The ramp-up of money-printing by the Federal Reserve Bank since the COVID pandemic began has meant, like clockwork, an increase in CPI price inflation exceeding a seven percent annual rate. Though price inflation as measured by the CPI was temporarily delayed by the crosswinds of the shutdown-induced recession, the Fed inflation of the currency had already enriched the financial sector and created a wider income divide between the top one percent and the rest of the people. And this has not gone unnoticed by the political left, even if they remain ignorant of the real economic causes....
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Corruption at the Fed: Are America’s Money Masters Engaged in Self-Dealing?
America’s central bankers are tasked with impartial oversight over aspects of the American economy. But could these individuals be making decisions on interest rates and bailout operations based on what is best for their own personal investment portfolios? After some embarrassing revelations regarding the trading activities of two senior officials, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell abruptly ordered a comprehensive examination last week into internal compliance with an ethics rule directing Fed employees to avoid “actual and apparent conflicts of interest.” According to the Fed’s...
Cop Arrested After Beating, Leaving Boot Marks on Face of Teen Over a Speeding Ticket
Body camera footage released in April highlighted the gang mentality of many police officers as it showed them violently beating a 17-year-old boy over a traffic stop “like a pack of wolves.” It also illustrates how far cops will go to enforce a speeding violation. But this story does have a silver lining as the two cops responsible for the beating have been indicted. San Joaquin County district attorney Tori Verber Salazar announced that former Stockton Police Department officers Michael Stiles and Omar Villapudua were each indicted on felony counts of assault by a public officer and...
The Central Banking Scam
Oddly enough, the one question that finally brought me to anarchy was: “where does money come from?” It was perplexing to me that the answer to such a simple question could be so simple, yet so complex—and, moreover, absurd. So? Where does money come from? I found that the short answer is that new money is created by either 1) artificial bank credit expansion through the fractional-reserve lending process; or 2) the Central Bank prints it (It then uses the newly printed money to buy assets from private banks and adds said assets to its balance sheet). In both instances, new money is...
No Arrest Made for Off-Duty Cop Who Shot Woman Driving Herself to Hospital
Over the weekend, Lecresha Murray says she began feeling sick so she decided to drive herself to the hospital. Her trip would be dangerously interrupted, however, when a seemingly trigger happy cop decided to dump multiple rounds into her body for no reason. Despite the officer shooting the unarmed woman six times on Sunday, he has yet to be arrested. “I’m a victim that got shot by an off-duty police officer that did not identify himself,” Murray said. “For no reason, I didn’t approach him, I didn’t threaten him. I don’t do anything. He just opened fire for no reason.” According to...
Episode 467: Currency, Money, Gold and Silver, Cryptocurrency and China w/ Donnie Gebert
60 Minutes Some Strong Language Donnie is the author of "A Direct Republic: The Null Hypothesis of Politics (How to Automate a Legislature)." Donnie is former military intelligence whose method is meant to transcend party politics. Donnie joins Pete to talk about all of the things he sees in the financial world that leads him to believe a reset is happening. He talks about the dollar, what gold and silver mean to him and why he believes cryptocurrency is a safe haven and the future. He also talks about US dealings with China. A Direct Republic Donnie's Website Mike Maloney Hidden Secrets...
New Report on the Nullification Movement in America
Available formats (right-click to download): .pdf format .mobi format (for Kindle) .epub format (for Apple or Android) “Let us remember that if we suffer tamely a lawless attack upon our liberty, we encourage it, and involve others in our doom!” Writing as Candidus in the Boston Gazette on Oct. 14, 1771, Samuel Adams recognized an important and timeless truth. Turning a blind eye to an attack on liberty only guarantees that more attacks will follow in the future. The same goes for violations of the Constitution, which the Founders often referred to as “usurpations,” or the exercise of...
Episode 395: Jeff Deist On The Government’s Response To The CoronaVirus
67 Minutes Suitable for All Ages Pete invited the president of the Mises Institute, Jeff Deist, to return to the show to go over the government's response to the CoronaVirus, and to see if there are any positives that can be found in this situation. The Crazed Trillion Dollar Coin Proposal is Back Mises Institute Events Mises Institute Support and Donate Link to Richard Grove's Autonomy Course TakeHumanAction.com Donate at the Libertarian Institute Pete's Link to Sign Up for the LP Lions of Liberty Podcast Pete's Patreon Pete's Books on Amazon Pete's Books Available for Crypto Pete on...
3/6/20 Steven Silverman on Baltimore’s $210 Million Strip Search Lawsuit
Scott talks to Baltimore lawyer Steven Silverman about a 2009 case involving the alleged illegal cavity search of his client by Baltimore police. Silverman's client claimed that Officer Shakil Moss stopped him without cause and conducted the cavity search in public in the middle of the day, which was later confirmed through DNA analysis by the department's internal affairs unit. It was later discovered that a group of officers conducted many such unconstitutional stops, and some of them have faced federal prison for their actions. Discussed on the show: "Police State Keynesianism:...
Peter Schiff Style, Roast of Democrat Economics
Democrats argue for a high minimum wage, as they criticize Reaganomics for causing unemployment. But they have the situation backwards. The Minimum wage causes unemployment, and Reaganomics caused a financial boom that for decades created wealth that rose the middle class. In this political comedy episode, we dive into the reasons behind progressives’ logical fallacies and learn the truth behind the unemployment spike in the early 1980s.