Equities Rally, Fade in the Afternoon – Sitting In a Savage Garden

by Jesse “It is no exaggeration to say that since the 1980s, much of the global financial sector has become criminalised, creating an industry culture that tolerates or even encourages systematic fraud.   The behaviour that caused the mortgage bubble and financial crisis of 2008 was a natural outcome and continuation of this pattern, rather than … Read more

Mistakes and Accidents

via Eric Peters: Avoiding an accident is actually pretty easy – because most “accidents” aren’t. They are the result of mistakes. In other words, avoidable things. Here are a few common mistakes that can lead to an “accident.” Too much speed, not enough space – The driving public has been hectored for generations that “speed” is bad – … Read more

END OF MACRON: French president faces no confidence vote tomorrow

EMMANUEL Macron’s government faces a vote of no confidence in parliament on Thursday amid nationwide anger at the French president which has seen violent riots across the country. Mr Macron’s leadership is hanging by a thread after the Yellow Vest protests posed the most formidable challenge yet to his presidency. Leftist MEPs said Thursday’s vote … Read more

Excessive corporate debt could prolong a downturn

From CNBC: Former Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen is worried about excessive leveraged lending and the level of corporate debt across Wall Street. “Corporate indebtedness is now quite high and I think it’s a danger that if there’s something else that causes a downturn, that high levels of corporate leverage could prolong the downturn and lead to lots … Read more

Oregon following Washington State, planning to introduce safe gun storage law

by DCG This past November, Washington voters approved numerous gun control laws that include a mandate on how you store your firearms in your home. Now the demorats in Oregon are following their lead to infringe upon their citizens’ rights. The Oregonian reports that demorats plan to introduce legislation next year that says you must store firearms in … Read more

New York AG Announces Plans to Weaponize Office to Target Political Opposition….

by sundance Did you get your yellow vest yet?  The recently elected New York Attorney General, Letitia James, makes a public declaration that she intends to fully weaponize her office to target the Trump family. On the bright side, democrats can no longer claim their preferred approach of weaponizing their offices for direct targeting of their … Read more

America About To Suffer A Fatal Blow—These 10 Facts Prove It’s Worse Than You Thought…

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The Trade War Distraction: Huawei And Linchpin Theory

by Brandon Smith Since the beginning of this year, I have been warning that trade tariffs initiated by Donald Trump would develop into a full-blown trade war with China, and perhaps other nations, and that the timing of this trade war is rather suspicious. Suspicious how? Almost every instance of further escalation was made by Trump … Read more

It’s been a long time coming, but have the Clintons finally run out of juice?

HMM: Did Clinton Foundation mislead IRS? State filings raise the question. The Utah episode, though a decade old, and other state regulatory issues involving the Clinton Foundation are gaining new attraction because they are included in thousands of pages of documents gathered in a whistleblower submission filed last year by a firm composed of former federal … Read more

Robert Shiller: Worried About Housing Again

by John Coumarianos This past weekend in the NYTimes, Nobel-laureate economist Robert Shiller sounded the alarm on housing again. For those who don’t know, Shiller called the stock market bubble of the late 1990s and the housing bubble of the following decade. He is famous for his house price index and for his method of stock … Read more