‘Shadow banking’ could lead us into an apocalypse like 2008

Alarm bells are ringing about the private credit market and ‘cockroaches’ in the system — the time to act is now - Chris Blackhurst
It was inevitable really. 

• After all, the banking crash of 2008 was 17 years ago and many of the main actors have left the stage. 
• The new generation cannot be expected to pay heed to the lessons from back then. 

The world has moved on, live with it...
This time the guv’nor is referring to “shadow banking” — the private credit market where firms of money managers, not regulated banks, lend money to businesses. 

The collapse of two US companies, First Brands and Tricolor, that borrowed billions via this route...
Andrew Bailey said the Bank took ‘very seriously’ the risk that the failures could prove to be a ‘canary in the coal mine’...

#1 This day 1956-----Elvis Presley - Love Me Tender (Official Audio)

The Worst News Outlet of the Week - Who Dominated in Dysfunctional Coverage?

So once again, time to tug on the hip waders and begin the slog through the past week of reporting, and see which outlet distinguished itself on this flawed media landscape. - Brad Slager 

THE CONTENDERS

• CNN – After a report implying the FBI thwarted a terror plot in Dearborn that was just an innocent prank, the site took down its story after the Bureau detailed what was actually found.
• The New York Times – Attempting to prod more conservative divisions, the paper tried to elevate Nazi mouthpiece Nick Fuentes to Charlie Kirk levels of influence...
• ABC News – Mary Bruce downplayed the systemic murder of Christians in Nigeria...
• MSNBC – The expert panel on election night tried to sell the concept that voters were swayed by the White House ballroom construction...
• THE WINNER...

Your media-of-choice miss this?

 

Glenn Beck's blueprint for true conservatism in 2026 and beyond | Blaze Media

Glenn Beck's blueprint for true conservatism in 2026 and beyond | Blaze Media: 

Conservatism isn’t about reacting to the left, obsessing over policies, or worshipping the past. “It's really about principles,” he says. “And that’s why we've lost our way because we've lost our principles.”

So what are the principles that undergird conservatism?

World War I Armistice Day Celebrations | History

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History for November 11

History for November 11 - On-This-Day.com 

Fyodor Dostoyevsky 1821 - Novelist, short story writer, journalist

• 1918 - World War I came to an end when the Allies and Germany signed an armistice. This day became recognized as Veteran's Day in the United States.
• 1921 - The Tomb of the Unknowns was dedicated at Arlington Cemetery in Virginia by U.S. President Harding.
• 1938 - Kate Smith first sang Irving Berlin's "God Bless America" on network radio.
• 1992 - Russian President Boris Yeltsin told U.S. senators in a letter that Americans had been held in prison camps after World War II. Some were "summarily executed," but others were still living in his country voluntarily.
• 1993 - In Washington, DC, the Vietnam Women's Memorial was dedicated to honor the more than 11,000 women who had served in the Vietnam War.
• 1994 - In Gaza, a suicide bomber detonated his explosives at an Israeli military checkpoint killing three soldiers.

Speaker Mike Johnson: This Is 'Beginning of the End' of Longest Shutdown in History

Speaker Mike Johnson: This Is 'Beginning of the End' of Longest Shutdown in History: 

“I’m thankful to welcome you to what appears to be the beginning of the end of the longest government shutdown in U.S. history. As shameful as that is, I don’t think it’s coincidental,” Johnson said at the beginning of the press conference.

“It’s after 40 days of wandering in the wilderness and making the American people suffer needlessly,” he said, noting that finally some Senate Democrats have stepped forward to “end the pain.”

The way we were-----From The Archives, 1975: Edmund Fitzgerald Sinks In Lake Superior

Taxpayer-funded BBC found to have blatantly doctored Trump’s pre-election speech.

Trump taught Republicans how to win - Don Surber

After 40 days of slithering to the microphone each day with a new rant to an increasingly bored media about our favorite president, Chuck realized the futility of shutting down the government because all he did was anger the Democrat Party’s key constituent—welfare recipients—and leave helpless airline passengers stranded in city after city.

Trump meanwhile went about his life as usual, savoring every minute of his final presidency. 

• He went to Asia and signed historic peace and trade agreements. 
• He declared Columbus Day to be Columbus Day. 
• He brought Big Pharma officials in to announce they are cutting prices. 
• He golfed. 
• He threw a big dinner at Mar-a-Lago. 
• He paid the troops despite the shutdown.
• Oh, and he kept putting sombreros on the head of Hakeem Jeffries in pictures and videos... 

Trump gave Senate Republicans a tutorial on winning. 

They sat back and watched and took notes...
Trump used humor and dismissal to deal with Democrats. 

He granted the Cheeseburger Chef and his Sobbing Sombrero sidekick an audience. 

