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Hurtling Toward Bankruptcy
HURTLING TOWARD BANKRUPTCY The federal government owes people almost $22 trillion. That means that American taxpayers owe people almost $22 trillion. That’s because the federal government has no money of its own. The money it gets comes entirely from American taxpayers. That’s what the IRS is for — to make certain that everyone sends his […]
“It’s A Reunion For People Who Broke The World”: Author Explains Why Davos Should Be Cancelled
“It’s A Reunion For People Who Broke The World”: Author Explains Why Davos Should Be Cancelled Paris is burning, a large chunk of the US federal government is shut down and Britain is careening toward a delay of Article 50 – or possibly a second referendum – as the Brexit process descends into chaos, calls […]
Yes, Virginia, There are Conspiracies—I Think
Yes, Virginia, There are Conspiracies—I Think You know those little green-and-white USDA Organic labels you find on organic produce? What if someone told you that their adhesive transmits a powerful drug into the edible that over time can render humans sterile? It’s true, they say; they’ve seen the lab reports, and go on to assert […]
New FCC Ruling Gives Federal Government Control of 5G Rollout
New FCC Ruling Gives Federal Government Control of 5G Rollout As the push towards 5G-powered “Smart” surveillance cities begins across the United States the Federal Communications Commission has approved a new rule limiting the power of local authorities. On Monday October 1st, Sacramento, Houston, Indianapolis and Los Angeles became the first cities to gain access […]
Ethanol Is Terrible for Health and the Environment, but Government Keeps Backing It
Ethanol Is Terrible for Health and the Environment, but Government Keeps Backing It The US federal government still strongly pushes corn- and soy-based ethanol despite the EPA’s new study showing its harmful effects. When the elected officials and bureaucrats who run a government want to stack the deck in favor of a politically connected special […]
This Federal Policy Enabled the Fracking Industry’s $280 Billion Loss
This Federal Policy Enabled the Fracking Industry’s $280 Billion Loss Most people probably aren’t familiar with the acronym ZIRP. It stands for zero interest rate policy and is the policy that unintentionally created the American fracking bubble — just one of its many consequences. And while most people may not know much (if anything) about ZIRP […]
How Jeff Bezos’s Washington Post Became the US Military-Industrial Complex’s Chief Propagandist
How Jeff Bezos’s Washington Post Became the US Military-Industrial Complex’s Chief Propagandist It used to be that the New York Times and the Washington Post competed against each other to be the chief propagandist for the hundred or so top firms who sell to the US federal government — the 100 top “federal contractors,” almost all of which are Pentagon […]
Our Spoiled-Brat Economy
Our Spoiled-Brat Economy By insuring spoiled brats/vested interests never face the consequences of their actions and choices, we guarantee failure of the entire system. Spoiled brats do not take kindly to being called out as spoiled brats. Since economies are aggregates of individuals, we can anticipate howls of outraged denial at our economy being identified as spoiled […]
Feds Hold Hearing On Whether They Should ‘Regulate’ Sites Like Drudge, Infowars And The Economic Collapse Blog
Feds Hold Hearing On Whether They Should ‘Regulate’ Sites Like Drudge, Infowars And The Economic Collapse Blog The control freaks that run our government always seem to want to “regulate” things that they do not like. And so it should be no surprise that there is a renewed push to regulate independent news websites. Sites […]