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Can You Time Peak Crazy?
Can You Time Peak Crazy? You don’t need me to tell you how completely crazy and distorted the financial markets have become over the last decade. Anyone reading this already knows that, which is partly why I stopped writing on the topic several years ago. I came to the conclusion there was no point in […]
The Final Act in a Terrible Play
The Final Act in a Terrible Play If you don’t follow me on Twitter, you’ve been missing out on some good stuff. With the brith of our third child a couple of months ago, it’s been increasingly hard for me to find the time to sit down and write longer posts, so I’ve been putting […]
Is U.S. Geopolitical Strategy Experiencing a Monumental Shift?
Is U.S. Geopolitical Strategy Experiencing a Monumental Shift? The defining question about global order for this generation is whether China and the United States can escape Thucydides’s Trap. The Greek historian’s metaphor reminds us of the attendant dangers when a rising power rivals a ruling power—as Athens challenged Sparta in ancient Greece, or as Germany […]
Can the ‘Yellow Vests’ Protests Go Global?
Can the ‘Yellow Vests’ Protests Go Global? When it comes to the relationship of U.S. citizens to the politicians and bureaucrats in Washington D.C., there’s no indication that anything remotely resembling self-government is happening. Rather, the relationship is far more like that of a servant to a master. From the October post: Americans are Stuck in […]
The Pentagon Fails Audit – $21 Trillion in Transactions Could Not Be Traced, Documented, or Explained
The Pentagon Fails Audit – $21 Trillion in Transactions Could Not Be Traced, Documented, or Explained WAR is a racket. It always has been. It is possibly the oldest, easily the most profitable, surely the most vicious. It is the only one international in scope. It is the only one in which the profits are […]
The Consequences of System Failure
The Consequences of System Failure In short, every major political institution has been increasingly discredited as Brazil has spiraled deeper and deeper into a dark void. And from the abyss emerged a former army captain and six-term congressman from Rio de Janeiro, Jair Bolsonaro, with the slogan “Brazil above everything, God above everyone,” and promises to fix […]
U.S. Media Refuses to Inform the Public When Its Commentators and Pundits are Paid Foreign Agents
U.S. Media Refuses to Inform the Public When Its Commentators and Pundits are Paid Foreign Agents Unbelievably – Rothkopf has the audacity to criticize Trump for having “repeatedly shown great fondness for foreign leaders—even despots and known murderers, human rights abusers and criminals”, while Rothkopf himself is literally a paid agent working to disseminating propaganda for one of […]
Saudi Arabia Considers Itself Untouchable Due to Oil and Money
Saudi Arabia Considers Itself Untouchable Due to Oil and Money The roots of that lobby’s rise to prominence in Washington lie in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. As you may remember, with 15 of those 19 suicidal hijackers being citizens of Saudi Arabia, it was hardly surprising that American public […]
Americans are Stuck in Abusive Relationships with Power
Americans are Stuck in Abusive Relationships with Power And we recently discovered, if it was not known before, that no amount of power can withstand the hatred of the many. – Marcus Tullius Cicero Americans are brought up to believe all sorts of myths about the country we call home. We’re told our economy is a […]
Amazon is Far More Dangerous and Powerful Than You Want to Admit
Amazon is Far More Dangerous and Powerful Than You Want to Admit The sneaky thing about Amazon’s increased dominance in so many key aspects of our lives is that much of the perniciousness is hidden. No one’s going to tell you about all the retailers who have gotten pressured or destroyed via its tactics while […]
Censorship Is What Happens When Powerful People Get Scared
Censorship Is What Happens When Powerful People Get Scared “Only the weak hit the fly with a hammer.” – Bangambiki Habyarimana Anyone who tells you the recent escalation of censorship by U.S. tech giants is merely a reflection of private companies making independent decisions is either lying or dangerously ignorant. In the case of Facebook, the […]
Must Watch Interview – Iraq War Whistleblower Banned from Twitter Tells His Story
Must Watch Interview – Iraq War Whistleblower Banned from Twitter Tells His Story During my time in Iraq working for the State Department, a time that I initially was a red, white and blue government official, I frequently lied to the media. I lied to them about how things were going, I lied to them […]
U.S. Tech Giants Are Too Big, Too Powerful and Now Are Running Into Serious Trouble
U.S. Tech Giants Are Too Big, Too Powerful and Now Are Running Into Serious Trouble Within Google, knowledge about Dragonfly has been restricted to just a few hundred members of the internet giant’s 88,000-strong workforce, said a source with knowledge of the project. The source spoke to The Intercept on condition of anonymity, as they […]
Centrism is Dead (And It Never Really Existed)
Centrism is Dead (And It Never Really Existed) It’s a common refrain these days to hear people lament a decline of the so-called “center” in American politics. We’re supposed to look on in horror as “moderate” Republicans and Democrats become an engaged species of liberty-fighting patriots steamrolled by frothing, insane hordes of populist barbarians on […]
Lunatic Politics (Part 2) – It’s Becoming Impossible to Have a Conversation
Lunatic Politics (Part 2) – It’s Becoming Impossible to Have a Conversation More and more people are becoming aware of and concerned about the level of political dialogue going on right now. We’ve gotten to a point where I’m seeing almost no intelligent debate about any serious issue. Russiagate now consumes such a massive amount […]
