Another #VIX spike! Is this time different?

Another #VIX spike! But as the chart reveals, periods of elevated #volatility have been very short and the magnitude of the spike has come down over the last 18 months or so. Is this time different? pic.twitter.com/dVMjYyRK47 — jeroen blokland (@jsblokland) August 19, 2021 Spread of front $VIX contract to realized vol is towards the … Read more

Economy skidding lower, in-line with slowing liquidity…

Latest data from Philly Fed and NYFed Empire State surveys (combined) show #economy skidding lower, in-line with slowing #Liquidity data. Watch out for the #taper ! pic.twitter.com/TMnsknnVYD — CrossBorder Capital/ GLIndexes (@crossbordercap) August 19, 2021 Philly Fed Index continuing to cool but still elevated in August at 19.4 vs. 23.1 est. & 21.9 in prior … Read more

Capitol police responding to report of possible explosive in truck near Library of Congress, area being evacuated.

According to reports, police were investigating a report of a possible explosive device in a pickup truck outside the Library of Congress on Capitol Hill on Thursday and had evacuated the area around the building. The truck is reportedly carrying possible explosives. “The USCP is responding to a suspicious vehicle near the Library of Congress,” … Read more

One of Google’s Top Engineers Abandons the Company, Reveals Big Tech Rewrote Algorithms for an Insidious Goal

Google rewrote its algorithms for news searches in order to target #Trump, according to @Perpetualmaniac, #Google whistleblower, and author of the new book, “Google Leaks: An Expose of Big Tech Censorship." Get 10 videos FREE with your email at #EpochTV👉https://t.co/W5RDCFTTMt pic.twitter.com/OoNcxmYSDB — NTD+ (@NTDPlus_) August 13, 2021 https://www.westernjournal.com/one-googles-top-engineers-abandons-company-reveals-big-tech-rewrote-algorithms-insidious-goal/ FLASHBACK: Head of Responsible Innovation, Jen Gennai … Read more

Superman Will Be Gay in DC Comics

View post on imgur.com https://cosmicbook.news/superman-gay-dc-comics Clark Kent is going away. Jonathan Kent is taking over, and they're announcing he's gay. #SupermanIsGay — ETHAN VAN SCIVER (@EthanVanSciver) August 18, 2021 5. Wonder Woman, Superman, Aqualad and Robin are Gay or Queer.6. Struggling against YA and Manga, DC releases embarrassingly awful GOTHAM HIGH and I AM NOT … Read more

Biden Administration Most Incompetent in History

by Martin Armstrong https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Biden-OPEC.mp4 I have often said that I felt sorry for Bush Jr. for he will be remembered as starting the War over Iraq’s Weapons of Mass Destruction that never existed. The real president was Dick Cheney who orchestrated everything and gave the business to his former company Haliburton. When allegations of corruption … Read more

Joe’s relationship with OPEC changed….

OPEC tells a weak, incompetent US president to drop dead Last week, we were wondering : What could be more pathetic than the sight of President Joe Biden begging OPEC to increase oil production, just to make up for the U.S. and Canadian oil production that he had gone out of his way to impede from the moment he took … Read more

Mainstream Media Rediscovers Decade Old Ron Paul Afghanistan Speech: “He Was Right”

About to be neighbors with the man….what a badass!!! (ZeroHedge) There’s always a clip… the great Ron Paul predicted everything. While horrific scenes from Kabul airport drove headlines in the West, former Congressman Paul’s words are trending once again. Newsweek of all outlets is on Monday running a simple headline: ‘Ron Paul Was Right’. In … Read more

Asian markets drop after Fed’s lack of urgency

SINGAPORE — Asian stock markets retreated Thursday after U.S. central bank policymakers made no firm decision on when to unwind their support measures for the economy. Regional indices tracked losses on Wall Street. The lack of a directive from the Federal Reserve fueled worries over surging coronavirus infections caused by the delta variant, and the … Read more

Biden: ‘I Don’t Know’ How You Could Leave Afghanistan ‘Without Chaos Ensuing,’ Don’t Think It Could Have Been Handled Better

During a portion of an interview with ABC News on Wednesday, President Joe Biden said that he doesn’t think the exit from Afghanistan could have been handled any better and “the idea that somehow, there’s a way to have gotten out without chaos ensuing, I don’t know …https://twitter.com/ABC/status/1428098017496682503?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1428098017496682503%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.breitbart.com%2Fclips%2F2021%2F08%2F18%2Fbiden-i-dont-know-how-you-could-leave-afghanistan-without-chaos-ensuing-dont-think-it-could-have-been-handled-better%2F https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2021/08/18/biden-i-dont-know-how-you-could-leave-afghanistan-without-chaos-ensuing-dont-think-it-could-have-been-handled-better/ State Dept. leak shows Biden ignored … Read more

Wow. SECDEF and CJCS are looking pretty dumb this hour.

Afghan Pilots Abscond with US Aircraft, Pentagon does not know how many. https://rumble.com/vldgpn-us-military-lost-several-aircraft-that-were-flown-out-of-country-they-have-.html Afghans stole 46 special ops aircraft, not several as Pentagon says During their totally pathetic press conference today at the Pentagon, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and woke General Mark Milley admitted that Afghan pilots flew several US aircraft out of the country. … Read more