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• Corbett Report: The Abnormalization of Dissent
  on Dec 13, 2016 in Politics corbett fakenews france germany james corbett mainstream media MSM russia
  James Corbett explains how mainstream media is currently trying to discredit dissent without arguments: AMAZING! All over the Western world #MSM is trying to brand whoever disagrees with their agenda a Kremlin agent! https://t.co/7srtVF4KLM #EU ̵...
• #FakeNews a la Washington Post: The Russians™ Did It
  on Dec 11, 2016 in Foreign Policy
  Welcome to the mainstream media opposite land, where a headline such as “Secret CIA assessment says Russia was trying to help Trump win White House” is contradicted by the following admission in the very same article: The CIA presentation...
• What Does the Market’s Response to Trump’s Election Tell Us About Investor Expectations?
  on Dec 8, 2016 in General Economics bonds corporate profits gold president trump stocks trump
  What I find helpful about investing in the permanent portfolio fashion, is that the assets observed together give you a good big picture overview of investors’ expectations about important macro data such as corporate profits, interest rates, a...
• Q3 2016 Household Debt Up +112 Billion, But Down Relative To Income; Private Sector Deleveraging Continues
  on Dec 8, 2016 in General Economics deleveraging household debt private credit private debt
  According to today’s update by the Federal Reserve US Household debt edged up by $112 billion in Q3 of 2016: As you can see this is above the 2008 peak that kicked off the Great Recession. However these are absolute numbers. If we look at house...
• Tweetstorm: Important & Largely Unknowns Facts About Fiscal Policy
  on Dec 7, 2016 in General Economics Government mmt modern monetary theory
  This tweet storm by MMT economist Stephanie Kelton nicely sums up empirical facts about fiscal policy in a sovereign floating fiat money system that conventional wisdom tends to be nescient or ignorant about: 1/We can think of the US government as th...
• Donald J Trump – Time Magazine Person of the Year
  on Dec 7, 2016 in Politics donald trump person of the year time magazine
  Time Magazine’s Person of the Year is Donald Trump: This is the 90th time we have named the person who had the greatest influence, for better or worse, on the events of the year. So which is it this year: Better or worse? The challenge for Dona...
• Trump’s Popularity Surges to New Records; MSM Spin Fails Spectacularly
  on Dec 6, 2016 in Politics donald trump mainstream media MSM
  The Huffington post today admitted a few things that are worth highlighting: OPINIONS OF TRUMP IMPROVE – From a GW Battleground poll released Tuesday morning: “Donald Trump’s public image has notably improved since winning the presidency in...
• Longer Maturity Bonds Coming? What Does It Mean For Investors?
  on Dec 6, 2016 in General Economics Investing government bonds steve mnuchin treasury bonds trump
  ZeroHedge reported a few days ago that Trump’s pick for Treasury Secretary suggested in an interview with CNBC that he’d be open to issuing new bonds of longer term maturity: “I think interest rates are going to stay relatively low...
• WIKILeaks Update: Anonymous Proves that Julian Assange Has Been Taken By The CIA!
  on Dec 5, 2016 in Politics anonymous julian assange wikileaks
  I just watched this clip and it makes some interesting connections to consider: Is suggests among other things, that: on October 16th 2016 a black ops team broke into the Ecuadorian embassy in London and took Assange his whereabouts are unknown at th...
• Confirmed: Syrian Refugees Blame West, Not Assad, For Their Plight
  on Dec 5, 2016 in Politics refugee crisis syria war
  .@sibeledmonds confirms: Not one Syrian she asked in camps blames #Assad for the #refugeecrisis, most blame the US! https://t.co/oif0FVidgZ — EconomicsJunkie (@EconomicsJunkie) October 22, 2016 The post Confirmed: Syrian Refugees Blame West, No...

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