Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz rattled Joe Biden’s U.S. district court nominee Dale Ho over his past radical statements.

During his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Cruz asked Ho to explain why he described himself in the past as “a wild-eyed Leftist” and someone “accused sometimes of seeing discrimination everywhere” he looked. “Senator Cruz, I think the keyword in that quote is ‘accused’,” Ho responded. “I think I was characterizing how others … Read more

Mohamed El-Erian discusses the Fed’s failure to control inflation

CNBC, Released on 12/1/21 Mohamed El-Erian, Allianz chief economic advisor and former PIMCO CEO, joins ‘Closing Bell’ to discuss Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen’s comments on Capitol Hill. Mohamed El-Erian is the Chief Economic Adviser of Allianz, a multinational financial services company. He is the former CEO and co-Chief … Read more

How Hungary is Combating Population Decline

by Martin Armstrong Birth rates across developed nations are rapidly declining. One country is combating this problem by making it easier for young couples to start families. Since 2010, the Hungarian government has been offering a paid incentive to improve the declining birth rate. Women may receive 10 million forints ($33,000) as a loan upon marriage. Couples … Read more

China May Go After Metaverse & NFTs

China May Go After Metaverse & NFTs Felix Wang @HedgeyeChina talks China potentially regulating NFTs & Metaverse projects under the guise of "money-laundering tools" with @KeithMcCullough watch full clip here: https://t.co/BRle8xvCA1 pic.twitter.com/ifOwdiS81k — Hedgeye (@Hedgeye) December 2, 2021

Credit is about to roll over and the Fed starts to worry about inflation?!

https://twitter.com/farrisbaba/status/1466504740943110149 https://twitter.com/RetirementRight/status/1466506141907570690 https://twitter.com/RetirementRight/status/1466506248191287297 US Consumer: 3 different opinions… One common theme = less joyful pic.twitter.com/Vrvxuf6LmP — Callum Thomas (@Callum_Thomas) December 2, 2021 MISSING: Fed's definition of "average" "Yet it never figures in any of the Fed’s otherwise logorrheic forward guidance [leaving it] beholden to political pressure to fiddle with/calculation of its average to justify a … Read more

San Francisco is dying… Photos… ‘If you are bothered by the direction of things, get involved’

pic.twitter.com/XKAsS1MoSJ — Michelle Tandler (@michelletandler) November 29, 2021 pic.twitter.com/1wPtT8V0td — Michelle Tandler (@michelletandler) November 29, 2021 I have no words right now to convey the shock and disappointment I feel towards our local government. My hands are trembling I am so angry at our leaders. This is their doing. — Michelle Tandler (@michelletandler) November 29, … Read more

Saxo Bank has today released its 10 Outrageous Predictions for 2022.

The plan to end fossil fuels gets a rain check Facebook faceplants on youth exodus The US mid-term election brings constitutional crisis US inflation reaches above 15% on wage-price spiral EU Superfund for climate, energy and defence announced, to be funded by private pensions Women’s Reddit Army takes on the corporate patriarchy India joins the … Read more