Monday I have watched this a few times over the decades; it never fails to amaze me. It is an interview with Yuri Bezmenov, former propagandist for the KGB, the intelligence agency of the Soviet Union. One of the points made is that the shrill dimwits calling for an overt socialist takeover in the US will be the first ones shot if it happens. Seeing Comrade … [Read more...]
Look to Gold
Friday Interviewers want to chat about interest rates, bond yields, stock markets and bitcoin and other ephemeral trivia. The only time that I become interested in details is when I realize that an existing understanding is wrong. That is why I wrote Dawn of Gold. The understanding of money was wrong – in its entirety. From where it came from and … [Read more...]
The Five Universal Laws of Human Stupidity
Wednesday We underestimate the stupid, and we do so at our own peril. Corinne Purtill Found HERE In 1976, a professor of economic history at the University of California, Berkeley published an essay outlining the fundamental laws of a force he perceived as humanity’s greatest existential threat: Stupidity. Stupid people, Carlo M. Cipolla explained, share several … [Read more...]
A Forecast For the Next Decade
Monday The following article is from the 'Capitalist Exploits' website. It is a brilliant encapsulation of everything that I have been concerned about for the last twenty-one years. I had hoped that I was being a bit paranoid. Now that someone else has articulated the situation, I am at once both relieved that I'm not suffering from delusions and genuinely frightened for … [Read more...]
The Guy Who Decides Government Restrictions
Friday https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpWiFygdAAE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxX7Tv9Z8ks … [Read more...]