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Over the years, I have studied what makes Senator Dino Melaye tick. He is everywhere in the news, somewhere in the news, somehow in the news, somewhat in the news. He is the magic in the news. Who is Dino Melaye? If anyone tells you the Jarma of Okuta was born with a silver spoon, […]

Eyitayo Jegede, a senior advocate of Nigeria, on Friday, July 22, 2016, resigned his appointment as the attorney general and justice commissioner of Ondo State after over seven years of “meritorious service,” in order to pursue his governorship ambition in the November gubernatorial election. Mr. Jegede handed in his resignation at the Alagbaka government office […]

Nigerians on Thursday July 21, 2016 got a piece of bad news – the economy is in recession. But, there is no need to panic because it will be short, according to Finance Minister Mrs Kemi Adeosun. Mrs Adeosun, broke the depressing news to Senators in plenary while briefing them on measures adopted to get the […]

Submitted by Claudio Grass via Acting-Man.com, The Transition “The chaos that one day will ensue from our 35-year experiment with worldwide fiat money will require a return to money of real value. We will know that day is approaching when oil-producing countries demand gold, or its equivalent, for their oil rather than dollars or euros. […]

In a word: “yes” (though we have been unable to contact his wife and children) It seems the Republican party is ‘united’ against one politician (other than Hillary)… With his refusal to endorse Donald Trump from the convention stage Wednesday, Ted Cruz prompted a chorus of boos from those in the audience — and a […]Read More

Submitted by Kevin Schwartz via Counterpunch.org, We taste the spices of Arabia, yet never feel the scorching sun which brings them forth. -Inscribed around the rotunda of the Jefferson Reading Room in the US Library Congress, above the figure of Commerce The long-overdue release of the classified 28 pages of a 2002 congressional inquiry into […]

Submitted by David Galland via GarrentGalland.com, Given we are eyeballs-deep in the US presidential election cycle, now seems a particularly appropriate time to share some observations on the topic of political propaganda. As a naturally curious fellow, some years ago – during the Clinton vs. Bush Senior contest – I became interested in the language […]

It’s quiet out there, too quiet. With VIX once again testing cycle lows, equity risk is trading below bond risk for the first time since right before markets crashed in August 2015. S&P 500 implied volatility (VIX) has now been lower than Treasury ETF TLT’s implied volatility for the month of July (since Brexit)… As […]Read More

Via The Daily Bell, Hillary Clinton said Monday that Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee, was the most dangerous presidential candidate in the history of the United States. -CNN Clinton, in an interview with CBS News’ Charlie Rose, believes Donald Trump has “no self-discipline, no self-control, no sense of history, no understanding of the limits […]

“Peddling fiction“ versus “inconvenient truths“… Presented with little comment – Grabbed from the front page of CNN – ivory tower ignorance or willful blindness, you decide… h/t @momomiester But have no fear, America – While Obama says there’s no “doom and gloom”, Hillary is “monitoring” the situation… Monitoring the horrific situation in Munich. We stand […]Read More

Moments ago the worst kept secret in Washington was confirmed when Hillary Clinton announced on Twitter she has picked Virginia senator Tim Kaine as her running mate in an attempt to bolster her support among blue-collar workers and maximize votes from US Latinos dismayed by Donald Trump. Kaine, 58, a Catholic former governor of Virginia, […]

Submitted by Jay Kawatsky via The National Interest, Artificial measures to stave off a downturn will only make it much worse. Describing what he called the “crack-up boom”, Ludwig von Mises, the great Austrian economist, said: The boom cannot continue indefinitely. There are two alternatives. Either the banks continue the credit expansion without restriction and […]