Michael Snyder: At a time when America desperately needs to come together, we are becoming more divided than ever.  The mainstream media and most of our politicians love to pit us against one Read more…

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Michael Snyder:  The human capacity for self-delusion truly is remarkable.  Most people out there end up believing exactly what they want to believe even when the truth is staring them right in the face. Read more…

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Dominique de Kevelioc de Bailleul: Reports of the USS Enterprise aircraft carrier battle group setting course to join battle groups USS Lincoln and Vinson in the Arabian Sea and today’s back-to-back announcements regarding the complete termination of Iran’s financial transactions through SWIFT Read more…

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Michael Snyder:  Any financial system that is based on debt is doomed to fail.  Today, we are living in the greatest debt bubble that the world has ever seen, and if all of a sudden people could not use credit to buy things our economy would immediately ground to a halt.  Unfortunately, no debt bubble can last Read more…

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Jim Trippon: US China watchers are eager to gauge the presumed next leader of China, Vice-President Xi Jinping, when he visits the White House next month. The visit, announced by the Read more…

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