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Open Source EVERYTHING
Interesting podcast with Nobel Peace Prize nominee, Robert David Steele. Open sources lead to peace and prosperity for all. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVBknoOSVIQ&feature=youtu.be
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“Venezuela is Starving” – from the Wall Street Journal this week
“Once Latin America’s richest country, Venezuela can no longer feed its people, hobbled by the nationalization of farms as well as price and currency controls.” Please see the WSJ article from May 5, 2017. I posted elsewhere some thoughts … Continue reading
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“The FDIC Illusion of Insured Bank Deposits”
This graphic and title are lifted directly from demonocracy.info, which has great graphics to help visualize a very precarious financial system and monetary policy. With my interest spurred from the recent post on fractional reserve banking, I wanted to … Continue reading
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Precious metals still seem to be a wise purchase as a hedge against inflation, if not as real investment.
Overlaying three historical charts from the year 2000 to today: money supply in $Trillions, gold and silver in dollars/ounce. Metals dropped off of the growth curve in 2012, although the money supply has continued to grow (devaluing the dollar). One … Continue reading
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The Good Soldier Svejk – by Jaroslav Hasek, circa 1924
Just finished a great one! Excellent and often laugh-out-loud satire of the follies of war. Written by Czech Jaroslav Hasek in the aftermath of WWI. He mocks the Monarchy, bureaucracy, military, church and the throngs of their ridiculous adherents. Hasek … Continue reading
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U.S. Naval War College professor: The US Empire will follow the path of the empires which preceded it
TED talk. Michael Vlahos, PhD, professor at both the US Naval War College and Johns Hopkins, consultant for both the Dept of State and the CIA, national security commentator, etc. His predictions for US Empire seem about right. It … Continue reading
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That tax man never quits!
Additionally, realize that you can never own your property. Even after you pay off the mortgage to the bank, you will continue to rent your property from the government via property taxes that for a median home value of … Continue reading
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The Fed Is Bedeviled by Keynes’s Paradox – Bloomberg
(See the Bloomberg article on Fed interest rate manipulation.) The Fed (your totalitarian financial Gov Sponsored Enterprise) forces interest rates artificially low, which means you can make no money by lending your savings to banks and other corporate entities through … Continue reading
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What Economists Are Not — And Shouldn’t Try to Be
Article by Carmen Elena Dorobăț at Mises Institute today. In my opinion, economists are politically-motivated behavioral scientists – sociologists that crunch numbers. Their soft science of behavior observation does not give them an ability to plan economies, create monetary … Continue reading
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Record Tax Takings, Record Gov Debt,… and Your Magical Thinking?
(Graphic and data from article sourced here from CNS news) US Gov took over $600B from individuals in the month of February – a record. Regardless, it still cannot meet its obligations without the continual creation of debt: a … Continue reading
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