#ggg-politics

“President Donald J. Trump read early drafts of the bill and negotiated regarding critical elements of it,” the press secretary office’s statement read. “He has now reviewed the final version and, based

What are we looking for? A Way out of this mess! I'll believe it when I see it and there are no Blackwater Mercs. sent in to replace them. But, that said, it seems there might actually be a couple of people

The EU is doubling down on its creeping authoritarianism by starting on the path to invoking Article 7 against Poland. This is happening against a backdrop of Trump's weakness in the face of the Swamp

-- Trump is walking into the sanctions trap with Russia -- The target is Iran, to force Russia to choose -- EU is preparing for Bank Runs -- Pakistan's PM resigns -- China will continue with CPEC -- EOS

MAGA this, Donald! John McCain is a traitor and not a maverick. He’s simply the most common thing in Washington, a boot-licker for the New World Order crowd. He is committed to a world of war, chaos and

Time's a'Wasting, John Rand Paul blocked fast-tracking the National Defense Authorization Act on Friday to block John McCain from hitting the Trifecta of evil before he goes back to Arizona to die. Paul

Crushing Your Head, John McCain Lost in all of this talk about the U.S. Congress adding sanctions onto Russia is Russia’s unique placement in the world’s Uranium industry. So much focus is placed on its

Central Casting Called, they want their props back CNN is desperately trying to get the world to believe that Russia is arming the Taliban in Afghanistan. Their air-tight case? Taliban fighters have been

First it was the CFTC saying that tokens, like Bitcoin, were subject to the same rules as all other financial assets. This is a clear attempt to add costs and barriers to cryptocurrency exchanges brought

Twitter's earnings report was a mountain of suck. Americans are getting sick of being herded into smaller and smaller echo chambers and are leaving the platform. Good. This is a company that epitomizes

Zerohedge's article from this morning tells you all you need to know about how offside the markets are becoming vis a vis the FOMC's policy plans. People can scream to high heaven that the U.S. dollar

The View of Putin from Capitol Hill The problem with our Congress is that they still think it's 1989 and we are the only real power left in the world. It is the hardest thing a human being can let go of

The euro found itself at the mercy of U.S. political instability brought on by Special Investigator Robert Mueller announcing a wider investigation into Trump’s business dealings. This is a clear example

Show Notes: -- Trump goes after his Attorney General Jeff Sessions publicly -- A weak Trump equals a weak dollar -- Markets getting jittery ahead of Debt Ceiling fight in Congress -- Congress almost priding

This interview with Daniel Larimer, the creator of Steem and BitShares, is eye-popping. EOS is his latest project. It is a further evolution of the work done on those two systems to generalize the technology

Blood Sucking is His Day Job, by Night he's George the Impaler Central Europe is rising up in earnest against Soros and his minions in the EU, most notably, Angela Merkel. Watching this play out it comes

Alphabay getting shut down brings monetary anonymity into focus, especially coins like Monero. Retaining privacy in an age where everyone wants to collate your every move is an extreme challenge. With

A Witch Hunt Against Trump is Not a Winning Strategy It was the best of fundraising times, it was the worst of fundraising time. The Democratic National Committee’s June finances reveal an organization

-- John McCain's brain cancer has big effects on the senate -- Robert Mueller timed his announcement push McCain off the news cycle -- Lugansk People's Republic declares itself a new country Malorussia

This was the week that was. I told Halsey in our weekly live chat on Sunday night that I thought John McCain had brain cancer. It was simply a metaphor for his illness being a helluva lot more serious