Monthly Archives: August 2015

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTZ48xSvASs A major rift has occurred within the Oath Keepers movement, causing many to flee the organization and join, start, or reorganize splinter groups. The defections occurred when the national leadership reportedly pulled support for the armed march in Ferguson. … Continue reading →

Update: The tipped wage is base wage paid to an employee that receives a substantial portion of their compensation from tips. According to a common labor law provision referred to as a “tip credit”, the employee must earn at least … Continue reading →

On Wednesday we witnessed the third largest single day point gain for the Dow Jones Industrial Average ever.  That sounds like great news until you realize that the two largest were in October 2008 – right in the middle of … Continue reading →

It is undeniable; the final collapse triggers are upon us, triggers alternative economists have been warning about since the initial implosion of 2008. In the years since the derivatives disaster, there has been no end to the absurd and ludicrous … Continue reading →

Now that what has been glaringly obvious for at least six months has been given the official mainstream stamp of fact-based approval, the all-clear has been given for rampant speculation on what exactly this means for US monetary policy. Here’s … Continue reading →

sparks31_free_book After making my offer of “pay what you can afford” courses for those who live in the Western American Redoubt, I thought about what I could do for my readership at large. The above PDF file contains the complete … Continue reading →

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Take your pick–here’s three good reasons to engineer a “crash” that benefits the few at the expense of the many. There is an almost touching faith that markets are rigged when they loft higher, but unrigged when they crash. Who’s … Continue reading →

Legendary MLB pitcher Curt Schilling pulled from Little League World Series broadcast by ESPN after posting ‘unacceptable’ tweet comparing Muslims to Adolf Hitler. h/t Frank L

FREEMANSPERSPECTIVE In the current deluge of wannabe leaders clamoring for attention and trying to convince us that they are the boss who should be applying rules to us, it strikes me that all of them are looking backward and none … Continue reading →

The Pentagon on Tuesday sidestepped questions about whether top-secret intelligence, including secrets derived from reconnaissance satellites and aircraft, was compromised after being placed on unsecure emails found on Hillary Clinton’s private server. Pentagon Press Secretary Peter Cook, in an inaugural … Continue reading →

This is exactly the type of market behavior that we would expect to see during the early stages of a major financial crisis.  In every major market downturn throughout history there were big ups, big downs and giant waves of … Continue reading →