United States

Submitted by Michael Snyder via The Economic Collapse blog,

You are about to see a chart that is undeniable evidence that we have already entered a major economic slowdown. 

Ben Sasse is the man of the hour. On this first-term Republican senator from Nebraska lie the hopes of conservatives opposed to presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump.

Conservative columnists beg him to run for president. Erick Erickson, arguably the right’s best-known blogger, calls him a hero and “the voice of intellectual conservatives in the United States.”

Submitted by Jeff Thomas via InternationalMan.com,

For half a century, Americans have been largely unable to visit Cuba and have had to rely on the US government and media for an understanding of the political, social and economic conditions there. What has been described as the “American Berlin Wall” has been successful in providing Americans with quite an inaccurate view.

"My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee..." -  Hosea 4:6 (KJV)

In the time that I've been here in this physical dimension, I've noticed that most people don't take the time to check things out for themselves.  A simple act of reading a few pages of letters can sometimes rather easily dispel dangerous rumors and myths.

Submitted by StraightLineLogic.com's Robert Gore via The Burning Platform blog,

Economic depressions unfold slowly, which obscures their analysis, although they are simple to understand. Governments and central banks turn recessions into depressions, which are preceded by unsustainable expansions of debt untethered from the real economy. The reduction and resolution of excess debt takes time, and governments and central banks usually act counterproductively, retarding necessary adjustments and lengthening the adjustment, and consequently, the depression.