Modern art is still sh*t
Aesthetic vandals are destroying beauty standards. A blue rectangular painting with a white line down the middle …. 43 million! h/t Voluntaryist
Aesthetic vandals are destroying beauty standards. A blue rectangular painting with a white line down the middle …. 43 million! h/t Voluntaryist
via americanmilitarynews: Maryland voters will now be able to select candidates on their ballots who affiliate with a newly approved Socialist party for the first time in decades. The state board of elections recently certified “The Bread and Roses Party,” a self-declared socialist group, which permits the new party to participate in local, state and national … Read more
BIG TECH MERGING WITH BIG BROTHER? A FRIEND OF mine, who runs a large television production company in the car-mad city of Los Angeles, recently noticed that his intern, an aspiring filmmaker from the People’s Republic of China, was walking to work. WHEN HE OFFERED to arrange a swifter mode of transportation, she declined. When he asked … Read more
“Now I will tell you the answer to my question. It is this. The Party seeks power entirely for its own sake. We are not interested in the good of others; we are interested solely in power, pure power. What pure power means you will understand presently. We are different from the oligarchies of the … Read more
The United States sent two warships through the Taiwan Strait on Thursday in the first such operation this year, the Taiwanese government said, as it increases the frequency of transits through the strategic waterway amid tensions with China. The voyage risks further heightening tensions with China, which considers Taiwan its own and has not ruled … Read more
….arrested at his home Charged with Obstruction, 5 False Statements and Witness Tampering Roger Stone, a longtime political advisor to President Trump, has been arrested in Florida. Stone faces seven counts, including witness tampering, obstruction of justice and making false statements to Congress. The indictment alleges that Stone had been in contact with top-ranking … Read more
by TFittonJW Great Judicial Watch interview with WMAL yesterday am: I also appeared on Seb Gorka’s new program this week:
Most major stock market moves catch the majority of investors by surprise. Sometimes, there is “no time to get out.” Take a look at these two charts. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8A9w0B3xkw
by Grover President – The president responsible for approving the budget. Fiscal Years – The budget years that the president approved. Years – Total number of budget years approved Debt Inc. – The debt increase (in $billions) during the FYs of the president’s term in office Total Debt – Total debt (in $billions) after president’s term in … Read more
by SP Boiled down to the most fundamental level, the main predicament society faces with the Economy part of the Three Es is this: Too Much Debt So, just how bad it is it? Here’s just America’s federal debt. It’s been exploding under each successive administration (both Dem and Rep) since Reagan, and Trump is on track … Read more
By Catherine Austin Fitts My efforts to achieve honest accounts for the federal government started in 1989 when I was Assistant Secretary of Housing – Federal Housing Commissioner. The mortgage insurance operation had experienced explosive losses and a breakdown of financial controls during the S&L crisis and Iran Contra scandals. The patterns of fraud were … Read more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTl-ZRe7Ms4 The massive amount of aliens who unlawfully enter the United States each day is a direct threat to the safety and security of our nation and constitutes a national emergency,” a draft of a proclamation reads. “Now, therefore, I, Donald J. Trump, by the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws … Read more
by Michael Snyder Elizabeth Warren is making it exceedingly clear that she is a socialist, and that is quite frightening considering the fact that she could potentially become our next president. Unless some really big name unexpectedly enters the race, there is a decent chance that Elizabeth Warren could win the Democratic nomination in 2020. And if … Read more
by Michael Snyder President Trump has repeatedly floated the idea of declaring a national emergency in order to pave the way for the wall to be built, and it is now being reported that the White House has actually drawn up a draft proclamation to be used if Trump decides to go in that direction. … Read more
by Charles Hugh-Smith The funny thing about slashing your budget to survive a recessionary storm is that it works wonders whether the recession is deep or shallow. We know that after 10 years of expansion, a recession is baked in. Trees don’t grow to the moon, etc. We also know that some people will hardly notice … Read more
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Central-Bank Stimulus Fail: The longer it drags on, the worse it gets? Manufacturing in the powerhouses Germany, Japan, and China took a hit – all of them complaining about exports. But US manufacturing continues to expand, according to a slew purchasing managers indices (PMI) released by IHS Markit. US Manufacturing Clings … Read more
Will Madrid be next? By Don Quijones, Spain, UK, & Mexico, editor at WOLF STREET. Less than a year has passed since Uber returned to Barcelona, after a three-year leave of absence. But it’s already planning to leave the city again in the wake of renewed conflict with the city’s highly mobilized taxi drivers as well as … Read more
by visualcapitalist In America, approximately 150 million people are currently employed, doing everything from neurosurgery to greeting customers at your local Walmart Supercenter. While there is a breathtaking variety of jobs out there, a few large-scale organizations stand out as the top employer in each state. THE LARGEST EMPLOYER IN EACH STATE The U.S. is the … Read more
by optionsnewbie94 Tesla was downgraded to underperform by RBC Capital, which said that the electric car maker has finally started to give some straight talk to investors about its future growth, but many are still not listening because they are still too enthralled by the company’s founder and CEO Elon Musk. Analyst Joseph Spak … Read more