Yahoo Journalist Stunned That His Carter Page Article Was Used To Justify Spy Warrant

Investigative journalist Michael Isikoff said Friday that he was surprised to find out that an article he wrote about Carter Page prior to the election was used to obtain a spy warrant against the former Trump campaign adviser. <snip> “Obviously the information that I got from Christopher Steele was information the FBI already had,” he … Read more

Wage Inflation is Finally here, and it’s Toxic for the Fed

Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Even uber-doves are now looking over their shoulder. There have been all kinds of carefully phrased semi-hawkish statements emanating from carefully contained semi-hawkish Fed governors recently. Today, Dallas Fed President Robert Kaplan repeated what he has been saying for a while – that the “base case” should be three rate hikes … Read more

Political Correctness Serves the Ruling Elite

by Charles Hugh-Smith No wonder the Ruling Elites loves political correctness: all those furiously signaling their virtue are zero threat to the asymmetric plunder of the status quo. The Ruling Elites loves political correctness, for it serves the Elite so well. What is political correctness? Political correctness is the public pressure to conform to “progressive” speech acts by uttering the … Read more

LIST: 4 things "both sides" tend to agree on, although there are some politicians who truly are either a Democrat or Republican.

Surveillance: The Same Democrats Who Denounce Donald Trump as a Lawless, Treasonous Authoritarian Just Voted to Give Him Vast Warrantless Spying Powers War: “The rare occasion the media swoons over Trump: when he embraces war” https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/aug/22/positive-trump-media-coverage-when-he-embraces-war “The Spoils of War: Trump Lavished With Media and Bipartisan Praise For Bombing Syria” https://theintercept.com/2017/04/07/the-spoils-of-war-trump-lavished-with-media-and-bipartisan-praise-for-bombing-syria/ NBC journalist Brian Williams (who years … Read more

The Canadian Stock Market Will Crash! – This Is Why

Josh Sigurdson talks with author and economic analyst John Sneisen regarding the massive level of instability at the TSX (Toronto Stock Exchange) as it drops more than 200 points. The stock market is overheating and something we at WAM have been warning about for so long is finally coming true. The heavily manipulated derivatives markets … Read more

French Diversity In All Its Glory

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hwc_jip7ihY At least five people suffered gunshot wounds and dozens were injured as violent clashes between Afghan and Eritrean migrants broke out in and around the French port city of Calais. READ MORE: on.rt.com/8y9t   h/t Jim

ECONOMIC CRASH LIKELY? Stock Market Insanity & Risk Reaching Nose-Bleed Levels

BY SRSROCCO With the Dow Jones Index falling 665 points today, the risk of a large market correction has just increased significantly.  Ironically, I discussed the very indicators that were setting up for a huge market correction in my newest video which I recorded on Tuesday.  Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to get the video posted on my … Read more

Joe DiGenova Calls for a Federal Grand Jury

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIs-b2R9Ytc Synopsis: In the wake of the release of the FISA memo today, legendary former U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, Joe DiGenova has called for a federal grand jury to investigate the crimes of major government official involved in the fake Trump memo, which was bought and paid for by the Hillary Clinton … Read more

New Technology Helps Find Thousands Of Mysterious Maya Structures Below Guatemala

An immense, interconnected network of ancient cities was home to millions more people than researchers previously thought. A group of researchers has identified the ruins of more than 60,000 houses, palaces, superhighways and other human settlements belonging to the ancient Maya that have been hidden for centuries under the jungles of northern Guatemala. This finding … Read more

The 1% Gets A Scare — More To Come?

by John Rubino Most Americans have spent the last few years pressed up against the proverbial bakery window, watching the 1% enjoy a life of ever-increasing wealth and seemingly total indifference to the multitudes who aren’t favored by zero interest rates, big trust funds and political/corporate connections. The one consolation for the have-nots has been … Read more

Nancy Pelosi: FISA Memo REEEEE!!

One year ago, the intelligence community concluded that the Russians interfered in our elections and plan to do so again. Yet, the President refuses to hold Putin accountable, making us all ask: what do the Russians have on Trump, politically, financially and personally? Well sh*t, Pelosi, you’ve had a whole year. What do you find? … Read more