The SCS is international waters, and if the mainland People’s Republic of China doesn’t support freedom of navigation, then they ought not to be allowed to engage in maritime trade.

FREEDOM OF THE SEAS: China Says PLA Scrambled Aircraft, Ships to ‘Expel’ U.S. Warship from South China Sea Island Chain. Chinese authorities said they sortied ships and aircraft to “track, monitor, verify, identify and expel” a U.S. warship from the Paracel …

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Lindsey Graham: “AG Barr has three goals I share: *Right wrongs like General Flynn *Hold people accountable who have engaged in misconduct.”

Lindsey Graham Verified account @LindseyGrahamSC Attorney General Barr needs to be complimented. He’s doing the right thing. AG Barr has three goals I share: * Restore trust. * Hold people accountable who have engaged in misconduct. *Right wrongs like General …

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Every bear market gives bulls one last grand chance to get out. Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft all back to their highs. This is boomers last chance to cash out the retirement.

https://twitter.com/hks55/status/1255635406349045761 Our IWM Optimism Index (for small cap stocks) has reached 99, the highest level *EVER* The 2nd highest reading was in Oct 2011, when stocks fell -12.8% over the next month. Less extreme readings also led to pullbacks pic.twitter.com/WF67uR9EsJ …

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Deutsche Bank Introduces Negative Interest Rates For Retail Deposits Over 100,000 Euros!

(by Half Dollar) If the Fed’s full display of financial repression wasn’t enough for one day, let’s kick-it up a notch with everybody’s favorite soon-to-fail-but-never-does bank, Deutsche Bank. From Handelsblatt (translated by Google): Frankfurt Deutsche Bank will soon introduce negative interest rates for large deposits …

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