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11/19/24- A simple question… In the hundreds of instances – from both the political left and the right – in the modern era that one can cite, have the people who censor, try to disarm the public, take control of

There were a few ways for me to go about this post. One, which I started to do, was to write a lengthy preface defending the claims I was about to make, and reminding readers why they aren’t beyond the

Originally written May 2017, much new material added since then; significant updates in April 2018; more material (200+ exhibits of evidence) added February 2024 (your browser may need a minute or two to display images below) It is no exaggeration

The Washington Wrestling Federation is currently in the throes of another epic (and pre-determined) showdown that will undoubtedly amount to a piddling reduction in taxes for some, a tax increase for almost as many, and little to no change to

(The bulk of this was written early last year and before, in bits and pieces on discussion boards and as an unpublished draft, and is combined here into a single post. I didn’t particularly want to write on this subject

I’d just like to add a few notes on the layout of this blog, and synopsize the posts of the past year in the length of about one normal blog post. This isn’t to discourage reading the whole post, just

(Update 10/24/2017: Please note that I described this crash as ‘imminent’ in long-term financial cyclical terms, i.e. sometime in the next 5-10 years; none of us know the length of time that central banks can forestall a correction. Considerable gains

Warning: the following contains highly disturbing images and descriptions; all links are safe and direct to non-pornographic websites and image files. I could embed the images but would rather not contaminate this website with them. (Note added in September 2017:

9/17/2017: While my endorsement of Trump – only relative to Clinton – was heavily qualified in this pre-election post, I feel that at this point the subject needs revisiting. I characterized Clinton as a known quantity and Trump as something

Last year, the federal government took in about $3.25 trillion. It spent $3.9 trillion, or $30,000 per household on average ($12,500 per capita). The majority of it paid for Social Security, Medicare, welfare, and federal agencies. Local and state taxes paid