Over the last 40 yrs globalization stripped the US economy and made life uncertain for America’s middle class. In that frame America became a land of Winners and Losers who did not talk to their neighbors, did not know their names or the country neighbors came from. Looking at The Trump Era, The Age of Entitlement: […]
$DIA $SPY $QQQ $RUTX The Big Q: What is going on in this Stock Market? The Big A: A confluence of confusion aka lots of unknowns. I have been in the stock market since Y 1981, and like everyone else I know in this game, have not see this kind of action ever. What we […]
84% of The People now believe that “behavior that used to be seen as unacceptable is now accepted as normal behavior” The country is 67% of the way to the “edge of civil war,” according to the Georgetown Institute of Politics and Public Service poll released Wednesday. Voters were asked on a 0-100 scale to rate the level […]
Sunday, President Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi shared a stage and showered each other with praise at a “Howdy, Modi!” rally attended by upward of 50,000 people, a rare mass showing for a foreign leader on American soil. President Trump called the huge gathering a “profoundly historic event,” was greeted with a standing […]
$MSCI FLASH: Fund Manager Who Beat 98% of Peers Says Stay Calm and Buy Stocks Trade war? Yes. Global slowdown? Yes. Volatile market? Yes. The Big Q: Does that mean investors should cash out and run? The Big A: Not this top-performing fund manager, she is staying put. Joanna Kwok, who co-manages the JPMorgan Asia […]
Wednesday, Thailand’s government announced a plan to set up a center to combat unverified news on social media platforms, rejecting concerns that it might be used to suppress free speech. The planned center’s goal would be to fight all kinds of fake news, with a focus on misinformation about disasters and financial matters, Minister of […]
$BTC, $BTCUSD, $FB, $GOOGL, $TWTR President Trump has criticized Bitcoin, Facebook’s proposed Libra digital coin and other cryptocurrencies and demanded that companies seek a banking charter and make themselves subject to US and global regulations if they wanted to “become a bank.” “I am not a fan of Bitcoin and other Cryptocurrencies, which are not […]
$NFLX, $DIS After a law was passed in Georgia to save the lives of pre-born babies with detectable heartbeats, many in Hollywood grabbed their leftist playbooks and began clamoring for a boycott of the state. Netflix (NASDAQ:NFLX), Disney (NYSE:DIS) and a smattering of left coast companies threatened to pull production away from Georgia if the […]
The Big Q: What does Ivanka Trump do? The Big A: This is what she is doing. She is working on behalf of The Trump Administration to to empower women around the world, and especially in developing countries, is an urgent priority that goes well beyond social justice. Ample research has demonstrated and, in several […]
The US financial markets have had the time conger the very strong US jobs report, as well as signs of progress in the China-US trade talks. But, despite the positive news, investors and traders believe the Fed will stop hiking interest rates this year and will cut them in both Ys 2020 and 2021. The difference […]
Hillary Clinton’s Uncivil GOP Claim ‘Ridiculous’ Hillary Clinton, “Civility Can Start Again” When Democrats Take The House And Or The Senate” Clinton Camp Democrats and Progressives behave in ways that go beyond incivility and border on maniacal. When Democrats go low, Hillary Clinton goes with them. At a time when Republicans are being shot, stabbed, […]
Celebrity Opinions Do Not Sway Majority of Voters US Representative Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), a candidate in Tennessee’s US Senate race, during a TV interview pushed back against pop star Taylor Swift’s Instagram post that questioned her voting record on women’s issues Ms. Swift’s declaration that she plans to vote for Democrats next month broke a […]
Rand Paul Worried Political Rhetoric May Result in Assassinations Senator Rand Paul (R-KY), warned Tuesday that he’s worried a politician could be assassinated because of the divisive political atmosphere hanging over Washington, DC. “I feel that there is going to be an assassination. I really worry that someone is going to be killed and that […]
Political Strategic Planning: Russia Probe Interviews, Documents to be Released to the Public Before the Midterms Sunday, US House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Devin Nunes, (R-CA) his panel will move to have all of documents related to witness interviews in its Russia probe released to the public before the November elections. During a TV interview […]
US Economic Boom the “single most important political story” President Trump fully deserves the credit, he said, for lowering tax rates, rolling back trade regulations and enforcing trade reform. The United States’ economic boom is the “single most important political story” that has happened this year, National Economic Council Director Larry Kudlow. “This is going to […]
