Want a Free Market? Abolish Cash ... If you believe that government meddling in financial markets was responsible for the last recession and the lackluster recovery, you might be right. But probably not in the way you think. - BloombergSome Bloomberg editorials are stranger than others. This one is especially strange because it argues that banning cash will create a stronger, freer market.How do...Read More
Dilma Rousseff Learns Fiscal Crime Doesn’t Pay ... At her impeachment trial this week, Brazil’s suspended president Dilma Rousseff warned of the “death of democracy,” comparing the senators trying her to the military tribunal she faced as a young woman fighting dictatorship. The actual charges against Rousseff — which she has denied, and for which she was impeached...Read More
Nafta Was Good for the U.S. and Mexico ... The North American Free Trade Agreement, Donald Trump said on Wednesday, “has been a far greater benefit to Mexico” than the U.S. Just minutes before, Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto, standing by Trump’s side in Mexico City, said Nafta had done both countries “a lot of good.” -BloombergWhy would anyone who believes in fr...Read More
Want a Free Market? Abolish Cash ... If you believe that government meddling in financial markets was responsible for the last recession and the lackluster recovery, you might be right. But probably not in the way you think. - BloombergSome Bloomberg editorials are stranger than others. This one is especially strange because it argues that banning cash will create a stronger, freer market.How do...Read More
Dilma Rousseff Learns Fiscal Crime Doesn’t Pay ... At her impeachment trial this week, Brazil’s suspended president Dilma Rousseff warned of the “death of democracy,” comparing the senators trying her to the military tribunal she faced as a young woman fighting dictatorship. The actual charges against Rousseff — which she has denied, and for which she was impeached...Read More
US created 151,000 jobs in August vs. 180,000 jobs expected ... August traditionally has been a difficult month for jobs numbers, and 2016 proved no exception, likely putting the Federal Reserve on hold for a rate hike anytime soon. – CNBCWhat a mess. The latest jobs report shows lowered growth. That doesn’t matter of course. The government will revise the numbers upward.And the Federa...Read More
US created 151,000 jobs in August vs. 180,000 jobs expected ... August traditionally has been a difficult month for jobs numbers, and 2016 proved no exception, likely putting the Federal Reserve on hold for a rate hike anytime soon. – CNBCWhat a mess. The latest jobs report shows lowered growth. That doesn’t matter of course. The government will revise the numbers upward.And the Federa...Read More
Even before the FBI identified new cyberattacks on two separate state election boards, the Department of Homeland Security began considering declaring the election a “critical infrastructure,” giving it the same control over security it has over Wall Street and the electric power grid. – ExaminerUsually we cover the dominant social themes of the elite, but the alternative media i...Read More
You don’t have to play by the rules of the corrupt politicians, manipulative media, and brainwashed peers.When you subscribe to The Daily Bell, you also get a free guide:How to Craft a Two Year Plan to Reclaim 3 Specific Freedoms.This guide will show you exactly how to plan your next two years to build the free life of your dreams. It’s not as hard as you think…Identify. Plan. Ex...Read More
Even before the FBI identified new cyberattacks on two separate state election boards, the Department of Homeland Security began considering declaring the election a “critical infrastructure,” giving it the same control over security it has over Wall Street and the electric power grid. – ExaminerUsually we cover the dominant social themes of the elite, but the alternative media i...Read More
You don’t have to play by the rules of the corrupt politicians, manipulative media, and brainwashed peers.When you subscribe to The Daily Bell, you also get a free guide:How to Craft a Two Year Plan to Reclaim 3 Specific Freedoms.This guide will show you exactly how to plan your next two years to build the free life of your dreams. It’s not as hard as you think…Identify. Plan. Ex...Read More
Preparing one of the many pegmatites on the Georgia Lake property for channel sampling.Read More
A record number of Americans now dislike Hillary ... Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton took aim at the “alt-right” movement that she said is taking over Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s campaign. Hillary Clinton hit her stride after the Democratic National Convention, riding to a double-digit lead over Donald Trump in some national and swing-stat...Read More
A record number of Americans now dislike Hillary ... Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton took aim at the “alt-right” movement that she said is taking over Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s campaign. Hillary Clinton hit her stride after the Democratic National Convention, riding to a double-digit lead over Donald Trump in some national and swing-stat...Read More
Anthropocene: Planet Earth has entered new man-made epoch, experts say ... dubbed the Anthropocene because of the extent of humanity's impact on the planet. An international working group set up to consider the question voted by 34 to zero, with one abstention, that the Anthropocene was real in a geological sense. -UK IndependentGood Lord, the earth is about to have a new geological time frame...Read More
Judge: Kim Dotcom can livestream legal fight against the US ... Internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom wants to livestream his legal battle against the United States on YouTube. Dotcom's lawyers have asked if they can film his extradition appeal, which began Monday, Aug. 29, 2016, at New Zealand's High Court in Auckland. The U.S. opposes the plan. -BusinessInsiderHollywood and the United States pick...Read More
Anthropocene: Planet Earth has entered new man-made epoch, experts say ... dubbed the Anthropocene because of the extent of humanity's impact on the planet. An international working group set up to consider the question voted by 34 to zero, with one abstention, that the Anthropocene was real in a geological sense. -UK IndependentGood Lord, the earth is about to have a new geological time frame...Read More
Judge: Kim Dotcom can livestream legal fight against the US ... Internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom wants to livestream his legal battle against the United States on YouTube. Dotcom's lawyers have asked if they can film his extradition appeal, which began Monday, Aug. 29, 2016, at New Zealand's High Court in Auckland. The U.S. opposes the plan. -BusinessInsiderHollywood and the United States pick...Read More
Hillary Clinton's Attack on Breitbart News is an Attack on Press Freedom ... Hillary Clinton has a new target in her campaign against Donald Trump: Breitbart News. Her goal is not just to use Breitbart as a political foil, but to shut the site down entirely. Deputy communications director Christina Reynolds sent a fundraising email earlier this week claiming that while other conservative news outl...Read More