Independent thinking for complex markets and current events
by Simon Black Public Law 93-373 was supposed to be so boring that Congress didn’t even bother to give it a name. You know how most laws passed by Congress have some fancy name– like the “Inflation Reduction Act” or the “USA PATRIOT Act” or some such nonsense? Well, on November 7, 1973, US Senator …
Israeli military spokesman: “We are preparing for the next stage. Everyone is talking about a ground operation, and there may be something else. 🚨JUST IN: Israeli military spokesman: "We are preparing for the next stage. Everyone is talking about a ground operation, and there may be something else." — Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) October 17, 2023 …
by DesmondMilesDant Asset managers are holding more stocks than they have in more than ten years. (Previously) : Asset managers got hammered this year when bond yields went a lot higer than exp in a short amount of time. A 100bps+ jump vs 200+bps in 1987. We are currently witnessing the greatest Treasury bear market …
by Michael You only practice for something if you think that there is a decent chance that it will actually happen. This week, two “tests” will be conducted that sound rather ominous. The first of these “tests” will happen in Russia on Tuesday. Vladimir Putin has ordered the very first “nationwide nuclear attack exercise” in …
Criticize the drug companies, question the war in Ukraine, and you can be pretty sure this is going to happen. https://t.co/3T7GjBddA5 — Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) September 16, 2023 JUST IN: Tucker Carlson has amassed over 367 MILLION views on his interview on X with Argentina presidential candidate Javier Milei, a libertarian. Getting fired by Fox …
Fattened IRS not targeting high-income returns as Biden promised. Internal Revenue Service auditors continue to target middle-income earners despite promises by the president and his team to turn agents loose on those earning $400,000 and higher. Its budget swelled $80 billion by Democrats hopeful of exposing fraud by the rich, a new audit shows that …
Sticking to the advance narrative as promoted by the DC machinery that is relying on Mitch McConnell to preserve, protect and defend the graft that is represented by the business of DC politics, Mitch McConnell delivered remarks today about his cognitive mental health. During his statement McConnell says, “the things that people saw happening to …
by SM1334 I think its fair to say the treasury ain’t getting its money… Sauce : https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/RESPPLLOPNWW
I call this chart: Instant disaster, just add Powell. pic.twitter.com/T2WZ8uapyX — Mac10 (@SuburbanDrone) August 23, 2023 Bulls, do you have amnesia, or dementia? It matters to your treatment. March 7th, 2023:Powell Tells Congress Rates Are Going Higher:https://t.co/ZqCRUYGE06 pic.twitter.com/R1uNrul8H4 — Mac10 (@SuburbanDrone) August 23, 2023 This is just a mind-blowing graph, showing the average rate on …
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Article: https://www.revolver.news/2023/07/investigative-reporter-julie-kelly-digs-up-concerning-dirt-on-jack-smith-now-everyone-has-questions/ h/t EuphoricTrilby
Nothing substantive and speculation at best outright bullshitting at worse https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgUX_cIgRdQ h/t Disenfranchised Godzilla1980
🇵🇱 Polish President Duda's security. Is seems like he's kind of worried something might happen to him. 🤔Notice the guy with the "umbrella" 😁 pic.twitter.com/9BnfWbQLhW — Jos Quinten (@TaranQ) July 13, 2023
by Michael We never seem to learn. Over a decade ago, our leaders created the biggest housing bubble of all time, and when it finally burst the entire globe experienced great financial pain. So did they learn from their mistakes and fix the system? No, instead they just created an even bigger housing bubble. Now …
A strong majority of Federal Reserve policy makers say “it will be appropriate to raise interest rates two or more times by the end of the year,” Fed Chair Jerome Powell said during a speech at the Bank of Spain in Madrid, Friday. “The process of getting inflation back down to 2% has a long …
via newsweek: Some student loan borrowers encouraged others to default on their loans “en masse” following the decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to cancel President Joe Biden’s student loan debt forgiveness plan, but one expert told Newsweek why that may not be a good idea. “Okay, thing I can actually talk about: Mass default …
by Chris Black Someone posted this clip, showing just how absurd the machine was. They were just using random parts from Home Depot, and it was controlled by a shitty Logitech gaming controller that I wouldn’t be caught dead playing Dark Souls with. This short clip will help you understand why the Titanic mini sub …
This short clip will help you understand why the Titanic mini sub is missing and why this was an accident waiting to happen. https://t.co/srrXmFnoTq — Frida Ghitis (@FridaGhitis) June 20, 2023
When you're Left-leaning you just have to want something badly enough for it to happen i.e. the laws of economics are nonsense. Simply legislate the result you desire. What could be easier! — TheLege (@TheLege2) June 18, 2023 JUST IN – Swiss voters agree to "net-zero" carbon law, a 15% tax rate for multinationals, and …
A bare minimum responsibility of city government is to provide safe streets for taxpayers, businesses, and property owners. Unfortunately, sometimes it seems like we have given up.https://t.co/LnFlbLZGM6 — often uncommon 🏴☠️ (@oftenuncommon) June 3, 2023 Shoplifting is getting so bad in some areas, it is going to be online only soon, pay in advance and …
https://twitter.com/JustNNovel/status/1664773608894341125 https://twitter.com/JustNNovel/status/1664795868560588801 The last time Japan led global markets to a new high was 1990. FYI. pic.twitter.com/xt8INdojKJ — Mac10 (@SuburbanDrone) June 3, 2023 (3/4) pic.twitter.com/16dP2jUWZ7 — George Wegwitz (@GeorgeWegwitz) June 2, 2023 Everything is fine … 🔥🔥🔥 Not a recession 🤨 pic.twitter.com/dX5SEOQ6px — Wall Street Mav (@WallStreetMav) June 2, 2023 Liquidity To Collapse $1 Trillion …
