On Kamala’s “inspiring” backstory and the Big Lie about ‘unity’

The year was 1994. Former NFL superstar OJ Simpson has just fled from police in the infamous low speed chase in his white Ford Bronco. Pulp Fiction was playing in the cinemas.

And 29 year old Kamala Harris began dating one of the most powerful politicians in the State of California— Willie Brown.

Brown had been in politics for decades at that point and has risen to become the Speaker of California State Assembly, then Mayor of San Francisco.

(And despite having spent his entire adult life in politics, Brown somehow managed to amass a collection of $6,000 suits and expensive sports cars.)

Willie Brown was also at 60 years of age back in 1994 (he’s 90 now), three decades older than his girlfriend Kamala.

Obviously she was in it for love. I’m sure that’s the case.

But it just so happened that, barely a few months into their steamy relationship, Speaker Willie Brown appointed Kamala to multiple, senior-level positions in the state, including a seat on the California Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board and the Medical Assistance Commission.

I’m also sure that Brown appointed his girlfriend due entirely to her competence, and absolutely no other reason whatsoever.

These appointments, along with Sugar Daddy’s public support and endorsement, were integral in Harris’s later campaign to become San Francisco District Attorney, then Attorney General of California in 2010.

Willie Brown also endorsed her for Senate when she declared her candidacy in 2016, and was instrumental in securing her top endorsements, including from Joe Biden and Barack Obama.

Again, all of this success was clearly due exclusively to Kamala’s tremendous competence and nothing more.

Now, a lot of people have been remarking lately that Kamala is a DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) hire.

But that’s completely unfair. Talk about a low blow. I mean, Kamala’s critics have completely missed the point that this woman— who claims to embody female empowerment— got her start by having sex with a powerful California politician 30 years her senior.

So let’s give credit where credit is due: she slept her way to the top well before she became a DEI hire.

In fact it wasn’t until she was picked to be Joe Biden’s running mate that she started benefiting from the DEI obsession.

Curiously, it is now considered racist to even bring this up. CNN has decided that calling Vice President Kamala Harris a “DEI Candidate” is “pseudonym for the N-word” and “racist dog whistle”.

That’s absurd. Joe Biden’s entire presidency has been about promoting DEI candidates, and he admitted this himself recently when he said:

“To me the values of Diversity, Equality, Inclusion are literally— and that’s not kidding— the core strengths of America. That’s why I’m proud to have the most diverse administration in history that taps into the full talents of our country. It starts at the top with the Vice President.”

Biden also made it perfectly clear in 2020 that he wanted to select a woman of color as his running mate.

So why exactly is it controversial to assert that Kamala was a DEI hire? Is it also controversial that the sky is blue, or that Michael Jordan was an exceptional basketball player?

But these people in charge have a way of acting offended about even the most basic and obvious truths. It’s quite a talent.

Speaking of talent, Kamala has none.

Whenever she opens her mouth, she is as incompressible as Joe Biden yet without the excuse of age and dementia. Like this gem:

“So I think it’s very important… for us, at every moment in time, and certainly this one, to see the moment in time in which we exist and are present, and to be able to contextualize it, to understand where we exist in the history and in the moment as it relates not only to the past, but the future.”

This is also the person that was put in charge of the border security, which has been a total disaster. But in her televised explanation, she justified having not been to the border by saying she hadn’t been to Europe either.

Wow, really racking up those foreign policy credentials!

And on the topic of foreign policy, check out this inspiring quote as Kamala showcased her encyclopedic understanding of European affairs:

“Ukraine is a country in Europe. It exists next to another country called Russia. Russia is a bigger country. Russia is a powerful country. Russia decided to invade a smaller country called Ukraine, so, basically, that’s wrong.”

Note that this wasn’t an interview on Nickelodeon or some event with elementary school kids. This was an actual response in a real interview about the war in Ukraine.

One of may favorite Kamala stories, though, is when she visited Puerto Rico earlier this year.

Protesters were in the streets of San Juan, singing in Spanish. Kamala merrily clapped along, until an aide quietly whispered that the song was protesting her visit as a representation of the federal government’s “colonization” of Puerto Rico.

