GOODER AND HARDER: Walgreens shutters 10 stores in San Francisco as residents point to rampant shoplifting.

“Under California law, theft under $950 is considered a misdemeanor, but many prosecutors throughout the state have opted to free those charged with the offense under certain conditions rather than holding them in jail for the maximum sentence of six months.” https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/walgreens-store-closures-san-francisco-shoplifting     h/t Ed

Bank of America and Pandora leaving Baltimore

BALTIMORE (WBFF) – Another business that sits prominently in the city’s center is reportedly “re-evaluating” its office space. The company could join an expanding list of businesses to move out of downtown Baltimore. According to a recent article in the Baltimore Business Journal, several brokers in the know say Bank of America could downsize in … Read more

The NBA will play ball with Communist China because it doesn’t want to lose out on a TV deal worth hundreds of millions of dollars, even as thousands of Uyghurs sit in concentration camps.

The NBA will play ball with Communist China because it doesn’t want to lose out on a TV deal worth hundreds of millions of dollars, even as thousands of Uyghurs sit in concentration camps. pic.twitter.com/wvUE4pIsb6 — Sen. Marsha Blackburn (@MarshaBlackburn) March 6, 2021

The Global Financial End-Game

by Charles Hugh-Smith The over-indebted, overcapacity global economy an only generate speculative asset bubbles that will implode, destroying the latest round of phantom collateral. For those seeking a summary, here is the global financial endgame in fourteen points: 1. In the initial “boost phase” of credit expansion, credit-based capital ( i.e. debt-money) pours into expanding … Read more

CRISIS BY DESIGN: Texas Democratic Rep: ‘We Are Weeks, Maybe Even Days Away From a Crisis on the Southern Border.’

Texas Democratic Rep: ‘We Are Weeks, Maybe Even Days Away From a Crisis on the Southern Border.’ Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) has been sounding the alarm for weeks about the growing crisis at the southern border, telling anyone who would listen that the crisis is real and will spiral out of control unless something is … Read more

President Trump has affirmed his intent to reform the Republican party and break away from the elitist worldview that is destroying our nation.

by Sundance It is refreshing to find President Trump affirming the larger context of what CTH has been presenting for well over a decade.  The Big Ugly is not an issue of destroying Democrats. The Big Ugly is an issue of identifying the Republican -vs- Democrat premise as false, and then accepting the UniParty are two … Read more

Once in a lifetime storm is brewing

Do you know why the stock market is plunging while GameStop stock keeps rising. Hedge funds are in deep shit trouble and are liquidating their holdings to hedge against their expanding massive loses from shorting GME. https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1367743123279867909.html Many are selling off Tesla and other stocks including the WSB guys and going all in on GME. … Read more

Bull trap? This rip roarrrriiiing rally was weak. Market breadth didn’t improve much at all.

https://twitter.com/MFHoz/status/1367944085227601921 https://twitter.com/vixsquared/status/1367878679808868353 https://twitter.com/farrisbaba/status/1367944824352047105 from zerohedge pic.twitter.com/TAYH5s3BzJ — Alessio (@AlessioTMAD) March 5, 2021 https://twitter.com/vixsquared/status/1367738132582502401 https://twitter.com/vixsquared/status/1367857914615111686 Dollar bulls…is it finally here? Who would have thought inflation expectations would lead to a STRONG dollar…@SantiagoAuFund @voliswell pic.twitter.com/2zu19r6AZU — Here for the Fin (@hereforthefin) March 5, 2021

Lessons from the December 2018 market correction, when the SP500 and NASDAQ dumped more than -20% (by intraday measures) from all time highs

by cefpodoxime https://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-sp-500-is-on-the-verge-of-tumbling-by-the-most-it-has-ever-fallen-on-christmas-eve-2018-12-24 I wonder if anyone here remembers the market ‘crash’ in December 2018. Pundits blamed the market plunge on Fed hiking rates, the ‘china trade war’, and fears of economic slowdown. But recall that 1) the market recovered in a V shape days after December ended, without the Fed deciding to reverse course … Read more

Everything that happened in 2008 (mal-investment, fed blowing bubbles, etc) is happening today but on a scale 10x as large

https://twitter.com/RetirementRight/status/1367713449728376832 This is how much global real estate is worth far more than the world’s entire supply of stocks and bonds ($290T). It’s even worth far more than the world’s annual gross domestic product. It benefitted from low yields, but that goes both ways h/t @johnauthers cc @DiMartinoBooth pic.twitter.com/2kOWEJknTY — Menthor Q (@MenthorQpro) March 5, … Read more

I’ve never seen CNBC so bullish. That segment just now calling for a new roaring 20’s was hilarious.

https://twitter.com/RetirementRight/status/1367903414340911106 BofA: Rising term premium signals investment regime change pic.twitter.com/1tnL4iCzjQ — zerohedge (@zerohedge) March 5, 2021 https://twitter.com/RetirementRight/status/1367970774678528002 https://twitter.com/MFHoz/status/1367899008790827014 https://twitter.com/Fxhedgers/status/1367895161074638851 "Coming up after the break, we'll speak with one money manager that was bearish this morning at breakfast but turned bullish at lunch" — . (@StockCats_2009) March 5, 2021 I’m seeing a handful of stocks up … Read more

Gov. Abbott (R-TX) says Big Tech’s censorship of conservative viewpoints is un-American, unacceptable, and will be “against the law” in the state of Texas

https://twitter.com/disclosetv/status/1367906868958486529 Needs to do like Poland: unconstitutional censorship equals 100 million dollar fine Poland Will Fine Big Tech $13.5 Million Per Case For Removing Ideological Content For several years, Big Tech censorship of non-mainstream, conservative, and libertarian views has been increasing. Recently, Facebook banned Australian News and health services–among others. 100 Percent Fed Up reports – According … Read more