Dalrymple warns of a “creeping sovietization”: In the literal sense, the West triumphed in the Cold War. Nevertheless, a kind of creeping sovietization has overtaken it as if in revenge. [ … ]
Cost of Living. Why the Elites Aren’t Worried About Inflation
If you want to understand why we’re fragmenting as a society, start by looking at the asymmetric burdens imposed by inflation. The cost of a regular burrito from our local [ … ]
Reformed News Weasel: Understanding the Vacuity
Do you wonder why the legacy media are such puzzled otherworldly twits? Why, for example, they had no idea what was happening in the recent election? Why they seem to know [ … ]
#Survivor #SurvivorGameChangers timestamping my prediction
Predictions should be short, any narrative is an opportunity to back out. Either you’re predicting the refrigerator light will turn on when you open the door, or that it won’t. [ … ]
No BS review American Gods #AmericanGods
I have a simple rating system: DON’T SEE IT, SEE IT, WHATEV. Here’s some examples of each… Orange is the new black: WHATEV – look, women love the show and if [ … ]
Thoughts on Japan and the Inflation/Deflation Debate
Japan has managed to offset decades of deflationary dynamics, but at a cost that is hidden beneath the surface of apparent stability. Do we implode in a deflationary death spiral [ … ]
No BS review. Get me Roger Stone
Politics is a nasty business, there are a lot of ethical and moral compromises to win, and more to stay ‘won’. A No BS review. Get me Roger Stone I [ … ]
Rising Wealth Inequality, Debt and Interest
“Governments cannot reduce their debt or deficits and central banks cannot taper. Equally, they cannot perpetually borrow exponentially more. This one last bubble cannot end (but it must).” I often [ … ]
From the denarii to bitcoin and cryptocurrencies…
Woe to the unfortunate person uncaring, uncompassionate, undisciplined, unfair, ‘un’ everything else you can hurl at them, who lets slip that the United States is massively in debt with no [ … ]
The China-US Arms Race: If One Arm is Right, the Other Will Be Left, No?
This worthy and public-spirited column seldom dives into the thickets of military hardware, which it regards as excessively technical. However, the arms race between China and Washington is of enough [ … ]