Her track record as a prosecutor is also far from impressive.

As the Attorney General of California, she prosecuted and incarcerated cannabis users. But in 2019, asked if she herself had ever smoked weed, she cackled and said, “I have. And I inhaled.”

In 2014, Kamala’s office argued to keep non-violent inmates (including from minor drug convictions) locked up so that the state would have free prison labor to fight wildfires.

But Kamala would prefer that her Black Lives Matters voters forget about all that.

The Big Lie they are now force-feeding us is that the party of democracy is energized and united around Kamala Harris.

Personally I think they are terrified and desperate. Deep down they know this woman is an incompetent buffoon. And more importantly, they are still incredibly fractured.

Just look what the radical left has been doing this very week.

Their Marxist foot soldiers have been busy burning American flags, defacing public monuments, and hoisting Hamas flags, while chanting “Allahu Akbar!” in the streets. Curiously most of them are white atheist 20-somethings from upper-middle class upbringings.

And some of the Left’s most prominent politicians boycotted a speech given by the Prime Minister of Israel— one of America’s strongest allies during its time of war.

This continues to look like a group that is completely out of touch, but insists that they have everything under control… which is pretty much par for the course given the last few years under Biden.

Having said all that, it would be foolish to think they won’t pull out all the stops— continue to create all the propaganda, tell whatever lie, manufacture whatever hoax, and suppress whatever truth is necessary to win.

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Sorry Liz; Cash – Not Crypto – Still Top Funding-Choice For Terrorists

Sorry Liz; Cash – Not Crypto – Still Top Funding-Choice For Terrorists

Authored by Arijit Sarkar via CoinTelegraph.com,

Singapore’s internal investigation into nationwide terrorism threats has revealed a significant reliance on cash transfers for fundraising. In contrast, the adoption of cryptocurrency among terrorist organizations remains low.

The Singapore terrorism threat assessment report 2024, released July 25, highlighted an elevated terrorism threat to the nation owing to global instability. The report was issued by the Internal Security Department of the Ministry of Home Affairs.

Bypassing regulations with cash

The Singapore government noted an increase in the use of cryptocurrencies to raise funds for terrorist activities by various Islamist terrorist groups. However, the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) continues to receive most of its funding through cash transfers.

“Although there is increasing use of cryptocurrencies, the predominant means for financial transactions by ISIS and its affiliates remain cash couriers and informal value transfer systems (hawala).”

Wire transfers through financial institutions, money service businesses and cash couriers remain the top choice for terrorist organizations to raise capital. While Singapore reported no indication of an imminent attack, the primary threat driver continues to be online self-radicalization driven by supporters of the terrorist group Hamas.

Crypto donations in terror financing

The report also noted that, in February, a Philippines-based pro-ISIS media group ran a fundraising campaign in support of the “mujahideen (fighters)” and shared posters soliciting cryptocurrency donations.

The agency reminded citizens that funding terrorism is a crime. Since 2015, 13 individuals have been convicted for terror financing, which includes three Singaporeans and 10 foreigners.

Singapore’s ongoing effort to curb terror financing through regulation

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) recently increased the risk level for crypto exchange platforms or digital payment token service providers from medium-low to medium-high as part of an update to the country’s laws on Countering the Financing of Terrorism.

Key findings of the Money Laundering National Risk Assessment in the Anti-Money Laundering landscape. Source: MAS

The change aims to prevent terrorist organizations from exploiting Singapore’s economic openness as an international financial, business and transport hub for terrorist financing purposes.

[ZH: These findings run in direct contrast to Senator Elizabeth Warren’s constant diatribes against crypto.]

As Decrypt’s Stephen Graves notes, her intense scrutiny of crypto mining in the U.S. comes as she faces headwinds in her campaign to impose tighter restrictions on crypto in the U.S.

Just this week, Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS) pulled his support for Warren’s Digital Asset Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2023. His withdrawal was especially notable because he co-sponsored the bill.

Crypto firms have stepped up their efforts to unseat Warren, who has linked the digital asset class to crimes including child sexual exploitationterrorist financing and the fentanyl trade.

