The Congo Dandies: Living in Poverty and Spending a Fortune to Look Like a Million Dollars

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“La Sape” is a unique movement based in Congo that unites fashion-conscious men who are ready to splurge money they don’t really have on designer clothes. Dressing in stark contrast with their surroundings, these elegant ambiance-makers become true local celebrities… but this fame comes at a price. The Republic of the Congo in Central Africa … Read more

Why Assange Prosecution Is Complete Bullshit.

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Jimmy Dore breaks it down nice and simple for everyone to understand. This is some of the most unambiguously criminal, unconstitutional shit the United States is doing. This nation (and planet) is ruled, unfortunately, by fucking sociopaths that don’t and never have given a sh*t about you, me, or anyone of us as being anything … Read more

Liz Cheney: Statements by agents investigating Trump ‘could well be treason’

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BY REGINA ZILBERMINTS – 05/26/19 10:44 AM EDT Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) said on Sunday that statements by FBI agents investigating President Trump sounded “an awful lot like a coup, and it could well be treason.” Cheney told Martha Raddatz on ABC’s “This Week” that the beginnings of special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation were … Read more

This is Chiraq: 32 shot – 5 fatally – by early Sunday evening of Memorial Day Weekend

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by DCG New Chiraq Mayor Lori Lightfoot is going to have her hands full… Guess the thugs missed the memo that the women of color now in charge of Chiraq are going to fundamentally transform that sh*thole… From MyFoxChicago: At least 32 people have been shot — five fatally — in Chicago so far over Memorial Day weekend, including … Read more

War and Young Americans

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by Raúl Ilargi Meijer Joseph Mallord William Turner Teasing the Donkey 1827  So we’re going to do this all over again? Well, not if I can help it. Not that I have much hope that I can, mind you. As the bastions of war chime on, my voice, like so many others, will be drowned out. The military … Read more

How to get an education that empowers you for life

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by Simon Black http://traffic.libsyn.com/sovman/Podcast_105.mp3 Each year, I invite an incredible mix of young people from more than a dozen countries to join me in Lithuania for an intense week of business, investing and entrepreneurship classes taught by the smartest people I know (it’s also entirely free for the students who attend. I pay out of my own pocket … Read more

Why is BREXIT Important to USA?

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by Martin Armstrong QUESTION: Why is Brexit important to USA? HN ANSWER: Besides the fact that the political turmoil in Europe has been sending capital fleeing to the USA making the dollar king, the political trends in Britain has always been linked to the United States. Margaret Thatcher was first elected in 1979 and that trend … Read more

The Demise of the British Conservative Party?

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by Martin Armstrong The term “Conservative” was suggested as a title for the party by a magazine article by J. Wilson Croker in the Quarterly Review in 1830. The name immediately caught on and was officially adopted under the aegis of Sir Robert Peel around 1834. However, it really began to take shape in 1812 … Read more

Doug Casey on the chances of an actual shooting war breaking out with Iran

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via caseyresearch: Justin’s note: Tensions are flaring in the Middle East. If you read yesterday’s Dispatch, you know what I mean. In short, the U.S. and Iran have been exchanging words lately, even threatening one another with force. And neither side’s backing down. But this is more than just tough talk. The U.S. recently sent a carrier strike group … Read more

11 Things Leaders Should Never Say to Teams

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by visualcapitalist Being a leader comes with great responsibility. Not only are you accountable for the success of your division or organization, but your team is also constantly reliant on you for feedback, coaching, and guiding personal development. While juggling these priorities, it’s not always easy for a manager to know the exact right thing to … Read more

Warning: 10-year yield drops to lowest since 2017 as trade war fuels economic worries

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Long-term government debt yields were set to finish the week near multiyear lows, held down by mounting concerns that the trade war between the U.S. and China could persist longer and curb GDP growth more than first thought. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note posted a marginal gain in Friday’s session after falling 10 basis points to … Read more

Trump Counterattacks Using Democrat’s Hypocrisy

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by Kurt Schlichter George Orwell’s socialist tyrants worked hard to impose what he called “doublethink,” but today’s left can’t even manage singlethink. Our bloated, soft and lazy elite no longer bothers to try to fool us with consistent, coherent lies – it is too busy reacting to the actions of one solitary hero who knows how … Read more

Which U.S. States Have The Worst Roads?

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Via ZeroHedge Nonpartisan group Transportation for America has released a report detailing the deteriorating condition of the U.S. road network. As Statista’s Niall McCarthy notes, it found that states are continuing to push ahead with the expansion of their roads while neglecting to repair and carry out regular maintenance on existing infrastructure, which is creating new financial liabilities. The share … Read more

Kunstler: “The Race To Economic Collapse Is Summoning The Specter Of War”

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Authored by James Howard Kunstler via Kunstler.com, The race to economic collapse is an international competition sparking threats and tensions summoning the specter of war. The imploding center of this collapse is that of industrial technocracy based on fossil fuels. All the nations will go through it on differing schedules. It has been playing out slowly, … Read more