Germany; AfD momentum, Merz militarization
The Duran: Episode 2188

Kiev's Toretsk Disaster; Russia's Advances All Fronts; EU Panic, To Speak To Putin; China Hits Back
Topic 1506

NATO, Russia/China threat. Dmitriev meets Graham. Elensky RED LINE. EU targets X. Macron Eau Sauvage
Topic 1650

The Duran: Episode 961
France's Marine Le Pen Acquitted in Case Over Violating Hate Speech Laws
https://sputniknews.com/europe/202105041082797685-frances-marine-le-pen-acquitted-in-case-over-violating-hate-speech-laws/

As a departure from my normal posts, but continuing in the vein of suck shit America, I have been reading the reports of the aftershocks of Trumps tariff war for the past day and would like to set the record straight.

1. With the worst few days in stock market history, billionaires are not losing hundreds of billions of dollars. Sophisticated investors understand markets, and make as much money short selling stock as we do buying and selling stock. In fact, it's much easier to make money shorting stock which falls due to a broader economic shock wave like this than to pick stock before a rise. The people who lose money in bloodbaths like this are pension funds, and mum and dad investors, and anyone using heavily leveraged margin lending. This is a simple reality of life.

2. Trumps calls for calm claiming the job market is strong is likewise a bs claim. Job market figures are nothing more than guesses, rarely correct, nearly always adjusted in the following months when real numbers are available. I ...