Submitted by David Stockman via Contra Corner blog,
Even by The Donald’s standards his 95 minute long interview with the Washington Post was remarkable. He let loose so many stray shots as to leave the establishment press clucking in a chorus of disbelief. It undoubtedly started with the stink bomb he lobbied at the ” all is awesome” meme about the US economy and stock market:
The U.S. government have announced plans to make it illegal for anybody to own a mobile home, or tiny house, without a special license – in a bid to eradicate offgrid living in America. Following on from local governments around the country criminalizing private rainwater collection, the federal government now want home owners to obtain a special license from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) authority to verifiy that their home conforms to the same standards that recreational vehicles (RV’s) are required to have.
Recently, we’ve shown where wealthy people reside within the US, and where they’re fleeing from (here, and here). We now present to you the US city that is winning the race to drive out their wealthiest taxpayers.
As the Chicago Tribune reports, that city is none other than Chicago, Illinois.
Millionaires are leaving Chicago more than any other city in the United States on a net basis, according to a report by New World Wealth.
Submitted by Douglas Herman
“The majority of men are not capable of thinking, but only of believing and are not accessible to reason but only to authority.”
- Arthur Schopenhauer Voting is like bungee jumping: it’s for people who like big jerks. If the 2016 US Presidential election seems like a manufactured media circus, perhaps we can blame Hollywood. More precisely, we can blame fictional Senator Jay Billington Bulworth and his bluster for providing the blueprint.
A Huge Leak
The “Panama Papers” tax haven leak is big …
After all, the Prime Minister of Iceland resigned over the leak, and investigations are taking place worldwide over the leak.
But Why Is It Mainly Focusing On Enemies of the West?
But the Panama Papers reporting mainly focuses on friends of Russia’s Putin, Assad’s Syria and others disfavored by the West.
Former British Ambassador Craig Murray notes: