Israel Fires on Lebanese Troops Near Border, Launches Several Raids

The "Good News" Is Always The Same: The Stock Market Is Up... Until It Isn't Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, Cloaking a fake "market" with artifice to maintain its asymmetrical distribution of wealth and income also cloaks its detachment from the real world. I often refer to the dynamics of self-correction and self-liquidation. Systems that use feedback to rebalance extremes are self-correcting: rather than accelerate as they approach a cliff, they slow down and reorganize to avoid runaway self-reinforcing feedback (i.e. positive feedback), a.k.a. run to failure. Some things are self-liquidating by...

Beyond the initial oil shock, the Iran war is also laying the foundation for ongoing monetary inflation and price inflation, with no real change to the US regime’s commitment to easy money.

Trump Tells Iran 'Get Serious' About Negotiations Or 'No Turning Back' As WH Mulls Plans For 'Final Blow' Summary White House, Pentagon reviewing options for 'final blow' as Trump tells Iranians 'get serious' about talks, which they've rejected. Trump said to want 'speedy end to war' (WSJ) while at the same time warning Tehran of 'no turning back' if it doesn't negotiate. Israel says it has killed Alireza Tangsiri, commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps navy. VP Vance may travel to Pakistan this weekend for potential talks with Iran. *  *  * 'Final Blow' President Trump...