PLEASE DON’T GO!

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via powerlineblog Why, exactly, would major retailers choose to rebuild and re-open stores that were burned to the ground or otherwise destroyed by rioters? What is there in the current response to riots by big city politicians that provides any assurance that the same thing won’t happen again? If you owned a store in an area … Read more

Tucker nails it again. Dems want to defund/remove police so that they can establish their thugs as the authority that they (Dems) can control.

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The Minneapolis City Council president will vote to abolish the city’s police department. The are literally becoming Somalia.  The Minneapolis City Council president will vote to abolish the city’s police department for a “transformative new model of public safety.” On Thursday, Lisa Bender, the Minneapolis City Council president, committed to abolishing law enforcement in the … Read more

NYT ‘civil war’ perfect captures the Authoritarian Shift in the Democratic Party

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by deagesntwizzles   Full thread: https://twitter.com/bariweiss/status/1268628680797978625 THE NEW YORK TIMES AND THE VANGUARD OF THE INCOGNIZANT: “One thing above all else will restore order to our streets,” wrote Sen. Tom Cotton, “an overwhelming show of force to disperse, detain, and ultimately deter lawbreakers.” The senator has advocated extraordinary measures involving the domestic deployment of uniformed soldiers for several … Read more

Senator Cruz: The subpoenas issued by @senjudiciary are not about the #MuellerReport. They’re not about Carter Page. They’re not about General Flynn. They are about the corruption and abuse of power that came from the highest level of the Obama administration.

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The subpoenas issued by @senjudiciary are not about the #MuellerReport. They’re not about Carter Page. They’re not about General Flynn. They are about the corruption and abuse of power that came from the highest level of the Obama administration. pic.twitter.com/dXbtaNaGW0 — Senator Ted Cruz (@SenTedCruz) June 4, 2020 This lays everything out perfectly I am … Read more

It’s illegal for us to hug each other, get our hair cut, picnic together, worship with each other, hang out on the beach in a group — but Antifa riots are venerated.

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Proud of my son for attending the #BlackLivesMatter protest which he found profoundly inspiring. He told me he maintained social distancing as best he could in the large crowd. Not easy given many others weren't, but I'm glad he tried. https://t.co/rdaIDaP9br — Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) June 4, 2020  

The biggest pandemic in decades ends and one week later the biggest riots in decades occur?!

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by sjryan Sure, this isn’t orchestrated, it’s just coincidence that we’ve transitioned smoothly and seamlessly from lockdowns to curfews. Do people really think Impeachment, COVID, and race riots all happened back-to-back at random? Lol — DC_Draino (@DC_Draino) June 4, 2020 https://twitter.com/FreeIllinoisNow/status/1268503935062597633     AG Bill Barr: We have evidence Antifa instigated violent activity As you … Read more

WINNING?

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#WINNING pic.twitter.com/nLQrIDVclp — Danielle DiMartino Booth (@DiMartinoBooth) June 5, 2020 #Missouri #COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #Pandemic pic.twitter.com/2M7j3qdEbC — TraderStef (@TraderStef) June 5, 2020 Today's data indicate China’s purchases of US goods remain well under 50% of prorated, year-to-date targets of Trump's Phase One dealhttps://t.co/L2Be1ozw68 — Chad P. Bown (@ChadBown) June 4, 2020  

$900 Trillion derivatives market… will $4 Trillion be enough to bail it out?

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by Organic_Pineapple Unlimited FED printing props up the market. What if unlimited becomes impossible ? No one seems to care about the derivatives market for now. Its notional value is somewhere between $600 Trillion and $1500 Trillion. The FED has injected approximately $4 Trillion so far. That seems huge but it is very small compared to the derivatives horror … Read more

Drukenmiller said watch out when liquidity reverses. Put/call ratio suggests that easy gains are most likely behind us. Hedge funds fear another reckoning for global stocks.

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DRUKENMILLER SAID WATCH OUT WHEN LIQUIDITY REVERSES pic.twitter.com/683QyQncWw — Win Smart, CFA (@WinfieldSmart) June 5, 2020 Another #deflationary bust coming soon! This is ETF for VIX (SP500). 2½ yrs of divergence is not solved in 1-2 months! It will soar. Setup is massive and we are only in eye of the storm = a bounce. … Read more

Central Banks have exacerbated the divergence between equities and fundamentals. Cheerleader of wealth inequality now wondering why the system he exploited still exploits others.

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It's the liquidity stupid! Central Banks have exacerbated the divergence between equities and fundamentals. The latest rebound in equities was entirely due to P/E expansion. S&P 500 P/E multiple is trading in tandem w/Fed’s balance sheet. pic.twitter.com/DaerxoYvzI — Holger Zschaepitz (@Schuldensuehner) June 5, 2020 Cheerleader of wealth inequality now wondering why the system he exploited … Read more

Beijing squeezes, and HSBC knows where it makes most of its money. Standard Chartered, another UK bank, did the same.

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By Nick Corbishley, for WOLF STREET: Global banking behemoth HSBC threw its full weight behind China’s imposition of security legislation on Hong Kong, arguing that the new law will help bring much-needed political stability and economic growth and development to the city. The bank’s kowtowing to Beijing is the inevitable culmination of the UK-based lender’s multiyear Asian … Read more