Authored by James Howard Kunstler via Kunstler.com,
The Greeks and Romans had one up on us: their gods and goddesses were not so easy to impersonate. Their gods and goddesses acted at a remove from everyday life, out of reach, except in the popular imagination. Two thousand years later, along comes Hollywood with an industry designed to manufacture gods and goddesses, and churns them out in its “dream factories” like so many floor lamps.
Authored by Patrick Watson via Mauldin Economics,
Wall Street endlessly gushes about retirement. Its TV commercials show how wonderful life will be in our golden years—when we are old, yet still healthy and wealthy enough to go hang-gliding every day.
Meanwhile, out here in the real world, most working-age Americans don’t want to talk or even think about retirement. Often this is because they know they aren't saving enough and probably will have to work until they drop dead.
Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com,
Richard Sylla: 70% to 80% Chance of Another Global Financial Crisis
Written by Peter Diekmeyer, Sprott Money News
When Janet Yellen, Chairman of the US Federal Reserve, said in June that she does not expect another financial crisis in our lifetime, eyebrows were raised.
None more so than Richard Sylla’s.
Longtime NBC sports broadcaster Al Michaels outraged feminists and SJWs across America last night when he joked that the New York Giants were “coming off a worse week than Harvey Weinstein” during the Giants-Broncos game last night.
but seriously folks, pic.twitter.com/WqpmCLjOAT
— Mike Tunison (@xmasape) October 16, 2017