EVERYTHING SEEMINGLY IS SPINNING OUT OF CONTROL: Freaked Out Americans Desperately Seek to Escape the News.

via bloombergquint: Just think of the news as being produced by desperate freaked out Democratic operatives with bylines, and the above headline from Bloomberg Media makes perfect sense. (Classical reference in headline.) UNEXPECTEDLY: Guardians of the Galaxy Director Blames Trump, Sans Proof, for Newspaper Massacre. …

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This Is A Very Big $USD Picture

We have a 200 year rising wedge, and price is about to break down after backtesting it from below a 2nd time. The era for the US dollar is clearly over. #OOTT” https://twitter.com/graddhybpc/status/1012339084457635840

James Grant and Jim Chanos: Fed Fraud and More

via NYHS: Sophisticated investors have been the victims of deception throughout our nation’s history.   Jim Chanos and James Grant, "Fraud" from NYHS on Vimeo. Celebrated financial experts Jim Chanos and James Grant explore historical examples of businesses that became notorious after having been accused …

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Could Germany Fracture?

by Charles Hugh-Smith All sorts of centralized organizations that appear rock-solid may well melt into air as the disintegrative dynamics gather momentum. Rising political and social discord that is generally being attributed to “populism” may actually be the re-emergence of …

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Vladimir Putin Calls Out George Soros

https://youtu.be/e9MdKGJmRdA Lucid and rational. The reason liberals fail at foreign policy is they assume everyone is motivated by non-economic factors because they are not motivated by economic factors… and lacking true empathy (ability to understand anothers motivations) they are unable …

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Is This Going to Crush Rents in Seattle?

Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter A phenomenal onslaught of the wrong kind of supply. Crane-counters in the metropolitan area of Seattle have long had an exciting time as cranes keep popping up on new construction sites. Some are condo towers, others …

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Rate Hike Ammo – There Are No More Excuses.

Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter The Fed keeps its eye on various inflation measures and indices but “prefers” the Personal Consumption Expenditures Index, Excluding Food and Energy, the so-called “core” PCE index, released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis this morning. The Fed …

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