The Future Costs Of Politically Correct Cultism Submitted by Brandon Smith via Alt-Market.com, I rarely touch on the subject of political correctness as a focus in my writings, partially because the entire issue is so awash in pundits on either side that the scrambling clatter of voices tends to drown out the liberty movement perspective. …
Category: Economy
Jul 15
Today’s News July 15, 2015
ViCHY 2.0 Freedom Or The Slaughterhouse? The American Police State From A To Z Submitted by John Whitehead via The Rutherford Institute, “Who needs direct repression when one can convince the chicken to walk freely into the slaughterhouse?”—Philosopher Slavoj Žižek Despite the best efforts of some to sound the alarm, the nation is being locked …
Jul 14
Today’s News July 14, 2015
The Last Days Of 'Normal Life' In America Submitted by Michael Snyder via The End of The American Dream blog, If you have got family and friends that you would like to visit before things start getting really crazy, you should do so within the next couple of months, because these are the last days …
Jul 13
Today’s News July 13, 2015
America – We Have A Problem If “everything is awesome’… and 70% of the US economy is personal consumption… and Q1 weakness was all weather and port related? Then why are these charts doing this… Retail sales growth has fallen and can’t get back up… And Wholesale sales have collapsed… Perhaps, just …
Jul 12
Today’s News July 12, 2015
The Great FreedomFest Debate Was Like Watching Tom and Jerry by Keith Weiner With apologies to his fans, Jerry is an evil little mouse who constantly pesters Tom the Cat. Tom tries and tries, but cannot seem to overpower someone who is a fraction of his size and strength. Watching Stephen Moore attempt to …
Jul 11
Today’s News July 11, 2015
Pentagon Concludes America Not Safe Unless It Conquers The World Submitted by Paul Craig Roberts, The Pentagon has released its “National Military Strategy of the United States of America 2015,” June 2015. The document announces a shift in focus from terrorists to “state actors” that “are challenging international norms.” It is important to understand what …
Jul 10
Today’s News July 10, 2015
The Global War On Pensions Gets Personal – Scenes From A Dying Nation We have been warning about the 'global war on pensioners' for a while (most recently here, here, and here) but the soul-destroying images of Greek pensioners' hopes being crushed bring that central-bank-driven repression front-and-center… As The Wall Street Journal reports, fear is …
Jul 09
Today’s News July 9, 2015
Utter Desperation: Chinese Police Vow To Arrest "Malicious Short Sellers" In what can only be described as total and utter desperation, China's Public Security Ministry and China Securities Regulatory Commission are discussing a plan to take action against "hostile short sellers"… (via Google Translate) [ Ministry of Public Security in conjunction with the recent Commission …
Jul 08
Today’s News July 8, 2015
Meanwhile, In "Success Story" Portugal Somehow, with over 33% of young people unemployed, Portugal is held up to be a ‘success story’ for Merkel’s Europe’s grand plan. With their stock market tumbling and bond yields (and spreads) soaring… Perhaps it’s time to realize nothing is fixed at all… as this image exposes all …
Jul 07
Today’s News July 7, 2015
THERE’S Your Hyperinflation! by Keith Weiner Hyperinflation is commonly defined as rapidly rising prices which get out of control. For example, the Wikipedia entry begins, “In economics, hyperinflation occurs when a country experiences very high and usually accelerating rates of inflation, rapidly eroding the real value of the local currency…” Let’s restate this in …
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