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Contracts are critical instruments for keeping lawsuits at bay. Wouldn’t it be nice to have a lawyer’s thesaurus laying around during those times when we just can’t think of another synonym to “person”? The Perfect Term for Your Contract As transactional attorneys know, contracts have a tendency to get more and more complicated the higher […]Read More

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Monday said it has intercepted a letter laden with heroin in Lagos. The discovery was announced in a statement signed in Lagos by the agency’s spokesman, Mr Mitchell Ofoyeju. According to the statement, the letter, which was sent from Bengalore, India, via Express Mail Service (EMS), was […]

Submitted by Charles Hugh-Smith of OfTwoMinds blog, What no financial analyst dares confess is the corporate profits they cheer every quarter have come at a cost that many Americans will soon be unable to bear. If you work for Corporate America in a managerial or professional capacity, you know all about burnout, because you see […]

While many were looking forward to the weekend in last week’s holiday-shortened week for some overdue downtime, the CEOs of five, mostly energy, companies had nothing but bad news for their employees and shareholders: they had no choice but to throw in the towel and file for bankruptcy. And, as Bloomberg reports, with last week’s […]

Submitted by Howard Kunstler via Kunstler.com, Historians of the future, roasting rat kabobs over their campfires, will look back at the year 2016 and marvel at the death throes of the zombie republic that died eating its own brains. This grotesque Deep State lumbers from one misadventure of governance to the next consuming its prospects […]

Update: *SHOOTING AT CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER, SHOOTER IS DOWN: WUSA9 *CAPITOL POLICE OFFICER SHOT, NOT SERIOUSLY: AP *SHOOTER AT U.S. CAPITOL IS IN CUSTODY, AP SAYS *WHITE HOUSE ALSO ON LOCKDOWN AFTER REPORTS OF SHOOTING: AP *EARNEST: CAN’T COMMENT ON REPORTS OF SHOOTING AT U.S. CAPITOL  Live Feed: Alternative Live Feed: ABC Breaking News | […]

Excerpted from Doug Noland’s Credit Bubble Bulletin, The 1987 stock market crash raised concerns for the dangers associated with mounting U.S. “twin deficits.” Fiscal and trade deficits were reflective of poor economic management. Credit excesses – certainly including excessive government borrowings – were stimulating demand that was reflected in expanding U.S. trade and Current Account […]Read More

Following the amassing of more than 44,000 signatures petitioning for the right to open-carry during the RNC convention in July, The Hill reports The Secret Service released a statement saying that “only authorized law enforcement personnel” working with the agency will be allowed to carry firearms inside protected areas. Petitioners reacted angrily to the decision, […]

Following SCOTUS’ decision not to hear a case making it easier to get rid of student debt, and The White House’s push to ease student loan ‘burdens’, WSJ reports a federal judge ruled law-school graduates who file for bankruptcy protection can cancel the debt they racked up while studying for the bar exam. In an […]Read More

Well that was a busy (no volume) day…But first some Easter Bunny fun… [embedded content] Overnight JPY selling juiced stocks up but as soon as reality slapped them in the face – with housing data that everyone ignored for its idiocy and spending data that crushed hopes and dreams for Q1 GDP. However, the afternoon […]

It is widely known that in the past 6 months there has been a loud debate about helicopter money, i.e., giving out ordinary people (bypassing the banks) money directly printed by the Fed. What is less known is that when it comes to the most despicable underbelly of American society, cash to the tune of […]

Submitted by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, Over the last 30-years, I have endeavored to learn from my own mistakes and, trust me, I have paid plenty of “stupid-tax.” However, it is only from making mistakes, that we learn how to become a better investor, advisor or portfolio manager. In the media, there is a select group […]Read More