Global Food Costs Keep Climbing in Threat to Consumer Wallets; The Biggest ‘Inflation Scare’ in 40 Years Is Coming

The Biggest ‘Inflation Scare’ in 40 Years Is Coming: MW “The result is that investors should be prepared for the biggest inflation scare in America on the reopening of the economy since the early 1980s when former Fed Chairman Paul Volcker crushed double digit inflation in the late 1970s by imposing high real interest rates … Read more

Hope I’m not the only one who thinks something could go wrong…

Giant VIX options trades bet that the stock-market calm won’t last https://t.co/nLT8uGu0uQ — Elena Popina (@lena_popina) April 8, 2021 https://twitter.com/farrisbaba/status/1380247823631986692 BlackRock's Larry Fink calls for private companies to also make ESG disclosures. If he is serious, he'll champion the #TransparencyLabelInitiative as it provides investors the leverage they need to force these disclosures. https://t.co/1NgyjERD74 — Richard … Read more

Executive Action Spree Continues: Biden Takes Shots at Gun Violence

By Chris Black Motto: I bet Madison’s original wording was: “shall not be infringed, mofo”. CBS: Washington — President Biden unveiled his first attempts to curb gun violence on Thursday, announcing a set of modest moves designed to begin revamping federal gun policy by tweaking the government’s definition of a firearm and more aggressively responding … Read more

Mapping the Highest Paid Professions in Each State

by howmuch Money doesn’t buy happiness, but it can make your life easier. That’s why a lot of young people immediately think about future earning potential for a given career path. This map can help frame the choices by identifying the most highly paid occupation for every state in the U.S. Use this visualization Dentists in … Read more

The Market is Near Screwed at This Point

by blaclaureate There are a few outliers that have particularly showed up today that causes me some concern. ⁠We had a slew of great data on the economic front. Record high job momentum. Possibly new spending on infrastructure. A populous looking to spend money. All of this is a positive but the market tanked over … Read more

Trade Deficit Grew to Record $71.1 Billion Biden’s First Full Month in Office… Biden Releases Details of $2.5 Trillion in New Taxes

The U.S.’s trade deficit widened 4.8 percent to a record $71.1 billion in February, the Commerce Department said Wednesday. Economists had forecast a trade gap of $70.4 billion. The January gap was revised down from $68.2 billion to $67.8 billion. Both imports and exports fell in the month but the pace of the decline of … Read more

“The entire DeceptiCon wing of the professional political class is going to come out advancing the case for Nikki Haley to be the standard-bearer of the GOP. Haley is the Mitt Romney of John McCains.”

by Sundance  Reviewing FEC reports for Nikki Haley’s Political Action Committee (PAC), Stand For America, reflects the professional DeceptiCon is in the money gathering phase with no expenditures.  [LINK]  This is predictable in the extreme and CTH again issues a warning: Beware Nikki Haley folks. After staying silent on critical issues until after the polling is complete, Nikki Haley now … Read more

Winning: Arizona Legislature Passes Resolution Opposing H.R. 1, the Federal Government’s Power Grab to Control State Elections…. Lawsuit Forces Pennsylvania To Take 21,000 Dead People Off Its Voter Rolls

Lawsuit Forces Pennsylvania To Take 21,000 Dead People Off Its Voter Rolls The state of Pennsylvania has removed over 20,000 deceased voters from being able to vote following a settled lawsuit filed by The Public Interest Legal Foundation. The suit, filed in November, alleged that at least 21,000 deceased individuals were still on voter rolls during … Read more

Stephen Miller Launches MAGA-Minded Legal Network to Counter Democrat Lawfare Group

by Sundance This is long overdue, and worthy of support.  Most CTH readers are now aware what the Lawfare group is all about.  Inside the Lawfare network the far-left political ideologues organize and launch attacks against anything they view as adverse to their interests.  The Lawfare network is made up of Obama ideologues and former DOJ … Read more

Peter Thiel: China may be using bitcoin as ‘financial weapon’ against U.S.

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/china-may-be-using-bitcoin-as-financial-weapon-against-u-s-says-peter-thiel-11617837743 https://news.yahoo.com/peter-thiel-suggests-bitcoin-may-214400523.html Thiel said China would like to see two global reserve currencies, rather than the dollar being the default reserve currency. But China doesn’t want its renminbi to fill that role, and in the past has used the euro “in part” as a weapon against the dollar. That hasn’t worked, so now China is … Read more

Texas Governor Greg Abbott Orders Texas Rangers to Investigate Joe Biden Detention Facility for Sex Crimes Against Children

by Sundance  There is no reasonable doubt illegal alien children are being transported across the southern border to engage in the illegal act of child sex trafficking.  We saw the same issues in 2014 during the previous Unaccompanied Alien Children (UAC) influx.  The massive surge of child trafficking in the past three months is directly the result of … Read more

The Congo Dandies: living in poverty and spending a fortune to look like a million dollars

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W27PnUuXR_A “La Sape” is a unique movement based in Congo that unites fashion-conscious men who are ready to splurge money they don’t really have on designer clothes. Dressing in stark contrast with their surroundings, these elegant ambiance-makers become true local celebrities… but this fame comes at a price. The Republic of the Congo in Central … Read more

Investigation Into Five Big Tech Companies Over Censorship of Conservatives

Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita announced Wednesday he has launched an investigation into five Big Tech companies for allegedly censoring conservative content. The statement from Rokita’s office said that the investigation centered around whether the companies “have potentially harmed Indiana consumers through business practices that are abusive, deceptive and/or unfair.” “In particular, Attorney General Rokita … Read more