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A $250 Million War Game and Its Shocking Outcome
A $250 Million War Game and Its Shocking Outcome At a cost of $250 million, Millennium Challenge 2002 was the largest and most expensive war game in Pentagon history. With over 13,500 participants, the US government took over two years to design it. The exercise pitted Iran against the US military. Washington intended to show […]
Give Me Liberty or Give Me Debt
Give Me Liberty or Give Me Debt Some people are more observant than others. Some are more capable of thinking outside the box than others. Whether this is by nature or nurture is a moot point. When we are children, we tend to look upon the world in all its wonder. We are amazed at […]
David Stockman on How the US Federal Debt Has Gone Parabolic…
David Stockman on How the US Federal Debt Has Gone Parabolic… The federal debt has been recently increasing by $1 trillion every 100 days. That’s $10 billion per day, $416 million per hour. In fact, Uncle Sam’s debt has risen by $470 billion in the first two months of this year to $34.5 trillion and […]
The “Business” of Central Banking—Usury and Tax Farming
The “Business” of Central Banking—Usury and Tax Farming Central banking is “a great business to be in, where you print money, and people believe it.” That’s what the head of New Zealand’s central bank said recently in an unscripted moment of candor. It led me to wonder about the nature of this strange “business.” Let […]
If a Tree Falls in a Forest…
If a Tree Falls in a Forest… In the late eighteenth century, Bishop George Berkeley posed the question, “If a tree falls in a forest and no one is there to hear it, does it make a sound?” Since that time, generations of university philosophy professors have required their students to consider the question. Countless […]
David Stockman on How the US Federal Debt Has Gone Parabolic…
David Stockman on How the US Federal Debt Has Gone Parabolic… The federal debt has been recently increasing by $1 trillion every 100 days. That’s $10 billion per day, $416 million per hour. In fact, Uncle Sam’s debt has risen by $470 billion in the first two months of this year to $34.5 trillion and […]
It’s Not About Saving the Planet, It’s the Big Daddy We Need To Look For
It’s Not About Saving the Planet, It’s the Big Daddy We Need To Look For Don’t tell Greta, but the hits keep coming for wind projects… For perspective, $4 billion equals about 28 billion DKK. Orsted’s equity is 76 billion DKK, so that $4 billion hit is equivalent to some 37% of its market cap. […]
It Will Happen Suddenly
It Will Happen Suddenly As the Great Unravelling progresses, we shall be seeing many negative developments, some of them unprecedented. Only a year ago, the average person was still hanging on to the belief that the world is in a state of recovery, that, however tentative, the economy was on the mend. And this is […]
David Stockman on Washington’s Fiscal Doomsday Machine
David Stockman on Washington’s Fiscal Doomsday Machine Here’s one that will make your hair stand on end: The US Treasury closed the books on FY 2023, bringing the four-year cumulative deficit to $9.0 trillion! That’s right. During the last 1,461 days (FY 2020 thru FY 2023), Uncle Sam has generated $6.2 billion of red ink each and every […]
Doug Casey on the Imminent Bankruptcy of the US Government
Doug Casey on the Imminent Bankruptcy of the US Government International Man: Everyone knows that the US government has been bankrupt for many years. But we thought it might be instructive to see its current cash-flow situation. The US government’s budget is the biggest in the history of the world and is growing at an uncontrollable […]
Doug Casey on How Economic Witch Doctors Convince Everyone They’re Neurosurgeons
Doug Casey on How Economic Witch Doctors Convince Everyone They’re Neurosurgeons International Man: The average person doesn’t care about economics. But to the extent that he does, he only reads mainstream publications like The Economist and editorials in The New York Times. In these publications, the average person will find so-called economists advocating upside-down and destructive concepts like […]
Leave Home
Leave Home As an increasing number of people realize that their home country is becoming a liability to them, the most common question I hear from them is, “What do I have to do to remain where I am and still be assured that I’ll be able to retain both my wealth and my freedom?” […]
Future Headline: White House Prepares to Block Out the Sun
Future Headline: White House Prepares to Block Out the Sun In a world full of unimaginable absurdity, we spend a lot of time thinking about the future… and to where all of this insanity leads. “Future Headline Friday” is our satirical take of where the world is going if it remains on its current path. […]
When in Rome
When in Rome Over its last one hundred years, the State steadily devalued the currency by 98% The high cost of government—particularly, growing entitlements and perpetual warfare, coupled with a diminished number of taxpayers, led the government to massive debt, to the point that it could not be repaid. Those citizens that were productive began […]
