See you the windy levels spread About the gates of Rye? O that was where the Northmen fled, When Alfred’s ships came by. -Rudyard Kipling, from “Puck’s Song” “The high tide!” King Alfred cried. “The high tide and the turn!“ -G.K. Chesterton, from The Ballad of the White Horse The praises of Alfred the Great have been […]
You might want to start protecting your egg cartons with Bubble Wrap. Egg prices hit a new high in January 2025, surpassing the peak of their pandemic price spike. Thanks to the spread of bird flu, the price of eggs rose 53 percent in the last year, and 15 percent in January alone. Fortunately, chickens […]
For many Americans, it is an article of faith that a vast and powerful federal government equals a great and strong nation. Actually, it’s the exact opposite. The more powerful the federal government, the weaker the nation. Contrariwise, the smaller and weaker the federal government, the more powerful the nation. Part of the problem here […]
Today’s Daily Telegraph reported that there is a movement in Germany to get back its gold amounting to 1,200 tonnes, held earmarked at the NY Fed. The Bundesbank denied it, expressing complete confidence in the Americans. Well, they would, wouldn’t they. The article quotes two politicians who had been pushing for this and/or audits/inspections before Trump was […]
A police officer in Miami, Florida has been suspended pending an investigation into an incident in which she sat in her patrol car while numerous bikers assaulted a man in front of Read More Article from Reason.com
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In Sunday’s episode of the Peter Schiff Show, Peter tackles the misguided optimism of the Federal Reserve, the dangers of escalating tariffs, and the troubling signs of entrenched stagflation. Peter takes a critical view of Jerome Powell’s policies, scrutinizes the logic behind rate cuts amidst ongoing inflation, and warns investors that Bitcoin will continue to falter in […]
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Do you remember the James Bond film in which a deranged Soviet General wanted to launch a nuclear war, or Dr. Strangelove, an American deranged general who wanted to do the same? Well, Dr. Strangelove is still with us, but he is no longer considered insane. In today’s Pentagon spreading nuclear weapons among allies who lack […]
As I have previously documented, the United States is controlled by its billionaires and not by its public; we have an aristocracy not a democracy. (As I had mentioned there, “The breakthrough first study, in 2014, was brilliantly summarized and explained in a 6-minute video here.” It shows by means of graphs what the first study found. And […]