Review: 'Bush,' a Biography as Scathing Indictment ... If Mr. Bush eventually gets a more sympathetic hearing by history, as he hopes, it will not start with Jean Edward Smith's "Bush," a comprehensive and compelling narrative punctuated by searing verdicts of all the places where the author thinks the 43rd president went off track. -New York TimesThis review of a biography of Bush tracks some of...Read More
Nobody who knows the status of the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s server is talking. ... The FBI interviewed former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for many hours on Saturday morning. On Saturday afternoon CNN Senior Producer Teddy Davis tweeted “Sources tell CNN’s Evan Perez: expectation is that there will be announcement of no charges in Clinton email probe w/in next...Read More
Gold eases off near two-year high, silver crosses $21/oz ... Gold slides to two-week low as Brexit fears abate ... Gold eased off a near two-year high, while silver breached the $21 level for the first time since July 2014 in highly volatile trade on Monday, prompted by a burst of short-covering in China. – BloombergGold and silver are having great runs now that the monetary manipulation h...Read More
More Hole in the ozone layer is finally ‘healing’ ... Chlorine reacting with these beautiful stratospheric clouds over Antarctica is the cause of the hole in the ozone layer (Cynthia Spence/NSF) The ozone hole over Antarctica is finally “healing” almost 30 years after the world banned the chemicals responsible for its creation, researchers say. – ABCSo the Ozone hol...Read More
Review: 'Bush,' a Biography as Scathing Indictment ... If Mr. Bush eventually gets a more sympathetic hearing by history, as he hopes, it will not start with Jean Edward Smith's "Bush," a comprehensive and compelling narrative punctuated by searing verdicts of all the places where the author thinks the 43rd president went off track. -New York TimesThis review of a biography of Bush tracks some of...Read More
CNN and MSNBC confirm Hillary Clinton will not face any charges in email inquiry ... Hours after Hillary Clinton held her long awaited interview with the FBI in the name of helping its investigation of a Romanian email hacker, which the media has routinely and willfully misreported as being an "investigation of Clinton" for the past year, MSNBC is now finally reporting the obvious: she'll face no...Read More
If the City has truly found humility, it can still be useful to Britain ... Some figures in the financial services industry are almost starting to sound contrite. Given the trade surpluses they generate, it's tempting to listen ... The City is nervous about Brexit. – GuardianThis article is telling us that post-Brexit, London's City is “remorseful” about how it has acted. Or at...Read More
CNN and MSNBC confirm Hillary Clinton will not face any charges in email inquiry ... Hours after Hillary Clinton held her long awaited interview with the FBI in the name of helping its investigation of a Romanian email hacker, which the media has routinely and willfully misreported as being an "investigation of Clinton" for the past year, MSNBC is now finally reporting the obvious: she'll face no...Read More
If the City has truly found humility, it can still be useful to Britain ... Some figures in the financial services industry are almost starting to sound contrite. Given the trade surpluses they generate, it's tempting to listen ... The City is nervous about Brexit. – GuardianThis article is telling us that post-Brexit, London's City is “remorseful” about how it has acted. Or at...Read More
The president of France has launched a scathing attack on Republican candidate Donald Trump, saying relations between the US and Europe would be complicated if the New York tycoon wins the White House. In comments that were surprisingly outspoken for a sitting head of state about another country's political candidate, Fran??ois Hollande urged Democrats to work to ensure the victory of Hillary Cl...Read More
Silver scores biggest weekly jump in almost 3 years ... Silver futures logged their largest weekly climb since 2013 Friday, hitting a nearly 22-month high as the U.S. dollar softened and investors continued to search for safety. -MarketWatchUsually the mainstream media provides us with a variety of propaganda that distorts the truth.But there was little in the way of distortion yesterday when gold...Read More
The president of France has launched a scathing attack on Republican candidate Donald Trump, saying relations between the US and Europe would be complicated if the New York tycoon wins the White House. In comments that were surprisingly outspoken for a sitting head of state about another country's political candidate, Fran??ois Hollande urged Democrats to work to ensure the victory of Hillary Cl...Read More
Silver scores biggest weekly jump in almost 3 years ... Silver futures logged their largest weekly climb since 2013 Friday, hitting a nearly 22-month high as the U.S. dollar softened and investors continued to search for safety. -MarketWatchUsually the mainstream media provides us with a variety of propaganda that distorts the truth.But there was little in the way of distortion yesterday when gold...Read More
The claim that Hillary is innately dishonest is simply accepted as a given. It is an accusation and conviction so ingrained in the conversation about her that any attempt to even question it is often met with shock. And yet here's the thing: it's not actually true. -AndrewTobias.comWe are told by Andrew Tobias that Hillary was actually the most truthful candidate (of either Party) in the 2016 elec...Read More
Tomorrow never comes: neglecting the nuclear force ... In 2014, following several high-level embarrassments, Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel ordered two enterprise-level reviews of nuclear forces. Remarking on their findings, Hagel said, "the internal and external reviews I ordered show that a consistent lack of investment and support for our nuclear forces -over far too many years - has left us...Read More
German orthodoxy stands on the way of Eurozone recovery argues the billionaire … Billionaire and philanthropist George Soros told the European Parliament on Thursday that Brexit "unleashed" a financial crisis akin to the 2007-2008 Lehman Brothers meltdown. European thingGeorge Soros has been launching broadsides against Brexit during the past week, and this one, above, seems to be in line...Read More
Kiss Your Domestic Bias Goodbye, Central Bankers of the World ... In a globalized world, managing domestic economic conditions requires having one eye focused abroad. For evidence, look no farther than the global monetary policy fallout from Britain's June 23 vote to leave the European Union. – BloombergBrexit reverberations continue to generate calls for more central banking coordination.Ju...Read More
The claim that Hillary is innately dishonest is simply accepted as a given. It is an accusation and conviction so ingrained in the conversation about her that any attempt to even question it is often met with shock. And yet here's the thing: it's not actually true. -AndrewTobias.comWe are told by Andrew Tobias that Hillary was actually the most truthful candidate (of either Party) in the 2016 elec...Read More
Tomorrow never comes: neglecting the nuclear force ... In 2014, following several high-level embarrassments, Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel ordered two enterprise-level reviews of nuclear forces. Remarking on their findings, Hagel said, "the internal and external reviews I ordered show that a consistent lack of investment and support for our nuclear forces -over far too many years - has left us...Read More
German orthodoxy stands on the way of Eurozone recovery argues the billionaire … Billionaire and philanthropist George Soros told the European Parliament on Thursday that Brexit "unleashed" a financial crisis akin to the 2007-2008 Lehman Brothers meltdown. European thingGeorge Soros has been launching broadsides against Brexit during the past week, and this one, above, seems to be in line...Read More