Policy Fail: It’s Saigon In Afghanistan

by Ron Paul of Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity The end of the 20-year US war on Afghanistan was predictable: no one has conquered Afghanistan, and Washington was as foolish as Moscow in the 1970s for trying. Now, US troops are rushing out of the country as fast as they can, having just evacuated the symbol … Read more

Nothing new in the FOMC minutes: Just “talking about talking about” tapering while they wait for “substantial progress” which was what we found out at the last press conference.

Nothing new in the FOMC minutes Just “talking about talking about” tapering while they wait for “substantial progress” which was what we found out at the last press conference. It’s coming, but they are doing their best to avoid a taper tantrum through methodical communication pic.twitter.com/Q9x6DcfYhk — The Long View (@HayekAndKeynes) July 7, 2021 FED … Read more

Mother of all bubbles will pop, no fast recovery in sight; Gold to hit $4,000 – Peter Grandich

Kitco News, Released on 7/7/21 “I’m going to own more cash than anything else between now and the end of the year,” financial advisor and market commentator Peter Grandich of Peter Grandich & Company told David Lin, anchor for Kitco News. Grandich discusses why we are currently in the “financial bubble to end all bubbles.” … Read more

Get Ready for a Chinese Invasion of Taiwan

If China invades Taiwan, you can say you heard it here first. Here’s how China would do it, and what we can expect from the Biden administration besides an exasperated, “Come on, man!” — Dinesh D’Souza is an author and filmmaker. A graduate of Dartmouth College, he was a senior domestic policy analyst in the … Read more

Look At All The Military Equipment, Ammo We Left The Taliban…

Simultaneous to global headlines spotlighting the hasty “in the middle of the night” US forces quitting Bagram airbase for good, which briefly resulted in looting as Afghan security was caught by surprise, Sky News has aired exclusive shocking footage of the Taliban seizing freshly abandoned US bases (or perhaps not-so-shocking considering the constant follies of … Read more

US Job Openings Rise 9.2 MILLION And Declining Labor Force Participation? (Mortgage Purchase Applications In Decline With Rising Job Openings)

by confoundedinterest17 Ain’t this a kick in the head. The job openings data was released this morning and we found out that 9.2 million jobs were added!! But at the same time, we saw DECLINE in labor force participation in last month’s jobs report. It seems something is broken. Likely numerous states still payment extraordinary unemployment … Read more

Biden’s Tax Hike Plans Are Losing Momentum

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/07/07/biden-tax-plan-corporate-capital-gains-and-income-hike-uncertain.html Six months into President Biden’s tenure, Wall Street remains divided over the likelihood of one of his campaign promises: higher taxes. Among the many components of the Biden tax plan are an increase in the corporate tax rate to 28% from 21% and the top individual income tax rate to 39.6% from 37%. The … Read more

Biden Vows to Raise Taxes on Fossil Fuel Companies as Gas Prices Spike (VIDEO)

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/07/biden-vows-raise-taxes-fossil-fuel-companies-gas-prices-spike-video/ Joe Biden on Wednesday traveled to Illinois to promote his gargantuan infrastructure bill. Biden was greeted by Trump supporters when he arrived in Crystal Lake. 78-year-old Joe Biden delivered speech at McHenry County College where he railed against the wealthy and fossil fuel companies and said they need to ‘pay their fair share’ in … Read more

A sudden increase of Potato withdrawals could lead to a potential market contagion, affecting assets beyond crypto.

Tether is the third-biggest cryptocurrency in the world by market value. And it’s got some economists — including an official at the Federal Reserve — worried. Boston Fed President Eric Rosengren recently raised the alarm about tether, calling the cryptocurrency a potential financial stability risk. Some investors believe a loss of confidence in tether could … Read more

Ice Age Farmer: “Rolling Shortages” of Food? UK’s Meat Tax & Food Riots >>>Going to become a Global Problem

The UK is now experiencing “rolling brownouts of food supply,” as advisors warn there may be “food riots” in the weeks ahead as food prices escalate to unaffordable levels and shelves are emptied. This is coming soon to the USA and Europe. In the “new normal” of the Great Reset, you will take whatever lab-grown … Read more

36 states sue Google

https://thepalmierireport.com/36-states-and-d-c-suing-google-over-antitrust-violations/ A group of 36 states and Washington, D.C., sued Google on Wednesday in an antitrust case challenging the company’s control over its Android app store — opening a new front in regulators’ attempts to rein in the search giant. The suit, filed in California federal court and led by Utah, North Carolina, Tennessee, New … Read more

Lapland under extreme heat right now. 34.3°C at Banak, Norway

But climate change isn’t real, right? More info on the Banak record here via @extremetemps https://t.co/cmfERJdzcc — Scott Duncan (@ScottDuncanWX) July 5, 2021 For a broader view of preliminary June temperature anomalies using @CopernicusECMWF data, I have made a thread here.https://t.co/sshDGnMeda — Scott Duncan (@ScottDuncanWX) July 5, 2021     AC

Is the IMF repeating its mistakes from the global financial crisis?

In 2008, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), along with the U.S. economic academic community, failed to anticipate the Great Recession. Today, as the Biden administration engages in the country’s largest peacetime budget stimulus on record, and as the Federal Reserve continues to inflate a global “everything” asset and credit market bubble, the IMF risks repeating its 2008 … Read more

[Rumor] Chase Sapphire Preferred and Chase Sapphire Reserve Revamp. (Increase rewards categories)

by JC1812 Disclaimer: This is a leaked chase document so nothing is confirmed, this seems to be leaked back in May of 2021 CSP: $50 Annual Hotel Credit 5X Points – Travel purchases booked through the Chase Travel portal. 3X Points – Dining/Streaming Services/Online Grocery (excluding: Walmart and Target and wholesale clubs) 2X Points – Travel 1X … Read more