The Fed’s Monetary “Animal House”

by Michael Lebowitz and Jack Scott The Fed’s Monetary Animal House “…seven years of college down the drain.” – John “Bluto” Blutarsky, Animal House The inspiration and credit for this article belongs to Emil Kalinowski and his recent publication The Silent …

READ MORE

AG Bill Barr: “For the First Time in American History, Police and National Security Investigations Were Used to Spy on a Political Campaign

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2020/06/09/ag-bill-barr-for-the-first-time-in-american-history-police-and-national-security-investigations-were-used-to-spy-on-a-political-campaign/#more-193987 “For the first time in history, Police Organizations & National Security Organizations were used to SPY on a Campaign, & there was no basis for it. The media largely drove that, & claims were made that could have affected …

READ MORE

Failed State Walking

by C Hamilton I love America.  It’s the land of my birth, my education (Go Beav’s), my children’s births, and where I live and will eventually die.  I did spend about five years living in Europe and Asia and loved …

READ MORE

Is A 21% Correction Coming?

by UPFINA Throughout this recession we have been looking at the high frequency consumer spending data. Typically, it’s not as important because it can meander away from retail sales which is what matters. However, in normal situations, the accuracy level needs …

READ MORE

We went from a 2008 collapse to a 1999 stock bubble in under three months

https://twitter.com/vol_christopher/status/1270521083817582594 Markets driven by euphoria never end well. Warren Buffett is not an idiot. Fundamentals matter. pic.twitter.com/30RXsnjuDl — Otavio (Tavi) Costa (@TaviCosta) June 9, 2020 The stock market is at unsustainable technical extremes. Never mind the abysmal fundamentals. pic.twitter.com/a4OyuoXNmr — …

READ MORE

An autist in the making

by Lord-Henzo   Must be the top. Back in 1929, right before the crash, a young girl wrote a letter to Standard Oil with $4 (or maybe it was $40) attached asking if they could invest the money for her. …

READ MORE

To Stay Informed, Watch Less TV

by Patrick Watson Pop math quiz: What is 1918 + 1932 + 1968? Your calculator may say 5,818, but the real answer is 2020. This year has turned into a combination of those three historic years. In the US, we …

READ MORE

Corporations Care About Equality. How Nice.

by JumboReverseShrimp Thankfully corporations are looking out for the oppressed. I though we had no one looking out for us. https://www.nike.com/ “Don’t pretend there’s not a problem in America.” “Don’t turn your back on racism.” https://www.apple.com/speaking-up-on-racism/ ‘This is a moment when …

READ MORE