Land Of The Sheep
Guest Post: How Stupid Is The American Public?
Monty Pelerin’s World ZeroHedge.com 02/21/2013 The cruelest law of all is the minimum wage. In a time when our economy is struggling and teenage unemployment is through the roof (especially minorities), raising the minimum wage is the worst thing that can be done. This price control hurts the most vulnerable in society and those... »
Retail Investors Sheared Again As Insider Sales Hit Two Year High
by Tyler Durden ZeroHedge.com 02/21/2013 For a while there it was looking as if the market might actually make its high and move lower before Wall Street and corporate insiders were able to hand the bag over to the suckers in retail. It looks like that was just wishful thinking, as new stats show... »
ADRIFT AT SEA…James Quinn!
James Quinn TheBurningPlatform.com 18th February 2013 “In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule.” – Friedrich Nietzsche The big story this past week, besides the annual State of the Delusion speech by Barack “It won’t add a cent to the deficit” Obama, was the fate of... »
People Are Getting Extremely Optimistic And Ignoring The No. 1 Threat To Stocks. New Payroll Tax Increase Is Crashing US Economy REAL-TIME! Wal-Mart: There’s No Reason To Be Optimistic, Customers Are Working Hard To Adapt To The ‘New Normal!
Investmentwatchblog.com February 15th, 2013 Why the Market’s Ignoring the No. 1 Threat to Stocks Investors who fled in fear over potentially massive tax increases associated with the “fiscal cliff” have barely broken a sweat over corresponding spending cuts that are only two weeks away. The so-called sequestration of $110 billion a year in discretionary... »
Is It Fair For People On Food Stamps To Buy Prime Rib And Lobster While Working Families Barely Survive?
By Michael TheEconomicCollapseBlog.com February 13th, 2013 Should we all quit working and jump on board the Obama gravy train? Of course I am being facetious, but when you are barely surviving does there come a point when it just becomes easier to give up and totally rely on the government? Today, the federal government... »
Because We Sleep…”I pen this piece in disgust, shame, and dishonor as one who has witnessed the slumber of our civilization”
by John Galt JohnGaltfla.com February 9, 2013 With due consideration to those who care, I pen this piece in disgust, shame, and dishonor as one who has witnessed the slumber of our civilization and elected the Randian choice of selective support for those who may survive versus those who deserve the fate they have... »
Peter Schiff & Doug Casey On Gold, Investor Cluelessness, And The “Escape From America” Plan
by Tyler Durden ZeroHedge.com 01/30/2013 In just under 30 minutes, contrarian libertarians Peter Schiff and Doug Casey muse on many facets of the crumbling edifice of the status quo that is our current world. The conversation is wide-ranging and absolutely must-see as they remind market-watchers that “the whole thing is artificial.” You can’t just... »
The “Majority Opinion” Is An Illusion
Brandon Smith Alt-Market.com Thursday, 24 January 2013 If there is one concept on Earth that has been the absolute bane of human existence (besides global elitism), it would have to be the concept of the “majority opinion”. The moment men began refusing to develop their own world views without first asking “What does everyone... »
Guest Post: Kindergartner Suspended For “Bubble-Gun Terrorism”
by Brandon Smith ZeroHedge.com 01/21/2013 Now obviously, anyone with any common sense would react to this story with immediate shock and disbelief. The 5 year old child merely discussed “shooting bubbles” with a bubble gun she didn’t even have with her, and she is immediately suspended? How does this compute? Have school districts gone... »
A Message To The ‘Left’ From A ‘Right Wing Extremist’
Brandon Smith Alt-Market.com Wednesday, 16 January 2013 Some discoveries are exciting, joyful, and exhilarating, while others can be quite painful. Stumbling upon the fact that you do not necessarily have a competent grasp of reality, that you have in fact been duped for most of your life, is not a pleasant experience. While it... »