Freedom
Wait For It
An eerie silence cloaked the political landscape this lovely fall weekend as the soldiers in this (so far) administrative civil war scrambled for position in the next round of skirmishes. Rep. Adam Schiff fell back […]
October 2019
Wealth Abuse
Fed Injects $104.2BN Via Overnight, Term Repos One Day After Start Of “Not A QE”
by Tyler Durden One day after the repo market appeared to lock up again, when the Fed’s overnight repo operation was unexpectedly oversubscribed again, for the first time since September 25, moments ago – and one […]
Financial
The Ghosts of Failed Banks Have Returned – Alasdair Macleod
Recently, something unusual happened: instead of the more normal reverse repurchase agreements, the Fed escalated its repurchase agreements (repos). For the avoidance of doubt, a reverse repo by the Fed involves the Fed borrowing money […]
Financial
QE4 Officially Begins: Fed’s First T-Bill Purchase Is 4x Oversubscribed Amid Massive Liquidity Demand
by Tyler Durden QE4 has officially arrived. As previewed yesterday, moments ago the Fed concluded the first POMO – as in Permanent Open Market Operation, not to be confused with Temporary – from previously announced T-Bill purchases ($60 […]
World Affairs
Behind Hong Kong’s Black Terror
Deciphering who’s behind the violence leads to a long list of possibilities By Pepe Escobar “If we burn, you burn with us.” “Self-destruct together.” (Lam chao.) The new slogans of Hong Kong’s black bloc – a […]
World Affairs
Trump Talks To Putin. But How?
Raúl Ilargi Meijer If you ask me, this is brilliant, but I know you’re not asking me. Still, what I’m reading today is genius. That is, Donald Trump and his people have found a way […]
Government
On Psychopathy And Power
Caitlin Johnstone Op-Ed by Caitlin Johnstone Due to a very painful and disturbing revelation in my personal life I have had the unfortunate occasion to spend the last several days thinking a lot about psychopaths and what makes […]
Commentary
40 Million Americans Already Don’t Have Enough Food To Eat – And Here Is Why It Will Soon Get A Lot Worse
October 14, 2019 by Michael Snyder The things that I am going to share with you in this article are definitely very alarming. But if you live in a wealthy neighborhood and are always surrounded by other […]
Military
DO OR DAESH
by Raúl Ilargi Meijer THE AUTOMATIC EARTH An article from long term Automatic Earth contributor Alexander Aston, who feels very strongly about the topic. Personally, I have many more questions left. It’s easy to say Trump […]
Commentary
In Memoriam: Reality
The Golden Golem of Greatness shifted into mad bull overdrive for last night’s Minneapolis fan rally, cussing and bellowing at the picadors of the Left who have been sticking lances in his neck for three […]