The FBI knew all about the NYC subway shooter.

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Frank James, 62, has been named as the suspect in Tuesday’s shooting in Brooklyn, New York  James remains at-large despite a multi-state hunt for him that also involves the FBI  He was known to the bureau and was on a terrorist watchlist after an incident in New Mexico in 2019  For weeks before yesterday’s shooting, … Read more

Fed’s Dual Mandate Derby! Misery Index Hits All-time High (Flexible Price Core Inflation Losses At 21.82% Overwhelming Employment Gains)

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by confoundedinterest17 The Federal Reserve’s two goals of price stability and maximum sustainable employment are known collectively as the “dual mandate.” Unfortunately, inflation is running away (bad) from employment gains (good). Sort of like “The Good, The Bad and The Ugly.” But just the Good and The Ugly combine to create the Misery Index. Here is … Read more

Utilities Rising, Transportation Sector Sinking: Rotation Is Providing Stock Market Clues

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by Chris Vermeulen of The Technical Traders Historically, investors gravitate toward more defensive and commodity-focused sectors, such as precious metals, energy, commodities, and utilities, in late-cycle bull markets. Recently, the stock market is beginning to show us signs that the bull market may be coming to an end. Commodities such as energy, grains, and precious metals have all … Read more

Daniel Lacalle: Inflation Tantrum And… China Sanctions?

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CNBC, Released on 4/13/22 Daniel Lacalle, PhD, economist and fund manager, is the author of the bestselling books Freedom or Equality (2020) and Escape from the Central Bank Trap (2017). He is a professor of global economy at IE Business School in Madrid and Chief Economist at Tressis SV. Ranked as one of the top twenty most influential economists … Read more

Is the U.S. stock and bond valuation bubble comparable to a bull market? The sell-off may be far from over

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by Celinasoso Since April, stocks and bonds in the U.S. market have experienced a rare coordinated decline, and this situation of double-killing stocks and bonds is still fermenting. The economic cycle is moving forward for stock and bond investors amid the hawks of the Fed, and valuations may finally come into play again. The S&P 500 … Read more

First Texas bus drops off migrants blocks from US Capitol in Washington, DC

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A bus from Texas arrived in Washington, D.C. Wednesday morning, transporting dozens of illegal immigrants as part of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s new plan to counter federal immigration policies during an ongoing border crisis. Abbott announced last week that he was directing the Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM) to transport migrants released from federal … Read more

Disney Just Received Devastating News…

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Nearly 7 in 10 Americans, upset with Disney’s embrace of the LGBTQ movement, no longer want to do “business” with Mickey Mouse and instead will seek out “family-friendly alternatives,” according to a new survey shared with Secrets. The latest data said that 68.2% of voters are now “less likely to do business with Disney.” Of … Read more

The workforce is missing 5M men

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Nearly 5 million working-age men are “missing” from the workforce, reports Bloomberg. While the employment rate for men ages 25 to 54 is almost back to where it was before the pandemic — about 86% of this cohort have jobs — it’s still some 7 percentage points below where it was in 1950s and ’60s. Experts … Read more

Inflation Alert! Inflation = loss of Purchasing Power of the Dollar. In March, the purchasing power of $100 in January 2000 dropped to a new record low of $58.80.

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by Dismal-Jellyfish Inflation is not a sign of growth, nor is it a sign of anything positive. It’s an insidious sign of the loss of the purchasing power of our dollars, including the purchasing power of dollar-denominated labor (what we are paid for going to work everyday…). As we can see, this is a long-term … Read more

Faking It: How the Media Manipulates the World into War [2012]

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https://youtu.be/y4P2O8UjQeU As the US and Iranian governments escalate tensions in the already volatile Straits of Hormuz, and China and Russia begin openly questioning Washington’s interference in their internal politics, the world remains on a knife-edge of military tension. Far from being a dispassionate observer of these developments, however, the media has in fact been central … Read more