via nationalreview: Before I get started, let me clarify something. Groupthink, mob behavior, panic, etc. have a powerful capacity to make smart people dumb. This is the moral of every witch-hunt story and is about as well documented as any phenomena …
by John Ward Laughter followed by tears and fears in this post. In a small island off a small-minded continent, Little Englander pols are doing hysterical verbal somersaults in a bid to avoid being pigeon-holed as anything other than Brexmain in …
by Disobedient Media Disobedient Media has closely followed the work of the Forensicator, whose analysis has shed much light on the publications by the Guccifer 2.0 persona for over a year. In view of the more recent work published by the Forensicator …
by John Ward The last fortnight’s developments have made it more likely than ever that new groupings on the Right and Centre-Left of British politics will be established in the near future. The key players – “all the usual suspects” as …
by Daniel Carter The degeneracy of mainstream media has been immense. Nowhere has that been so evident than at the New York Times. You may remember that about a month ago, the NYT hired an overt racist by the name of …
by John Ward I doubt if the UK press has covered this, but Emmanuel Macron the “centrist” neoliberal banker is about to introduce automatic withdrawal of funds from citizens’ bank accounts for tax payments in France. Not only is he facing …
by Mrme487 Basic Reminders About Charitable Giving Before diving in to some unique points about DAFs, I wanted to give a quick reminder about how charitable giving impacts your finances and taxes. If you’re familiar with this, please feel free …
by John Ward The headline ‘House of Lords abolition’ is normally a quick way to get ordinary citizens turning the page, or moving on to the next tweet about Friday Feelings. As a subject, it comes across to most Brits as …
by JamesColesPardon I’ll try and sprinkle citations throughout the summation here – try and analyze the links and citations as a whole, and not on a link-by-link basis. There may be a CNN link or two in here – don’t …
by John Ward We have the Clintons, Obamas and Bushes to thank for the emergence of seriously radical politics in the US. The same is true in the UK of the hijacking of a depraved Blairite Labour Party as the reaction …
via aswathdamodaran: After my last two posts in Tesla, I was planning to take a break from the company, since I had said everything that I had to say about the company. In short, I argued that Tesla, notwithstanding its …
via pjmedia: WASHINGTON – Former Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus told PJM that the rising federal deficit does not contradict the GOP’s message of fiscal responsibility because “both parties share the blame” for spending more than the federal government brings …
https://youtu.be/8QlzY8R7BV8 Every single time they put Farrakhan on, his focus was on the historical development of systemic oppression, and he expertly handled any flimsy attempt by them to control the narrative towards racial disunity. Considering how media today has a …
by presaging I usually follow the yield curve fairly closely (10 Year T-note minus the 2 Year T-note) as it is usually a good predictor for recessions. Utilizing regression models, seasonal fluctuation models, MA(200), and one of my most trusted …
by Volt52121 Overview: Disney’s new $38 offer for Fox assets was stronger than what most sell-side expected and will be difficult for Comcast to beat. I do not believe that Comcast can raise its bid to above $42 in an all-cash deal …
by John Ward Labour saw its majority in Lewisham decline by 75% last night. The main transfer of votes was from Tory to LibDem. Jeremy Corbyn has no chance of forming a government with results like that. The dilemma for Conservatives …
by John Ward There are two things required in any commentary about the econo-political-financial situation of Italy at the moment. The first is a sense of reality (unblurred by spin) about what has actually taken place here; the second is an …
via Paul Solman When total student debt passed total credit card debt in America in 2014, it was headline news. Just one example: But it turns student debt has just exceeded one-and-a-half times total credit card debt! Have you heard a peep? And …
by John Ward The liberty of 94% of the UK population is being suppressed for the sake of US foreign policy, insane religious belief, the control freakery of the Intelligence Community, politically correct fantasies, and braindead security processes. Nowhere is …
by John Ward The connection between oil, money, power, lies and votes becomes more predictable with every year. In Britain, it has been strengthened by the passive acceptance of globalism….and the dilution of ethics that goes with it. At a macro …
Yesterday President Trump announced that he was pulling the US out of the Iran nuclear agreement. Washington’s European partners failed to follow suit, opting to remain in the deal. For now. Will Trump’s team be able to take the world …
by John Ward Across the Western world – but especially in the UK – soi-disant leaders of the democracies treat the electorate as if it was something they can piss on regularly….and then throw away until the next bout of excitable incontinence …
via J Butcofski & K Swartz We know there’s something going on in the Dow Jones Industrials… Since there will be a follow up post coming, we’ll call this part I. What a rip it’s been since Six Hundred- Sixty Six on …
via thefederalist: Mollie Hemingway: There are poor ways, average ways, and shrewd ways to tackle the constitutional problems that arise from the administrative state. Many Republicans either don’t realize the problems of an unelected bureaucracy’s power, or fail to combat those …
by John Ward I have to hand it to the airlines: what their products lack in terms of comfort, edible food and punctuality is more than made up for by their irrepressibly on-the-ball tactical marketing. You might not want to be …
Annual reports issued by public companies are designed to keep the public informed of how they are performing. Fundamental analysis is considered the foundation upon which all sound investment decisions are made. The reasons why this type of research is …
by John Ward The people at the centre of the Skripal farrago are Amber Rudd, Boris Johnson, MI5, Federica Mogherini and an EU desperate to stop Brexit. Only a madman would believe anything they have to say. The British Government has …
by John Ward In a special ‘helicopter view’ post, The Slog looks at what really lies behind the current US > Russia > EU > UK tensions, and asks, “Do we want to be on anyone’s side in all this nonsense?” …
So I’ve been keeping track of what it means in regards to foreign and domestic policy now that Tillerson’s out and Pompeo and Haspel are in. This video from the Ron Paul Report is the best analysis I’ve seen yet, …
by John Ward It may seem hard to believe, but trust me: the Italian election, the weakness of the EU, and the growing strength of Waspi and 2020comms all add up to a Brexit solution for Theresa May. It will require …