Diplomacy Is In Short Supply

by Raúl Ilargi Meijer Ivan Aivazovsky Sea channel with lighthouse 1873    I suggest we have three “pairings” of people. In Russia, there’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his spokeswoman Maria Zakharova. In the US, we have Secretary of State Antony Blinken …

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Shop lifting up 50% YoY. Are you paying attention?

Shop lifting up 50% YoY.Are you paying attention? https://t.co/43r8B7IHnX — Ilia Sakowski (@IliaSakowski) November 19, 2022 'Organized retail crime, shoplifting, and theft' has driven $400 million in extra profit loss this year at Target, $TGT. — unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) November 16, …

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The “Policy Pivot” May Not Be Bullish

by Lance Roberts Since June, the market rallied on hopes of a “policy pivot” by the Federal Reserve. However, those hopes got dashed each time as Jerome Powell clarified that the “inflation fight” remained the primary focus. Mr. Powell made that point very clear …

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After the Fed causes yet another Great Financial Crisis – and the next Great Muppet Reaping fleeces millions of retail investor bagholders – will the sheeple FINALLY decide they’ve had enough of these fraudsters controlling our money issuance?

Did you ever stop to wonder if the Feds reckless monetary policies of the last 20 years led to everything we are seeing today, where risky bets and businesses were encouraged? Or will that take 10 years for the PhDs …

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In spite of the Fed’s incessant jawboning about a mythical pending “tightening,” QT is mostly talk, not action, as the fraudsters at the Fed are terrified of imploding their asset bubbles & Ponzi markets

Central banks have not been able to reduce their balance sheet after a QE. Even Fed was very hesitant in the second half of 2010s. They “don’t know” the impact they say but I suspect they fear too much market …

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Musk: Joker or Ace of clubs?

by John War For nearly fifty years, the CIA and the Bush family variously laughed at, cajoled, threatened (and probably in at least one case murdered) anyone who suggested a link between George HW Bush and the CIA before he was …

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Banks Are Bigger Versions of FTX

Francis Hunt with Patrick V. on Silver Bullion TV SBTV (https://www.silverbullion.com.sg/SBTV) spoke with Francis Hunt, founder of The Market Sniper, about the world gravitating toward virtual assets and the counterparty risks that come with it. Just as the FTX collapse rocked the crypto world, …

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Sam Bankman-Fried and FTX Cronies Gave $300k to House Committee Members Investigating Him

by Boo_Randy We have the best political class money can buy. $50M in donations to Democrats buys a lifetime Get Out of Jail Free card for SBF & his ilk. https://freebeacon.com/democrats/bankman-fried-and-cronies-gave-300k-to-house-committee-members-investigating-him/ Sam Bankman-Fried and executives at his cryptocurrency firm contributed …

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