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New cars are – supposedly – “safer” than ever. Right? That’s what the government has been telling us. Each new fatwa – backup cameras, tire pressure monitors, all those airbags – forced down our throats accompanied by the ululations of the regulatory ayatollahs that they would make cars . . . safer. But then the news. Motor vehicle fatalities are suddenly going up. And not just a little bit, either. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety (there it is, again!) Administration, motor vehicle fatalities are up by 8 percent – and that’s for 2015, the most recent year for which … Continue reading →

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The first teaser trailer for Star Wars: The Last Jedi (Episode VIII) has been released. Oh no. Here we go. I admit: When it comes to Star Wars, I am way too emotionally involved. I was born the year after Episode IV: A New Hope (1977) was released and thanks to the technology of Beta and VHS (we were a VHS family), the original trilogy provided a major backdrop to my childhood. I attribute the development of my personality, in part, to my idolization of Princess Leia. When we played in our basement, I didn’t picture myself as a princess … Continue reading →

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New cars are – supposedly – “safer” than ever. Right? That’s what the government has been telling us. Each new fatwa – backup cameras, tire pressure monitors, all those airbags – forced down our throats accompanied by the ululations of the regulatory ayatollahs that they would make cars . . . safer. But then the news. Motor vehicle fatalities are suddenly going up. And not just a little bit, either. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety (there it is, again!) Administration, motor vehicle fatalities are up by 8 percent – and that’s for 2015, the most recent year for which … Continue reading →

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It’s a classic Hollywood scenario. The bad guy cuts the brake lines, the good guy gets in the car, and chaos ensues on a steep road. While you’re unlikely to be the target of a villainous act like severed brake lines, it’s not unreasonable for brakes to fail. If you find yourself in a runaway car with no means of slowing yourself down, your best bet might be to bail. Here’s how to do so in a way that ensures your best chances for survival. Current Prices on popular forms of Gold Bullion Illustration by Ted Slampyak Reprinted from The Art … Continue reading →

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Imagine the world in which the president of the United States decides that the government will set wages and prices. One evening, the president announces to the nation: “I am today ordering a freeze on all prices and wages throughout the United States.” After a short transition period, any increases in wages or prices would need to be first approved by the government. What would happen next? We don’t have to look very far to see the consequences of such actions. That’s because, on August 15, 1971, President Richard Nixon made that exact announcement. The results were disastrous. Farmers stopped … Continue reading →

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“The first and most important thing to understand about politics is this: forget Right, Left, Center, socialism, fascism, or democracy. Every government that exists — or ever existed, or ever will exist — is a kleptocracy, meaning ‘rule by thieves.’ Competing ideologies merely provide different excuses to separate the Productive Class from what they produce. If the taxpayer/voters won’t willingly fork over to end poverty, then maybe they’ll cough up to fight drugs or terrorism. Conflicting ideologies, as presently constituted, are nothing more than a cover for what’s really going on, like the colors of competing gangs.” — Author L. … Continue reading →

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We knew a hundred years ago that we needed more iodine and governments started putting a tiny bit in table salt. It was not enough and after the nuclear accident at Fukushima, we need more because of the radioactive iodine released into the environment. Humans in the 21st Century have an absolute need for iodine supplementation. Iodine is the only medicinal that stands between antibiotic resistant hell and us. There are many reasons we need iodine in abundance. There are three principle reasons, however, that stand out thrusting iodine into its place as a medicine of supreme importance: The first … Continue reading →

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It’s a horse race. Will Donald Trump’s first new war be with Russia, Iran, China, or North Korea? Here are some things to consider as you try to handicap this deadly contest: RUSSIA: It is a certainty that a war of principals or proxies with Russia remains a chief objective of the neocons and the Deep State.  If Victoria Nuland in Kiev didn’t convince you of this, recall Murray Rothbard’s trenchant observation that “sanctions are simply the coward’s and the babbler’s halfway house to war,” and it is clear we have been on the way to war with Russia for … Continue reading →

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[From a memo to Mr. Kenneth Templeton at the William Volker Fund, April 18, 1962.] It is not often that one is privileged to review a book of monumental import, a truly significant “breakthrough” from obscuran­tism to historical knowledge and insight. But such a book is the magnificent work by A.J .P. Taylor, The Origins of the Second World War (London: Hamish Hamilton, 1961 — now New York: Athenaeum, 1962). As Taylor points out and explains at the beginn­ing of this book, Revisionism of World War II, in every country of the world, has been virtually non-existent. In the United … Continue reading →

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The US Constitution applies to US citizens, and the amendments known as the Bill of Rights guarantee due process as a protection of US citizens’ civil liberties. That’s the theory but not the practice. Trump’s travel ban applies to non-US citizens, primarily to refugees from the Bush/Obama bombings of numerous Muslim countries. Some of these refugees, whose families and countries were destroyed by American troops, could harbor feelings of revenge against Americans. The Ninth Circuit Panel’s injunction against Trump’s executive order gives the Constitution’s protection of US citizens to non-citizens, apparently on the basis of due process and religious discrimination … Continue reading →

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Blood types are mysterious things — no one knows for sure why we have different groups, for instance. Yet science is revealing how having a particular blood type can play a crucial hidden role in many aspects of health, from our chances of suffering sex and fertility problems, to whether we develop Alzheimer’s, lethal blood clots or even cancer. The difference between blood groups is down to a combination of sugars and proteins that coat red blood cells. Myths, Misunderstandings and Outright lies about owning Gold. Are you at risk? Based on this, we can all be classified into one … Continue reading →

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Theresa May says no Northern Ireland referendum on leaving the UK ‘at this stage’