by boutreality The Fed changes its fund rates and the market reacts; in 1980 as Carter (D) was leaving office the rates raised, and under Reagan the nation saw an inflation hike almost as steep as what we’re seeing today. But …
https://twitter.com/GreekFire23/status/1481727195605307394 Related: RETURN OF THE ROBBER BARONS: Elizabeth Warren Blames High Food Prices on Grocery Chains’ ‘Record’ 1 Percent Profit Margins.
Good news for now continues to be less fatalities caused by #omicron variant, even as case growth is going parabolic @FT @OurWorldInData pic.twitter.com/pe116d4fdw — Liz Ann Sonders (@LizAnnSonders) January 13, 2022
Senator Rand Paul tells Glenn the alleged actions by General Milley — phone calls he reportedly made to his counterpart in China while President Trump was in office — was ‘incredibly dangerous.’ So much so, he says, his actions could …
https://data.bls.gov/generated_files/graphics/latest_numbers_CUUR0000SA0L1E_2014_2021_all_period_M07_pct_12mths.gif SOURCE: U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS With all of the inflation happening in the US, the poor and the middle class are suffering the most. As the currency continues to inflate, the majority of assets/investments tend to inflate at …
The Lava Fire, ravaging through steep and rugged terrain near Mount Shasta and Lake Shastina in Siskiyou County, tripled in size overnight and was burning across 13,300 acres as of Tuesday morning. Wind gusts as high as 50 mph contributed …
FRANCE – Moron trying to get a selfie causes Tour de France fiasco. pic.twitter.com/t1OnrHEF1O — ShatteredWorldMedia 🌐 (@MediaShattered) June 26, 2021 An oblivious and careless fan set off a horrific mass crash just as the famed annual multi-stage Tour de …
https://youtu.be/eOOSh-A3QP0 With moratorium ending, more than 8 million households face foreclosure or eviction Even as the nation rebounds from the coronavirus pandemic, more than 2 million homeowners are behind on their mortgages and risk being forced out of their homes …
More than six months after the astonishing polling embarrassment in the 2020 U.S. elections, survey experts examining what went wrong are uncertain about what led to the sharpest discrepancy between the polls and popular vote outcome since Ronald Reagan defeated …
by Charles Hugh-Smith Extreme levels of debt and overvaluation characterize the entire global economy, and are not limited to any one nation or sector. Financial crises come in two flavors: fraud and credit-valuation over-reach.Fraud-based financial crises may differ in particulars, …
The Anarchast, Released on 4/13/19 Topics include: the true cost of quantitative easing, the federal reserve, is the world ready for freedom, lessons from history, who benefits from currency creation, wealth inequality following 2008, asset inflation favors the rich, on …
by John Titus of Best Evidence A brief introduction to 19th century monetary historian Alexander Del Mar, an outstanding member of that bare-knuckled school of writers founded by Catullus: 1:38 Introduction to Alexander Del Mar 2:40 East India Company expands its charter, 1662 …
by Charles Hugh-Smith The banquet of consequences is now being served, but the good seats have all been taken. As I discussed in We’re Overdue for a Sell-Everything/No-Fed-Rescue Recession, recessions have a proximate cause and a structural cause. The proximate cause is …
via americanexperiment: Seeing this problem, many people then demand that the government ‘do something’ about it. Typically, that ‘something’ involves spending more money or issuing a new raft of regulations. Thus, the $40 million Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey has earmarked in his 2019 budget for affordable housing and the $71 …
via CBSNEWS: The Sackler family name is attached to universities and prestigious institutions around the world, from New York City to London to Beijing, but what you don’t often find the name publicly tied to is the pharmaceutical company …
by John Mauldin I recently argued Jerome Powell did the right thing by raising rates a mere 25 basis points. He did what Janet Yellen should have done years ago. And for the first time since Volcker, a Fed chair declared the …
I was wondering how long it would take for media outlets to start with the “Record Cold Thanksgiving caused by Global Warming” headlines, your answer less than 24 hours. They state CO2 is to blame, and summer will be hotter, …
Credit bubbles caused by the central banks always burst….https://t.co/qgd75cqR2R — Dave Collum (@DavidBCollum) November 18, 2018 The good times are coming to an end in the corporate debt market, and this week’s turmoil in General Electric Co. credit is a sign that …
Do you think that housing prices in these major bubble cities like Seattle will continue to go higher in 2019? Or is this at or near the peak of housing right now? Home prices have fallen in countless cities around …
Two of California’s biggest and richest cities are both facing a public health issue, which centers around the growing homeless problem. One America’s Eddie McCoven reports. WELL, IT’S A LEFTIST ONE-PARTY STATE, WHAT DID YOU EXPECT? Joel Kotkin: California becoming …
by Thinker As many as 9,795 people were diagnosed with cancer linked to 9/11, the federal World Trade Center Health Program recently confirmed ahead of the 17th anniversary of the terrorist attacks. The New York Post initially reported the numbers …
It was not unexpected, they literally said they have enough cash for a month. A month later what did anyone expect? On Friday, MoviePass’ owner, Helios and Matheson Analytics, disclosed in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing that …
This isn’t a refugee or migrant crisis/problem. It’s a modern day equivalent of the California Gold Rush but the “Gold” is Benefits and Welfare provided by the indigenous peoples of Europe. The entire thing is a scam. Senior members …
by Mac Slavo of SHTFplan Dr. John Hussman, whose Ph.D. is in economics, says that the economic Ponzi scheme we are forced to live under will be the cause of the next market crash. Our “dysfunctional economic system provides the illusion of prosperity …
by Michael Snyder Since 1913, the Federal Reserve has engaged in 18 distinct interest rate hiking campaigns, and in every single one of those instances the end result was a large stock market decline, a recession, or both. Now we are …
A joint-investigation into the mysterious booms rattling the communities of Bucks and Lehigh Counties reveals the cause to be explosions, according to police. h/t Rachael
The Radical-in-Chief didn’t just support one monster. He backed two. Obama owns the disaster in Syria in a way that no one else does. Three of his policies intersected to cause the bloodshed, devastation and horrors there. The Iraq Withdrawal …
One person witnessed the dropping a load of weight onto bridge with crane that was then quickly rushed away from the scene before emergency responders’ arrival. Another witness corroborates that crane with a blue cable holding a large blue box …
Greenlight’s Einhorn Says Issues That Caused the Crisis Are Not Solved Greenlight founder cites too-big-to-fail, few rating agencies At Oxford Union, Einhorn stands behind struggling short bets Hedge-fund manager David Einhorn said the problems that caused the global financial crisis a …