The Obama administration hired an unprecedented number of journalists and spouses of media CEOs

Obama hired an enormous amount of journalists to work on his administration. And a good number of his cabinet members had ties to Major media outlets outlets. via theatlantic: Time managing editor Rick Stengel (pictured above) is leaving journalism to go work for the State Department, making him at least the 15th 21st 23rd 24th reporter to go to work for the … Read more

Congress is condemning President Trump for scaling back a war in Syria it never even authorized. We have full permission to fight in Iraq and Afghanistan. Not Syria and also we never got it for Libya either.

It’s a bit rich to watch the bipartisan backlash to President Trump’s withdrawal of troops from northern Syria. Members of Congress from both parties have blasted the president for scaling back U.S. military involvement, even though they never authorized any involvement in the first place. Still, there’s no disputing the fact that the situation in Syria … Read more

China Threatens to Retaliate if U.S. Passes Hong Kong Bill

(Bloomberg) — China threatened to retaliate if the U.S. Congress follows through with passing legislation that would require an annual review of whether the city is sufficiently autonomous from Beijing to justify its special trading status. The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement that it would take strong measures if the bill … Read more

COLLUSION is REAL: CNN President Jeff Zucker Pushes Kamala Harris’ Demand to Take Down Trump’s Twitter Account; “I Think it’s a Good Se

BREAKING: CNN President Jeff Zucker Pushes Kamala Harris’ Demand to Take Down Trump’s Twitter Account; “I Think it’s a Good Segment…Not Going to Happen, But it’s a Good Talking – it’s a Good Segment.” Thoughts on this @realDonaldTrump?#ExposeCNN pic.twitter.com/qQwV2g0r82 — James O'Keefe (@JamesOKeefeIII) October 15, 2019 WOW CNN President Jeff Zucker on Kamala Harris’ Campaign … Read more

Two weeks ago, CNN LOVED WHISTLEBLOWERS – Today, CNN intimidates whistleblowers – Veiled threat against Cary Poarch?

https://twitter.com/JackPosobiec/status/1184199103187738625 CNN unsure what will happen to them after the VERITAS Whistleblower. The email to CNN insider Cary from his boss Robert C. Lamb. “I will never forget.” pic.twitter.com/gF83zrTveK — James O'Keefe (@JamesOKeefeIII) October 15, 2019 CNN Employee Fired Hours After Exposing President Jeff Zucker in Project Veritas Video For those of you that missed … Read more

“Not QE” Surges To $88 Billion—Wall Street Punters Laughing All The Way To The Bank

So much for the ‘transitory’ liquidity shortage arguments put forth by commission-takers and asset-gatherers, The NYFed accepted $87.7 billion (in o/n and term) repo today – the highest level yet. The Fed accepted $20.1 billion in 14-day term repo… And $67.7 billion in overnight repo… The biggest overnight repo (liquidity bailout) since September. Having stabilized … Read more

IT’S THOSE JUVENILES AGAIN

by Jim Quinn I think these pseudo-journalists just change the term from juveniles, to teens, to youths for every other story. We must be politically correct and not tell the truth. PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Police say a group of approximately 200 juveniles caused a disruption in Northeast Philadelphia Monday night. In total, police say four … Read more

Trump in a landslide? This historically accurate model predicts exactly that

Via Marketwatch President Donald Trump has a love/hate relationship with polls, surveys and predictions. He loves the ones that paint him in a positive light, and, of course, he hates all those “fake” ones that don’t. He’s going to absolutely adore this one. According to Moody’s Analytics, Trump is headed toward another four years in the … Read more

Mexico No Longer A Net Exporter

by Chris Mexico is now a net importer of oil.  Here’s the data. Here’s consumption (down, but still just over 1.8 mbd): And here’s the production chart again, but presented slightly differently and with the consumption line overlaid: The prospects for any nation decline severely once they become a net importer of energy. Just how … Read more

Charted: The Highest-Paying Companies in the U.S.

by howmuch According to the most recent data from the U.S. Census Bureau, the median household income in the U.S. is $61,937. Some companies are well-known for having sky-high salaries that are more than twice the median household income. Our new visualization ranks the highest-paying U.S. companies by median salary based on the latest research from … Read more

QE4ever Arrives in One Quantifiable Quantum Leap!

by David Haggith   It’s QE4ever, Baby! The Fed’s latest move back into quantitative easing took a quantum leap in a single day with last week’s rush announcement of major permanent money injections to begin this Tuesday. Since the Fed adamantly denies it is doing what it is doing — going back to quantitative easing (because they legally … Read more

6 Warning Signs That Civil Unrest Is IMMINENT

By J. G. Martinez D. Dear fellow readers. This week has been “interesting” in South America. Interesting, indeed, but as in the ancient Chinese curse style. For those of us in this side of the hemisphere, having been able to witness first-hand, in the front line, how the very same plot that made us get the heck … Read more