Should We Blame Biden For Afghan War Loss?

by Daniel McAdams and Ron Paul of Ron Paul Liberty Report The race is on to blame Biden for the dramatic fall of Saigon…er…Kabul over the weekend. Politicos who’ve been most responsible for the 20 year disaster continuing are now pointing fingers elsewhere. The truth is there is plenty of blame to go around…but will we finally learn the lessons? … Read more

TOXIC SOCIAL MEDIA: ‘Likes’ and ‘shares’ teach people to express more outrage online.

Social media platforms like Twitter amplify expressions of moral outrage over time because users learn such language gets rewarded with an increased number of “likes” and “shares,” a new Yale University study shows. And these rewards had the greatest influence on users connected with politically moderate networks. “Social media’s incentives are changing the tone of … Read more

Mohamed El-Erian: Fed tapering won’t cause market ‘collapse situation’

CNBC, Released on 8/16/21 CNBC’s ‘Squawk Box’ team discusses the potential for the Fed’s tapering timeline, markets, economy and more with Mohamed El-Erian, Allianz and Gramercy advisor. Mohamed El-Erian is the Chief Economic Adviser of Allianz, a multinational financial services company. He is the former CEO and co-Chief Investment Officer of PIMCO, a global investment … Read more

Interior Dept. RESUMES OIL and GAS LEASING under court order, Environmentalists not happy

Biden administration appeals injunction lifting pause on new drilling auctions The Interior Department announced Monday that it would resume new oil-and-gas leasing on public lands to comply with a federal court order, but environmentalists weren’t happy about it. Climate groups urged President Biden to stick to his promise to ban drilling on federal lands and … Read more

As Border Crisis Grows, TV News Coverage Shrinks, Down 96%

The illegal immigration influx along the U.S. southern border has worsened every month since President Biden took office, but the liberal broadcast networks have essentially stopped covering the crisis. According to the latest statistics from U.S. Customs and Border Security, encounters along the southern border rose to a 21-year high of 212,672 in July. That’s up … Read more

END OF ERA: Black Rock Sold for $760 Million

ViacomCBS announced Monday plans to sell Black Rock, the famed midtown Manhattan headquarters building for CBS, to the privately owned real estate firm Harbor Group International for $760 million. The network, which has occupied the 38-story, 491-foot-tall building since it opened in 1964, plans to lease back its space on a short-term basis. The transaction … Read more

Roblox ($RBLX) DD

via WSB: First, no one cares about earnings miss in this market when it relates to tech stocks. If so, $NVDA, $AMZN, $GOOG and the like would soar to infinity beyond every earnings report but often go down after record breaking earnings. Why? Because of buying the rumor and selling the news and forward projections. … Read more

Biden has revealed just how weak he is, and the Chinese Communist Party is taking advantage of it.

Biden has revealed just how weak he is, and the Chinese Communist Party is taking advantage of it. https://t.co/A1vFT0FU9q — Sen. Marsha Blackburn (@MarshaBlackburn) August 16, 2021 What a coward. https://t.co/RTsK9UDS06 — House Judiciary GOP 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 (@JudiciaryGOP) August 16, 2021 Afghanistan. Inflation. Border. Crime. And it’s only been seven months. — Rep. Jim Jordan (@Jim_Jordan) … Read more

Crash coming…

https://twitter.com/leadlagreport/status/1427584135145705475 https://twitter.com/RetirementRight/status/1427394213155508228 PARTY LIKE ITS 1999! S&P 500 extends rally from pandemic bottom to 100%. pic.twitter.com/btkkjBSCLq — Holger Zschaepitz (@Schuldensuehner) August 16, 2021 Lol https://t.co/oI06FI1WiR — TC (@TESLAcharts) August 16, 2021 https://twitter.com/MFHoz/status/1427389703259627521 "Long Tech" is still the most crowded trade at 40% in this month's BofA Fund Manager Survey but "Short China Stocks" (11%) and … Read more

More Money Doesn’t Mean More Wealth

Via Birch Gold The Federal Reserve has targeted a 2% inflation rate for years, as though it’s a holy grail. As though 2% inflation was an economic panacea that would perfectly balance employment, business investment and bank lending. Recently, the Fed has loosened the reins on inflation and let it charge ahead. Quite a bit … Read more