The Biggest Buyers of American Stocks Are on the Sidelines Right Now: American companies are the largest source of demand for American stocks, and sharp tumbles have come when their buying slows.

American companies are the largest source of demand for American stocks, and sharp tumbles have come when their buying slows. There are plenty of potential catalysts for the stock market sell-off that has swept through the markets this week. They include rising …

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The irresistible allure of American Show Trials

by John Ward Why are we so fascinated by the Brett Kavanaugh Karno’s Circus? The Slog investigates.   ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ I’ve spent over forty years seeing bits of America (tip: it’s huge, I still have 80% to go) and it remains a …

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The New American Dream

by FartfullyYours 40 years of increasing oligarchy have gotten us to this level of debt slavery. 1. (Age 5-18): Spend 12 years in public school becoming indoctrinated in the “benefits” of the police state and ubiquitous surveillance. 2. (Age 18-22) Spend …

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The American people are coming to terms with the notion that the intelligence community — far from being an above-the-fray servant of a popularly elected government — is in fact inherently political, serving long-term shadowy interests, including its own.

Author Douglas Valentine whose work includes “The CIA as Organized Crime.” Greenwald is mentioned at the end. via whowhatwhy.org:   What does it say about the state of the nation that many on both the left and right are banking their …

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