~by Sean Paul Kelley Couple of random notes this Friday morning, mostly economics related, some silver news and my personal reaction to portions of the discusssion in Ian’s “Is Virtue An Advantage Or Disadvantage For Societies?” post. First, econonomics. It looks more and more like we are heading into a 2008-style credit crisis/crunch. Don’t believe […]
Leadership
The latest episode is an attempt to suggest Epstein was working for Russia: Epstein is being described by the Polish PM as a possible Russian spy. If so, it would explain a great deal. All the Epstein “evidence” would actually be kompromat taking in the rich and powerful to serve Kremlin interests. https://t.co/yr9gnQv5mc — Phillips […]
This was the situation when they fired: Right hand holding his phone. Left hand on the ground. Zero threat to anyone. His gun, holstered, which he never went for, had been removed by an agent. This is an execution. The Agent has not been positively identified (though there’s a possible ID floating around), and was […]
Which is saying something, because worthless has been in charge of the West for generations. There are no leaders in charge of any major Western country who aren’t functionally morons. Europe is run by utter idiots who want war with Russia, refuse to acknowledge that Ukraine is losing, are actively speeding up their loss of […]
There often seems to be an assumption that leaders everywhere are the same: that there is no real difference between leaders in different countries or at different times. It’s true that leaders generally share some attributes: almost all want to lead and want power. But beyond that, no. Think a little about how leaders changed […]
When a lot of people talk about Rome, they’re thinking of the Empire and when they write about Rome, they’re writing about the decline and fall. But I’ve always been more interested in creation of new things and how they ran when they were running well. To be sure, knowing how a system eventually failed […]
Social Security is an immediate transfer of income, not a fund you pay into and draw from. For that reason, it cannot go bankrupt.
As important as these releases are in normal times, they take on extra significance in the lead up to an election.
With higher interest rates, rising prices, and continued violence in the Middle East and Ukraine, one might expect shoppers to err on the side of caution this holiday ...
This time last year, the fact that real GDP had fallen for two consecutive quarters led to widespread fears that a recession was on the horizon.