US-China Rivalry Is More Than a Trade War

BY JOHN MAULDIN This year, China is in the headlines because President Trump wants better trade terms. That’s important, but it’s only one piece of a much larger Chinese story that has been unfolding slowly for decades. The US sees China as both partner and rival. Obviously the two economies are intertwined and depend on each other. President … Read more

Financing small businesses…with credit cards

by Trivirus I’m aware most of you aren’t self-employed or small business owners, but understand I’m not a fan of the system either. I’m just trying to “play by the rules” because, last I checked, there’s no revolution going on, and making a living for myself is, you know, slightly important. So please don’t inject politics into this … Read more

This Is the End of Privacy as We Know It

BY PATRICK WATSON The thing about breakthrough technologies is that we rarely see the break. They tend to sneak up on us. Every now and then, something revolutionary comes out of nowhere, like the iPhone in 2007, but it still took a few more years to take off. The other thing that we rarely notice is how … Read more

FITTON-MASSIVE: Judge Ellis is on target. Rosenstein scope memo, written AFTER Manafort raid to justify Mueller’s jurisdiction, shows DOJ/Mueller willing the throw rule of law out window to get President Donald Trump.

by TFittonJW Judicial Watch already in court suing for SC scope docs. Judicial Watch has been virtually alone in demanding Mueller accountability: https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/judicial-watch-sues-justice-department-mueller-russian-special-counsel-budget/ https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/judicial-watch-justice-department-refuses-release-muellers-budget-proposal-special-counsel-office/ My discussion of the initial Rosenstein CYA memo a month ago: Our lawsuit was filed seven months ago!

As the Russia-Trump collusion scam implodes, DOJ in cover-up mode on Mueller operation. A remarkable stonewall.

by TFittonJW From my Judicial Watch discussion with Emily Miller at CPAC: https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/judicial-watch-sues-justice-department-mueller-russian-special-counsel-budget/ https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/judicial-watch-justice-department-refuses-release-muellers-budget-proposal-special-counsel-office/

Lisa Page & James Baker Strike Deal to “resign” from FBI. Windfall Taxpayer funded golden-parachute ahead of damning IG Horowitz report. Let’s see the term sheet.

Lisa Page & James Baker Strike Deal to "resign" from #FBI. Windfall Taxpayer funded golden-parachute ahead of damning IG Horowitz report. Let's see the term sheet. #CORRUPTION #DeepState #Rosenstein #Comey #McCabe #Yates #Clapper #Brennan #ObamaGate #Witchhunt pic.twitter.com/K23g5WZ4g9 — Planet Ponzi (@PlanetPonzi) May 5, 2018 FITTON: New Memo Leak Details Are Further Evidence of FBI Corruption … Read more

Globalism vs Populism in Russia’s Economy

In the eightieth of the Russian Newspapers Monitor, Professor Filip Kovacevic discusses the articles from four Russian newspapers: Nezavisimaya Gazeta, Trud, Rossiyskaya Gazeta, and Sovietskaya Rossiya. He discusses the political views of Russians who live in the United States. He also talks about corruption within the Russian ruling class and about what the Russian president … Read more

JHK Interview With Jack Alpert: Population Problem

by SP JHK mentions an interview he did with Jack Alpert posted on JHK’s website.  Very surprising and, as always, written up in JHK’s entertaining style. ———— That Collapse you Ordered…. I had a fellow on my latest podcast, released Sunday, who insists that the world population will crash 90-plus percent from the current 7.6 billion to 600 million by the … Read more

Bank of Canada: 8% of Canadian Households Owe More Than 20% of the $2.1 Trillion in Debt

These Canadians are in a “highly vulnerable” position. By Daniel Wong, Better Dwelling: Canadian real estate debt hit a new high, and the news gets worse as they explain it further. The Bank of Canada (BoC) updated household debt numbers for March. In a speech this week, BoC’s Governor Stephen Poloz also gave further insights on the numbers. … Read more