Looking Backwards … LB #1 With the beginning of the new year, there are many changes about to happen. New leaders will take the stage, tariffs might be implemented, and markets will fluctuate but some monumental events have already occurred. Let’s go to ZeroHedge, “An era came to a close in Europe on the first …
We start a fresh, anew if you will. New Year they say. Well, I don’t think much has changed. What I do know though is that China has hacked into our Treasury Department. That’s right. They hacked in, snooped around, and then left. American authorities are not happy. Some so this is payback for supporting …
Looking Backwards … LB #1 We begin this week with less than jolly news for the Christmas season as it appears that the stimulus cash has burned its way through the economy and companies are grasping for ideas. Sean O’Kane writes for Tech Crunch, “Struggling EV startup Canoo says it has furloughed 82 employees and …
There are few things I despise more than nepotism. The best thing about America is that originally most wealth and standing had to be earned. As our country gets fatter, dumber, and more socialist we have lost the earned part and seem to have embraced the taking over the family business. There are many examples …
Looking Backwards … LB #1 I decided to write another LBLF this week a part II if you will in the spirit of giving. This will focus on foreign policy since we seem to be going through some enormous geopolitical turmoil. Let’s start in Europe with the German governmental collapse. This from ZeroHedge, “Europe is …
Looking Backwards … LB #1 The clock is ticking before the wee orange man takes his second oath and starts issuing tariffs like Chinese throwing stars to the rest of the world. Ping, zing, pow! That is at least what he says, and I believe only some of that so who knows what will happen. …
Today I want to talk about a disappearing phenomenon before it is gone, your dollar’s purchasing power. The dollar is the world’s reserve currency and the current arrangement was set up at Bretton Woods in 1944 as the US was set to help the rest of the world after the war. America had all the …
Looking Backwards … LB #1 Today we see that the ratings agency have finally gotten the pigeon shit out of their eyes and taken a more objective look at these countries that they are supposed to be monitoring. This from ZeroHedge, “Alas, after Marine Le Pen toppled Barnier’s government in a dispute over deficit reduction …
In 1997, there was a wonderful neo-noir crime drama called LA Confidential. It tells the story of three cops in the early 50s. Colin McCormick and Padraig Cotter set the stage well in their piece on ScreenRant.com, “Directed by the late Curtis Hanson, L.A. Confidential is an adaptation of James Ellroy’s novel of the same …
Looking Backwards … LB #1 As I look outside the window and watch the winter rains slowly steal the sunshine and fall colors away from the landscape it occurred to me that something else was reigning across the world. Chaos. ZeroHedge will be featured heavily today as chaos shaking the ship doesn’t seem to generate …