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'North Korean' Roulette

'North Korean' Roulette

North Korea has tested the patience of America for way too long, now that there is a new sheriff in town, President Trump, things may be different.

 

Source: Branco via ComicallyDifferent.com

Ron Paul has some views on this too... Is North Korea about to launch an attack? Is it capable of being an existential threat to the US? Or is it possible that the threat is only made worse by continued US meddling in the dispute?

This New Bubble Is Even Bigger Than The Subprime Fiasco

Authored by Simon Black via SovereignMan.com,

In 1988, a bank called Guardian Savings and Loan made financial history by issuing the first ever “subprime” mortgage bond.

The idea was revolutionary.

The bank essentially took all the mortgages they had loaned to borrowers with bad credit, and pooled everything together into a giant bond that they could then sell to other banks and investors.

The idea caught on, and pretty soon, everyone was doing it.

Our Hopelessly Dysfunctional Democracy

Our Hopelessly Dysfunctional Democracy

Authored by Charles Hugh-Smith via OfTwoMinds blog,

When the system is rigged, "democracy" is just another public-relations screen to mask the unsavory reality of Oligarchy.

Democracy in America has become a hollow shell. The conventional markers of democracy--elections and elected representatives--exist, but they are mere facades; the mechanisms of setting the course of the nation are corrupt, and the power lies outside the public's reach.

Anti-Trump Propagandist David Brock Suffers Heart Attack

Anti-Trump Propagandist David Brock Suffers Heart Attack

Founder of Media Matters, and infamous Hillary "attack dog" and agit-prop specialist, David Brock has suffered a heart attack, but is expected to make a "swift recovery," a senior aide said Wednesday. As The Hill reports,

"David Brock suffered a heart attack while working in the Washington DC office early Tuesday," Bradley Beychok, Brock's chief of staff, said in a statement.

 

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