The justice system is far from blind. And that is the point.The people in control exercise power by deciding when the rule of law is applied, and when it’s suspended.The other day we discussed how some people get 25 years in prison for driving while intoxicated, while others–law enforcement–only get probation for full-blown rape of a prisoner.But the government also gets to manip...Read More

While accepting the Nobel Peace Prize in 2016, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said, "The manner in which this war against drugs is being waged is equally or perhaps even more harmful than all the wars the world is fighting today, combined."The death toll from the drug war is much less than the actual warfare throughout the world. However, his sentiment is quite appropriate because a signi...Read More

Via Sovereignman.comI'm doing my best to take a few days off this week, and have the pleasure of spending time with some friends here in a fairly remote corner of Vietnam's magnificent coastline.This is one of the most pristine places I've ever been- a high-end resort nestled at the top of a mountain in the middle of nowhere overlooking Vietnam's postcard-perfect Vinh Hy Bay.I've traveled extensiv...Read More

"It is often the case that police shootings, incidents where law enforcement officers pull the trigger on civilians, are left out of the conversation on gun violence. But a police officer shooting a civilian counts as gun violence. Every time an officer uses a gun against an innocent or an unarmed person contributes to the culture of gun violence in this country."-Journalist Celisa CalacalEnough...Read More

You can see the solutions brewing.Some industries have already been upended by stealthy tech-age competitors. I save so much money traveling by using Airbnb to rent rooms instead of hotels. Airbnb finds me cheaper accommodations that are usually better than hotels. You can usually get a better location, with a full kitchen for half the price of a basic hotel room in the same area.Because of Airbnb...Read More

Base metals on the London Metal Exchange ended the week predominantly higher at the close of trading on Friday May 11, although aluminium fell 2% and edged below its $2,300 per tonne support level. The light metal fell to a low of $2,263.50 per tonne over the course of the afternoon, while its cash/three-month spread has widened into a contango of $10 per tonne, from $4.75c per tonne earlier in th...Read More

Editor’s Note: This is the first in a series of articles taking a non-partisan approach to deconstructing the problem of school shootings, and discussing solutions.Post Parkland: Are We Missing The Mark?People love narratives, and why not? They help us cope with a sudden tragedy when the pieces of the puzzle are either missing, hard to comprehend or even when we find it hard to face facts. H...Read More

Average daily volumes (ADV) on the London Metal Exchange rocketed as much as 63.2% year on year for the month of April, with aluminium's ADV difference soaring 117.5% higher, according to the bourse's latest monthly trading report. The LME's monthly trading report includes a breakdown of ADV, with its latest report excluding unallocated trades (UNA) for each metal. An UNA trade is a new service th...Read More

Written for The Daily Bell by Bill Ottman, Co-Founder of minds.com & Schuyler Brown, Futurist.It's hard to believe the Food Revolution has only been in effect for about ten years. In that time, we've seen drastic changes in the way citizens of the world choose to buy food for their families. What was once considered a pricey preoccupation of the body- and health-conscious has risen to become a...Read More

With a tear in her eye his mother joked that if J.C. was still alive, she would ground her sixteen-year-old son for killing himself. Unfortunately, her attempt to remain somewhat lighthearted after her son’s death reveals the tragic root of the problem.Teens have more legal restrictions than ever before. And as society continues to get stricter, teen suicide is skyrocketing.The suicide rate...Read More

As members of the metals industry, including the London Metal Exchange, brokers, traders, producers, consumers, banks and warehouse companies, prepare to gather for LME Asia Week in Hong Kong from Monday May 14, Metal Bulletin reviews the likely topics of discussion.Opening up China's markets China has been opening up its economy and markets recently. In May, China allowed foreign investors to tra...Read More

"Those who created this country chose freedom. With all of its dangers. And do you know the riskiest part of that choice they made? They actually believed that we could be trusted to make up our own minds in the whirl of differing ideas. That we could be trusted to remain free, even when there were very, very seductive voices – taking advantage of our freedom of speech – who were tryin...Read More

Tyrants may oppress you. They may lead you into disastrous wars. But they don't demand that you take personal responsibility, that great burden of democracy. And every tyrant worth his salt provides scapegoats for his people's failures: It's never your fault, it's them.Politicians sell victimhood. They convince individuals that nothing is in your control. And in doing so, the politicians seize the...Read More

Via Sovereignman.com'Mrs. F.' was 84 years old the first time she ever went to prison.Her crime? Petty shoplifting. She stole rice, strawberries, and cold medicine.She served her time. Got released. Then shoplifted again so that she'd go back to prison.She's now 89 years old serving out another 2 1/2 year sentence, not too far away from where I am right now, at a women's prison about 60 miles o...Read More

25 years without the possibility of parole.What did this guy do? Rape? Murder? Armed Robbery? A botched terrorist attack?Nope. He drove drunk.Granted, he drove drunk a lot. Actually, this was his fourth driving while intoxicated conviction.But driving is a bit of an overstatement… he was arrested in the parking lot after turning on his car and pressing the brakes.The man said he was just sit...Read More

Via Sovereignman.comWell, it happened again.On Friday afternoon, the national debt of the United States hit another major milestone, soaring past $21 trillion for the first time ever.Clearly that is an enormous number... it's actually larger than the size of the entire US economy, which is pretty incredible.But what's always been the more important story about America's pile of debt is how rapidl...Read More

The Indian government's plans of hitting 300 million tonnes of steel capacity by 2030 sounds overambitious in the current scenario given that output only managed to reach the 101 million tonne mark in 2017 - indicating three-fold (Read More

Some people say that “No civilian should have military style weapons!”Ironically they also criticize those who say gun ownership deters oppressive government. “Oh yea, your hunting rifle is going to stand up against the government’s tanks and bombs,” they laugh.And yet, guerrilla warfare is extremely difficult to defeat.Don’t get me wrong, I would not like to se...Read More

After suffering for some seven years through to 2015, the world's steelmakers have had cause for cheer over the past couple of years. After some heavy losses and write-downs, they finally appear to have emerged from the wreckage of the global financial crisis. An economic upswing has taken root in most regions of the world, Chinese steel output and export growth has slowed noticeably, and steel pr...Read More

Via The Startup Societies Foundation“Everything that can be invented has been invented.”– Charles H. Duell, 1899“We will never make a 32 bit operating system.”– Bill Gates, 1989Do these quotes seem silly in retrospect? No doubt. However, there exists seemingly bulletproof wisdom of the ages that recent developments may end up overturning:“Financial advice?...Read More