The Housing Cost Of Liberalism (International Edition)

Tokyo proves that housing shortages are a political choice. Compared to skyrocketing housing costs in many Western cities, Japan has seen remarkable success in supplying affordable housing – even in cities with lots of economic growth. While average mean rents in London are upwards of £2,000, average rents in Tokyo are about £1,300 – even … Read more

THE TRUTH HURTS:

via Twitter: RELATED: Rep. Amash stokes talk of campaign against Trump. Good luck with that, if he’s already struggling to win a primary in his own district.     h/t SG

INEZ FELTSCHER STEPMAN: Campus Insanity Is Migrating To Society, And Republicans Had Better Stop It Before It’s Too Late.

via thefederalist: While the right wrestles with how to deal with big technology companies’ hostility to conservative voices on their platforms, the source of that enmity goes mostly unremarked upon: Google’s highly credentialed workforce has roughly the personal politics of a faculty lounge. Regrettably, universities don’t live up to the Las Vegas adage–what begins on campus … Read more

If this latest incident wasn’t a false flag attack, it would quite literally be the one exception to the rule.

by axolotl_peyotl The Powers that Shouldn’t Be have long ago cemented their tired and blatantly obvious playbook, as they continue to recycle their bullshit false flag attacks to justify their genocidal agenda decade after decade. The once burgeoning anti-war movement in the US has been consumed by over-immersion in technology and a manufactured resistance against a … Read more

The Fed is Between a Rock & a Hard Place

by Martin Armstrong QUESTION: Dear Mr Armstrong, Not sure if I am understanding it correctly. Is the FED currently between a rock and a hard place? The FED is not able to cut rates (implement QE) due to the current pending/ongoing crisis of the US pensions, and they cannot raise interest rates as it’s going to … Read more

IMO 2020: The Big Shipping Shake-Up

by visualcapitalist Over 90% of all global trade takes place on our oceans. Unfortunately, the network of 59,000 vessels powering international commerce runs on sulfur-laden bunker fuel, and resulting emissions are causing problems on dry land. As today’s infographic by Breakwave Advisors demonstrates, new emissions regulations taking effect in 2020 will have a big impact on the world’s … Read more

Billionaire Kochs to Financially Back Democrats Pushing Amnesty, Free Trade

The pro-mass immigration Koch brothers’ network of billionaire, donor-class organizations is readying to financially back Democrats, so long as they promise to support amnesty for illegal aliens and vote to advance free trade at all costs. In a memo to its staff, the Koch-funded Americans for Prosperity (AFP) organization announced that the economic libertarian group … Read more

This could mean a full-blown trade war is imminent

so maybe the odds of trump meeting xi at g20 jpn are slim – this could mean a full-blown trade war is immient pic.twitter.com/GT7Ycwhn9N — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) June 13, 2019 who would have ever thought the risk of war increases w/ Global PMI <50 pic.twitter.com/QI7RXkcO64 — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) June 13, 2019 NO AMERICAN SHOULD BUY … Read more