… remind me very uncomfortably of an older evil. The highest inflation rate since the Carter administration? 87,000 new IRS agents and bureaucrats? What’s the old saw? “If it looks like a duck, and walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it is a duck”. Uh-huh. Peter
Tag: Reality
“The Death of Germany, and Europe”
That’s how Michael Yon views the sabotage of the Nord Stream pipelines near Germany a few days ago. He doesn’t pull his punches. At this point in history, to destroy the possibility of re-opening Nord Stream 1 (NS1), and opening NS2, all but assures massive famines and detailed destruction of European economy that normally… Continue reading “The Death of Germany, and Europe”
Vehicle sales as a bellwether for the economy
E. M. Smith has some cogent thoughts on the matter. Two different car traders saying cars are not selling at auction. This is bad … The implication here is that recent interest rate rises along with price inflation and job loss has folks just not buying cars, so dealers are not buying them, even… Continue reading Vehicle sales as a bellwether for the economy
Saturday Snippet: Notes on Inflation
We’ve heard from investment guru John Mauldin in these pages on several previous occasions. He’s one of the few economic commentators whom I read regularly. He’s able to summarize critical issues into a few paragraphs, and make sense of interlocking factors affecting the economic world we live in. In his latest weekly newsletter, titled… Continue reading Saturday Snippet: Notes on Inflation
This bears repeating – again and again
Click the image for a larger view. So much of what we read and hear today is nothing more than political correctness writ large, that it’s worth reminding ourselves that at root, it’s all the same old extremist lie. The communists used it in bucketsful. So has almost every other extremist movement down the… Continue reading This bears repeating – again and again
A sobering inside look at our US hospital system
Divemedic has many years of experience working in the US hospital system. He offers this insight about what’s going on now in his Florida hospital. I’ve confirmed that much the same thing is happening in some hospitals in Texas, Tennessee and Colorado, because I have contacts in all of them. We have been short… Continue reading A sobering inside look at our US hospital system
“Setting the table for famine”
That’s the headline for an hour-long interview Michael Yon did with Epoch Times a couple of days ago. Unfortunately I couldn’t find a transcript of the interview, but nevertheless I highly recommend watching it. Mr. Yon covers most of the bases during a long and wide-ranging discussion. In particular, note the role of governments… Continue reading “Setting the table for famine”
Political correctness – with diarrhea
I had to laugh when reading this strip from Scott Adams a few days ago. Click the image to be taken to a larger version at the Dilbert comic strip Web page. ESG is one of the politically correct buzzwords doing the rounds at present. It’s essentially an attempt to force companies to conform… Continue reading Political correctness – with diarrhea
“Why is Ron DeSantis a human trafficker and not Joe Biden?”
That’s the question Tucker Carlson asks. I highly recommend watching his full monologue (from last Friday), embedded below: but if you don’t have time, or you prefer to read it rather than listen, I’ve included part of the transcript, with a link to the remainder. In the old America, every citizen was considered equal… Continue reading “Why is Ron DeSantis a human trafficker and not Joe Biden?”
Inflation watch: Argentina as a bellwether for what might happen here
Those of us who’ve lived in high-inflation societies are watching what’s happening today in the USA with a certain cynical sense of déjà vu. We’ve seen it all before. The current effective annual US inflation rate (forget the official numbers – they’re falsified – and look to more authoritative sources such as Shadowstats, or… Continue reading Inflation watch: Argentina as a bellwether for what might happen here