‘Great nations have often been subject to being brought down by an “enemy within.” In the case of America, that enemy might well prove to be be obesity. If this generation is too fat to […]
‘Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos announced today that he is halting the use of the herbicide glyphosate as part of a US-backed effort to destroy coca crops. More than four million acres of land in […]
”The town of Gloucester, Massachusetts took a radical step this week. Its police department has decided to be the first in the country to categorically refuse to arrest drug addicts. Instead, it is inviting them […]
Americans’ pride in our country is legendary … or at least it used to be. The World Values Survey – a global network of social scientists studying changing values and their impact on social and political life, led by an international team of scholars – finds that the percent of Americans who are “very proud” of the U.S. fell from 77% in 1999, to 71.1% in 2004, 62% in 2009 and only 56% today. That puts Americans’ pride behind the national pride felt by the Yemenis, Mexicans, Libyans, Rwandans, Ghanaians, Zimbabweans, Pakistanis, Nigerians, Egyptians, Jordanians, Azerbaijanis, Armenians, Moroccans, Kazakhstanis, Tunisians, Qataris … Continue reading →
By Russell Napier of the Electronic Research Interchange Why we didn’t have negative nominal yields in the Depression and the end of QE Oh the time will come up When the winds will stop And the breeze will cease to be breathin’, Like the stillness in the wind ’Fore the hurricane begins — The hour when the ship comes in. . And the words that are used For to get the ship confused Will not be understood as they’re spoken, For the chains of the sea Will have busted in the night And will be buried at the bottom of … Continue reading →
A fascinating new discovery. Especially interesting to Christians is how this relates to the Great Flood of Noah’s day. The fact of the matter is the utter impossibility of covering the entire earth, even 40 cubits above the highest mountain, with water from the sky above. Can’t be done … even with the so-called (and, unproven) canopy of “water vapor” that supposedly surrounded the earth in Noah’s time. However, the Bible says that the flood started like this; — “the same day were all the FOUNTAINS OF THE GREAT DEEP broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.” If … Continue reading →
The invention of the wheel was a pretty big deal – rolling stuff being a lot easier than carrying (or pushing or dragging) it. The invention of tires was the next great leap forward. Rubber tires allowed wheels to travel more smoothly on rough/uneven surfaces and at faster-than-walking pace without shaking themselves – and the cart or carriage or (eventually) car to which they were bolted to pieces. They also much improved traction – getting you going on slick/slippery surfaces, laterally (in the corners) as well as when you want to slow down (many people do not realize that a set … Continue reading →
Onward, Christian solders, marching as to war, With the cross of Jesus going on before! Christ, the royal Master, leads again the foe; Forward into battle, see his banner go! . A History of Medieval Europe, RHC Davis A brief note regarding Charlemagne; but first, while doing a little digging for this post, I found the following: When Winston Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt met in August 1941 on the battleship HMS Prince of Wales to agree the Atlantic Charter, a church service was held for which Prime Minister Churchill chose the hymns. He chose “Onward, Christian Soldiers” and afterwards made … Continue reading →
Did you know that if you are brushing your teeth everyday with most name-brand toothpastes, that you are exposing your body to several unwanted toxins? It’s time to ditch the sodium fluoride, triclosan, FD&C Blue Dye #1 and 2, sodium lauryl sulfate, and hydrated silica and use coconut oil toothpaste instead – here is why: Reasons to Choose Coconut Oil Toothpaste Mainstream toothpastes contains sodium fluoride, an added ingredient that is also used as rat poison. Replacing your toothpaste that contains this toxic industrial byproduct that detrimentally affects your brain with a natural bacteria-killing, Alzheimer’s-reversing substance is much more appealing, isn’t it? … Continue reading →
For a long time I have intended always to carry a small notebook with me when I go to second-hand bookshops to take down a list of the most boring titles ever published. Frequenters of such shops will know what I mean: A History of Banking in Costa Rica 1880 – 1915, Cattle Breeding in Marshland, that kind of thing. Oddly enough, a list of boring titles might in the end be very interesting, in obedience to one of the three purported laws of dialectical materialism: that of the transformation of quantity into quality. Alas, I have never succeeded in … Continue reading →
The robo-traders——both the silicon and carbon based varieties—–were raging again today in celebration of a “goldilocks” jobs report. That is, the headline number for April was purportedly strong enough to sustain the “all is awesome” meme, while the sharp downward revision for March to only 85,000 new jobs will allegedly enable the Fed to kick-the-can yet again—-this time until its September meeting. As one Cool-Aid drinker put it, “Probably best scenario in which the market was hoping for growth but not (so strong) that the Fed needs to hike in June,” said Ryan Larson, head of U.S. equity management at RBC Global Asset Management (U.S.). … Continue reading →
Holidays generally bring sun, sea, sand – and, for many of us, at least a handful of incredibly frustrating insect bites. Up to 20 per cent of us are highly attractive to mosquitoes and consistently get bitten more often than the other lucky 80 per cent. While genetics are thought to count for up to 85 per cent of our susceptibility, scientists have a number of ideas as to why some of us are more prone to being ravaged by mosquitoes… CLOTHING COLOUR Mosquitoes are attracted to dark colours such as black and navy blue, as they use vision along … Continue reading →
As of mid-April, when a Pentagon flack announced it in Kiev, and as barely reported in American media, U.S. troops are now operating openly in Ukraine. Now there is a lead I have long dreaded writing but suspected from the first that one day I would. Do not take a moment to think about this. Take many moments. We all need to. We find ourselves in grave circumstances this spring. At first I thought I had written what newspaper people call a double-barreled lead: American soldiers in Ukraine, American media not saying much about it. Two facts. Wrong. There is … Continue reading →
Lew Rockwell: This is The Lew Rockwell Show and how great to have as our guest from Bahrain, Yousif Almoayyed. Yousif is a successful young businessman in Bahrain. He’s the director of the National Concrete Company. He is an avid student of Austrian Economics, and of noninterventionism. In fact, he told me that when he was a student in China where he studied electronics and telecommunications for six years—and he, by the way, is a fluent speaker of Mandarin Chinese—that it was seeing the role of the Chinese state and the economy there, that made him into a noninterventionist. When … Continue reading →