The Stimulus Boom Is Already Over: Now Comes Stagnation

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by Daniel Lacalle via Mises The United States retail sales and jobless claims weakness, significantly below estimates, coincides with the largest fiscal and monetary stimulus in history. Something is not right when these figures come significantly below estimates in an environment of massive upgrades to gross domestic product (GDP). Why? The diminishing returns of stimulus plans are very evident. Artificially boosting GDP … Read more

Is the Fed Getting Burned Again?

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via project-syndicate.org: As in the stagflationary 1970s, the US Federal Reserve is once again denying that its own policies are the reason for a recent surge of inflation, even though there is good reason to think that they are. It is not too late to learn from past mistakes and reverse course – but the clock … Read more

Virginia Student Records Teacher Manipulating Lesson to Force Critical Race Theory

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by Sundance  Friend of the Treehouse John Spiropoulos continues highlighting how Critical Race Theory is infecting the public educational system.  In this brief excerpt John highlights the efforts of a teacher in Virginia who was recorded by a student during a distance learning class. The teacher clearly wants to make race the focus of an innocuous … Read more

NBA, Nike, Apple, Google Silent on China’s Crackdown on Journalists in Hong Kong.

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via freebeacon: The Chinese government’s recent crackdown on journalists in Hong Kong has been met with silence from major U.S. corporations with extensive ties to the Communist regime. Apple, Google, Nike, and the National Basketball Association did not return requests for comment on the arrest of at least seven Chinese journalists since June 17. The targeted journalists are former … Read more

Ngo does real journalism, and our infotainment industry can’t abide that.

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Big Tech Platform Silences Andy Ngo. SoundCloud has de-platformed Andy Ngo, editor-in-chief at The Post Millennial and an intrepid reporter on antifa. The tech platform removed Ngo’s podcast — creatively titled “Things You Should Ngo” — “on the grounds of being dedicated to violating” the site’s rules, The Post Millennial reported. “Big Tech is not nonpartisan … Read more

Could We Be Fooled by Hidden Tech

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A recent episode of Mini Ice Age Conversations Radio Program from (STUDIO A 10pm-Midnight) on Revolution Radio. Ransom Godwin from 420TVFreedomistFilms1776 YouTube Channel and David DuByne from ADAPT 2030 discuss skills you will need after power is disrupted. Thinking beyond stored foods to long term systems to save seed and preserve foods you grow or … Read more

Is The Entire Democratic Party Compromised By China?

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House Democrats shot down a GOP motion earlier this month that sought to bar corporate cooperation with Chinese slave labor. The Motion to Recommit proposed by Kentucky Republican Rep. Andy Barr amending a Democrat bill on corporate disclosure would have required businesses to report to the Treasury Department if they discover a supplier or other … Read more

These Big Inflation Numbers Are Interesting But Ultimately Unimportant

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BY JOHN RUBINO It’s been hard, lately, to untangle the many causes of inflation’s sudden surge. How much is due to the pandemic lockdown distorting year-over-year comparisons? How much to crippled supply chains forcing manufacturers to pay up for needed components? And how much to good old-fashioned excessive money printing? Whatever the cause, headline inflation numbers have been … Read more

LIVE: Manhunt for Armed Robbery Suspect in Oconomowoc, WI… Shelter In Place Orders given…

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UPDATE: Waukesha County Sheriff's Department says law enforcement are searching for a suspect in an armed bank robbery. They ask some Oconomowoc-area residents to continue to shelter in place. LATEST: https://t.co/FwpgGMQyx7 — TMJ4 News (@tmj4) June 29, 2021 Oconomowoc residents have been asked to shelter in place following a bank robbery Residents in the Oconomowoc … Read more

No Corrections In 2021?

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by UPFINA Recently the S&P 500 has stayed near its record high, while the median stocks hasn’t done as well. Sometimes this means a correction is coming; other times it means the median stock is oversold. Factor analysis is difficult because correlations change. It’s not a good idea to buy a stock only because it’s … Read more