Remember when the SEC banned short sales on ~1,000 financial stocks on September 19th, 2008, and then the S&P 500 index fell ~50%?

by TonyLiberty The SEC banned short sales on ~1,000 financial stocks on September 19th, 2008. The SEC’s ban on short selling was intended to prevent investors from driving down the prices of financial stocks by shorting them. But, the S&P 500 index fell ~50% to its lowest point in the months following the ban. Regulatory … Read more

Bernard B. Kerik: ‘Who is going to financially support these people? The American taxpayer! I don’t give a damn what party you are in, this is f*cking wrong!’

This invasion of the US is authorized by @JoeBiden’s @WhiteHouse and being supported by @SenSchumer @SpeakerPelosi and the @TheDemocrats @HouseDemocrats @SenateDems Who is going to financially support these people? The American taxpayer! I don’t give a damn what party you are… pic.twitter.com/rswBO0vPCj — Bernard B. Kerik (@BernardKerik) May 8, 2023 President Biden created this crisis, … Read more

‘Doesn’t matter: the CIA’s pre-election lies spread by the media was a historic journalistic scandal, so they can never admit it.’

What POLITICO is doing here is as transparent as it is deceitful. Even liberal corporate outlets – NYT, WP, CNN, CBS – now admit they authenticated the Biden laptop. But POLITICO – the first to spread the lie – can't admit this or else they'd be forced to retract their story. https://t.co/2vhb91wgVN — Glenn Greenwald … Read more

China is trying to protect its economy from sanctions.

https://t.co/re3BPr3NTj — Win Smart, CFA (@WinfieldSmart) May 7, 2023 Central Bank Gold Buying Off To A Record-Breaking Start In 2023, Led By Singapore https://t.co/a8b3N4xwUz — zerohedge (@zerohedge) May 8, 2023 Central Bank Gold Buying Sets First Quarter Record @schiffgold https://t.co/lw3krosp0j — Peter Schiff (@PeterSchiff) May 8, 2023

WAY TO GO, RUPERT:

MSNBC Tops Fox News in Primetime Ratings After Tucker Carlson Exit. Fox News continued to see a decline in ratings on Monday after using a new host, coming a week after it was announced Tucker Carlson is departing the network. In turn, left-leaning outlet MSNBC’s primetime ratings prevailed over Fox News on Monday, May 1, … Read more

Two Californias In One!

● Shot: California reparations panel approves payments of up to $1.2 million to every Black resident. —Fox News, yesterday. ● Chaser: California Defaults On $18.6 Billion In Debt, Saddling Employers With The Expense. —ZeroHedge, yesterday.   so a free state that never had slavery – will require folks who never had slaves – to pay folks who were … Read more

The Big Government-Big Bank Plot to Exploit Us… Everything’s Falling Into Place for Big Banks to Boom, and the Implications Are Horrible for America

via discern.tv: On May 1, government bank officials sold Republic Bank to JP Morgan Chase, the largest bank in the country. Even the New York Times report about the sale recognized that the normal rules had been suspended when the interests of the big government-big bank cabal were at stake: “Lawmakers and regulators have spent years erecting … Read more

Miami Real Estate Is Booming Thanks to Blue State Exodus

Watch the latest video at foxbusiness.com The nationwide exodus from Democratic-run states has set Florida’s real estate market “on fire,” and, according to District 11 pioneer Marc Roberts, it’s showing no signs of stopping. “The amazing part about Miami is there is no slowdown. As a matter of fact, it’s progressing. The values are going … Read more

Kyle Bass: ‘There will be many more bank failures’

US banking crisis: Close to 190 banks could collapse, according to study With the failure of three regional banks since March, and another one teetering on the brink, will America soon see a cascade of bank failures? Bloomberg reported Wednesday that San Francisco-based PacWest Bancorp is mulling a sale. Last week, First Republic Bank became the third … Read more

Apocalypse Now? Statist Paul Krugman Says There’s No Real Risk To The Dollar Unless The US Defaults On Its Debt ($187 TRILLION In Unfunded Liabilites That Keep Growing Requiring MORE Debt)

by confoundedinterest17 The Federal government in Washington DC is broken beyond repair. Politicians get elected by promising free or cheap things, so they keep delivering the bacon. Or pork to political donors. The top 1% get massive payoffs (like green energy subsidies or bank bailouts), the bottom 99% get out of control entitlements like Social … Read more