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Less than 24 hours after the Cruz/Kasich alliance was announced, it already appears to be on the verge of failure. Upon hearing of the deal between Cruz and Kasich, GOP voters and strategists alike were left scratching their heads, wondering how this was all supposed to work. To recap, the two men had their campaigns […]

Submitted by Mac Slavo via SHTFPlan.com, While President Obama took credit this weekend for saving the world economy from a global depression and stock markets are hovering around all-time highs, not everyone is convinced that central bank policy and government involvement in financial markets has stabilized the system. Doug Casey, one of the most well respected […]

A record-setting 115,831 Chinese people lined up for Hubei province’s civil services exam on Friday… all knowing that the 6,500 open positions meant the chances of acceptance were lower than that of getting into Princeton or Yale… Up from 106,000 last year, China People’s Daily reports this year’s applicants the most numerous ever… Applicants across […]Read More

Update: after widening by 2bps earlier, Malaysia CDS is now +4 at 167bps and starting to move as macro “analysts” finally catch up on the entire story and comprehend the implications. * * * Malaysian CDS rose to near 3-month highs and the Ringgit has spiked over 300 pips – back near recent lows – […]

Submitted by Tony Sagami via MauldinEconomics.com, My college-aged kids love him. I’m not talking about Stephen Curry or Justin Bieber (although they love them too); I’m talking about Bernie Sanders. Whether you support him or not, my guess is that most Americans my age are very surprised about his popularity. However, it shouldn’t be a […]Read More

Bingo. We don’t know anything, except that the U.S. government has been lying to the public for 15 years. KK: So you don’t know if the hush money was from the Saudi government or private individuals?   SH: The money was from the government … what the Saudis were doing, so I’ve been told, by […]Read More

On the heels of State Department spokesman John Kirby’s renewed proclamation that “US is committed to admitting more refugees,” we thought this brief clip from France’s picturesque Mantes La Jolie (in the western suburbs of Paris) – Europe’s largest “ghetto” – would be useful… Here’s the postcard… Le Val-Fourré, the largest housing project in the […]Read More

ISIS appears to be at a bit of a crossroads. As we detailed yesterday, faced with a cash crunch and significant military losses, the organization is becoming quite strained. The group has reached the point where the rank and file are becoming frustrated and have started to defect. In order to stop the defections, ISIS […]

Submitted by Roy Cordato via The Mises Institute, The saga of the so-called Charlotte bathroom ordinance — and the state of North Carolina’s response to it — has taken on a life of its own. At the national level leftists are accusing North Carolina of bigotry while, in the name of tolerance, a growing list […]

There are many factors to examine when considering an investment in, or buying policy from an insurance company. However, the focus of this write-up is using publicly available information, mainly financial statements, to discern the financial health of insurance companies, and their ability to meet ongoing obligations to policyholders, employees and also offer adequate return […]

There’s a lot of confusion out there (so imagine the level of non-compliance) about the proper way to handle client funds properly, particularly flat fees. Do you place these in an interest-bearing account for the benefit of the client? How do you go about your business in good faith without putting your license and practice […]

The Lagos State Government on Monday announced plans to upgrade the network of roads in Ikeja to improve and boost the economic stature of the seat of government to world class standard and to reduce traffic gridlock around the corridor to the barest minimum. It also revealed readiness to expand the Awolowo Way with an […]