The marriage between Saudi Arabia and the United States occurred decades ago, when two old men met on Valentines Day in 1945.Sitting in their respective wheelchairs, Franklin Delano Roosevelt and King Ibn Saud sat down aboard the USS Quincy and formed a friendship between the two countries that has shaped our lives more than most people will ever truly realize.Whether or not they officially broach...Read More
The problem with government is it elevates people to positions of power over their fellow citizens. And all too often, these people take advantage of their status.You Get The Prosecutors You Pay ForWhen you’re in power, the rules don’t really apply to you. I mean, sure, officially you still have to follow the law. But what happens when a politician is in a position to change the rules?...Read More
The problem with government is it elevates people to positions of power over their fellow citizens. And all too often, these people take advantage of their status.You Get The Prosecutors You Pay ForWhen you’re in power, the rules don’t really apply to you. I mean, sure, officially you still have to follow the law. But what happens when a politician is in a position to change the rules?...Read More
It's no secret that renewable energy has been a growing field for many years. Over the past decade, solar energy generation has been getting all sorts of press.But at the same time, wind power has been quietly stealing market share from both traditional fuels like coal and natural gas and from solar as well. And it's poised to grow even faster in the coming decades.It makes you wonder if wind ener...Read More
Via Sovereignman.comEvery quarter the United States government publishes a list of individuals who have chosen to renounce their US citizenship.The latest list came out yesterday, and 1,376 people are on it.That might sound like a small number, but the total for 2017 is projected to be more than 20% higher than 2016... and 2016 was 26% higher than the total number from 2015.In fact the number of A...Read More
Via Sovereignman.comEvery quarter the United States government publishes a list of individuals who have chosen to renounce their US citizenship.The latest list came out yesterday, and 1,376 people are on it.That might sound like a small number, but the total for 2017 is projected to be more than 20% higher than 2016... and 2016 was 26% higher than the total number from 2015.In fact the number of A...Read More
The fight between hydrogen fuel cells and lithium batteries in the transportation space may be coming to an end.And not because one has finally won out over the other...In fact, if you were able to listen to Wealth Daily's latest podcast featuring Andy Marsh, CEO of fuel cell company Plug Power Inc., you already know where the industry could be headed in the next few years.I'll be spotlighting the...Read More
A few years ago, a friend told me one of the most gut-wrenching investment stories I've ever heard.Years ago, she'd gotten a temp job working a table at a computer convention.While checking out the various tables, she quickly found herself in a long conversation with a rep from one of the dozens of tech companies that were set up.He even offered to let her buy a few shares of the company right the...Read More
The media has got their narrative and they are sticking to it.It doesn’t matter that a shooter specifically targetted a Republican softball practice in June. It didn’t fit the narrative that the right is brewing hatred and violence. So most media was quiet about the Democrat Bernie supporter shooter.Senator Rand Paul was one of the members of Congress at that softball practice in June....Read More
The media has got their narrative and they are sticking to it.It doesn’t matter that a shooter specifically targetted a Republican softball practice in June. It didn’t fit the narrative that the right is brewing hatred and violence. So most media was quiet about the Democrat Bernie supporter shooter.Senator Rand Paul was one of the members of Congress at that softball practice in June....Read More
Valued at about $21 billion, it's one of the world's most valuable privately held companies.Early investors include Google, Fidelity, and Elon Musk himself.Make no mistake, SpaceX is one of the most exciting companies any of us will ever see in a lifetime, as it has invented and now operates reusable rockets.This is huge!In fact, Forbes says it has transformed America's economic future:Elon Musk a...Read More
Anytime someone in an elite or powerful position starts saying the population is too high we should get worried. You can bet it isn’t their friends and family that they are talking about overpopulating the Earth.Of course, they are talking about people whom they consider peasants. Definitely me, and probably you too. We are the ones crowding this little planet, and we are the ones whose carb...Read More
Anytime someone in an elite or powerful position starts saying the population is too high we should get worried. You can bet it isn’t their friends and family that they are talking about overpopulating the Earth.Of course, they are talking about people whom they consider peasants. Definitely me, and probably you too. We are the ones crowding this little planet, and we are the ones whose carb...Read More
Saudi Arabia had a tough weekend.Missiles were fired from Yemen into Saudi Arabia. The missiles were aimed at an airport outside of Riyadh, which is about 620 miles from Yemen. The Saudis used a U.S.-built Patriot surface-to-air anti-missile battery.Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, the familiar Wall Street billionaire, was arrested over the weekend on corruption charges. He was a big investor in early i...Read More
Government is a big insurance company. Except you can’t shop elsewhere for insurance. And their price is super high. And they threaten you if you don’t want to pay them. And the services they deliver are sub-par for the price. And you can’t itemize your “insurance” to only include the products you need. And often just when you need them most, you find out how incompet...Read More
Government is a big insurance company. Except you can’t shop elsewhere for insurance. And their price is super high. And they threaten you if you don’t want to pay them. And the services they deliver are sub-par for the price. And you can’t itemize your “insurance” to only include the products you need. And often just when you need them most, you find out how incompet...Read More
Electric vehicle adoption is pushing up demand for rare earth elements (REEs), according to contributor Mike Kachanovsky. As of now, he says, China controls most of the global supply. However, large deposits are in mining-friendly Quebec. This leads him to conclude that a bargain mining stock could be a powerful Canadian growth stock.The group of elements known as rare earths is of interest to ind...Read More
Here’s an update on my latest trades for the week ending on November 3, 2017.Sold 25,000 shares of Hummingbird Resources (HUMRF) @ $0.4671/share Bought 2,050 shares of Novo Resources (NSRPF) @ $5.62/share Bought 10,000 shares of Pure Gold Mining (PGM.V) @ C$0.50/share Bought 2,000 shares of NexGen Energy (NXE) @ $1.88/share Sold 29,400 shares of Artemis Resources (ARV.AX) @ A$0.345/sha...Read More
On Thursday, President Trump announced he will nominate Jerome Powell for chairman of the Federal Reserve.It's a move that's likely to please banks and other financial institutions.Mr. Powell has been a Fed governor since 2012 and was a former Treasury official during the Bush, Jr. administration.But, unlike his predecessors, Powell is not an economist by training. Before joining the Treasury Depa...Read More
We found the difference between men and women. It took years of study, professional research, and a scholarly article to pinpoint the cause. Ready for the bombshell? Men have penises.Today we are going to delve into one of the lesser known ways men use their penises to oppress women.Physics.The government is always trying to entice more women into STEM fields: science, technology, engineering, and...Read More