Trump Insists Negotiations Between the US and Iran Haven’t Stopped

Saudi Arabia is pressing the Trump administration to end its blockade of the Strait of Hormuz and return to negotiations with Iran over fears that the US move could lead to the closure of the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal. The Bab el-Mandeb Strait is another vital waterway […]

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...