They demanded the repeal of the One Big Beautiful Bill. 

• Trump brushed it off because they forgot one small detail in planning their shutdown: Trump wrote the book on The Art of the Deal...

Learning Loss: Time to Stop Blaming COVID

Student achievement began sinking decades ago. 

A thorough overhaul should replace reforms that didn’t work. - Eric Hanushek.

• But while educators rushed to address COVID learning losses, few Americans grasped that their children had already been falling behind for almost ten years. 

By 2019, before anyone had ever heard of Wuhan, N95 masks, or social distancing, eighth-grade math scores had already dropped to levels not seen since the early 2000s. 

And the declines continue...
The decline in scores has also been accompanied by a widening of the achievement distribution: 

lower-achieving students have suffered greater declines than those at the top of the achievement distribution...

Gavin Newsom's divisive racial pandering * WorldNetDaily * by Kenin M. Spivak, Real Clear Wire

Gavin Newsom's divisive racial pandering * WorldNetDaily * by Kenin M. Spivak, Real Clear Wire: 

He opposed race neutral admissions to the California state university system (overruled by the people of California – twice), imposed gender and racial requirements on corporate boards (held unconstitutional – twice), required ethnic studies and ethnically dumbed-down math in K-12 curricula, and is carefully advancing a potentially multi-trillion dollar reparations plan for California's black residents.

Newsom's unconstitutional quest to curry favor with, undermine the confidence of, and potentially spend trillions of dollars on, California's 2.5 million black residents began in 2020 when he signed AB3121 into law. That act required the state to study and develop reparation proposals for black Californians, with "special consideration" for descendants of slaves.

What Can You Do If a Mob Surrounds Your Car?

Maybe Totally Legalizing Vice Was Not Such a Great Idea After All

Of course, vice invites corruption... - Kurt Schlichter

...and it’s now publicly infecting sports themselves (it has no doubt infected them for a while, with point shaving, thrown games, and the like). 

• It is also resurrecting the mob – I guess when the FBI was busy hassling moms for being mad about sex offenders in their kids’ locker rooms, the Mafia took advantage of the opportunity. 

The recent busts will be just the tip of the iceberg. 

Mark my words and move over, Black Sox – this will be a disaster for professional sports.

• Then there’s the vice of dope smoking...

Lunch video-----'Facing a storm': Selectively edited Donald Trump speech places BBC in h...

Noon-toon

 

Oklahoma ICE sting busts 34 illegal alien truck drivers, others with rap sheets | Blaze Media

Oklahoma ICE sting busts 34 illegal alien truck drivers, others with rap sheets | Blaze Media: 

Of the 70 illegal aliens nabbed by immigration officials, 36 reportedly had a prior criminal history with offenses that included assault and battery, soliciting prostitution, and DUI. Two illegal aliens were wanted overseas for fraud and burglary. Those arrested originated from 15 different countries, including China, Colombia, Georgia, Guatemala, India, Kyrgyzstan, Mexico, Turkey, Uzbekistan, and Venezuela.

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🧵🚨 MAJOR BREAKING: International actors are involved in the State Department led color revolution 🚨🚨

This is not speculation; it’s straight from a recorded call. - DataRepublican (small r)@DataRepublican
Ex-USAID employees describe how, before January 20, they moved internal groups off government systems and into encrypted Signal chats, then quickly linked with foreign partners and NGOs after the inauguration...

They reference coordination with Johns Hopkins, "international democracy and conflict mitigation spaces," and efforts to mobilize across borders against what they perceive as domestic authoritarianism. 

• At what point does this become treason?...

#1 Movie this day 1963-----It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World Official Trailer #1

Who or What Will Finally End Hamas? - Victor Davis Hanson

Hamas is an irredeemable terrorist cartel that subverts Gaza, uses civilians as shields, and must be dismantled and barred from power before any genuine peace can begin. - Victor Davis Hanson

Hamas was born and exists to kill Jews, seek the destruction of Israel, and, to some extent, overthrow or subvert pro-Western Arab governments. Period.

• For those ends, it diverted billions of dollars from the people of Gaza to build a vast subterranean labyrinth of military headquarters and arsenals. 
• It expropriated hospitals, mosques, and schools for use as tunnel entries and exits, using expendable civilian shields to protect its rich terrorist hierarchy...
• Hamas was willing to execute its Palestinian Authority rivals, cancel all elections after its first and only victory, hold kangaroo death courts to murder dissidents, and steal hundreds of billions of dollars in Western and international relief...

Hamas will never give up power, despite the fact that its ruling elite is all but wiped out...

#1 This day 1969-----The Fifth Dimension - Wedding Bell Blues (Woody Allen Special - 1969)