Don’t miss an episode—subscribe here! (Images and footage provided by our friends at Shutterstock. This transcript comes courtesy of Nerdfighteria Wiki.) Hi, I’m Elliott, this is mental_floss on YouTube. Today, I’m gonna talk about some misconceptions about deadly things and situations, so buckle up. No, really. 1. YOU SINK IN QUICKSAND. As John Mulaney said, “I always thought quicksand was going to be a much bigger problem than it turned out to be.” A 2005 study published in the journal Nature found that people can’t totally sink in quicksand.  We actually float in it, because we’re not dense enough to sink in … Continue reading

Falling asleep on a plane can be one of the most challenging experiences for some travellers. Throw in a crying child or a seatmate who can’t sit still and catching some shuteye in a cramped economy cabin can be next to impossible. But there are things holidaymakers can do to ease themselves into a sleepy state before they arrive at their destination – from reading a book or listening to calming music to avoiding the snack trolley or using a pillow. An infographic created by Work the World suggests travellers should get a little less sleep the night before the … Continue reading

Economics is dead, and economists killed it. What we have seen over the course of the last eighty years is a systematic dismantling of the contribution of economics to our understanding of the social world. Whatever the cause, modern economics is now not much more than formal modeling using mathematics dressed up in economics-sounding lingo. In this sense, economics is dead as a science, assuming it was ever alive. Economics in mathematical form cannot fulfill its promises and neither the scientific literature nor advanced education in the subject provide insights that are applicable to or useful in everyday life, business, … Continue reading

The other day, I rolled my 1976 Pontiac Trans-Am out of the garage for a drive. As I backed it out, I looked left at the brand-new Nissan Sentra “press car” (review here) that was parked on the pad. It made my antique muscle car seem small. In part because the Sentra – like almost all new cars – is very, very tall. We are not talking inches difference here, either. But feet. Well, almost. The Nissan – which is a nothing-special “compact” sedan (in air quotes because by the standards of 20 years ago, the “compact” Sentra would be … Continue reading

The global deflationary wave we have been tracking since last fall is picking up steam.  This is the natural and unavoidable aftereffect of a global liquidity bubble brought to you courtesy of the world’s main central banks.  What goes up must come down — and that’s especially true for the world’s many poorly-constructed financial bubbles, built out of nothing more than gauzy narratives and inflated with hopium. What this means is that the traditional summer lull in financial markets has turned August into an unusually active and interesting month. August, it appears, is the new October. Markets are quite possibly … Continue reading

The credit bubble has been identified, recognized and “pricked”, the equity markets are only a symptom. Do not be fooled by any strength this coming week, it should be used to raise cash. As September moves in, the September-October time-frame looks like

The entire global strategic situation can be summed up in two essential facts.  First, Wall Street is disintegrating and the entire US economy is about to vanish, unless immediate action is taken.  Second, President Barack Obama is moving in the direction of launching thermonuclear war against Russia.  He is seeking an element of surprise, trying to outguess the Russians.
 
The disintegration of Wall Street, already underway, is the driver for Obama’s insane planned provocations against Russia.  Virtually everything that is presented as “news” is a diversion, aimed at blinding the American people and world leaders to the simple reality that we are already in an immediate trajectory towards financial and economic disintegration and a global war of annihilation.
 
Lyndon LaRouche, in dialogue with a Manhattan audience and close colleagues over the weekend, spelled out the clear solution to this crisis.
 
First, President Obama must be removed from office, immediately, using provisions of the Twenty-fifth Amendment to the US Constitution, which provides for the removal of a President who is mentally or physically unfit to continue to serve.  By virtue of his commitment to provoke thermonuclear war with Russia, Obama has proven that he is insane and unfit to continue.  
 
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton can facilitate this process by publicly presenting what she knows about President Obama’s willful and lying cover-up of the murders of Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other American officials in Benghazi, Libya on Sept. 11, 2012.  Up until now, Clinton has been intimidated into silence, just as she was intimidated into initially going along with Obama’s lies on the night of the Benghazi 9/11 attack.  Now, she must speak the truth to the American people.
 
There is no way Wall Street can survive.  It is already dead.  There is, however, a solution.  Shut down Wall Street, cut off the flow of any further bailout to Wall Street.  Put the current system through bankruptcy reorganization under a restored Glass Steagall system.  Then begin the immediate emission of Federal credit to create jobs, under an economic reconstruction program, modeled on the precise measures adopted by President Franklin D. Roosevelt from the moment he was sworn in as President in March 1933.

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Take the Wall Street skyscrapers and convert them into machines of progress, FDR-style.
 
As LaRouche stated it:  “Cancel Wall Street.  Put people to work like FDR did.  We can get out of this crisis—not without pain, but we can survive and prosper.  Listen to the voice of FDR from afar.  We must get the American people to stop being stupid and accepting the existing system, as if there was no viable alternative.  There is a viable alternative, and it starts by cancelling Wall Street altogether.”
 
Cancel the Obama Presidency and cancel Wall Street and all of the pressing problems, which are centered exclusively in the trans-Atlantic region, can be solved. 

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In an interview to biographers aired on Israel’s Channel 2 this past Friday, the former Prime Minister Ehud Barak said that during his time as Defense Minister, he and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had planned three times to […]

Central Banks Have Become A Corrupting Force Paul Craig Roberts and Dave Kranzler Are we witnessing the corruption of central banks? Are we observing the money-creating powers of central banks being used to drive up prices in the stock market…

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With stock markets diving around the globe, a pressing question arises: is it time to get into Crash Positions? In case you forgot how to get into Crash Positions, here’s a reminder: After a dizzying 500+ point drop in the

The global deflationary wave we have been tracking since last fall is picking up steam.  This is the natural and unavoidable aftereffect of a global liquidity bubble brought to you courtesy of the world’s main central banks.  What goes up