Why is Obama Panicking Now? – The Importance of Understanding Political Surveillance In The Era of President Obama… | The Last Refuge

Why is former President Obama calling forth all his defensive resources now?  Why did former national security advisor Susan Rice write her cya letter?  Why have republicans in congress not been willing to investigate the true origins of political surveillance?  What is the reason for so much anger, desperation and opposition from a variety of…
— Read on theconservativetreehouse.com/2020/05/09/why-is-obama-panicking-now-the-importance-of-understanding-political-surveillance-in-the-era-of-president-obama/

French court backs EDF in dispute with distributors over supply contracts | The Mighty 790 KFGO | KFGO

PARIS (Reuters) – Electricity distributors in France cannot break contracts to buy nuclear power from EDF at p…
— Read on kfgo.com/2020/04/18/french-court-backs-edf-in-dispute-with-distributors-over-supply-contracts/

France, and the EU, are going to strangle their economies with this kind of BS regulation.

Rabobank: “The Fed Just Carved Central Planning Into The Bedrock Of The US Financial System” | Zero Hedge

Try to read this paragraph and not die laughing.

Meanwhile, China is naturally still trying to send out signals that all is well. Its trade data today showed exports in USD were -6.6% y/y in March vs. -13.9% expected while imports were -0.9% vs. -9.8%. Those who think this is an accurate depiction of the actual state of economic affairs will no doubt be firm believers in the effectiveness of recent European and OPEC+ actions. More concretely, Aussie NAB business conditions dropped from 0 to -22 for March and confidence from -2 to -66, which is off the chart.
— Read on www.zerohedge.com/markets/rabobank-fed-just-carved-central-planning-bedrock-us-financial-system

This Hedge Fund Saw Risks of Coronavirus Early. Now It’s Up 36%. – WSJ

Valiant Capital Management’s returns mark some of the best results in the hedge-fund industry through the stock market tumult to date, after the firm homed in early on the risks coronavirus posed to the global economy.
— Read on www.wsj.com/articles/this-hedge-fund-saw-risks-of-coronavirus-early-now-its-up-36-11585819802

As “Big Short 2” Explodes, Citi, Deutsche Bank Stuck With Billions In Unsellable CMBS Debt | Zero Hedge

This collapse in broader CMBX indexes as “the big short 2.0” gradually comes to fruition, has led to spillover effects across the entire Commercial Mortgage-Backed space, resulting in the first hung deal.
— Read on www.zerohedge.com/markets/big-short-2-explodes-citi-deutsche-bank-stuck-billions-unsellable-cmbs-debt

The market isn’t. It’s Marxets now.

oftwominds-Charles Hugh Smith: How Many Cases of Covid-19 Will It Take For You to Decide Not to Frequent Public Places?

oftwominds-Charles Hugh Smith: How Many Cases of Covid-19 Will It Take For You to Decide Not to Frequent Public Places?
— Read on charleshughsmith.blogspot.com/2020/02/how-many-cases-of-covid-19-will-it-take.html

Why Governments Hate Secession | Mises Wire

When the Soviet Union began its collapse in 1989, the world witnessed decentralization and secession on a scale not seen in Europe since the nineteenth century.
— Read on mises.org/wire/why-governments-hate-secession

US wanted to kidnap or kill Julian Assange: lawyer

The US plotted to kidnap and possibly kill Julian Assange as he hid out in at the Ecuadorian embassy in London, his attorney claimed.
— Read on nypost.com/2020/02/25/julian-assanges-lawyer-claims-us-wanted-to-kill-wikileaks-founder-and-make-it-look-like-accident/

FREE ASSANGE!

Trump’s Betrayal of Julian Assange – LewRockwell

The Trump Administration argues that the Australian Assange should be tried and convicted of espionage against a country of which he is not a citizen. At the same time the Trump Administration argues that the First Amendment does not apply to Assange because he is not an American citizen! So Assange is subject to US law when it comes to publishing information embarrassing to the US deep state but he is not subject to the law of the land – the US Constitution – which protects all journalists and is the backbone of our system of government.

It is ironic that a President Trump who has been victim of so much deep state meddling has done the deep state’s bidding when it comes to Assange and Wikileaks. President Trump should preempt the inevitable US show trial of Assange by granting the journalist blanket pardon under the First Amendment of the United States Constitution.

The deep state Trump is serving by persecuting Assange is the same deep state that continues to plot Trump’s own ouster. Free Assange!
— Read on www.lewrockwell.com/2020/02/ron-paul/trumps-betrayal-of-julian-assange/

Update on supply chain and gold silver needs.

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