Ripple Labs has donated $1 million to help defeat prominent crypto critic Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) this November.  A company spokesperson confirmed to Decrypt on Tuesday that it made the payment to the Commonwealth Unity Fund, a super PAC set up to support the campaign of one of Warren’s Republican challengers, crypto attorney John Deaton.  The spokesperson declined, however, to comment on whether Ripple plans to spend additional funds on the race. They also did not clarify how the company’s…

This month, Ripple Labs donated $1 million to the Commonwealth Unity Fund, a a super PAC set up to support the campaign of one of Warren’s Republican challengers, crypto attorney John Deaton.

In February, it was revealed that pro-crypto super PAC Fairshake, which has raised hundreds of millions of dollars from crypto firms, poured $10 million into attack ads directed at prominent Warren ally Katie Porter, a Democratic congresswoman currently in a four-way race for California’s open U.S. Senate seat.

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Netanyahu Angry After Meeting With Vice President Harris

Netanyahu Angry After Meeting With Vice President Harris

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was angered by Vice President Kamala Harris’ on-camera statement following their Thursday meeting, and he now says the words threaten to sabotage any potential peace deal with Hamas.

Diplomats speaking with Axios said Netanyahu’s criticism stems from Harris speaking as if a ceasefire and hostage exchange would mark the final end of the war in Gaza, whereas Israel’s position has all along been that counter-Hamas operations could resume even if a hostage deal is reached.

Via AFP

Following the Harris-Netanyahu meeting which lasted about 40 minutes, the Vice President said “It is time for this war to end in a way where Israel is secure, all the hostages are released, the suffering of Palestinians in Gaza ends and the Palestinian people can exercise their right to freedom, dignity and self determination.”

She added: “And as I just told Prime Minister Netanyahu it is time to get this deal done. Let’s get the deal done. So we can get a ceasefire to end the war. Let’s bring the hostages home. And let’s provide much needed relief to the Palestinian people.”

Israeli officials told Axios that the Biden meeting was much more constructive than the one with Harris, but that they were “caught off guard” by Harris’ follow-up statement:  

  • The Israeli officials said Netanyahu and his team were caught off guard by Harris’ on-camera statement and taken aback by its tone, which they said sounded much more critical than Biden’s.
  • “Harris’ statement after the meeting was much more critical than what she told Netanyahu in the meeting,” one Israeli official claimed.

According to more, “The Israeli official also said Netanyahu was unhappy with the fact that Harris criticized Israel publicly for the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and for killing civilians, especially at the current timing amid the hostage deal negotiations.”

But an aide to the vice president said he has no idea what the Israeli side is talking about and emphasized the private meeting between Harris and Netanyahu was “serious and collegial.” 

So for now, it appears Netanyahu is ready to blame lack of progress in a ceasefire on VP Harris, and the current chaos of American politics after Biden bowed out of the presidential race. Israeli officials have tried to push a narrative that says a truce deal is impossible if there is any daylight in messaging between Washington and Tel Aviv.

But what Israel wants is a perpetual ‘blank check’ from the US taxpayer (akin to Ukraine’s Zelensky), and makes a lot of noise and complains bitterly in any instance where US leadership is not 100% on board, or issues some degree of criticism of Israeli military action.

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Full Bodycam Footage From Trump Assassination Attempt Released

Full Bodycam Footage From Trump Assassination Attempt Released

Authored by Steve Watson via modernity.news,

Senator Chuck Grassley Has Released the full video taken by a police bodycam on the rooftop from which Thomas Matthew Crooks attempted to assassinate President Trump.

The footage is an extended version of video released earlier this week, obtained from the local Beaver County Emergency Services Unit.

It shows the immediate aftermath of the shooting, with Crooks’ dead body lying on the roof and several officers surrounding him, along with a federal agent.

In addition to the previously discussed comments of the officers, the footage also shows them expressing concerns about potential explosive devices, three of which were later found in Crooks’ car and home.

The officers can be heard urging the FBI to expedite their response.

In a press release, Grassley pointed to two core concerns raised by the footage.

