The State Department has sought ‘urgent guidance’ from other agencies after purported child brides were brought to Fort McCoy in Wisconsin

U.S. officials are looking into reports that in the frantic evacuation of desperate Afghans from Kabul, older men were admitted together with young girls they claimed as “brides” or otherwise sexually abused. U.S. officials at intake centers in the United Arab Emirates and in Wisconsin have identified numerous incidents in which Afghan girls have been … Read more

Stagflation, if We’re Lucky

from Kerry Lutz’s Financial Survival Network John Rubino is back… National Emergency – McDonalds’ milk shake machines are broken and can’t get fixed. Huge job miss today and GDP estimates are being scaled back. This has become an administration of misses. Across the board loss of confidence. We discussed rising commodity prices. Some of the numbers were … Read more

Taking the Training Wheels Off Your Retirement Plan

From Birch Gold Group When my grandfather completed his 30-year stint at the Flexsteel factory, he retired with a pension. That and his Social Security benefits gave him a comfortable retirement. The days of pensions, however, are pretty much over. Nearly every corporation rebelled against the uncertain, long-term costs associated with securing their former employees’ retirements. … Read more

Central Banks Buy 30 Tons of Gold In July, Australia Passes China For World’s Largest Gold Miner

Central banks maintain interest in gold in July https://www.gold.org/goldhub/gold-focus/2021/09/central-banks-maintain-interest-gold-july Central banks added a net 30.1 tonnes (t) to global official gold reserves during July 2021. Australia Takes Over From China as World Leading Gold Producer https://www.theepochtimes.com/australia-takes-over-from-china-as-world-leading-gold-producer_3975236.html

Bank Index Teetering Near Financial Crisis Highs???

by Kimble Charting Investors understand the importance of banks to the economy and the broader market. And since bottoming with the coronavirus crash, the $BKX Bank Index has more than doubled. BUT, this year has seen the Bank Index slow its roll – see point (1) on the $BKX “weekly” chart below. As you can see, the index … Read more

Florida Diner That Asked Biden Supporters To Eat Elsewhere Gets So Much Business They Ran Out Of Food

A Florida diner that posted a sign telling Biden supporters to take their business “elsewhere” was forced to temporarily close after not having enough food to meet a surge in demand. The DeBary Diner, located in DeBary, Florida and owned by Angie Ugarte, was closed on September 2 after running out of food following a … Read more

The Illusion of Stability, the Inevitability of Collapse

by Charles Hugh-Smith Beneath the illusory stability of rising GDP, the extremes of debt, leverage, stimulus and speculative frenzy required to keep the ‘phantom wealth bubble’ from imploding are all rising parabolically. Imagine being at a party celebrating the vast wealth generated in the last ten months in stocks, cryptocurrencies, real estate and just about … Read more

Afghan Refugees to get Lessons in Britishness?!

by Chris Black The key word here is “scheme”. Afghan refugees will get lessons in Britishness: Migrants will learn English, British values and politics under new scheme Ministers want to emulate schemes in countries such as France and Germany In Europe refugees are giving 400-plus hours of language and culture lessons  Robert Jenrick, communities secretary: … Read more

Covert Evacuations and Planned Demolitions: How the C.I.A. Left Its Last Base in Afghanistan

by Chris Black CIA has spent months destroying evidence of its torture dungeons and evacuating members of its notorious Afghan death squads.  With the right forensic tools the Taliban can probably recover evidence of what exactly they were doing there, especially regarding allegations that they were covertly flying ISIS people into Afghanistan. https://twitter.com/evanhill/status/1433040376093454337

It always is amazing when politicians profit in office.

It always is amazing when politicians profit in office. Take Pelosi. She exchanged $WORK for $CRM, with a payout of $267,900. A great trade, obviously. All while in office! For more trades: https://t.co/lodTLfc2N5 pic.twitter.com/2aJUwDMeWU — unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) September 3, 2021 pic.twitter.com/3ZMPYUXf9C — conspiracybot (@conspiracyb0t) September 3, 2021

Buy! Buy! Buy! Oct 1929… Nobody cares about the actual data anymore only what the Fed’s reaction may or may not perceived to be.

https://twitter.com/farrisbaba/status/1433646741199413249 https://twitter.com/NorthmanTrader/status/1433764256160309249 Global listed real estate PE > extreme bubble level pic.twitter.com/9GnfzoQZxE — Alessio (@AlessioTMAD) September 3, 2021 As I watch the asset bubbles get bigger and bigger, I can't help but think of Alan Greenspan's parting words before he left the Fed: "History has not dealt kindly with the aftermath of protracted periods of … Read more

Anybody hedging heavily against a downtown?

by thekidsells Pretty self explanatory. You may not believe things will go down, and if so it’s not my intention to argue — I’m familiar enough with investing to know value stocks will win if held in the long run and I understand we’re in the greatest bill run in history BUT I can’t help … Read more