Stick A Fork In It: Trump’s Corker ‘Tantrum’ May Have Deep-Sixed Tax Reform, Analyst Says
“Either Trump realizes that Corker can sink the remainder of the Trump/GOP legislative effort and is upset by that reality, or he didn’t/doesn’t know and just made it a reality.”
How Christopher Columbus Ruined My Life
A recent 4th grade Thanksgiving worksheet distributed in a New York public school had the title, “What Did Indian Women Do?†followed by fill-in-the blank answers for “tan hides,†“gather nuts,†and “make pottery.â€
Trump Says He Invented The Word ‘Fake’: ‘Maybe Other People Have Said It, I’ve Never Noticed It’
“I guess other people have used it, perhaps over the years, but I’ve never noticed it.”
Stocks, Bonds Plunge In Turkey As Spat With U.S. Spills Over
Late Sunday evening we explained how Turkish autocrat and genocidal goblin, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has engineered a diplomatic crisis with the U.S. by effectively taking hostages and demanding the extradition of arch nemesis Fethullah Gulen in exchange for their release. Well…
Larry Summers Absolutely Eviscerates Trump Tax Plan: ‘This Is An Atrocity’
“It is clear enough, however, to demonstrate that the claims of Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, National Economic Council Director Gary Cohn and Council of Economic Advisers Chair Kevin Hassett are some combination of ignorant, disingenuous and dishonest.”
Shots Fired: Corker Says Trump May ‘Start World War III’, Claims Senate Is Deeply Worried
“Look, except for a few people, the vast majority of our caucus understands what we’re dealing with here.”
Lira Collapses Most Since Coup As Gulen Witch Hunt Triggers Diplomatic Crisis With U.S.
This of course stems directly from Erdogan’s ongoing efforts to bring arch nemesis Fethullah Gulen to “justice.” Pretty much anything that goes wrong for Erdogan gets blamed one of two things: 1) a Kurdish conspiracy, 2) a Gulen-linked conspiracy. This latest spat with Washington is no exception.Â
Mike Pence Goes To Colts Game, Tweets Fake Picture, Then Leaves To Protest Anthem Protests
Remember folks, this could very well be your next President.
The Great Disconnect: 5 Reasons Why Volatility Is Detached From ‘Chaotic Uncertainty’
After all, “shouldn’t greater uncertainty about key economic policy issues lead to a larger dispersion of likely potential outcomes for companies?”
What Andy Warhol Can Teach Us About Maximizing Trading Profits
“In environments like the current one, however, economic analysis is more like Monet or Renoir: a healthy dose of perspective is required to fully appreciate the full picture.”
Corker Fires Back: White House Is ‘An Adult Day Care Center’ And ‘Someone Missed Their Shift’
You can bet the President’s aides are in a mad scramble to wrench Trump’s phone from his tiny hands before he flies into a rage and undercuts his entire legislative agenda…
Trump Calls Bob Corker A Gutless Begger In Traditional Sunday Twitter Meltdown
“I said ‘NO THANKS’.”
The Austin Powers World.
“There’s real danger but at the same time, the central figures are so laughable that it’s difficult to accept it as reality”…
White Supremacists Return To Charlottesville, Chant ‘Russia Is Our Friend’, Wave Torches, Sing ‘Dixie’
“You will not replace us,†“Russia is our friendâ€, “the South will rise again.â€
‘It’s Not An Emperor-Has-No-Clothes Story, But…’ Fed Bank Buster Isn’t Sure About Former Colleagues
“Coming fresh to a place where much of the discourse was accepted or assumed by the very smart economists on the FOMC and the Fed staff helped me to see where some of that received wisdom was not holding-up well in the circumstances we were facing.”
Here We Go: Trump To Issue Healthcare Executive Order Next Week, WSJ Reports
“Its aim is clearly to do with the pen what Congress wouldn’t—eliminate pre-existing condition protections, essential benefit protections and lifetime caps and turn the ACA into a sparsely available high-risk pool.”
Trump On North Korea: ‘Sorry, But Only One Thing Will Work!’
Another weekend, another threat from the President of the United States issued via social media.
Trump Is About To Poke The Iran Hornet’s Nest: Here’s What Happens Next
Here’s our question…
The Everything Bull Market.
“In the end, however, there may be no escape for investors”…
Elizabeth Warren: ‘Canada Just Gave America A Wake-Up Call’
“So it probably came as a shock that one of Canada’s main goals in this renegotiation is to get the United States to treat our own workers better. Canada doesn’t want its workers competing with poorly-treated laborers — including workers in the United States.”
Donald Trump ‘Can’t Believe’ The Washington Post Knows He’s Ripping Off Unemployed Nannies
“My heart just stopped,†Chavez recalled. “I would donate to his 2020 campaign in a heartbeat.â€
‘Who Knows!’ Trump Calls New Bestie ‘Chuck’ To Beg For Healthcare Deal
I’m sorry, say that again Mr. President. How’s this going to work again? You’ll let it fail and then the Democrats are going to “come to you”?…
Noam Chomsky: Trump’s Antics Mask Far More ‘Destructive’ Dynamic
“Whether Trump has any idea what he and his henchmen are up to is not clear. Perhaps he is completely authentic: an ignorant, thin-skinned megalomaniac whose only ideology is himself. “
Kyle Bass: Cryptocurrencies Are A ‘Mania At The Moment’
“A whole bunch of people are going to lose a lot of money.”
Calm Before The Storm.
Although you’d be forgiven for asking where the “calm” was.
What Are You Thinking?
Simply put: if the idea is to communicate that the hawkish shift is going to be “coordinated”, market participants aren’t getting the message.
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