China’s Political and Economic Waters Look Choppy As China’s leaders gather for their annual Yellow Sea retreat, its political and economic waters look choppy. Chinese President and ruling Communist Party leader Xi Jinping is beset by economic, foreign policy and domestic political challenges just months after clearing his way to rule for as long as […]
The Trump Effect is a “Political Revolution” The Key significance of Ohio’s special election and the other state primaries Tuesday is that President Donald Trump and his supporters are becoming the prevailing voice in the Republican Party, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich declared Saturday. “The biggest takeaway message from Tuesday’s primaries and the Ohio special […]
Russia Sells US Treasuries, Buys Gold $GLD Russia is buying Gold, and selling its US Treasuries to avoid “political blackmail,” according to a precious metals market analyst. “This is also a kind of political declaration, stating that countries which have too many dollars can become the object of political blackmail,” the expert, Munich-based Dimitri Speck […]
President Trump Seeks “Regime Change” in Iran Brett Hume: Trump “will not say” that he’s “attempting to overthrow the government or attempting to get regime change, but I think that’s exactly what this is all about.” SANDRA SMITH (Media Matters, interviewer): What do you make of the escalating war of words between the U.S. and […]
Donald Trump, “One of the Greatest American Presidents Ever” Filmmaker David Lynch, 72 anni, said Donald Trump, the 1-time political outsider’s rise to the White House can make him “one of the greatest Presidents in history.” “He could go down as one of the greatest Presidents in history because he has disrupted the thing so […]
The Trump Era is Different Than The McCarthy Era Living in the Age of Optimism During the McCarthy Era, just the question of communism cut across Americans of all persuasions. The Big Q: Are you on Senator Joe McCarthy’s side or not? Senator McCarthy’s conspiratorial and anti-communism crusade was either defensible or not. For many […]
Italy’s Deepening Political Crisis May Drive Gold North $GLD, $SLV The deepening political crisis in Italy that provoked a 2nd day of heavy selling on European financial markets. Italy’s President set the country on a path to early elections on Monday, appointing a former IMF official as interim PM with the task of planning for […]
Uncertainty in the EU, Rattles US Stock Market $DIA, SPY, $QQQ, $VXX Simply put, Italy has fallen out of love with the Euro! The DJIA and S&P 500 posted their biggest 1-day percentage decliners in a month Tuesday as political and financial turmoil in Italy triggered concerns about the stability of the Eurozone, shares of […]
Political Zealot, Robert Muller, Protected Notorious Boston Murderer Ripping FBI special counsel Robert Mueller as a political “zealot,” Harvard law professor emeritus Alan Dershowitz reminded staunch Mueller supporters about the former FBI director’s role in protecting “notorious mass murderer” Whitey Bulger as an FBI informant. “I think Mueller is a zealot,” Professor Dershowitz said . […]
America Tried Socialism, They Did Not Like It The illusory ideas of socialism transcend time and appeal to people of all colors and races. No lessons of history’s failures will dampen the magic of a socialist’s divine providence. Now, is socialism in America inevitable? In 2008, the United States elected a socialist government committed to the transformation of the […]
Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) Bans Ad for Pro-Trump Book $AMZN, $NYT Advertising for ‘Killing the Deep State” the best political book YTD is banned on Amazon. Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) is refusing to accept advertising for a pro-Trump bestselling book because it carries a picture of the President on its cover. The e-Commerce giant of Jeff Bezos, who also […]
F1: “Not one of us think being a Grid Girl it’s sexist, exploitative or demeaning.” $LMCA New F1 owner, Liberty Media (NASDAQ:LMCA) dropping Grid Girls for Y 2018 Formula 1 is stereo-typically viewed as a man’s world, but with women like Claire Williams, Susie Wolff and Monisha Kaltenborn reaching the Top of their professions, this statement itself may […]
The Trump Way: Prosperity, American Populism $DIA Steve Bannon Down, Market Up Signals the Resurgence of Real American Populism There were 2 big stories in the 1st week of this New Year: The DJIA soared 577 points, and Steve Bannon ended his political career. Are these two events related? Perhaps more than you might think. […]
CBS Political News Director Sacked for “inappropriate behavior” CBS News political director Steve Chaggaris has been sacked after an investigation into allegations of “inappropriate behavior,” a network spokesperson confirmed Wednesday. “In the last 2 weeks, accounts of inappropriate behavior by Steve Chaggaris were brought to our attention and were immediately investigated. As a result, CBS News […]
America: Land of the Free, Home of the Brave On the Fractal Wrongness of Leftist Ideology Barack Hussein Obama deliberately transformed standard English from Oldspeak to Newspeak and made Leftist Newspeak the official language in America during his 8 year anti-American, pro-Muslim, pro-socialist tenure. What is fractal wrongness? Let’s begin with a fractal:A fractal is a […]
