Authored by Justin Raimondo via TheAntiMedia.org,
The allegation – now accepted as incontrovertible fact by the “mainstream” media – that the Russian intelligence services hacked the Democratic National Committee (and John Podesta’s emails) in an effort to help Donald Trump get elected recently suffered a blow from which it may not recover.
From Eric Peters, CIO of One River Asset Management, here is a topical anecdote, as well as a review of the key events in the past week.
Weekend Notes
“Where’s the beef?” bellowed Biggie Too. “Health care, regulation reform, tax cuts – where’s it at?” continued the Chief Global Strategist for one of those too big to fail affairs.
“You boys were always gonna face this moment,” barked Biggie, sliding into a slow groove.
The Democratic Party’s Death by Identity Politics
Guest Column by Michael Hudson
Read it. It is superb.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/46733.htm
Wall Street First
By Michael Hudson
The following article by David Haggith is from The Great Recession Blog:
Trump’s really big supporters openly grieved that the explosion of his emphatically promised Obamacare replacement bodes poorly for all of Trump’s plans. Fox’s Sean Hannity and Lou Dobb’s regaled the Republican party for failing to take the reins and lead now that the party finally has the chance to prove it can do what it has promised. Hannity stated that numerous high authorities told him this marks the end of any Obamacare repeal for 2017.
Forget the deplorables; ignore the hollowing out of America's middle-class; dismiss the non-recovery in the nation's labor force; because 'everything must be awesome' in the United States - they're drinking the most champagne since the market top in 2007.