The tale of how to catch a wild pig deserves more detail.A smart farmer knew that if he went out with his dogs and nets and cattle prods to capture wild pigs that the pigs would run amok. It would take tremendous energy to round them up. They would violently resist. Some would get away. Some would fight back and possibly injure him or his dogs.And when he finally got them in the pen, his troubles...Read More

An overview of the minor metals markets and the reasons for any price moves.Read More

Via Sovereigman.comThere's a really unique investment company in Europe you ought to know about... because they are insanely profitable.In fact, a few days ago the company announced that they expect to report an annual profit of $55 BILLION for 2017.That's more money than Apple makes... which makes this European group THE most profitable company in the world.Its stock price has more than QUINTUPLE...Read More

The following Metal Bulletin minor metals prices changed on Friday May 11:Minor metals Antimony MB free market regulus, $/tonne: $8,050-8,350 per tonne from $8,000-8,300 Bismuth MB China domestic, yuan/tonne: 65,500-68,000 yuan per tonne from 67,500-69,000 yuan Cadmium MB free market min 99.99%, cents/lb: 135-155 per lb from 145-155 Cobalt MB China domestic,...Read More

The darkest time in American history.I saw someone refer to the Trump Presidency as “possibly the darkest time in American history.” I’ve heard some iteration of that many times from people still in a frenzy over the Trump Administration.I’m not a big Trump fan. I wasn’t a big Obama fan either. But their presence in office did not and does not hang over my life like a...Read More

Should women be allowed to take off their shirts in public?Men can do it without legal restrictions. And although it may not seem like a big deal, it is one of those lingering inequalities that give fodder to otherwise over-the-top feminist movements.It would be better to fix the few actual inequalities that still exist.Women around the world participate in the “free the nipple” moveme...Read More

An overview of China's minor metals markets in the week of May 7-11 and the reasons for any price moves.Read More

Oh no! Another looming “government shutdown,” what are we going to do?!We should be so lucky.People talk about bipartisanship like it’s a good thing. But the point of Congress was never to get stuff done. The point was the make sure that only important stuff got done.President Calvin Coolidge said, “It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones.”B...Read More

Parenting for Freedom article series: This is the fourth in a series of articles that analyzes how freedom-loving people can align their parenting with their political philosophy, and how doing so will allow ideas about personal liberty to carry on to the next generation.If you're a freedom-loving parent, you're probably doing all you can to give your children autonomy in their own lives. You're t...Read More

Three-month base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange gave a mixed performance on the morning of Friday May 11, with the complex averaging a slight 0.1% gain as at 06.42 am London time.Copper and aluminium were down by 0.2% and 0.4% respectively, nickel and zinc were little changed, while lead (+0.7) and tin (+0.3%) were the complex's strongest performers.But with a total trading volume of 3...Read More

The FBI doesn’t like encryption. They are concerned that they cannot properly investigate criminals.Often they have enough evidence to justify a search of a suspect’s device. But they do not have the actual ability to search many encrypted smartphones and computers.The only solution they can think of is to violate your rights, my rights, and the rights of tech companies. They want to...Read More

Stainless steel group Aperam expects a slight quarter-on-quarter improvement in earnings in April-June 2018, despite increasing import pressures in the EU market and rising input costs.It expects earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (Ebitda) for the second quarter of the year to be slightly better than the ?,?141 million ($168 million) it reported in January-March 2018."T...Read More

Via SovereignMan.comMay 6, 2010 started off as a pretty boring day.The most exciting stories from the morning's newspapers were reviews of the upcoming Iron Man 2 film.But all that changed at around 2:45pm when, without warning, the stock market crashed, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 1,000 points within minutes.It was unprecedented... especially because there was absolutely no reaso...Read More

Flat and long stainless steel product prices in Europe have gone unchanged over the past week amid low activity because of public holidays across Europe and high stock levels at warehouses, sources told Metal Bulletin on Friday March 11.Metal Bulletin's weekly base price assessment for 2mm, grade-304 cold-rolled (CR) stainless steel sheet was stable week-on-week at ?,?1,050-1,100 ($1,248-1,308) pe...Read More

Over 30,000 people had their electronic devices searched without probable cause or a warrant by Customs and Border Protection in 2017. This is a 50% increase from 2016.Most of the searches took place at airports when travelers were leaving the country. And 80% of those searched were not American citizens.I happen to think anyone on American soil deserves every protection under the Bill of Rights....Read More

China's domestic stainless steel prices moved up over the past week amid active trading. Metal Bulletin's assessment of prices for benchmark 304 stainless cold-rolled coil in the major market of Wuxi was 14,700-15,100 yuan ($2,313-2,376) per tonne including VAT for the week ended Thursday May 10, up 300-500 yuan per tonne from a week earlier. Trading activity picked up over the past week with end-...Read More

Looking back over 2017, it’s hard not to see a year dominated by divisive opinions, downright insults, and the media echo chamber.And while divisiveness, party loyalty, and a fair amount of insults are nothing new, that echo chamber deserves some scrutiny. Otherwise, we are doomed to carry the mistakes of 2017 with us into 2018 without taking any of its lessons along for the trip.Media consu...Read More

Moving is one of the easiest ways to slash your tax bill.In the modern economy, freelancing, and running a home business are growing trends. If you run a largely internet based business or service, then all you need is an internet connection and you can work.This opens up the opportunity to move wherever you want.Florida, Texas, Washington, Nevada, South Dakota, Wyoming, and Alaska have no state...Read More

A couple weeks ago, we discussed the mental gymnastics involved in the transgender movement.I think people should be free to do whatever they want if it doesn’t harm others. This includes getting surgery and taking pills which make their physical appearance mimic the opposite sex.But what many transgender activists want is akin to doublethink–they want you and I to actually believe tha...Read More

The United States was founded on secession. It didn’t have to be violent, but it was. Whose fault was that? Was it the United States’ fault for insisting on more local governance? Or was it England’s fault for ignoring the consent of the governed?In 1991, when Ukraine and Belarus declared their independence from the USSR, things did not end violently. They were allowed to exit th...Read More