The Once Mighty Time, Inc. Gobbled Up By GOP Backed Cash $MDP, $TIME, $TWX Des Moines, Iowa based Meredith Corp. (NYSE:MDP) agreed to acquire Time Inc. (NYSE:TIME) for $2.8-B including debt, swallowing the once-mighty home of Fortune and Sports Illustrated after the internet age wreaked havoc on the most prestigious magazine titles. The 18.50/share offer […]
Germany’s Merkel in ‘Political Trouble’ May Call New Elections German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she would prefer to go ahead with new federal elections rather than try to form a minority government, as Europe’s most powerful leader weighs her options after the collapse of 4-party coalition talks late Sunday. Seeking her 4th term, Ms. Merkel […]
Charlottesville is the Biggest ‘Fake News’ Story of Summer Best Selling Author David Horowitz’s Op-Ed today: The tragedy in Charlottesville, Virginia, could have been an occasion to stop and consider how the tolerance for politically correct violence and politically correct hatred is leading the nation toward civil war. Instead, the media and the political left […]
China’s Money/Hollywood Tie-up, is it Over? $VIA, $AMC, $BABA Billions of USDs have been thrown into question as Chinese regulators crack down on overseas investments, Paramount’s, a unit of Viacon (NYSE:VIA), backer skips a payment, and both President Trump and some Democrats have taken a protectionist stance. For almost 5 years, Hollywood has been bolstered […]
The Meaning of Twitter in the Age of President Donald Trump $TWTR, $AAPL, $MSFT, $DIS The social platform was in bad shape last year, but it found an unlikely support system in an antihero Welcome to recent history, where we will explore events you may have forgotten about and remind you why they still matter. Once a company takes […]
UK Home Secretary Amber Rudd said the most common source of support for Islamist extremist organizations is from small, anonymous public donations. The support has helped to fund preachers with deeply conservative views of Islam who operate in Islamic institutions in the UK. Islamic extremists are receiving hundreds of thousands of pounds a year from […]
Merkel’s Muslim Refugees Get 2 Years For Trying to Burn Man Alive A court in Berlin has sentenced a Syrian man to two years and nine months in prison for trying to set fire to a homeless man, Deutsche Welle reported. The 21-year-old Muslim Refugee admitted to setting fire to a tissue and placing it […]
Defeating Extremist Islam – A Western Imperative The infiltration of this ideology is reminiscent of the spread of communism and should be defeated similarly — not with weapons, but by exposing its true nature and providing an alternative. The West first must abandon, however, the notion that radical Islam is an internal Muslim issue, any […]
Arab States Fighting Islamic Extremism, West is Doing Nothing Sad but true, it is the Muslim Arab states that are leading the charge against Islamic extremism not the politically correct west. Today Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Egypt, and Yemen have broken off diplomatic relations with Qatar, because they know the country […]
The West, Ignorant of Islam, is Ill-prepared to Oppose the Islamic Campaign Words like peace, terrorism, and extremism have very different meanings in the West than they do in the Middle East. Aesop’s story the Tortoise and the Hare is the story of gradualism and is a cautionary tale for Western societies interested in preserving […]
How Barack and Hillary Almost Stole The American Presidency If we are going to conduct espionage in the future, we are going to have to make some changes in the relationship between the intelligence community and the public it serves. –Michael Hayden, CIA Director 2005-2009. Espionage is our friend when protecting Americans and our national […]
Resistant Democrats are a Terrorist Party The Democrats have committed to overthrowing our government. The Big Q: What does #Resistance really mean? The Big A: It means the overthrow of our government. In this century, Democrats rejected the outcomes of 2 Presidential elections won by Republicans. After George W. Bush won, they settled for accusing […]
State Department to Probe US Funding of Soros Groups GOP Senators are asking Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to investigate claims that US taxpayer money is being used to back left-wing billionaire George Soros’ political meddling and similar efforts overseas. A letter sent Tuesday asked for a probe into how US funds are being used by […]
Media’s Intellectual Integrity in The Trump Age Bret Stephens delivered the Daniel Pearl Memorial Lecture this week at the University of California, Los Angeles. Below is the entire text of Bret Stephens remarks, calling out President Trump’s condemnation of Fake News, as follows I am honored to have this opportunity to celebrate the legacy of […]
Conservatism is Changing in The Trump Era Decades of intellectual and political activity preceded the election of Ronald Reagan in 1980. William F. Buckley Jr. founded National Review in 1955. A little less than a decade later, National Review publisher William Rusher helped orchestrate Barry Goldwater’s presidential nomination. The following year, 1965, Buckley ran for […]