  1. A fragmented and delayed chain of communication between local and federal law enforcement.
  2. A seemingly delayed response in identifying and disabling a potential detonator device, including a potential device located next to the deceased shooter.

“The video footage additionally records law enforcement discussing the need to use a drone to inspect and secure the water tower on site,” Grassley notes.

He adds “Records obtained by my office corroborate that USSS had assigned an Unmanned Aerial System drone operator to the event.”

As we previously highlighted, Crooks was able to fly his own drone over the rally site just hours prior to Trump taking the stage.

 

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Apple’s iPhone Falls Out Of China’s Top Five As Domestic Brands Soar In Popularity 

Apple’s iPhone Falls Out Of China’s Top Five As Domestic Brands Soar In Popularity 

New quarterly smartphone shipment data in China reveal that domestic handset makers have secured all five top spots, pushing Apple from number 5 to number 6. 

Canalys research shows China’s smartphone market recorded 10% year-on-year growth in the second quarter, with shipments exceeding 70 million units.

A further breakdown of the report:

Vivo reclaimed the number one spot by shipping 13.1 million units, capturing a 19% market share. This growth, a 15% increase over the previous year, was driven by strong performance in offline channels and robust online sales during the “618” e-commerce festival. OPPO held onto second place, shipping 11.3 million units, buoyed by the launch of its new Reno 12 series. HONOR was third, with shipments of 10.7 million units, marking a 4% year-on-year increase. Huawei followed closely, taking fourth place with shipments of 10.6 million units, though its growth has slowed slightly. Xiaomi saw a 17% year-on-year increase and re-entered the top five by shipping 10 million units. The significant marketing buzz this quarter surrounding Xiaomi’s first electric car, the SU7, was one of the contributors to solid sales of its K70 and flagship 14 series.

Here’s the focus: 

“Apple ranked sixth with a market share of 14%, a decrease of 2% from the second quarter of the previous year.” 

Canalys Research Analyst Lucas Zhong said, “It is the first quarter in history that domestic vendors dominate all the top five positions.” 

Despite Apple’s aggressive discounts in the world’s largest smartphone market, Tim Cook & company couldn’t hold on to the number five spot as market share deteriorated in the quarter.

Apple faces intense competition from Huawei, and Chinese consumers are increasingly abandoning foreign brands for domestic ones as the tech war between Washington and Beijing intensifies.

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NYU Prof: Trump, Like Hitler, Will Use Assassination Attempt For ‘Authoritarian’ Goals

NYU Prof: Trump, Like Hitler, Will Use Assassination Attempt For ‘Authoritarian’ Goals

Authored by Matt Lamb via The College Fix,

Being almost killed ‘can cause a wave of sympathy,’ professor says

President Donald Trump may take a page out of the “authoritarian playbook,” and use his assassination attempt to make himself more powerful, according to a New York University professor.

Historian Ruth Ben-Ghiat wrote in The Conversation that “assassination attempts can cause a wave of sympathy for leaders that can boost their personality cults as well.”

“And with each failed attempt, the personality cult themes about the leader’s macho toughness, resilience and invincibility gain credence among his followers,” the history professor said. “This was certainly the case with Castro and Mussolini, and it has been the case so far with former President Donald Trump.

From Mussolini and Hitler onward, strongmen have posed as victims of internal and external enemies, as well as protectors of the nation – as the only individuals who could save the people and lead them to greatness,” she said.

(This is not the first time she has compared Trump to Mussolini.)

“The effects of the assassination attempt on Trump are so far in line with authoritarian history,” she wrote, analyzing how Trump responded to being shot at. “Chief among its aftereffects is a boost to Trump’s victimhood persona.”

The professor noted that many Republicans showed solidarity with Trump after he survived an assassination attempt.

“The attack has also brought Trump even more loyalty from followers bonded to him,” she wrote. “At the [Republican National Convention], many wore ear bandages as signs of support. Trump’s wounds are their wounds too – to them, he embodies the nation, expresses their sufferings and risks his safety on their behalf.”

His campaign, according to Ben-Ghiat, “has always had vengeance and retribution for those who persecute him, in his telling, as a central theme.”

