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From Mind Control to Viruses: How the Government Keeps Experimenting on Its Citizens
From Mind Control to Viruses: How the Government Keeps Experimenting on Its Citizens “They were monsters with human faces, in crisp uniforms, marching in lockstep, so banal you don’t recognize them for what they are until it’s too late.” — Ransom Riggs, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children The U.S. government, in its pursuit of so-called […]
Australia Pushes New Measure To Detain COVID “Conspiracy Theorists”
Australia Pushes New Measure To Detain COVID “Conspiracy Theorists” Weekend demonstrations have flared up in Australia over the last month, as Aussies have vented their frustrations and attempted to take back control of their communities after a surge in virus cases prompted the government to re-implement some of the world’s most draconian social-distancing measures. And if there is one thing that terrifies increasingly tyrannical […]
What’s to Be Done Now with All These Zombie Companies?
What’s to Be Done Now with All These Zombie Companies? Saving the Zombies in Europe. Europe’s zombie firms are multiplying like never before. In Germany, one of the few European economies that has weathered the virus crisis reasonably well, an estimated 550,000 firms — roughly one-sixth of the total — could already be classified as […]
An Unlikely Sector Leads the Way in Surge of Corporate Leveraged Loan Defaults
An Unlikely Sector Leads the Way in Surge of Corporate Leveraged Loan Defaults From Birch Gold Group The economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and recent Fed monetary policy continue to reveal themselves. The latest “reveal” that’s taking center stage is risky corporate leveraged loans, with defaults soaring to their highest levels since 2010 by issuer count, and since 2015 by rate. […]
Since 9/11, the Government’s Answer to Every Problem Has Been More Government
Since 9/11, the Government’s Answer to Every Problem Has Been More Government “A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take away everything that you have.”—Anonymous Have you noticed that the government’s answer to every problem is more government—at taxpayer expense—and less individual liberty? The Great Depression. […]
A Call for Community-Based Seed Diversity During the COVID-19 Pandemic
A Call for Community-Based Seed Diversity During the COVID-19 Pandemic When the COVID-19 pandemic began to reshape the world, many people turned to gardening and orchard-keeping as a pastime that felt both private and public. Now, as the pandemic reaches deeper into the summer, we’re tending the soil out of hope and anxiety, out of […]
While Fighting the Virus, We Must Fight for Our Rights
While Fighting the Virus, We Must Fight for Our Rights These governments around the world are trying to use the pandemic to smother freedoms. Don’t let democracy sicken and die. ‘The pandemic is killing more than people and economies. It has also come for our freedom.’ Photo via Shutterstock. Twenty-two million human beings have had COVID-19 […]
Tyranny is Indistinguishable when used by Kings or Career Politicians
Tyranny is Indistinguishable when used by Kings or Career Politicians What is going on in New Zealand and Melbourne is the complete rejection of every principle of liberty, which has degenerated into a tyrannical coup. These are the very same actions by those governments that sparked the American Revolution. We have to wonder about this […]
On Covid-19 And Authoritarian Abuses
On Covid-19 And Authoritarian Abuses Over the last few months there’s been a clique of indie media who’ve been urging their respective followings to bully and cajole other indie media into focusing on Covid-19, lockdowns, mask laws and Covid-related authoritarian agendas in their coverage of world events. I personally find the idea of fighting with […]
As the Bubble Slowly Pops, the Economic Chain Reaction Is Now in Progress
As the Bubble Slowly Pops, the Economic Chain Reaction Is Now in Progress Much has been written about the economic consequences of covid-19, yet, just as in many of the analyses of the Great Depression and the 2008 crisis, the years of accumulating debt preceding the event do not attract the attention they deserve. Covid-19—or […]
New York City Police Use Pandemic To Create COVID-19 Checkpoints
New York City Police Use Pandemic To Create COVID-19 Checkpoints A recent article in The New York Post revealed how the NYPD used the pandemic to justify creating COVID-19 checkpoints. “New York officials have stopped 353 cars at entrances to the Big Apple to warn travelers of the mandatory two-week quarantine rule. The stops were made from Wednesday through […]
An unexpected systemic crisis is for sure
An unexpected systemic crisis is for sure Downturns in bank credit expansion always lead to systemic problems. We are on the edge of such a downturn, which thanks to everyone’s focus on the coronavirus, is unexpected. We can now identify 23 March as the date when markets stopped worrying about deflation and realised that monetary […]
The COVID Bait & Switch
The COVID Bait & Switch QUESTION: Do you really think that the Democratic leadership is trying to hurt people? FD ANSWER: It is not just the Democrats. We are looking at politicians around the world. It makes no sense with such a low death rate that is equivalent to the flu and all the forecasts of Neil […]
Here’s Why the “Impossible” Economic Collapse Is Unavoidable
Here’s Why the “Impossible” Economic Collapse Is Unavoidable This is why denormalization is an extinction event for much of our high-cost, high-complexity, heavily regulated economy. A collapse of major chunks of the economy is widely viewed as “impossible” because the federal government can borrow and spend unlimited amounts of money because the Federal Reserve can create […]
Coronavirus: have we already missed the opportunity to build a better world?
Coronavirus: have we already missed the opportunity to build a better world? Many people like to say that the coronavirus is teaching us a lesson, as if the pandemic were a kind of morality play that should lead to a change in our behaviour. It shows us that we can make big shifts quickly if we want […]
