The main selling point of Obamacare was to make healthcare more affordable. Since it was passed premiums are up more than 50% and deductibles more than 150%. What it really was, was a multi-billion dollar kickback to the healthcare industry

by Playaguy Just more crony capitalism and, as usual, the people suffer. Don’t worry, you won’t have to worry about this anymore as it won’t make any ‘news’. The country is still focused on the wording used in a phone call.      

I considered myself a Democrat. After tonight’s DNC debate, Trump has earned my second choice for president

by throwaway927048201 Throwaway for obvious reasons. I’m 21 years old, going to a pretty liberal college in a very liberal area, and have considered myself a Democrat/liberal for most of my life. However, after seeing tonight’s debate, and watching corporate candidates such as Biden say that he’s going to send more military fleets towards China, … Read more

Australia – What can anyone say, except that something is desperately going wrong here?

by Chris ‘Red Lights Flashing’: Australia Smashes Heat Record Just a Day After Previous Record Hit Calls for immediate and ambitious action to tackle the climate emergency piled up Thursday in response to preliminary analysis from Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology that Wednesday smashed the nation’s temperature record by a full 1°C just one day after the … Read more

So not signing the deal…

So not signing the deal… https://t.co/X6dsGvI9R0 — Greg (@GS_CapSF) December 20, 2019 China Foreign Ministry: China, US Relationship Has Experienced Serious Difficulties -China Urges US To Meet It Halfway — LiveSquawk (@LiveSquawk) December 20, 2019

UPDATE: After MONTHS, CNN still silent on Illegal Alien MASS MURDERER, Billy Chemirmir suspected in 1,000 deaths.

But, nobody cares. Your search for Billy Chemirmir did not match any documents. A few suggestions Make sure all words are spelled correctly Try different keywords Try more general keywords Billy Chemirmir: Healthcare worker accused of murdering 12 elderly women could be linked to over 1,000 deaths   A healthcare worker has been charged with … Read more

Donald J. Trump: “The Senate shall set the time and place of the trial.” If the Democrats decide not to show up, they would lose by Default!

Donald J. Trump Verified account @realDonaldTrump “The Senate shall set the time and place of the trial.” If the Do Nothing Democrats decide, in their great wisdom, not to show up, they would lose by Default! “The Senate shall set the time and place of the trial.” If the Do Nothing Democrats decide, in their … Read more

Ivanka Trump says impeachment has ‘energized’ her father — and his 63M supporters

Watch the latest video at foxnews.com In a new interview, White House senior adviser Ivanka Trump says this week’s “purely partisan” impeachment of her father by the House of Representatives has “energized” him and “his 63 million-plus voters.” “In fact, the only thing bipartisan was the vote against proceeding forward,” the 38-year-old first daughter tells … Read more

FOX: “AG Barr warns against ‘political’ impeachment, hits back at Comey in Fox News interview”

Watch the latest video at foxnews.com “As a general matter, I think we have to be careful about trivializing the process and they put in a hurdle of high crimes — of treason, bribery and other high crimes,” Barr told “The Story with Martha MacCallum” in an interview scheduled to air Wednesday night. “The articles … Read more

The North American Union: USMCA Is Agenda 21 In Disguise

“The Amero is a hypothetical common currency that would replace the Mexican Peso and the U.S. and Canadian Dollar. The Amero would require some form of North American Union joining the economies of the U.S., Canada, and Mexico—a concept modeled after the Euro and the European Union. Academics have considered this possibility, but no serious proposal has … Read more

We are still in the “Not-euphoria” stage, right?

https://twitter.com/GreekFire23/status/1207751451566579712 Uber bullish consensus never ends well. Implied vol for junk bonds at its lowest level ever. All previous dips preceded major selloffs in corporate bonds. Key point: High yield spreads are at their lowest level since June of 2007 with record corporate leverage today. pic.twitter.com/eKg8ATSs6R — Otavio (Tavi) Costa (@TaviCosta) December 17, 2019 Rate … Read more

Sweden Riksbank breaks with Europe, raising rates to 0% in concern over negative rate distortions

by kiwimancy Main repo rate was raised by 25bps from -25bps to 0, not to +25bps. https://www.ft.com/content/0cb65c7a-223a-11ea-92da-f0c92e957a96https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-19/swedish-rate-hike-ends-subzero-experiment-in-global-test-case https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-12-19/sweden-s-riksbank-has-had-enough-of-negative-interest-rates Most economists and market participants don’t usually spend much time looking at Swedish monetary policy. Today should be different given the decision by the Riksbank — the country’s central bank and the world’s oldest — to part ways with its peers … Read more

US Leading Economic Index: +0.09% over past yr, slowest growth since 2009. Last 5 times LEI went from + to – YoY…

US Leading Economic Index: +0.09% over past yr, slowest growth since 2009. Last 5 times LEI went from + to – YoY… -Aug 2006 (recession Dec '07)-Nov 2000 (recession Mar '01)-Jan 1996 (only 1 month neg, no recession)-Oct 1989 (recession Jul '90)-Jul 1981 (recession Jul '81) pic.twitter.com/lS7lmZs4Yp — Charlie Bilello (@charliebilello) December 19, 2019 The … Read more

The DNC wants you stupid. They want you to not know how our government works. They want you to to be “unaware and compliant”

by smurfin101 https://wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/3599 Bill Ivy from “globalculturalstrategie” to John Podesta John David Podesta Jr. is an American political consultant who served as White House Chief of Staff to President Bill Clinton from October 20, 1998 until January 20, 2001 and as Counselor to President Barack Obama from January 1, 2014 until February 13, 2015. He … Read more