She then connected the assassination attempt and Trump’s response to the much fretted about “Project 2025,” a long white paper from the Heritage Foundation.

It includes firing bureaucrats who refuse to do their jobs and implement the executive branch agenda. Former Trump officials are involved with the project, but the president himself has no involvement in it.

Nevertheless, Ben-Ghiat is concerned.

“The assassination attempt on Trump may be used as justification for these measures, just as other attacks have been used by other authoritarians in history.”

Editor’s note: The College Fix is a recipient of a grant from the Heritage Foundation for an initiative unrelated to Project 2025.

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Depressed Democrats Drag UMich Consumer Sentiment Survey To 8-Month-Lows

Depressed Democrats Drag UMich Consumer Sentiment Survey To 8-Month-Lows

UMich Consumer Sentiment slumped further in July with Current Conditions plunging to their weakest since Dec 2022…

Source: Bloomberg

Confidence among Republicans picked up modestly while Democrats’ sentiment slumped to its lowest since 2023…

Source: Bloomberg

Buying-Conditions crashed for everything…

Source: Bloomberg

On the bright side, inflation expectations continue to stabilize…

Source: Bloomberg

Surveys of Consumers Director Joanne Hsu noted that “continued election uncertainty is likely to generate volatility in economic attitudes in the months ahead.”

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Discount Retailer Big Lots To Close More Than 50 Stores In California

Discount Retailer Big Lots To Close More Than 50 Stores In California

Authored by Katabella Roberts via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),

Discount retail chain Big Lots is shuttering more than 50 stores across California following a drop in customer spending and economic challenges.

A sign is posted in front of a Big Lots store in Hercules, Calif., on June 7, 2024. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

The store locator function of the chain’s website shows 54 stores that will close across the state, but it’s not clear exactly when they will close.

Big Lots said in a June filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that it plans to open three stores nationwide this year and close 35 to 40.

Prior to the announcement, Big Lots had 1,392 stores throughout the United States.

In its SEC filing, the Columbus, Ohio-headquartered company said the planned closures follow “macroeconomic challenges” within the U.S. economy, such as inflation, that had “adversely impacted” the buying power of its customers.

The retailer also warned in its SEC filing that, based on current cash and liquidity projections, it has “substantial doubts” about its ability to continue. It also cited a “significant likelihood” that Big Lots won’t meet the terms of a 2022 credit agreement.

Big Lots said it has incurred net losses and used cash in operating activities in 2022, 2023, and the first quarter of 2024.

In its June earning results, the company reported net sales for the first quarter of fiscal 2024 of $1.009 billion, a 10.2 percent drop from the same period a year earlier. It also reported a net loss of $205 million, or $6.99 per share, for the first quarter of fiscal 2024.

At the time, Big Lots CEO Bruce Thorn said the company had missed its sales target largely because of “continued pullback in consumer spending by our core customers, particularly in high ticket discretionary items.”

Still, he vowed to continue transforming the business.

“The current financial performance does not yet reflect the stronger business model that we’ve created through our five key actions, but we expect the fruits of those efforts to become more apparent in the back half of the year,” Mr. Thorn said.

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Prosecutors Charge Short Seller Andrew Left Of Citron Research With Fraud For “Misleading Statements”

Prosecutors Charge Short Seller Andrew Left Of Citron Research With Fraud For “Misleading Statements”

Federal prosecutors charged short seller Andrew Left with fraud on Friday, accusing him of making misleading statements about stocks to profit from price moves triggered by his reports, according to an exclusive by the Wall Street Journal

Known for his firm Citron Research, which targets market “lemons,” Left gained fame for betting against Valeant Pharmaceuticals and for betting against GameStop during the meme stock craze, but he has seen less success in recent years.

The DOJ wrote in a press release out Friday morning:

According to the indictment, Andrew Left, 54, formerly of Beverly Hills, California, and now a resident of Boca Raton, Florida, was a securities analyst, trader, and frequent guest commentator on cable news channels such as CNBC, Fox Business, and Bloomberg Television. Left conducted business under the name “Citron Research” (Citron), an online moniker he created as a vehicle for publishing investment recommendations. Citron’s online presence included a website and a social media account on X, formerly known as Twitter.

