Monetary Fallacies That Just Won't Die
A recent review of a book by former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker perpetuates numerous economic fallacies, incorrectly crediting the former chairman with successfully managing the economy.
A recent review of a book by former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker perpetuates numerous economic fallacies, incorrectly crediting the former chairman with successfully managing the economy.
Snaketivity statehouse, Epstein escape and a 9,000 year old mask + this day in history w/the "Blood in the water" polo match and our song of the day by Aesop Rock & Tobacco aka Malibu Ken on your Morning Monarchy for December 6, 2018.
Sputnik – 06.12.2018 After the surge in fuel prices in France, the so-called Yellow Vests movement has held protests, calling firstly on the government to lower the prices, and then also on French President Emmanuel Macron to resign. On Wednesday, the French National Assembly approved a moratorium on the planned fuel price hike. The French […]
South Africa is at a crossroads: it can choose to remain Africa’s most developed economy by respecting property rights, or it can decide to follow the example of Venezuela, Cuba, and Zimbabwe by empowering government to seize property arbitrarily and without having to compensate owners.
African farmers are demanding that Lynas cease using their images in GMO promotionals; Lynas’s mischief-making may have triggered Tanzania’s ending of GMO field trials. Report: Claire Robinson, GMWatch and Mariam Mayet, African Centre for Biodiversity
The Duran’s Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris take a quick look at how UK Prime Minister Theresa May has managed to unite pro-European Labour MPs and Brexiteer conservatives by refusing to release the full ‘legal advice’ provided by UK Attorney General Geoffrey Cox.
By Terje Maloy | OffGuardian | December 6, 2018 On December 10, the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize Award Ceremony will be held in Oslo, the capital of Norway. This analysis will try to look at how the prize fits in the bigger picture, but first, some general background is appropriate: Norway is a member of […]
Sputnik – 06.12.2018 WASHINGTON – The Trump administration’s decision to suspend its obligations under the 1987 Intermediate Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty is designed to open the way for a new tidal wave of spending to satiate the US military-industrial complex, former Defense Department analyst Chuck Spinney told Sputnik. “The [US] Military-Industrial —Congressional Complex (MICC) [is] […]
Progressives need to abandon their false advertising for government’s potential and prowess and recognize, with Tom Paine, that “Society in every state is a blessing, but Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil.” We should expand the system that enabled our successes by expanding areas of voluntary individual choices, not what increasingly chokes them into submission—i.e., expanding freedom.
Amid all the recent provocation and manuevering concerning Russia, Ukraine and the Azov Sea (see here and here), another story may have passed under a lot of peoples’ radars: concerning not the Azov Sea, but Ukraine’s Neo-Nazi ‘Azov Batallion’. It’s arguably not a huge story in itself: and I’ll get to it in a moment. […]
Following the news that a set of gene-edited twin girls had been born in China in November, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that it was creating a working group to study gene-editing and the many ethical, social, and safety issues surrounding the process.
The panel’s job will be to develop “agreed norms and standards for the governance of human gene-editing,” the WHO said.
Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the WHO’s director-general, warned of the potential for “unintended consequences” of gene-editing during a conference on December 4th.
Watching the ongoing debate between US liberal and right-wing pundits on US mainstream media, one rarely gets the impression that Washington is responsible for the unfolding crisis in Central America.
In fact, no other country is as accountable as the United States for the Central American bedlam and resulting refugee crisis.
When bad things happen in life, the thoughts we have about them have a big impact on how much they harm us. Here’s a checklist of thoughts I work down to make setbacks feel less painful, which may help you too.
This week, I welcome Matt Alford to the show to talk about the media manipulation of the image of the British Royal Family, and how it relates to British foreign policy, including Brexit. From the killing of rare animals to closet fascism, to interfering in politics and criminal investigations, we look at numerous stories that reveal the dark underbelly of the Royals.
By Philip M. GIRALDI | Strategic Culture Foundation | 06.12.2018 The insanity runs deep in Washington but it has also briefly surfaced at Simi Valley in California at the Reagan National Defense Forum, which ran through last weekend. United States Secretary of Defense James “Mad Dog” Mattis was the keynote speaker on Saturday. He had a few […]
Sputnik – December 6, 2018 WASHINGTON – The US ultimatum to leave the INF Treaty within 2 months if fulfilled threatens the survival of all such arrangements including the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START), Director of the UN Office of the International Association of Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms, John Burroughs, told Sputnik. “Final […]
Many of us know that anger doesn’t serve us well, yet we get angry. Dropping our anger is an option. The way out of anger is to commit kind acts for others, express our love for others, or at least engage in honest commerce.
Dicamba is the "absolute worst" problem beekeeper has seen
By Ollie Richardson for The Saker Blog Over the past 4 years, since the coup d’etat in Kiev in 2014 orchestrated by the “civilised” West, a “team of reformers” has
[this article was written for the Unz Review] The AngloZionist propaganda machine is constantly warning us that Russia is about to invade some country. The list of candidates for invasion
“Right from birth, Théo’s doctors pointed a finger at pesticides” – Sabine Grataloup
Interdisciplinary symposium on gene drives with a focus on their scientific, ethical, socio-economic and regulatory aspects
I took my first hit of speed in 1970 during my freshman year in college...
As world leaders are meeting at the COP24 in Poland to discuss how to achieve goals outlined in the 2015 Paris climate agreement, scientists and activists are raising alarm about “brutal” new research published by the Global Carbon Project on Wednesday which offers the international community a “reality check” by showing that carbon emissions will hit a record high this year. “We’ve[Read More...]
Have you known many people like Trump? Hustlers and grifters like him are a dime a dozen in New York. I once worked for one who was a firm believer that if you went around hissing your poison in enough peoples' ears, you would create a new reality of your own. Trump tried it Tuesday with his China trade-war bullshit (above)-- but all he created was the 4th biggest stock market collapse in U.S.
A draft US Senate resolution effectively portraying Saudi policy as detrimental to US interests and values and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman as “complicit” in the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, if adopted and implemented, potentially could change the dynamics of the region’s politics and create an initial exit from almost a decade of mayhem, conflict and bloodshed. The six-page draft also holds Prince[Read More...]
1 The San Francisco Conference After the unspeakable horrors of World War II, delegates from 50 Allied nations met in San Francisco California. The purpose of the conference, which took place between 25 April and 26 June, 1945, was to set up an international organization that would be able to abolish the institution of war. However, the Charter which the[Read More...]
“We say who, we say when, we say how much…” These are the words of Kit a minor character explaining to Vivienne( played by Julia Roberts) in the movie Pretty Woman about the nuances of their trade. Both of them are prostitutes. The dialogue sounds terrific, very empowering and…absolutely unrealistic. But movies are havens of escapist comfort and as we[Read More...]
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“Yasugaamuk ma wichayothan;yim ha cheshaitaanaasaan; timponssiditnayaatiwapasyimwozumas’saithditmit.” ( Hey, did you see that rural guy; they are deceptive; have you received the amount which you had lent to him?)were the words being uttered by one of my boon-companions. I felt it be a vituperative statement that was against the ethical grounds of a human—I goggled at him for being so indignant[Read More...]
This post by friend and colleague Bernard Grover examines some odd "esoteric" things about the death of President G.H.W. Bush: Random Thoughts On Shrubbery
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