Commentary
Kamikaze Attack and the End of Mining
By Andrew Hoffman The trials of Job indeed! To that end, I do not recall taking a day off from writing in the past two years – and given the horrific immolation the world’s Central banks […]
Crony Capitalism
Financial
It’s Currency War! – And Japan Has Fired the First Shot
By Michael Snyder This is the big problem with fiat currency – eventually the temptation to print more of it when you are in a jam becomes too powerful to resist. In a surprise move […]
Health
How Does the Gates Foundation Spend its Money to Feed the World?
By Grain Bill Gates at Cornell University, trying to cross-pollinate wheat. (Photo: Cornell University) “Listening to farmers and addressing their specific needs. We talk to farmers about the crops they want to grow and eat, as well […]
World Affairs
Geopolitics of the war against Syria and against the Daesh
by Thierry Meyssan The three crises in the Coalition We are witnessing the third crisis in the camp of the aggressors since the beginning of the war against Syria. In June of 2012, at the Geneva […]
Commentary
Modern Day America: One Step Away from the Third Reich
By John Stanton Unbeknownst to most Americans the United States is presently under thirty presidential declared states of emergency. They confer vast powers on the Executive Branch including the ability to financially incapacitate any person or […]
Financial
It Will Take 6.25 BILLION “Man Years” To Pay Off Federal Government Liabilities: “A Mathematical Impossibility”
By Mac Slavo We often hear government officials and mainstream financial pundits throwing around numbers like a billion or trillion. To most Americans these numbers are indiscernible. They are so incredibly enormous that we can’t even imagine what […]
Financial
Scary Silver
By Silver Shield, on October 30th, 2014 TLB recommends you visit http://dont-tread-on.me/ for more great articles and pertinent information. See original article here
Financial
Jim Grant On Complexity: The Hidden Cost Of Central Bank Actions
Authored by Jim Grant of Grant’s Interest Rate Observer, Central banks are printing rules almost as fast as they’re printing money. The consequences of these fast-multiplying directives — complicated, long-winded, and sometimes self-contradictory — is one […]
Commentary
The End Of An Era: Is The US Petrodollar Under Threat?
By Andrew Topf Recent trade deals and high-level cooperation between Russia and China have set off alarm bells in the West as policymakers and oil and gas executives watch the balance of power in global energy […]
World Affairs
Putin Warns Of Risk Of Major Conflict, Says Dollar Losing Reserve Currency Status
By Tyler Durden Having been relatively quiet for a while, Russia’s leader Vladimir, speaking in Sochi (following meetings with Middle East crown princes who confirmed Russia as a key partner – “isolated”?), has unleashed his most aggressive […]