“Normally the Fed ends it. Hiking aggressively, flattening the curve, widening credit spreads, and then the economy rolls.� But this cycle is not quite like the others. “The real credit excesses haven’t been created here, they’ve formed in China, which leaves the Fed in a quandary as the Fed no longer control China."
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-06-04/hedge-fund-cio-normally-fed-would-end-bubble-it-cant-time-one-reason

Realist - Everybody in America is soft, and hates conflict. The cure for this, both in politics and social life, is the same -- hardihood. Give them raw truth.