Obamacare: “The Stupidity of the American Voter”
The MIT economist who is the brains behind Obamacare has made quite a stir with his admission that President Obama’s health care…
The Numbers DO NOT Add Up
US economic growth is all an illusion By John Crudele at the New York Post When Econ Stats Are Nipped, Tucked,…
What Will Change If/When Republicans Take The Senate? …. the short answer is “nothing”
The short answer, of course, is “nothing” – Congress, or the presidency, have been irrelevant ever since the Fed fully…
Financial Repression (For Dummies) : What Has Really Been Going On Since The Crisis of 2008
It is in the interests of those in power to promote the “recovery” meme and to have people buy into the…
Markets Explode Higher As Bank Of Japan Goes All-In-er; Increases QE To JPY 80 Trillion
You know the world’s financial markets have become farce when the broad Nikkei 225 stock market of Japan rises 1000…
Strong Earnings or Accounting Gimmicks Boosting Stocks?
As highlighted in an earlier post: Caterpillar: Microcosm of the un-Recovery Caterpillar can once again give a snapshot of the overall…
“Anti-Petrodollar” CEO Of French Energy Giant Total Dies In Freak Plane Crash In Moscow
Three months ago, the CEO of Total, Christophe de Margerie, dared utter the phrase heard around the petrodollar world, “There…
Fed Stops Stock Slide with Talk of QE Extension
The Fix Is In from Mike Whitney via CounterPunch.org Unbelievable. On Wednesday, stocks were hammered after economic data showed that…
Words of Wisdom From John Lennon
“Anybody knows that the people have the power, all we have to do is awaken the power in the people.”…
Ebola • Questions To Ponder
Now that Ebola and the threat of its spread has not only become the top story on most mainstream newscasts…