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• Bush Almost Said “Conspiracy”

  George W. Bush is interviewed about the Boston Bombing and 9/11.  His response is kinda hilarious.  He starts to bumbles right into the subject, and then tries... Read more

  Posted on 31 March 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Fraudclosure Victories?

  

  [courtesy Google Images]ForeclosureMost of those articles focused on reports that the banks making mortgage loans had defrauded the borrowers. Read more

  Posted on 30 March 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Allies Revolt?

  

  [courtesy Google Images]The New York Times  “ When Xi Jinping, then the newly minted Chinese leader, first broached the idea of a new Asian development bank in ... Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Currency War’s Prize: Privilege to Print “World Reserve Currency”?

  

  Salvador Dali: a surrealist artist for a surreal currency[courtesy Google Images]Salvador Dali (1904-1989) was one of the world’s premier surrealist artists. Read more

  Posted on 22 March 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Dollar Flash Crash–Harbinger?

  The dollar has been on an upward tear since July of last year.  It’s value, as measure on the US Dollar Index (USDX) rose 25% in less than 8 months.  (See my... Read more

  Posted on 20 March 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• USDX Deflation

  

  [courtesy Google Images]I finished the following article last Saturday (March 14th).  It was published in the “American Survival” newsletter on Monday (March... Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Water Peril; Water Hope

  

  courtesy Google ImagesJames Famiglietti, a leading hydrologist at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, wrote a recent article in Nature Climate Change entitled,... Read more

  Posted on 17 March 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Shades of Bundy

  Spokane, Washington.  “Armed Patriots Stand Against Feds!”I can’t say that the number of patriot/fed confrontations is large, but it may be growing. Read more

  Posted on 12 March 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Andy Hoffman on “Peak Gold”

  The following interview strikes me as awesome.“Ranting” Andy Hoffman delivers a lot of evidence that all but guarantees that the world economy is already in... Read more

  Posted on 10 March 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Lies, Part II: Gallup Head Says Unemployment Rate is “A Big Lie”

  

  According to UnemploymentData.com, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) recently reported the Unemployment rates for January A.D. 2015 as... Read more

  Posted on 10 March 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Lies, Part I: If Diogenes Returned, Could Truth Be Found?

  

  [courtesy Google Images]ZeroHedge.comNo Price Discovery Anymore “One year after the great stock market crash in 1987, US President Ronald Reagan launched the... Read more

  Posted on 10 March 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• News Notes

  

  [courtesy Google Images]Bits, bytes, implications and insights seen in recent news reports: Formerly Fearsome IRS Becomes a “Rodney Dangerfield” BureaucracyHow... Read more

  Posted on 10 March 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• David Stockman—Economic Carnage Coming Soon

  

  David Stockman[courtesy Google Images]David Stockman is a former businessman who served as a Republican U.S. Representative from the state of Michigan and as th... Read more

  Posted on 09 March 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Ukraine’s “Irrational” Currency Decline?

  

  Hryvnia[courtesy Google Images]Reuters “Ukraine’s central bank chief and finance minister tried to calm market panic on Wednesday after a collapse of the... Read more

  Posted on 09 March 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• A Great (Good?) Debate? II

  

  [courtesy Google Images]Yesterday, I published Part I of this “Great Debate” between Colin and myself at https://adask.wordpress. Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• A Great (Good?) Debate?

  

  [courtesy Google Images]A man named “Colin” has recently taken an interest in this blog.  He’s reportedly graduated from one of the most prestigious law... Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Welcome to the “Best Legal System in the World”

  

  Creationism: Endowed by his Creator[courtesy Google Images]You might think it odd that the government would be so incensed by a minister who advocates... Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Black Youth Speaks Out on Rudy Giuliani’s Criticism of President Obama

  video     00:03:01 Michelle Obama gained a certain amount of notoriety after her husband was elected President and she said his election marked the first time... Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Daily Hip Shots: Greek Anger; Rushing for Exits; & Inevitable Government...

  

  The Ol’ Hipshooter[courtesy Google Images]Daily Hip Shots are occasional articles that I haven’t considered for long or proofread as much as I’d like, but... Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Asset-based Vs. Debt-based Economics

  

  One Difference Between Asset-based Money (Gold) and Debt-based Currency (paper dollars): SAVINGS[courtesy Google Images]It should come as no surprise to anyone... Read more

  Posted on 23 February 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY