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• Panic Before Everyone Else Does

  Published 09 June 2015 | viewed 0 times

  For the lazy people who don't like to slog through Hussman's entire data laden weekly tome, I've picked out the most pertinent sections. For the…

• Something Smells Fishy

  Published 29 May 2015 | viewed 0 times

  It's always interesting to see a long term chart that reflects your real life experiences. I bought my first home in 1990. It was a…

• Why Stocks Will Crash in Two Charts

  Published 27 May 2015 | viewed 0 times

  "Things always become obvious after the fact" - Nassim Nicholas Taleb "Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored." - Aldous Huxley The…

• Government Using Subprime Mortgages To Pump Housing Recovery - Taxpayers Will Pay Again

  Published 05 May 2015 | viewed 0 times

  It seems hard to believe, but your government is purposely recreating the mortgage debacle of 2007 and putting you on the hook for the billions…

• Whose Fault is Baltimore?

  Published 01 May 2015 | viewed 0 times

  I've seen the liberal lying MSM pondering how WE could allow the riots, looting, burning and lawlessness to happen, as if it is our collective…

• Men Go Mad in Herds

  Published 17 April 2015 | viewed 0 times

  The Chinese real estate bubble has been imploding for the last year. The Chinese economy is barely growing at 1.6% after decades of 10% growth.…

• Truth - The Cure for Cognitive Dissonance

  Published 12 April 2015 | viewed 0 times

  "In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act." - George Orwell Every time the BLS puts out their monthly propaganda report…

• The Real Reason The American Dream is Unraveling

  Published 22 March 2015 | viewed 0 times

  Marketwatch posted an article this week titled Why the American Dream is Unraveling, in 4 charts. As usual, the MSM journalist and the liberal Harvard…

• 30 Blocks of Racism, Incompetence and Collapse

  Published 16 March 2015 | viewed 0 times

  I haven't provided an update from the 30 Blocks of Squalor in a while, so here are some reflections I've made over the last few…

• LLPOH: Getting Out Of Dodge

  Published 04 March 2015 | viewed 0 times

  About 30 years ago, I took a series of jobs in Australia, turning around failing manufacturing businesses. We were there for a very few years,…

• How's That Dsflation Working Out for You?

  Published 03 March 2015 | viewed 0 times

  The BLS put out their monthly CPI lie last week. They issued the proclamation that inflation is dead. Did you know your costs are 0.1%…

• Breaking Bad (Debt) - Episode Three

  Published 02 March 2015 | viewed 0 times

  In Part One of this three part article I laid out the groundwork of how the Federal Reserve is responsible for the excessive level of…

• Breaking Bad (Debt) - Episode Two

  Published 01 March 2015 | viewed 0 times

  If you’re committed enough, you can make any story work. I once told a woman I was Kevin Costner, and it worked because I believed…

• Breaking Bad (Debt) - Episode One

  Published 28 February 2015 | viewed 0 times

  "At this juncture, the impact on the broader economy and financial markets of the problems in the subprime market seems likely to be contained." –…

• Fourth Turning - The Shadow Of Crisis Has Not Passed: Part Four

  Published 13 February 2015 | viewed 0 times

  In Part One of this article I explained the model of generational theory as conveyed by Strauss and Howe in The Fourth Turning. In Part…

• Fourth Turning - The Shadow of Crisis Has Not Passed: Part Three

  Published 12 February 2015 | viewed 0 times

  In Part One of this article I attempted to illuminate the concept of generational theory as articulated by Strauss and Howe in The Fourth Turning.…

• Fourth Turning - The Shadow of Crisis Has Not Passed: Part Two

  Published 11 February 2015 | viewed 0 times

  In Part One of this article I laid the groundwork of the Fourth Turning generational theory. I refuted President Obama’s claim that the shadow of…

• Fourth Turning - The Shadow of The Crisis Has Not Passed: Part One

  Published 10 February 2015 | viewed 0 times

  "Imagine some national (and probably global) volcanic eruption, initially flowing along channels of distress that were created during the Unraveling era and further widened by…

• Pin Meet Housing Bubble 2.0

  Published 16 January 2015 | viewed 0 times

  Housing bubble 2.0 just met Pin 2.0 The 30 Year U.S. Treasury bond yield hit 2.35% yesterday. That is the lowest rate in U.S. history…

• Sayonara Global Economy

  Published 05 January 2015 | viewed 0 times

  "There is no means of avoiding the final collapse of a boom brought about by credit expansion. The alternative is only whether the crisis should…