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Today’s News November 17, 2015

Authoritarian Leftist "Activists" Demand The End Of Free Speech, Extensive Re-Education Submitted by Alex Thomas bia Intellihub.com, Hard left authoritarians at Amherst College have issued a series of demands, under the threat of civil disobedience, that include the complete end of free speech on campus as well as extensive re-education for offenders. The demands, issued …

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Today’s News November 16, 2015

How Do People Destroy Their Capital? I have written previously about the interest rate, which is falling under the planning of the Federal Reserve. The flip side of falling interest rates is the rising price of bonds. Bonds are in an endless, ferocious bull market. Why do I call it ferocious? Perhaps voracious is a …

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Today’s News November 15, 2015

Time Is Running Out For Pax Americana Submitted by Rostislav Ischenko via The Oriental Review, The paradox of the current global crisis is that for the last five years, all relatively responsible and independent nations have made tremendous efforts to save the United States from the financial, economic, military, and political disaster that looms ahead. …

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Today’s News November 14, 2015

Why The Neocons Hate The Donald Submitted by Justin Raimondo via Anti-War.com, Most Americans don’t think much about politics, let alone foreign policy issues, as they go about their daily lives. It’s not that they don’t care: it’s just that the daily grind doesn’t permit most people outside of Washington, D.C. the luxury of contemplating …

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Today’s News November 13, 2015

Did Russia Just "Gently" Threaten The USA? Authored by The Saker, Interesting stuff today.  A major Russian TV channel just aired a report about Putin meeting with his top military commanders.  I don’t have the time to translate what Putin said word for word, but basically he said that the USA had refused every single …

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Today’s News November 12, 2015

Why Preppers have it all wrong Prepping has not only gone mainstream, it’s infected even the billionaire culture as referenced recently on a ZH article: When it comes to “prepping”, many among the elite take things to an entirely different level.  As you will see below, the elite are willing to pay big money for …

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Today’s News November 11, 2015

What’s Different about Monetary Policy? by Keith Weiner   Many people agree that it’s important to move to a free market in money (i.e. the gold standard). They also say that it’s just as important to fight bad taxes and regulation. In their view, government interference in the economy is like friction in a car. …

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Today’s News November 10, 2015

Chinese Stocks Longest Win Streak Since Bubble Peak After CPI, Commodities Tumble; Philippines Exports Crash A busy night in Asia began with a total collapse in Philippines Exports (-24.7% YoY – the biggest miss since Lehman). This was quickly followed by a 0.3% drop (deflation) in CPI MoM (thanks to a drop in pork -1.9%, …

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Today’s News November 9, 2015

A 14 Handle on Silver. Again. 14 Nov, 2015 What’s the difference between the Supply and Demand Report 1 November and the Supply and Demand Report 8 November? Just a minor punctuation change. Last week, we asked (rhetorically) if silver would have a 14 handle again. This week, the market answered. Why yes, yes we …

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Today’s News November 8, 2015

"A Thin-Skinned Minority Is Ruining This Nation": Professor Crushes "Political Correctness" Wave Sweeping America In a time where college students are offended by pretty much everything, The Federalist Papers reports that one professor at UNC-Wilmington decided to cut through the rhetoric and let his students know that they aren’t the special snowflakes liberals and their …

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