How Long Can The Federal Reserve Stave Off the Inevitable? – Paul Craig Roberts

by Paul Craig Roberts When are America’s global corporations and Wall Street going to sit down with President Trump and explain to him that his trade war is not with China but with them. The biggest chunk of America’s trade deficit with China is the offshored production of America’s global corporations. When the corporations bring … Read more

The State Pension Model Isn’t Working

BY JOHN MAULDIN Last September, I issued a rather dire Pension Storm Warning. I said that I expect more cities to go bankrupt, as Detroit did. Not because they want to, but because they have no choice. You can’t get blood from a rock, which is what will be left after the top taxpayers move away and … Read more

Honestly, the amount of stupid things leftists do blows my mind.

Lie, cheat, and steal is all they know Oklahoma Democrat caught removing congressional opponent’s campaign signs ahead of primary An Oklahoma congressional candidate has apologized after he was caught taking his opponent’s campaign signs from a street corner — just before the state’s primary election. Tom Guild, who bills himself as a progressive Democrat vying … Read more

USAF Selects Ellsworth AFB’s Supersonic Bomber Fleet To Test Anti-Ship Stealth Missile

by stockboardasset Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC) authorized Ellsworth Air Force Base (AFB), a United States Air Force base located about 10 miles northeast of Rapid City, South Dakota, to test the AGM-158C Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM), according to an AFGSC memo released June 12. A Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) launches from an Air Force … Read more

GET WOKE, GO BROKE: Kathleen Kennedy Almost Fired as Head of Lucasfilm… But…

via ace.mu.nu: One point she alludes to, which she made before: She thinks that Star Wars never appealed to Kathleen Kennedy. Kathleen Kennedy didn’t like the franchise, because it was, indeed, a boys’ adventure franchise. Instead of making a boys’ adventure franchise she didn’t get and didn’t like, she made it into something she couldlike: a girls’ … Read more

Trump wins TRAVEL BAN

The ruling concerned the third version of President Trump’s travel restriction, which was challenged on the grounds that it amounted to a “Muslim ban.” In the 5-4 opinion written by Chief Justice John Roberts, the court finds that Trump’s travel restriction fell “squarely” within the president’s authority. “The [order] is expressly premised on legitimate purposes: … Read more

Illinois Pension Bomb about to hit -200 billion and counting. State near total collapse

via Zerohedge: We’ve written quite a bit over the past couple of months about the pending financial crisis in Illinois which will inevitability result in the state’s debt being downgraded to “junk” at some point in the near future (here is our latest from just this morning: “From Horrific To Catastrophic”: Court Ruling Sends Illinois Into … Read more

Keith Weiner: Social Security CANNOT Go On Paying As It Has Promised

by Keith Weiner of Monetary Metals Last week, we discussed Social Security, a Ponzi scheme that is inevitably approaching its default. That leads us to another point in our broader discussion of capital destruction. Let’s illustrate with an example. The Fraudulent Promise Suppose Eric works for wages. He is 50 years old. His house is paid off, he … Read more

They Think A Civil War Is The Only Way They Can Win. They Are Wrong. They Won’t Win That Either

DO THE DEMOCRATS REALLY WANT A CIVIL WAR? BECAUSE THAT’S HOW THEY GET A CIVIL WAR:  Democrats are just nuts trying to keep Trump off the 2020 ballot, but Trump could have fun with this. Democrats from 23 states are trying to keep Trump off the ballot unless he makes his tax return public.  Here is the headline: “25 … Read more

In 3 Days, the Last Toys ‘R’ Us Stores Die. And PE Firms Behind it?

Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter They Come Under “Intense Scrutiny” by the Pension Funds that Feed Them. But this too shall pass. For the past three mornings, Toys ‘R’ Us has tweeted the countdown of its demise: On Saturday: “Only 6 Days Left! #toysrusclosingsale” On Sunday: “Hurry! Only 5 Days Left! #toysrusclosingsale #toysrus #babiesrus #alwaysatrukid” And on Monday: “Hurry! … Read more