Deep in contraction

by WARREN MOSLER Deep in contraction: Looks to be below 2008 levels: So looks like the current tariffs remain. As previously suggested, the US President is narrowly focused on the money he’s collecting, as the tariffs remove $US net financial assets from the global economy and discourages transactions with the US. That is, it all … Read more

Is China Running Out Of Retaliatory Ammunition In The Trade War?

Authored by Jot Dantong Ma via MacroPolo.org, Since the first shot in the US-China trade war was fired in March 2018, markets have gyrated and negotiations have sputtered. Yet few have closely examined the extent of China’s retaliatory tariffs on US exports, and more importantly, what a full-blown trade war could mean for US exports. As of today, … Read more

“Owners of Social Media Pages Are Liable for Comments Posted by Others, NSW Supreme Court Finds” COMING TO YOUR STATE SOON

By: UGUR NEDIM 27/06/2019 A recent decision by the NSW Supreme Court has paved the way for those who are defamed on social media to take proceedings against not only the poster, but also commercial page administrators. The preliminary decision in Voller v Nationwide News Pty Ltd and others [2019] NSWSC 766 relates to proceedings … Read more

Is This How the Dems Will Win The 2020 Election

Earlier this week, James O’Keefe and Project Veritas confirmed the suspicions of many: Google has plans to meddle in the upcoming 2020 election, as a disturbing new report proved. A senior Google executive was the whistleblower in question, and the report also included leaked documents. Apparently, the company’s goal is to “prevent a Trump situation … Read more

Heather Mac Donald DEMOLISHES Trump’s Rape Accuser, EXPOSES The REAL Motive Behind The Accusation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yJKE8DOqa4 Scott Morefield from The Daily Caller reports, Author and researcher Heather Mac Donald discussed the inconsistencies, timing, and politics surrounding the latest allegations against President Donald Trump on Tuesday night’s edition of “Tucker Carlson Tonight.” Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: https://dailycaller.com/2019/06/25/he…

Stocks At RECORD HIGH = No Fed Rate CUT

If the Fed is watching inflation and employment indicators, then there’s no need to cut rates. If they’re watching the stock market then there’s definitely no need to cut rates. So why is the market pricing in a 100% certainty of rate cut for July?   By the numbers: Best June for the Dow since … Read more

Who Is Important…And Who Is Not

by Hollywood Rob I was perusing a post from Bill Blain on Zero Hedge this morning at he was discussing the shenanigans that were likely going on in Osaka.  That’s not what interested me.  What amazed me was the group photo. The Saudi is front and center, trump beside and then Turkey.  Merkle is all the … Read more

G20 recap: China got what it wanted (delay). Trump got what he wanted (pump stocks). Huawei got a slight reprieve (face saving). Nothing fundamental changed.

G20 recap: China got what it wanted (delay). Trump got what he wanted (pump stocks). Huawei got a slight reprieve (face saving). Nothing fundamental changed. Forecast: More of the same until 2020 election. This confrontation has a long way to run. https://t.co/ETb198x3FQ — Jim Rickards (@JamesGRickards) June 29, 2019

Global Honesty Index 2019/THE TOP 40

…’We conducted a series of large-scale field experiments across the globe to examine how financial incentives influence rates of civic honesty. We turned in “lost” wallets and experimentally varied the amount of money left in the wallets, allowing us to determine how monetary stakes affect return rates across a broad sample of societies and institutions.We … Read more

Italian police bust elite network that “brainwashes and sells children” to the wealthy: includes city mayor, renowned psychotherapists, etc

Italian police arrested 18 individuals for allegedly brainwashing children into thinking that their parents abused them in order to sell them to “foster parents” (abusers). The network included the mayor of Bibbiano, doctors, psychotherapists, and social workers. According to Italian media, the transactions involving children amounted to hundreds of thousands of Euros. Furthermore, it was … Read more

The ridiculous return of the Zimbabwe dollar

by Simon Black Here’s our Friday roll up of the most absurd and concerning articles we came across this week. Jail time for offensive image in Great Britain Recently some idiot teenager in Britain edited an image of Prince Harry into something that was stupid and racist. This moron clearly intended to be offensive. His photo … Read more