This is not a moral judgment about the quality or goals of the Egyptian protests. That will be for history to decide. The world watched in awe as Egyptians doggedly protested their government. Egyptians fought police in the streets and finally cheered as the military intervened. Mubarak fled the country. The people celebrated, and some [...]
Two Charged in Tea Party Election Fraud In an apparent effort to divide and thereby dilute the conservative vote, and thus help to elect liberals... PONTIAC, Mich. (WJBK) - Two former leaders of the Oakland County Democratic Party are facing a total of nine felonies for allegedly forging election paperwork to get fake Tea Party [...]
Congressional intransigence in dealing with the budget deficits + the past three decades of Federal Reserve credit bubble-blowing = the Financial Times quotes an analyst for RBC Capital Markets thus: “Dollar bears have become a marauding horde,” said David Watt, analyst at RBC Capital Markets. “We may be seeing a turn in the longer-term outlook [...]
When someone believes they are the embodiment of the Ubermensch, you might hear them speak words like these: "You Never Want A Serious Crisis To Go To Waste" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjMTNPXYu-Y&NR=1 What did he mean? "What I mean by that it's an opportunity to do things you think you could not do before." This is a really [...]
Consider: normally, during international crises, financial crises, etc., a phenomenon occurs known as "flight to safety." In the past, this has been synonymous with "flight to the dollar." During normal economic times, risk assets (stocks, commercial buildings, etc) are a good way to earn return on your investments. When a crisis hits, there is a [...]
1. The Ben Bernank prints up an insane amount of money and floods the world with it: 2. Food prices start to rise (this is wheat): 3. The man on the street in North Africa starts to starve, protests begin, and governments start to fall: http://www.benzinga.com/11/01/782891/food-riots-2011 The stunningly violent food riots in Tunisia and Algeria [...]
Events are moving faster than most can keep up with. One thing liberty advocates must always be alert for is the dreaded deep cover mole. These are people and organizations who pretend to support you and your cause but who can be counted on to double cross you at critical moments, even if that means [...]
...or at least so says this article from Omaha.com (props to Zerohedge for the link): Warnings of higher food prices headed for American supermarkets and restaurants were swallowed easily across much of farm country Wednesday. The big gulp came when the U.S. Department of Agriculture reported that global demand had pushed U.S. corn supplies to their [...]
Recall the hullaballoo regarding TSA grope-screening practices, and likely out of concern for customer satisfaction, many airports filed applications to opt-out of using TSA employees, preferring to use private contractors to provide airport security screening. TSA just closed the opt-out program": The Transportation Security Administration has said it won’t allow any more airports to “opt [...]
...and on the three branches of government: the House, the Senate, and the President.... Huh? Well, he looks a little tired. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fG0Jpu9geWY&feature=player_embedded
Did you buy a house in good faith, at the peak of prices, only to see the value of that house collapse when the housing market collapsed? Would you like to know why house prices skyrocketed and then collapsed? Are you upside-down in your house? Maybe you are concerned about losses incurred by your retirement [...]
Marc Faber's latest interview is presented with only one comment: listen to what this man has to say very, very carefully. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpfr2SzXpH8&feature=player_embedded
