The Party which claims to be against corporatism and crony capitalism, the party that took to the streets in 2008 to protest the grossly unfair distribution of tax payers money from those that earned it to those that squandered and stole it, has chosen the bag lady of the To [...]

CONFIRMED: The Clinton Foundation Hid a $2.35 Million Foreign Donation from the Head of the Russian Government’s Uranium Company that Had Business Before Hillary Clinton’s State Dept.—a Clear Violation of the Memorandum of Understanding with the Obama Administration The New York Times has confirmed that Hillary Clinton violated the Memorandum [...]

At First I thought, wow how prescient of George Orwell, then I remembered we have seen this all before. Nazi Germany, Communist Russia, and Communist China jump to mind. This would mark the death of the United States of America and the most valued piece pf paper ever written, the [...]

Americans Not In The Labor Force Soar To Record 94.7 Million, Surge By 664,000 In One Month So much for that much anticipated rebound in the participation rate. After it had managed to rise for 5 months in a row through March, hitting the highest level in one year, the [...]

This Ego Maniac had his pride injured when the Republican Party, conservatives and moderates alike, rallied behind Donald Trump, against his better judgement, because they realized that the Nation is in a perilous position and the continuation of socialist policies championed by the criminal Hillary Clinton can not be allowed [...]

First, put down all sharp objects. Now, meet Edith Calzado – maybe the single most successful and productive beneficiary of government assistance you’ll ever meet. As NPR’s Planet Money’s latest podcast “The Art of Living At The Poverty Line” explains how many Americans are taking advantage of the welfare system… [...]

By now we all know that Goldman Sachs is the gift that keeps on giving to the Clintons. Whether it’s paying millions out for speeches, investing in family member’s failing hedge fund ventures, or donating hundreds of thousands to the Clinton Foundation, Goldman seems to be keeping a close relationship [...]

  Submitted by Rachel Stockman via LawNewz.com, Here is the bottom line about the U.S. Department of State’s Office of Inspector General’s Report regarding the use of email by the Secretary of State’s Office: It does not look good for Hillary. Not just in the political sense, but in the [...]

Ever wonder why Democrats accept Liars like Hillary, Bubba, Reid and Pelosi as Leaders?   Think of all the Lies they have to tell themselves and convince themselves are true. Socialism Works Progressive Tax Is Fair Affirmative Action is Fair Your Fair Share Is More Than Someone Else’s. Abortion Is [...]

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In Latest Market Rigging Settlement, Citi Fined $425MM For Manipulating Interest Rates [...]

After a brief hiatus from the ongoing currency wars, China fired another salvo at The Fed tonight by devaluing the Yuan fix to 6.5693 – its weakest against the USD since March 2011. After eight days higher in a row for The USD Index, it seems PBOC has turned its [...]

ObamaCare Isn’t Working – These Five Charts Show Why   Submitted by Melissa Quinn via TheDailySignal.com, Six years ago, President Barack Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act into law. Since then, Americans have seen their premiums increase, a dozen nonprofit insurers have closed their doors and the [...]

The War On Cash Is A War On Your Freedom To Opt Out Submitted by Charles Hugh-Smith of OfTwoMinds blog, Cash is a proxy for the freedom to maintain some privacy in an era of Big Brother repression, surveillance and the suppression of dissent. I’ve covered the war on cash [...]

“Justice Department attorneys misled the court about when the Department of Homeland Security would begin implementing President Obama’s executive order granting “deferred action” to illegal immigrants whose children are citizens. In doing so, they tricked the 26 states who filed a lawsuit into “foregoing a request for a temporary restraining [...]

      “Follow the money.” That telling phrase, which has come to summarize the Watergate scandal, has been a part of the lexicon since 1976. It’s shorthand for political corruption: At what point do “contributions” become bribes, “constituent services” turn into quid pro quos and “charities” become slush funds? [...]

Visit and Like https://thethoughtcrucible.com   Never mind the brainwashing liberal bias that has left our children unsure of what bathroom to use. They are failing to prepare our children to compete in the global economy they so gladly embrace. Their only answer to any problem is more money and that clearly [...]

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. awarded Chief Executive Officer Lloyd C. Blankfein $23 million in salary and cash and stock bonuses for 2015, down 4.2 percent from a year earlier, after profit slumped and shares lagged behind peers. The total excludes a long-term incentive award, which is disclosed later in the [...]

Now that assets seized by federal law enforcement agencies exceed burglaries, bipartisan bill aims to stop the abuse Carpe Diem   Christopher Ingraham wrote this on the WaPo’s Wonkblog last November 23 in his article “Law enforcement took more stuff from people than burglars did last year“: Here’s an interesting [...]

Illinois State Workers, Highest Paid In Nation, Demand Up To 29% Wage Hikes   Submitted by Michael Shedlock via MishTalk.com, Illinois state workers, are the highest paid in the nation. Yet, despite the fact that Illinois is for all practical purposes insolvent, the AFSCME union demands four-year raises ranging from [...]

Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/19/2016 14:48 -0400 In yet another development in the train wreck that is Obamacare, while we know that the legislation is failing individuals and businesses, the government is now failing to live up to its obligations made to the insurers who chose to participate in [...]

The Clintons Earned $6.7 Million From Speeches In 2015; $55 Million Since 2013   While the US obssesses over the taxable Adjusted Gross Income of real-estate billionaire Donald Trump (and has to be content with his just released 104 personal financial statement posted here), another just as (if not more) [...]

Are Property Taxes A “Wealth Tax” On The (Mostly) Non-Wealthy?   Submitted by Charles Hugh-Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, The fallacy in this assumption is that homeowners’ incomes do not automatically rise along with housing valuations. In my recent entry Dear Homeowner: If You’re Paying $260,000 in Property Taxes Over 20 [...]

Venezuelan apocalypse: Some updates on the epic failure of socialism in oil-rich Venezuela Mark J. Perry @Mark_J_Perry May 17, 2016 11:40 am Carpe Diem   Despite having more oil reserves than Saudi Arabia, and in fact more proven oil reserves than any country in the world (8 times more than [...]

Authored by Axel Merk via Merk Investments, Since the beginning of the year, the greenback has shown it’s not almighty after all; and gold – the barbarous relic as some have called it – may be en vogue again?Where are we going from here and what are the implications for [...]

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