some people will misunderstand. Sometimes it’s amusing. Reading through my feedback (and I do read all of it), I get called both heartless capitalist and bleeding-heart socialist in reaction to the same article. In … Read more

More left BIAS: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Suggests Senators Can be Disqualified from Upcoming Impeachment Trial if they are Not Impartial

Ruth Bader Ginsburg spoke with the BBC this week about the upcoming impeachment trial in the US Senate. During her questioning Justice Ginsburg suggested that US Senators could be disqualified from the proceedings if they are not impartial. Justice Ginsburg: “The House indicts, and the Senate tries. Should a trier be impartial? Of course, that’s the … Read more

Incredible fundraising numbers! Donald Trump has raised over 5M dollars (still growing) today as Americans use their wallet to show support

Incredible fundraising numbers! @realDonaldTrump has raised over 5M dollars (still growing) today as Americans use their wallet to show support against @SpeakerPelosi’s impeachment hoax! Thanks Dems! You morons. LOL Incredible fundraising numbers!@realDonaldTrump has raised over 5M dollars (still growing) today as Americans use their wallet to show support against @SpeakerPelosi’s impeachment hoax! Click the link … Read more

SEC proposes allowing more investors access to private companies

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-sec-investors/u-s-sec-proposes-allowing-more-investors-access-to-private-companies-idUSKBN1YM245 WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday proposed changes to its decades-old definition of a professional investor in order to allow more Americans to buy shares in private companies. The agency hopes the changes will boost retail investors’ access to the swelling pool of companies that are staying private for … Read more

China Removes U.S. Oil Products From Tariff List

By Irina Slav A few days after the United States and China announced a phase-one trade deal, Beijing announced it had removed six chemicals and oil derivatives from its list of tariffed U.S. imports. The exemption will be in force for 12 months, ending on December 26, 2020, Reuters reports, citing a statement by the Chinese … Read more

NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW! Laura Ingraham: Joe Biden Doesn’t Deserve a Pass on Ukrainian Corruption Just Because He’s a Presidential Candidate

There is no provision under US Law that makes it a crime to let the crimes of a political opponent go if you have the knowledge of them. It is, a crime to have knowledge of a crime under US Law, and not report it. https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/4#   Watch the latest video at foxnews.com   Democrats have … Read more

Jonathan Turley: “You Could Impeach Every Living President” By The Standards Of Trump Impeachment…. Two-thirds of voters say Democrats Want to Impeach Trump More Than Help Americans.

Jonathan Turley: “You Could Impeach Every Living President” By The Standards Of Trump Impeachment. CBS ANCHOR: What impact do you think this could have on future presidents? JONATHAN TURLEY: It is going to have a significant impact, I think it will be a largely dysfunctional one. The problem I have is that this sets the … Read more

Surveillance Video of Jeffrey Epstein’s First Suicide Attempt Goes Missing

Surveillance video of Jeffrey Epstein’s suicide attempt in jail has vanished, prosecutors revealed Wednesday Officials could not locate the footage from outside Epstein’s cell at Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York City from his suicide attempt on July 23 Authorities have no explanation for how or why the footage went missing  In that attempt Epstein … Read more

They’re More Trump-focused: FBI’s ‘Basic Errors’ are Systemic…. JACOB SULLUM: The Problems Revealed By The DOJ Inspector General Go Far Beyond “Errors” And “Sloppiness.”

Horowitz Examining Past FISA Applications to Determine if FBI’s ‘Basic Errors’ are Systemic. Reminder: https://twitter.com/JohnWHuber/status/1204544962366496770 JACOB SULLUM: The FBI’s Systematic Dishonesty: The problems revealed by the DOJ inspector general go far beyond “errors” and “sloppiness.” Former FBI Director James Comey initially portrayed last week’s damning report on the bureau’s investigation of alleged links between the Trump campaign and … Read more