Last month, we learned that DEA agents were caught attending sex parties with prostitutes paid for by drug cartels. No one was fired. We also learned that the DEA agents who left a California student in a cell without food or water for…
Individualism is the ethic that, in the west, laid the foundation for massive industrialized societies to emerge from the economic principle of the division of labor… for the abandonment of slavery… and, ultimately, which raised so many people out of…
Some Good News Before I get to Silver Thursday, I’d like to share some good news. Amazon’s Kindle Singles team all read Decisions, and had this to say: “We’d love to have DECISIONS in the Kindle Singles store. We agreed…
UK election today expected to yield “hung parliament” Election not seen marked decline in pound as was the case in run up to last election Election ‘chaos’ could trigger a ‘Lehman moment’ for pound Recent history shows Labour victory not…
In one of the most embarrassing cases I’ve ever seen of corporate overreach, Copthorne Hotels sent a cease and desist letter to a village that has used its name for almost a millennium, claiming the tiny hamlet of 5,000 was infringing on…
We have been warning for years that as bankrupt Western countries came closer to being completely insolvent that they would begin instituting capital controls, doing bank bail-ins, taxing cash and outright just stealing cash. All of these things have come…
Photography Censorship In Dublin Whilst walking in Dublin by Tara Street station my ace photographer decided to take a photo of the cityscape and random portraits therein, including a large building complex used by Ulster Bank ( a subsidiary of…
Despite the PR about how corporate profits benefit widows and orphans, this vast wealth is concentrated in the top 1% and the top 5%. I am honored to share a remarkable data base of Corporate Fines and Settlements from the early…
– Shanghai Gold Exchange one step closer to becoming the globe’s major gold hub – China tests system at Shanghai Gold Exchange (SGE) to establish yuan-denominated gold price fix – SGE opened last year allowing trade in physical gold as…