Five clowns captured the political attention of a failing nation last night with their various caucus placements in Iowa. You know the names: Clinton, Sanders, Cruz, Trump, and Rubio. Clinton was said to have celebrated with a midnight email deleting party, Rubio with a foam fiesta.

One of those five will likely become the next President of America.

100 million or so people, either brainwashed, fatally optimistic, or just plain stupid, are really excited about the direction in which “their” candidates may lead the Empire.

Nineteen Trillion. While the masses of hens fantasized about the next fox in chief the national debt quietly surpassed $19,000,000,000,000 – officially. Unofficially its 5 to 10 times higher. By the time Obama leaves office the debt will be well over $20 Trillion. His successor, whoever that might be matters not, will likely see $20T balloon to $40T.

Zero. That’s the number of times this suicidal cycle will most likely play out again. Enjoy this debt election spectacle while you can.