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Is the Dollar Doomed?

I linked to this Seeking Alpha post already, but even if you followed the link you may not have continued to the charts on Part 2. (Tim Swanson had stressed this in his original email to me.) Check these out: We all knew the fiscal situation was bleak, but I didn’t realize just how bleak. […]

David Icke: The Turning of the Tide

All right kids, I know I’ve been laying a lot of video on you lately. A while ago I mentioned the documentary Wake Up Call. By far, the most compelling guy from the clips of that movie, was David Icke. I just watched Icke’s Turning of the Tide, and it is amazing. I don’t agree […]

JFK: Courage Under Fire?

This just occurred to me: I think the most plausible explanation for JFK’s demise is that people who controlled the government took him out. In other words, I think it is crazy to assume that (a) the mob or the Cubans could sneak past the Secret Service and (b) that these same mobsters or Cubans […]

Not a Fan of Geithner

James Quinn realizes there is some skullduggery afoot (HT2 Tim Swanson). I haven’t read the whole thing yet, but so far he’s my favorite part: Part 3 of the plan was the fake stress test conducted by Tim Geithner, his Treasury Department, and the Federal Reserve. The entire stress test was a publicity stunt conducted […]

Government Medicine

I’m not a fan. An excerpt: The government ruins everything it touches. Many high school graduates are functionally illiterate, even though per pupil funding is much higher now than in previous generations. Despite billions in subsidies over the years, Amtrak continues to lose money. The Post Office, though not an official arm of the government, […]

Was Keynes a Good Investor?

In a post chocked full of interesting tidbits, Scott Sumner reveals that Keynes as an investor got wiped out in 1920 but his father bailed him out. That changes everything, according to Sumner: Don’t anyone write in and tell me that Keynes made lots of other good investments, because if you’ve got a rich backstop, […]

A Note on Mass Emails

It amazes me how many people still do this: If you are sending out a mass email–e.g. “everyone should read this Forbes piece on Obama’s health plan!!”–then please put your 3 dozen recipients’ email addresses in the BCC field of your email. That way, people’s privacy is more protected, and they are not susceptible to […]

Murphy Tells Sacramento Pols How to Extract More From Their Citizens

The video from my April 9 testimony on California tax reform is finally up. No, I do not have a Gorbachev birthmark on my cheek. What happened is that the combination of the TSA’s restrictions on carrying good razors, coupled with a poor bathroom lighting situation at my hotel, meant that I didn’t realize I […]