Oscars Poll: 66% of Voters Turn Off Awards Shows When Players Get Political A Hollywood Reporter and National Research Group survey reveals how President Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton view the Oscar Awards Show And you thought Barack Obamacare was a hot-button issue. According to a new poll, Americans are nearly as divided about the […]
Anti-Trump Rallies Prepaid and Predictable Just look at the hysterical reaction to President Trump’s long anticipated executive order to limit the admission of refugees from seven countries. How do leaders in Muslim countries see it? According to United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed, “The vast majority of Muslims and Muslim countries have […]
Trump Team Revamping the US State Department Much of the recent media coverage of the new Trump administration has an air of hysteria about it. The barbarians are seemingly at the door and are actually taking over, the lights are going out over America and being replaced by darkness. This hyperbole seems to extend across […]
CNN did a “Political Hit Job” on Fox’s Monica Crowley $FOX The plagiarism allegations CNN leveled against conservative commentator Monica Crowley were part of a “political hit job,” according to a publishing law attorney with expertise in plagiarism cases. Crowley, a popular TV pundit and Washington Times editor who holds a Ph.D in international relations, […]
China Is Capable of Dealing with the Rising US Trade Protectionism $UBS Chairman of Swiss bank UBS Axel Weber says that globalization is suffering setbacks, but China is capable of making up for the negative impact on its growth by using more domestic fiscal and monetary stimulus. “Globalization never happened in a straight line. There are […]
Warnings from the Terrorists Themselves President Elect Donald Trump has been proven correct more than once concerning his desire to vet those wanting to emigrate from areas where terrorism is prevalent. A recently published book, Enhanced Interrogation by James E. Mitchell and Bill Harlow, shows why it is necessary for America to take strong measures […]
Political Revolution is Brewing in Europe by Geert Wilders, GATESTONE INSTITUTE The German authorities are dangerously underestimating the threat of Islam… They have betrayed their own citizens. Let no-one tell you that only the perpetrators of these crimes are to blame. The politicians, who welcomed Islam into their country, are guilty as well. And it […]
Italy’s President Solves the Government Crisis Saturday, Italian President Sergio Mattarella says he would make a decision “in the coming hours” to solve ongoing government crisis, and give the country a new full-functioning cabinet. FLASH UpDate: Italy’s latest government was formed and rapidly sworn in Monday, a center-left coalition headed by new Premier Paolo Gentiloni […]
The European Union is Breaking Apart Italian voters rocked Europe’s elite more at the weekend more than Austrian voters were able to steady it. With its shaky banks and massive economy, Italy is now in the throes of energized populists who are not friendly with the EU leaders in Brussels. A big Storm is on […]
November Ends With a Bright Economic Outlook As November ends, the message from the financial markets is clear, the outlook for the US economy looks brighter across the board. Very few predicted these developments, but I did, which speak to the enormous fluidity that has taken over markets and politics and that signals the end […]
Steve Bannon Designed “An Entirely New Political Movement” “I’m not a white nationalist, I’m a nationalist. I’m an economic nationalist,” Bannon tells THR media columnist Michael Wolff as the controversial Breitbart News chief turned White House advisor unleashes on Hillary Clinton, Fox News and his critics. In late summer when I went up to see […]
US Fed Rigged the Markets, Violated Mandate, Hurting Investors $DIA, $SPY, $QQQ, $VXX The US Fed Should consider whether the policies they pursue might be harmful to its mandated goals. One can argue that for an economy to reach its optimal long term potential, much of it lies in the realm of fiscal policy. The […]
IRS Releases the List of the 426 Groups it Targeted The IRS has just released a comprehensive list of the organizations it targeted for intrusive scrutiny, under pressure from federal judges fed up with what they said was stonewalling by the agency. The move was spurred by a class-action lawsuit brought against the IRS for […]
Ed Rollins, Ronald Reagan’s Campaign Manager, Aligns with Donald Trump Seasoned Republican “Wizard” Ed Rollins has made his debut in Donald Trump’s Presidential bid. Mr. Rollins, who was Ronald Reagan’s Y 1984 campaign manager, spoke on a conference call Wednesday with supporters of Great America, a super PAC that backs Donald Trump. Mr. Rollins has […]
Iran’s Supreme Leader Wants Western Business For The State Many people believed that companies and corporations would be pouring into Iran, the world largest untapped market at full speed, but that has not happened. Although all major US Security Council sanctions have been lifted, there has not been the amount of businesses entering the Islamic […]