US Stocks and the Mid-Term Elections $SPY, $VXX When reading market forecasts for the November congressional elections, one may get the sense something is missing. The Big Q: What’s that? The Big A: The market forecasts! While Wall Street is flooded with efforts to frame outcomes as the vote approaches, there is a discernible vagueness […]
Sheikh Mohammed: “Arab Region Has Too Many Politicians” Political discourse in the Arab world is a “waste of time and a corruption of ethics”, says Dubai’s ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the UAE’s Prime Minister and Vice President, has spoken out against the mismanagement of resources in the Arab world, criticising politicians for […]
President Trump Keeps Promise to Protect US Citizen and Workers President Donald Trump is keeping his promise to put US workers and industry 1st. Politicians from both parties have been advocates of tariffs in the past, “To pretend that they are suddenly beyond the pale and that only the economically ignorant would favor them is […]
Why Trump’s Cabinet Will Outperform Those of the Most Recent US Presidents! The reason is simple, as they are mostly people with high-level, proven business experience – focusing on what our country really needs. Given their individual backgrounds, they are results focused and understand the meaning of “departure” when they have completed their assigned “tasks”. […]
Leaders of US Sanctuary Cities Should Be Charged With Crimes The acting director of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) says politicians who run sanctuary cities should be charged with crimes. Thomas Homan said in a TV interview Tuesday that the Department of Justice (DOJ) needs to file charges against municipalities that do not cooperate […]
The Key Reasons Mueller Should Be Removed as Special Prosecutor While serving as Director of the FBI, Robert S. Mueller III was known for being taciturn, straitlaced, and reluctant to suffer fools. I know because I served under him as a Special Agent for nearly one half of my quarter-century FBI career. And for even […]
‘Bands of Criminals’ Destroying Historic US Monuments “Bands of criminals” pulled down a statue of a Confederate soldier in Durham, NC Monday, and they should not be celebrated, they should be located, arrested, charged and tried for the crime. Laura Ingraham said Tuesday. “When you see bands of criminals, which is what they were yesterday, ripping down […]
A New Look at the Death of Europe With the publication of f The Strange Death of Europe, Douglas Murray has made a significant contribution to a crucially important, if still niche genre: the Islamization of Europe. But as Murray sees it, Guilt has become a “moral intoxicant”, the Europeans have become “high” on it. They cannot fall […]
Europe’s Mass Migration: The Leaders Vs The People $MSFT, $FB Philanthropist and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates recently said in an interview: “…you want to demonstrate generosity and take in refugees. But the more generous you are, the more word gets around about this — which in turn motivates more people to leave Africa. Germany cannot […]
Davos’s WEF Chief: “It’s Important to Listen to the New Wave of Populists” The head of the Davos economic conference said “it’s important to listen to the populists” and hopes to welcome US President Donald Trump to “hear his ideas.” Critics of the yearly World Economic Forum (WEF) in the Swiss Alps is a forum […]
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 […]
Barack Hussein Obama, the Promoter of “Fake News” Fake news resulted from a “propaganda campaign” furthered by news organizations and Democratic politicians, including US President Barack Hussein Obama Journalist Sharyl Attkisson said on TV Wednesday, “Before about September 13, if you search the news, you will not find many or any mentions of fake news,” “As […]
Paid Agitators, Leftist Schoolteachers, Democratic Politicians Behind Anti-Trump Rioting Anti-Donald Trump protests across the country are being whipped up by professional agitators, teachers at schools where students are marching out of class and politicians who talk about “leading the fight.” “I think they could be agitated by the professionals,” former NYC Police Commissioner Kerik said […]
Hillary Clinton Champion’s the “Opium” We Call the Welfare State Hillary Clinton is uninterested in breaking the chains of dependency between struggling low, middle income voters and Democratic politicians who Champion the Opium we call the welfare state. Hillary Clinton has made addressing inequality a central theme of her campaign, but the remedies she proposes […]
China, the World’s Economic Driver and Polluter Here is something to get your head around. These figures may be a little high given the slowdown in world economy. But, this moves the Chinese from Stratospheric to Upper Atmosphere. China has 19% of the world’s population, but it consumes: 53% of the world’s Cement 48% of […]
Mexico Will Re-visit NAFTA If All Sides Benefit Mexico is willing to update the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in a “Win-Win” situation, where the benefits are clear to all sides, said Mexican Minister of Economy Ildefonso Guajardo said Thursday. Speaking at the Mexico Summit 2016 organized by The Economist, Mr. Guajardo said the […]
Music Industry Veteran Steven Machat Vs Marco Rubio for the US Senate In this age of politicians who put their gut “feelings” first and discard facts like fast-food wrappers, he might be the ideal leader for a new political enlightenment. Last September, Steven Machat threw his proverbial hat into the US Senate race to represent […]
Dying American Entrepreneurship is a National Emergency American entrepreneurship may well be dying a slow and undignified death. John Dearie, EVP for Policy at the Financial Services Forum said recently that, “New businesses are disproportionately responsible for the innovation that drives productivity and economic growth, and they account for virtually all job creation….I would say, […]
Donald Trump, “Our Debt to Our Vets is Eternal” Donald Trump is turning a scandal involving the Veterans Administration to his political advantage pledging to US war veterans that he will clean up the mess he blames on Washington politicians. “Our debt to you is eternal,” Donald Trump told a gathering of the Veterans of […]
Donald Trump, “I want Sports Stars at RNC Convention, not Politicians” The GOP presumptive Presidential nominee wants a “Winner’s Evening” of sports champions and celebrities, not politicians at the Republican National Convention (RNC) in Cleveland next month. “We are going to do it a little different, if it is OK,” Donald Trump told supporters Friday […]
The Economic Benefits of Wall Street $DIA, $SPY, $QQQ, $VXX The Big Q: Have you ever seen movie that lauds the economic benefits of Wall Street? Note: Wall Street is the financial capital of the world in the world’s #1 economy. And yet people in Hollywood, and politics, for example socialist Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, […]
Donald Trump, will not tolerate “Hypocrisy on the Women’s Issue.” Paul Manafort defending the presumptive GOP presidential nominee’s attacks on both Hillary Clinton and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, says that Donald Trump will not tolerate “hypocrisy on the women’s issue.” In a TV interview the convention manager for Donald Trump demurred from elaborating on Mr. Trump’s declaration […]
Government Regulations Cost US Companies $4-T+ $DIA, $SPY, $QQQ, $VXX The cost of US regulations is larger than Germany’s economy, amounting to a $4-T loss to the American economy, according to a report Thursday. The study by the Mercatus Center at George Mason University found that regulations over the past several decades amount to a […]