Via SovereignMan.comIn 1869, a 48-year old Jewish immigrant from the tiny village of Trappstadt in Germany's Bavaria region hung a shingle outside of his small office in lower Manhattan to officially launch his new business.His name was Marcus Goldman, and the business he started, what's now known as Goldman Sachs, has become the preeminent investment bank in the world with nearly $1 trillion in a...Read More
Via SovereignMan.comIn 1869, a 48-year old Jewish immigrant from the tiny village of Trappstadt in Germany's Bavaria region hung a shingle outside of his small office in lower Manhattan to officially launch his new business.His name was Marcus Goldman, and the business he started, what's now known as Goldman Sachs, has become the preeminent investment bank in the world with nearly $1 trillion in a...Read More
The best kind of looter is the kind that you can shoot.Especially in emergency situations, those coming onto your property and stealing from you are a serious threat to your life. You must have the ability and means to protect yourself and loved ones.What other kinds of looters are there, you may ask? In many places, you can protect yourself and your property without fear of prosecution.But someti...Read More
The best kind of looter is the kind that you can shoot.Especially in emergency situations, those coming onto your property and stealing from you are a serious threat to your life. You must have the ability and means to protect yourself and loved ones.What other kinds of looters are there, you may ask? In many places, you can protect yourself and your property without fear of prosecution.But someti...Read More
In China, Foreigners Can Buy a MarriageChina is a dystopian nightmare for many who live there. Yet even the hardcore communist regime cannot keep a little freedom off the black market.For many immigrants and foreign workers in China, they are even lower on the social ladder than the peasants. These people cannot own property, and often their children are not allowed to attend school.But someone fo...Read More
In China, Foreigners Can Buy a MarriageChina is a dystopian nightmare for many who live there. Yet even the hardcore communist regime cannot keep a little freedom off the black market.For many immigrants and foreign workers in China, they are even lower on the social ladder than the peasants. These people cannot own property, and often their children are not allowed to attend school.But someone fo...Read More
Federal agents set up shop in New Hampshire last week. They ran a Constitutionally-illegal checkpoint, violating the Fourth Amendment rights of countless Americans.The big reward? They arrested 25 illegal immigrants, seven of them children. More than half of those detained had overstayed visas. That means they came to the U.S. legally in the first place and did not leave when their visa expired.Wh...Read More
Federal agents set up shop in New Hampshire last week. They ran a Constitutionally-illegal checkpoint, violating the Fourth Amendment rights of countless Americans.The big reward? They arrested 25 illegal immigrants, seven of them children. More than half of those detained had overstayed visas. That means they came to the U.S. legally in the first place and did not leave when their visa expired.Wh...Read More
Seasonal financial analyst Don Vialoux says precious metals and their mining stocks generally reach a seasonal low in July and pick up speed again until late September. Cyclical stocks usually hit seasonal lows in October, which makes them a good place to invest after cashing out of short-term trades on precious metals.Whatever is responsible, according to seasonal investing website equityclock.co...Read More
The downfall of freedom and happiness: dependence on institutions out of your control.I’ve always blamed the government.Governments start the wars, carry out the genocides, steal from the people. Governments lay the foundation of an unjust society, by creating a hierarchy from the beginning. Some make the laws, and some must live by them.But the government is only half of the picture.I alway...Read More
The downfall of freedom and happiness: dependence on institutions out of your control.I’ve always blamed the government.Governments start the wars, carry out the genocides, steal from the people. Governments lay the foundation of an unjust society, by creating a hierarchy from the beginning. Some make the laws, and some must live by them.But the government is only half of the picture.I alway...Read More
“Is this patient under arrest?” Alex Wubbles asks the officer, being instructed by legal counsel on the phone.“Nope,” the officer says.“Do you have an electronic warrant?” She asks, searching for a way to legally comply with the officers.“No,” The officer admits bluntly, getting annoyed.The police did not have a warrant. The police did not have proba...Read More
“Is this patient under arrest?” Alex Wubbles asks the officer, being instructed by legal counsel on the phone.“Nope,” the officer says.“Do you have an electronic warrant?” She asks, searching for a way to legally comply with the officers.“No,” The officer admits bluntly, getting annoyed.The police did not have a warrant. The police did not have proba...Read More
Would you let a five-year-old smoke a joint? I certainly hope not. Yet that would probably be less harmful than loading kids up on pharmaceuticals.Currently, over a million American children UNDER SIX YEARS OLD are taking psychiatric drugs. Babies are literally being doped up by the pharmaceutical industry. Over 274,000 babies UNDER ONE-YEAR-OLD are given drugs, mostly for anxiety.Anxiety drugs fo...Read More
Would you let a five-year-old smoke a joint? I certainly hope not. Yet that would probably be less harmful than loading kids up on pharmaceuticals.Currently, over a million American children UNDER SIX YEARS OLD are taking psychiatric drugs. Babies are literally being doped up by the pharmaceutical industry. Over 274,000 babies UNDER ONE-YEAR-OLD are given drugs, mostly for anxiety.Anxiety drugs fo...Read More
As the world becomes more environmentally aware, all eyes are on finding sustainable, long-term solutions to replace the use of non-renewable materials such as fossil fuels. Great steps are being taken to reduce greenhouse gases, notably carbon emissions, with recruiters like NES constantly looking to place talented individuals into key positions within the energy industry - but what could Europe'...Read More
As the world becomes more environmentally aware, all eyes are on finding sustainable, long-term solutions to replace the use of non-renewable materials such as fossil fuels. Great steps are being taken to reduce greenhouse gases, notably carbon emissions, with recruiters like NES constantly looking to place talented individuals into key positions within the energy industry - but what could Europe'...Read More
Did the hotel crew need the rooms? No. They came to “cover” the storm.But people fleeing Hurricane Harvey were in desperate need of hotel rooms. And the news crew was complaining about paying a high price.The news team reported on the terrible incident of gouging. But they actually demonstrate exactly why prices need to go up when demand goes up.I wonder if they decided to bunk up toge...Read More
Did the hotel crew need the rooms? No. They came to “cover” the storm.But people fleeing Hurricane Harvey were in desperate need of hotel rooms. And the news crew was complaining about paying a high price.The news team reported on the terrible incident of gouging. But they actually demonstrate exactly why prices need to go up when demand goes up.I wonder if they decided to bunk up toge...Read More
Space police. When is it too soon to make a new federal policing agency to make sure no one is illegally mining asteroids?We can call it the EPA, Extraterrestrial Protection Agency. They can ignore newly structured interplanetary property rights, and insist that space-dust runoff from the asteroid mining operations are causing mass extinctions on Mars.You might think space would be vast enough so...Read More