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Would the Last Market Bull With the Last Dollar Please Turn Off the Music?
Would the Last Market Bull With the Last Dollar Please Turn Off the Music? Photo by Pablo Heimplatz on Unsplash Reality always wins in the end. It doesn’t matter if you’re excited about the economy or its outlook. Unless some economic scam is being perpetuated (unlikely), fundamentals always play a factor, and guide the U.S. economy through peaks and […]
Trade Deficit Again Growing, Now It’s Bigger Than Ever
Trade Deficit Again Growing, Now It’s Bigger Than Ever The trade deficit with China continues to weaken America and strengthen our rival. For all the ruckus it created, the trade war failed to bring down the trade deficit. Even while unusual circumstances continue to cloud the picture it appears that America’s trade picture is in […]
Inflation Jumped by 3.8% in Q1, “Real GDP” Rose 1.6%, Dragged Down by Record Trade Deficit and Drop in Inventories
Inflation Jumped by 3.8% in Q1, “Real GDP” Rose 1.6%, Dragged Down by Record Trade Deficit and Drop in Inventories Even the Fed’s repressed inflation measure without food and energy rose 2.3% annual rate in Q1. The US economy, as measured by inflation-adjusted GDP, grew by 1.6% in the first quarter from Q4 2020, according […]
Biden’s Climate Plan: It’s Too Late for Gradualism
Biden’s Climate Plan: It’s Too Late for Gradualism Photograph by Nathaniel St. Clair President Biden gave us his climate plan on March 31. It was buried inside his American Jobs Plan. The 12,000-word Fact Sheet about it released by the White House hardly acknowledges the climate emergency. The plan is presented as a jobs through infrastructure program. […]
America’s Political System Leaves Libertarians Homeless
America’s Political System Leaves Libertarians Homeless Sadly, in America’s two-party political system Libertarians are left Homeless. The libertarian philosophy or ideology has many facets. Running through all of them is the idea that less government is generally a good thing. This reminds me of what President Ronald Reagan, famously said: The nine most terrifying words […]
New Study: Cross-Border Energy Infrastructure Critical To U.S.-Canada Energy Trade, Benefits Consumers On Both Sides Of The Border
New Study: Cross-Border Energy Infrastructure Critical To U.S.-Canada Energy Trade, Benefits Consumers On Both Sides Of The Border WASHINGTON, April 6, 2021 – The American Petroleum Institute (API) today released a new report examining how growth in cross-border petroleum trade between the United States and Canada has led to the further integration of North American […]
Journalists, Learning They Spread a CIA Fraud About Russia, Instantly Embrace a New One
Journalists, Learning They Spread a CIA Fraud About Russia, Instantly Embrace a New One The most significant Trump-era alliance is between corporate outlets and security state agencies, whose evidence-free claims they unquestioningly disseminate. A US soldier in Afghanistan CREDIT: GETTY IMAGES That Russia placed “bounties” on the heads of U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan was one of […]
Setting the Scene for Global Destruction. Now It’s the Arctic
Setting the Scene for Global Destruction. Now It’s the Arctic The U.S. is preparing for war in the Arctic, and the “boiling point” might not be far away, Brian Cloughley writes. On April 8 the front pages of the main U.S. newspapers noted that President Biden was “open to compromise” and a quick glance prompted […]
Meditations On US Forces Firing A Howitzer Into The Empty Desert “Just To Say We’re Here”
Meditations On US Forces Firing A Howitzer Into The Empty Desert “Just To Say We’re Here” I saw a line in a recent New Yorker article about America’s endless wars, and it’s been been rattling around in my head ever since: “In Syria, McKenzie visited the Green Village, a community of decrepit apartment blocks near […]
Dollar’s Purchasing Power Drops Sharply to Record Low, But It’s a Lot Worse than CPI Shows
Dollar’s Purchasing Power Drops Sharply to Record Low, But It’s a Lot Worse than CPI Shows If the homeownership component in CPI mirrors the Case-Shiller Home Price Index, CPI would jump 5.1%! Not to speak of new & used vehicle prices, which I nevertheless speak of. The Consumer Price Index jumped 0.6% in March compared […]
Biden’s Policy to Double Gasoline Prices
Biden’s Policy to Double Gasoline Prices Biden’s objectives, or should I say the people really running his administration which does not include even Harris, is to DOUBLE gasoline prices which is Part-B of this plan to “Build Back Better” which first requires you to destroy the economy as it currently exists. Part A was using the lockdowns […]
Germany’s Political Crisis and the Future of Nord Stream 2
GERMANY’S POLITICAL CRISIS AND THE FUTURE OF NORD STREAM 2 In a Blinken of an Eye The Biden Administration entered the White House accompanied by hopes that it would return to some kind of normal in its relations with the European Union. While Biden, unlike Obama, would not score a Nobel Peace Prize solely for […]
Exclusive: Secret cables reveal Britain interfered with elections in Chile
Exclusive: Secret cables reveal Britain interfered with elections in Chile Demonstrators march through Santiago de Chile in 2018 to commemorate the 45th anniversary of the coup that overthrew Chile’s left-wing President Salvador Allende. (Photo: EPA / Alberto Valdés) Less Declassified Foreign Office files show that Britain conducted a covert propaganda offensive to stop Chilean leader Salvador […]
Nord Stream 2 Operator Warns Warships and Planes Threaten the Russia-Germany Pipeline Project
Nord Stream 2 Operator Warns Warships and Planes Threaten the Russia-Germany Pipeline Project The US is trying to prevent the project from being completed through sanctions and pressure on Germany. A senior official from Nord Stream 2 AG, the project company leading the Nord Stream 2 Russia to Germany natural gas pipeline project, has reported an […]
