An interview with historian James Oakes on the New York Times’ 1619 Project. “Identity is very much the ideology of the professional-managerial class.” Plus: “This is one of the things I find so disturbing about the argument that slavery is the basis of capitalism. Slavery made the slaveholders rich. But it made the South poor. And it didn’t … Read more
from Zero Hedge More so than with Gen X and the Baby Boomers, housing has become indelibly tied up with the millennial identity. That’s largely because economic hardship – or at the very least, stagnation and heavy debt – is perhaps the single defining characteristic of the generation that came or age during or just after the … Read more
via tomluongo: Last week I went through just some of the highlights as to why Russia is becoming a destination for global capital. For years it’s been a little lonely out here banging on about how well the Russian state headed by Vladimir Putin has navigated an immense campaign by the West to marginalize and/or isolate Russia … Read more
Researchers have identified a metal that conducts electricity without conducting heat – an incredibly useful property that defies our current understanding of how conductors work. The metal, found in 2017, contradicts something called the Wiedemann-Franz Law, which basically states that good conductors of electricity will also be proportionally good conductors of heat, which is why things … Read more
Does body language and the evidence prove Prince Andrew of England is guilty as a Jeffrey Epstein co-conspirator? SSES
I told Yall , cell phones were the mark of the beast! BEIJING — China will require telecom operators to collect face scans when registering new phone users at offline outlets starting Sunday, according to the country’s information technology authority, as Beijing continues to tighten cyberspace controls. In September, China’s industry and information technology ministry … Read more
via Eric Peters Electric cars are costing us more than just too much money. They’re also costing jobs. Just in time for Thanksgiving, Audi announced the end of 9,500 of them – to help finance the development of electric cars. “We are now tackling structural issues in order to prepare Audi for the challenges ahead,” said Audi’s CEO … Read more
by chudslayer Anyone else thinks that’s a bit weird? The mainstream narrative is that Al Qaeda is responsible, and Al Qaeda appears as an option in the poll. While there is a massive amount publicly available evidence clearly pointing to Saudi Arabia’s involvement, the government and media refuse to acknowledge it, and insist that it was … Read more
The 2020 Democratic field began with so many candidates it initially took two separate debates to host them all. The herd has thinned as most of the candidates with little to no name recognition have given up, leaving Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, and Pete Buttigieg as the front-runners (in that order, according to … Read more
Via Wired What was the last thing you searched for online? For me, it was ‘$120 in pounds’. Before that, I wanted to know the capital of Albania (Tirana), the Twitter handle of Liberal Democrat deputy leader Ed Davey (he’s @EdwardJDavey) and dates of bank holidays in the UK for 2019 (it’s a late Easter … Read more
Shot: Bloomberg: Darned right we need to tax the poor. —Jazz Shaw, Hot Air, Friday. Chaser: “The press went with it without explaining that it was an April Fool’s joke. Patsy Schroeder referenced it on the floor of the House of Representatives, a bunch of other Democrat and liberals. By the way, the condition of the poor has … Read more
by Simon Black of Sovereign Man Are you ready for this week’s absurdity? Here’s our Friday roll-up of the most ridiculous stories from around the world that are threats to your liberty, your finances, and your prosperity. Crackdown on homeschooling coming across Great Britain A few weeks ago we talked about how the Labour Party in Great Britain wants … Read more
Some people see a “Mad Max” scenario might be coming because of the enormous unpayable global debt. Financial writer and professional trader Rick Ackerman contends, “I am a little more bearish than that. I see a Mad Max scenario as inevitable. . . . I try not to think about it because we’ve all got … Read more
OPIOID HYSTERIA IS RUINING THE LIVES OF PEOPLE WITH CHRONIC PAIN. I KNOW SOME OF THEM PERSONALLY. Some of us actually need painkillers. Can doctors ease up on us? Hi, Orthopedic Surgeon, it’s me. Your patient, who’s having double knee surgery for two torn menisci and two Baker’s cysts. You saw my MRIs and diagnosed the … Read more
“CA is becoming an authoritarian state” California Plans FORCED Internment And Asset Seizure To Solve Homeless Crisis. California’s growing homeless crisis has made headlines over the past year. Diseases are rampant and state and local governments have failed to do anything to solve the problem. A new state law would allow the state to forcefully … Read more
Hari Krishnan does not like ETFs. In this piece, the author and Doherty Advisors portfolio manager argues that products like the HYG give investors a false sense of security. In an adverse market environment, such products could see outsized declines, as the lack of liquidity in the underlying assets finally begins to matter. Krishnan also … Read more
Brief History of Financial ManiasTulip Bulbs – 1637South Sea Company Shares – 1720British Railway Shares – 1846U.S. Stocks – 1929U.S Stocks – 1987U.S. Stocks – 2000U.S. Stocks – 2008Cryptocurrencies – 2018U.S. Stocks – 2019-2020 — John Tuld (@BradHuston) November 28, 2019 Fed Doom Loop -Fed lowers interest rates. -Stocks soar. -Bond prices soar. -Under performing … Read more
The swamp loves investigating corruption, except for their own.@realDonaldTrump has absolutely nothing to hide. But do Democrats? — Rudy W. Giuliani (@RudyGiuliani) November 29, 2019 The Schiff frame-up based on no admissible and the trampling of rights to counsel, call witnesses, confrontation, cross examination are worse than the old McCarthy Communist hearings. Republicans stood up … Read more
via breitbart: More than 7-in-10 households headed by immigrants in the state of California are on taxpayer-funded welfare, a new study reveals. The latest Census Bureau data analyzed by the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) finds that about 72 percent of households headed by noncitizens and immigrants use one or more forms of taxpayer-funded welfare programs in California — the number one … Read more
by Jason Burack via Wall St Fro Main St Repo Madness is now up to $300 billion dollars per day as the first 42 day term repo (into 2020 now) for $55 billion dollars kicked in on November 25th. There’s no end in sight for #RepoMadness but remember that it’s only temporary! LOL Press Release from November 14th: … Read more