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Weekly Commentary: Fanning the Flames
Weekly Commentary: Fanning the Flames The Federal Reserve abandoned “data dependent” – at least for next week’s FOMC meeting. December futures imply a 1.78% Fed funds rate, up six bps for the week but still 62 bps below today’s 2.40% effective rate. Unless the Federal Reserve has completely caved to the markets, the Committee statement […]
Monsters with Human Faces: The Tyranny of the Police State Disguised as Law-and-Order
Monsters with Human Faces: The Tyranny of the Police State Disguised as Law-and-Order “But these weren’t the kind of monsters that had tentacles and rotting skin, the kind a seven-year-old might be able to wrap his mind around—they were monsters with human faces, in crisp uniforms, marching in lockstep, so banal you don’t recognize them […]
Are We Really Free? Maybe It’s Time for a Personal Declaration of Independence
Are We Really Free? Maybe It’s Time for a Personal Declaration of Independence Some time between throwing some burgers on the grill and shooting off fireworks with a beer in one hand and a lighter in the other, ask yourself this question: How free and independent are you? How independent are any of us, really? […]
Debt, Deficits and the Cost of Free Lunches
DEBT, DEFICITS AND THE COST OF FREE LUNCHES It seems that every generation or two, fundamental economic ideas are questioned and challenged. The reasonable and important idea that governments should balance their budgets on an annual basis was challenged in the 1930s by the rise of Keynesian Economics and the counter-argument that deficit spending was […]
The Jackboots Are Coming: Mass Arrests, Power Grabs and the Politics of Fear
The Jackboots Are Coming: Mass Arrests, Power Grabs and the Politics of Fear “Never has our future been more unpredictable, never have we depended so much on political forces that cannot be trusted to follow the rules of common sense and self-interest—forces that look like sheer insanity, if judged by the standards of other centuries.” […]
Thirty-Two Tips For Navigating A Society That Is Full Of Propaganda And Manipulation
Thirty-Two Tips For Navigating A Society That Is Full Of Propaganda And Manipulation For as long as there has been human language, humans have been using it to manipulate one another. The fact that it is possible to skillfully weave a collection of symbolic mouth noises together in such a way as to extract favors, […]
Central banks are buying gold at the fastest pace in six years
Central banks are buying gold at the fastest pace in six years Earlier this month the World Gold Council published its quarterly report– and it shows that central banks and foreign governments from around the world are buying up gold at their fastest pace in six years. This is pretty big news, and it says […]
Global Government and Mass Surveillance May Be Needed to Save Humanity, Expert Says
Global Government and Mass Surveillance May Be Needed to Save Humanity, Expert Says A prominent Oxford philosopher who is known for making terrifying predictions about humanity has a new theory about our future, and it isn’t pretty. Over 15 years ago, Nick Bostrom, author of Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies, made the case that we are all living […]
From Jesus Christ to Julian Assange: When Dissidents Become Enemies of the State
From Jesus Christ to Julian Assange: When Dissidents Become Enemies of the State “In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” — George Orwell When exposing a crime is treated as committing a crime, you are being ruled by criminals. In the current governmental climate, where laws that run counter […]
Both Notley and Kenney Hiding from a $260-Billion Cleanup Problem
Both Notley and Kenney Hiding from a $260-Billion Cleanup Problem The Alberta government may well leave taxpayers to clean up the oil and gas industry’s mess. The main thing Jason Kenney and Rachel Notley have in common, other than their affinity for pipelines, is their joint fear of the possible $260-billion cleanup bill for the […]
Operation Gladio: The Unholy Alliance
Operation Gladio: The Unholy Alliance Between the Vatican, the CIA and the Mafia: Overview of the book by Paul L. Williams On the hot summer morning of Aug. 2, 1980 a massive explosion ripped apart the main waiting room of the Bologna railway station. Eighty-five people were killed and hundreds more injured. Though at first […]
Throwing Money at Media Won’t Fix Canada’s News Deficit
Throwing Money at Media Won’t Fix Canada’s News Deficit We need to reform government so citizens have a reason to care, and slash secrecy that prevents journalists from doing their jobs. But as one of this country’s digital journalism pioneers (I founded a popular online investigative news site called Public Eye before such ventures became fashionable), I […]
America’s “Debt Crisis Is Coming Soon”
America’s “Debt Crisis Is Coming Soon” – America’s “debt crisis is coming soon” warns economist Martin Feldstein– To avoid economic distress, the government has to reduce future entitlement spending– The most dangerous domestic problem facing America’s federal government is the rapid growth of its budget deficit and national debt According to the Congressional Budget Office, […]
Spectacular Violence as a Weapon of War Against the Yellow Vests
Spectacular Violence as a Weapon of War Against the Yellow Vests Drawing by Nathaniel St. Clair Violence is a spectacular weapon deployed by the ruling class to discredit movements from below and justify their repression. It is spectacular in the sense of being a great and powerful political tool for governing the masses, and keeping them in […]
Goodbye to the Internet: Interference by Governments Is Already Here
Goodbye to the Internet: Interference by Governments Is Already Here There is a saying attributed to the French banker Nathan Rothschild that “Give me control of a nation’s money and I care not who makes its laws.” Conservative opinion in the United States has long suspected that Rothschild was right and there have been frequent […]
