notion

Shawn Langlois: “I recognize the notion of a two-thirds market loss seems preposterous. Then again, so did similar projections before the 2000-2002 and 2007-09 collapses.”

What will cause the next bear market? Numerous catalysts could pressure such a downturn in the equity markets: An exogenous geopolitical event A credit-related event (most likely) Failure of a major financial institution Recession Falling profits and earnings An inflationary …

READ MORE

The modern notion of “forgiveness”, often wielded as a weapon against people of faith, has nothing to do with either faith OR genuine forgiveness; it is only another way of refusing to hold people accountable for their bad deeds.

STEVE SCALISE: No forgiveness for shooter, Trump ‘motivated’ recovery. Rep. Steve Scalise is a good Catholic who won the prayers of many church leaders as he recovered from a bullet fired by an angry liberal while he and his Republican baseball …

READ MORE

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 …

READ MORE