I find the self-anointed gatekeepers who claim to be the sole arbiters of the truth very amusing (also pathetic). Apparently if you want to accumulate unsustainable deficits, inadequately fund liabilities, print an infinite amount of money, and engage in never-ending...
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Why Is Everything Getting So Expensive?
by Richard Ebeling | Jan 3, 2023 | Economics, Featured Articles
The United States and most of the rest of the world are, once again, in the midst of an inflationary crisis. Prices in general are rising at annualized rates not experienced by, especially, the industrialized countries of North America and Europe for well over 40...
Five Must-Know Facts About the Disastrous New Omnibus
by Romina Boccia | Dec 22, 2022 | Featured Articles
Just as I predicted back in October, Congress pushed its discretionary spending deadline back by one week, from December 16 to December 23. This comes as no surprise as congressional leadership is once again trying to ram through a massive omnibus bill before the year...
Ep 006 “Frameworks and Strategic Deficit Disorder”
by Bill Buppert | Dec 18, 2022 | Chasing Ghosts Podcast
Episode Notes I discuss the combat framework from the tactical to the operational to the strategic level and mission command for both regular and irregular warfare (IW). A deep knowledge of conventional warfare is very useful to fully grokking how IW works hence the...
Turning Down the Noise in the CPI Numbers
by David Stockman | Dec 15, 2022 | Economics, Featured Articles
So the talking heads of bubblevision think inflation is abating, but what about this: Federal revenues in November posted at $252 billion—10.3% below last November—while spending came in at $501 billion. And the latter included an ominous +53% rise in Federal debt...
No, Tax Cuts Don’t Cause Inflation
by Daniel Lacalle | Dec 14, 2022 | Economics, Featured Articles
The narrative to attack any tax cut and defend any increase in government size is reaching feverish levels. However, we must continue to remind citizens that constantly bloating government spending and increasing the size of monetary interventions are some of the...
The ‘Mother of All Economic Crises’
by Ron Paul | Dec 13, 2022 | Economics, Featured Articles
Nouriel Roubini, a former advisor to the International Monetary Fund and member of President Clinton’s Council of Economic Advisors, was one of the few “mainstream” economists to predict the collapse of the housing bubble. Now Roubini is warning that the staggering...
America’s Insolvency is Mandatory
by Stark Realities with Brian McGlinchey | Dec 1, 2022 | Economics, Featured Articles
In October, the U.S. national debt reached $31 trillion, and the government is projected to wade another trillion dollars into the red in the 2023 fiscal year. The longer-term picture is even gloomier, with the deficit expected to double to $2 trillion by 2030....
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US Abrams Tanks Withdrawn from Fighting in Ukraine
Five four million dollar tanks up in smoke. They'll make every excuse they wish but the days of manned tanks are over. Ukraine has lost five Abrams tanks in recent months, The New York Times reported this month, citing an unnamed senior US official. At least three...
The Aircraft Carrier is the Crossbow and Chariot of the Modern Age
The US Navy, of course, is desperately trying to get authorization to build more Ford-class carriers. Ironic that they name the carrier after a violence broker famous for being rather clumsy and unable to navigate around. The first of class doesn't work properly: it...
Here’s an Idea
If you can't tell the difference between 2024 America and 1930s Germany, let's not have a conversation, okay?
Meanwhile, Over in Sadist Land
Palestinian baby rescued from dead mother’s womb dies in Gaza hospital
Kyle Anzalone on Judge Nap: US Troops to Ukraine?
Watch Kyle's latest appearance on Judge Napolitano's show 'Judging Freedom.' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lG37NaExv_0
If Israel’s Apologists Insist ‘From the River to the Sea’ Is Genocidal…
Apologists for Israel’s genocide in Gaza reject freedom for Palestinians and insist on Israel’s continued existence as a Jewish supremacist state.