DON SURBER: Fetterman Nation. “We have devolved into a big, dull, goofy, confused, barely functioning nation that given the choice between obvious and ridiculous choses the ridiculous every single time.”

Tucker Carlson coined — or at least popularized — the phrase Fetterman Nation. As a writer, I will take anything to get my point across. I swiped Trumpenfreude from Paul Krugman to describe that feeling you get when a Trump …

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Elon Musk: “Even if you tax every billionaire in America at 100%, it barely makes a dent in the national debt. In the end, the government will be forced to tax everyone to pay the debt. Btw, $31T doesn’t include unfunded liabilities, which are *much* higher.”

Personally, I think it is already too late. There is no way for our political system to turn this around. The debt will continue piling up to 200% debt to GDP. The Fed will have to eventually do yield curve …

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Global “big four” stuck – US (PMI) 55.3 3M low, EU at 27M low, Japan now 15M low, and China barely > 50

https://twitter.com/MacroTechnicals/status/1069673203512041472 https://twitter.com/OccupyWisdom/status/1069738317221163008 https://twitter.com/OccupyWisdom/status/1069736930886197248 What type of landing should US economy expect? Soft or Hard? pic.twitter.com/ASXN5UxBlD — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) December 3, 2018 ISM prices paid have been a pretty good lead this cycle on ISM. pic.twitter.com/MOTyEEbXbZ — Teddy Vallee (@TeddyVallee) December …

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Here is why “wage inflation” shouldn’t be a concern for anyone. Income has barely moved in terms of purchasing power since 1999.

https://twitter.com/OccupyWisdom/status/972171068613058560 Stronger jobs +313k.. wages still flat as a pancake like 2s10s +2bps.. Encites a more aggressive Bear Flattening from the Fed as cost of living rises exacerbating over indebted consumer weakness. $SPY $TLT #LateCycle. pic.twitter.com/EhP7hSVdrg — PlungeProtectionTeam (@gamesblazer06) March …

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Mika Brzezinski:'Our job is to control what people think'. Good luck given barely anyone watches your show.-Paul Joseph Watson

  https://youtu.be/wfrLkqsEuog During a lively discussion centered on fears that President Trump is “trying to undermine the media,” MSNBC’s Mike Brzezinski let slip the awesome unspoken truth that the media’s “job” is to “actually control exactly what people think.” Good …

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