America

Authored by James Howard Kunstler via Kunstler.com,

Taking Liberty

You can see where this has been going...

The wholesale un-personing of “powerful men” in the arts, media, and politics for sex “crimes” ranging from rape to stealing a kiss communicates a hunt up the food-chain that leads to the Golden Golem of Greatness tweeting his wicked id out in his White House lair. The barely suppressed thought behind all this is that Donald Trump raped America… and now he must be found guilty of it… and pay!

Here are the full policy highlights of the Republicans' Tax Cuts & Jobs Act...

Policy Highlights

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (H.R. 1) overhauls America’s tax code to deliver historic tax relief for workers, families and job creators, and revitalize our nation’s economy. By lowering taxes across the board, eliminating costly special-interest tax breaks, and modernizing our international tax system, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act will help create more jobs, increase paychecks, and make the tax code simpler and fairer for Americans of all walks of life. 

Authored by Kevin Muir via The Macro Tourist blog,

I have had some bad trades in my day. But lately, one call has been especially atrocious.

Authored by MN Gordon via EconomicPrism.com,

The political differences of today’s leading two parties are not over ultimate questions of principles.  Rather, they’re over opposing answers to the question of how a goal can be achieved with the least sacrifice.  For lawmakers, the goal is to promise the populace something for nothing while pretending to make good on it.

Once again the stories of the death of Bitcoin appear to greatly exaggerated.

image courtesy of CoinTelegraph

Overnight Asian demand sent the cyrptocurrency to a new record high at $17,934 (Bitstamp).

Ethereum is off from its $750 highs, but rallying again today...

Today's preice action in ETH and BTC show the ususual trade-off...

And while buying every dip and HODLing makes everyone seem like a genius, DataTrek Research's Nicholas Colas has 5 Bitcoin Lessons For Every Investor