His media presence amplified his impact, leading followers to mimic his trades, prosecutors said:

As alleged in the indictment, Left commented on publicly traded companies, asserting that the market incorrectly valued a company’s stock and advocating that the current price was too high or too low. Left’s recommendations often included an explicit or implicit representation about Citron’s trading position—which created the false pretense that Left’s economic incentives aligned with his public recommendation—and a “target price,” which Left represented as his valuation of the company’s stock. Sometimes, the commentary represented Left’s own work. Other times, Left disseminated the commentary of third parties as his own. The commentary routinely included sensationalized headlines and exaggerated language to maximize the reaction it would get from the stock market. As alleged, Left knowingly exploited his ability to move stock prices by targeting stocks popular with retail investors and posting recommendations on social media to manipulate the market and make fast, easy money.

The Wall Street Journal reported that Left faces charges of securities fraud and lying to federal investigators, with accusations of manipulating at least 15 stocks to earn $16 million over five years. Prosecutors claim he exaggerated potential stock price declines, sometimes closing positions after minimal price drops.

The press release continued: 

As further alleged in the indictment, in the leadup to publication of Citron’s commentary, Left established long or short positions in the public company on which he was commenting in his trading accounts and prepared to quickly close those positions post-publication and take profits on the short-term price movement caused by his commentary. Left allegedly used his advance knowledge and control over the timing of a market-moving event to build his positions using inexpensive, short-dated options contracts that expired from the same day that he published his commentary to within five days. Left also allegedly submitted limit orders, often prior to publication of his commentary, to close his positions as soon as the company’s shares reached a certain price and at prices vastly different from the target prices that Left recommended to the public. While Left made false representations to the public to bolster his credibility, behind the scenes, Left allegedly took contrary trading positions to reap quick profits off the stocks he either promoted or pilloried through Citron.

Left’s indictment concludes a three-year investigation into short sellers’ tactics. Prosecutors also allege Left concealed ties to hedge funds that traded on his early research, sharing profits with him. He denied these allegations to investigators in January 2021.

Despite the allegations, Left has long described himself as a publisher with research protected by free speech. However, prosecutors claim his tactics were deceptive. If convicted, Left faces up to 20 years in prison for each securities-fraud count, 25 years on another fraud charge, and five years for lying to investigators. 

Hong Kong regulators previously banned Left for five years for misleading investors about China Evergrande Group, though his claims were later validated as Evergrande faced financial collapse.

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Fed’s Favorite Inflation Indicator Unexpectedly Jumped In June; Savings Rate Slumps

Fed’s Favorite Inflation Indicator Unexpectedly Jumped In June; Savings Rate Slumps

The broadly weak trend of US macro data was jolted yesterday by a hotter than expected GDP print – which prompted a hawkish shift in rate-cut expectations. This morning, the doves get another chance for some ‘bad news’ (disinflation) to support their ‘we must cut’ narrative (that Dudley et al. have exposed).

The Fed’s favorite inflation indicator – Core PCE – instead came in slightly hotter than expected, rising 2.6% YoY (vs +2.5% YoY exp). The headline PCE dipped to +2.5%...

Source: Bloomberg

Under the hood, durable goods deflation continues to drag Core PCE lower while Services costs continue to rise…

Source: Bloomberg

Even more notably, the so-called SuperCore PCE rose 0.2% MoM, which saw YoY rise to 3.43%… which is awkwardly stagnant at elevated levels…

Source: Bloomberg

That is the 50th straight monthly rise in SuperCore prices with Healthcare costs soaring…

Source: Bloomberg

On A MoM basis, income growth was weaker than expected (+0.2% vs +0.4% exp), while spending was +0.3% as expected…

Source: Bloomberg

On a YoY basis, spending continues to outpace incomes…

Source: Bloomberg

Which dragged the savings rate down further…

Source: Bloomberg

All of which takes place against a background of the seventh straight month of rising government handouts (well it is an election year after all)… (which means the savings rate would have puked even more without it)

Source: Bloomberg

Not enough there for the doves…

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