Far from rescuing the economy from recession or depression, needless conflicts drain capital from productive uses. by David R. Henderson AmConMag.com Many people who aren’t comfortable with the U.S. invading other countries reassure themselves with the belief that at least war creates jobs for Americans. But is military conflict really good for the economy... »
Archive for June 24th, 2010
After the Fall
Thursday, June 24th, 2010
By Dan Denning TheDailyReckoning.com June 24th, 2010 So the mining tax, among other issues, has cost Kevin Rudd his job. As an economic matter, investors might now revalue the miners as if the tax itself is dead, or at least dormant until after the next Federal election. But as fascinating as the domestic political... »
Did You Consent To Be Governed?
Thursday, June 24th, 2010
The Myth of Political Consent by James Ostrowski LewRockwell.com This is an excerpt from Direct Citizen Action: How We Can Win the Second American Revolution Without Firing a Shot. Permit me to digress into a discussion of the meaning of political consent and its withdrawal. I am not saying that the American people ever... »
The Regime Is Collapsing
Thursday, June 24th, 2010
Making It McChrystal Clear by Butler Shaffer LewRockwell.com The men the American people admire most extravagantly are the most daring liars; the men they detest most violently are those who try to tell them the truth. ~ H.L. Mencken The war system’s response to Gen. McChrystal’s Rolling Stone interview is instructive. It is a... »
GOD NOT G.O.P.
Thursday, June 24th, 2010
By Coach Dave Daubenmire June 24, 2010 NewsWithViews.com I can’t even begin to tell you how disappointed I am in Governor Sarah Palin. (Most of the Palin-groupies have probably stopped reading already.) For the rest of you who might be interested in my reasoning please let me explain. When she blew in onto the... »
A “GAY” FUTURE FOR U.S. CONSERVATIVES?
Thursday, June 24th, 2010
By Cliff Kincaid June 24, 2010 NewsWithViews.com As CNN prepares to celebrate “gay pride” on June 24 by airing its propagandistic pro-homosexual special program, “Gary and Tony Have a Baby,” several high-profile conservatives, including two Fox News personalities, have embraced the gay rights cause. While it is not surprising that CNN would act as... »
OIL ON WATER
Thursday, June 24th, 2010
By Dr. Edwin Vieira, Jr., Ph.D., J.D. June 24, 2010 NewsWithViews.com As readers of my commentaries are well aware, I have often pointed to the chaotic aftermath of Hurricane Katrina as a prime example of how America’s present “homeland-security” regime—from the Department of Homeland Security itself, through FEMA, to many of the State and... »
*BREAKING* USF Dean says oil “within a few miles of the Jacksonville and Cuba coastlines”; “Oil continues to be a part of the loop current”
Thursday, June 24th, 2010
FloridaOilSpillLaw.com June 23rd, 2010 USF official: Traces of oil within few miles of Jacksonville, Tampa Tribune, June 23, 2010: Traces of oil from the gusher in the Gulf of Mexico have traveled all the way to within a few miles of the Jacksonville and Cuba coastlines, a University of South Florida official said this... »
“The big money, the professionals, are in a state of panic”
Thursday, June 24th, 2010
International Forecaster June 2010 (#7) – Gold, Silver, Economy + More By: Bob Chapman GoldSeek.com Wednesday, 23 June 2010 The devastating results of Keynesianism didn’t take hold of the western world until after WWII. Cycles were created for the accumulation of wealth. A boom occurs and you get wealthy from investments on the way... »