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• The Horror! The Horror!

  Published 30 April 2017 | viewed 0 times

  I'm constantly amazed by the ability of those in power to create a narrative trusted by a gullible non-critical thinking populace. Appealing to emotions, when…

• Stupid is as Stupid Does

  Published 04 April 2017 | viewed 0 times

  If you prefer fake news, fake data, and a fake narrative about an improving economy and stock market headed to 30,000, don't read this fact…

• Second Foundation: Empire Crumbling

  Published 28 March 2017 | viewed 0 times

  In Part One of this article I analyzed the similarities of Isaac Asimov’s Foundation Trilogy to Strauss & Howe’s Fourth Turning, trying to assess how…

• Foundation and Empire: Is Donald Trump the Mule?

  Published 27 March 2017 | viewed 0 times

  In Part One of this article I analyzed the similarities of Isaac Asimov's Foundation Trilogy to Strauss & Howe's Fourth Turning, trying to assess how…

• Foundation - The Fall of the American Galactic Empire

  Published 26 March 2017 | viewed 0 times

  "The fall of Empire, gentlemen, is a massive thing, however, and not easily fought. It is dictated by a rising bureaucracy, a receding initiative, a…

• Steve Eisman: Smart, Lucky, Abrasive and Now One Of Them

  Published 18 March 2017 | viewed 0 times

  I loved Michael Lewis' book – The Big Short – about the 2008 Wall Street created global financial catastrophe, that is still impacting the little…

• What The Hell is Going On? Part III

  Published 09 March 2017 | viewed 0 times

  In Part I and Part II of this article I revealed how the Deep State's fake data and fake news propaganda machine can be overcome…

• What The Hell is Going On? Part II

  Published 09 March 2017 | viewed 0 times

  In Part One of this article I exposed the establishment narrative of a strong economy as rubbish by providing hard data regarding imploding gasoline usage,…

• What The Hell is Going On?

  Published 07 March 2017 | viewed 0 times

  "The older I grow, the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom." - H.L. Mencken "The older I get the less I…

• A New Jacksonian Era? Part II

  Published 13 February 2017 | viewed 0 times

  In Part One of this article I documented the populist administration of Andrew Jackson and similarities to Donald Trump's populist victory in the recent election.…

• A New Jacksonian Era?

  Published 12 February 2017 | viewed 0 times

  "Gentlemen! I too have been a close observer of the doings of the Bank of the United States. I have had men watching you for…

• Common Sense - 2017: Part II

  Published 22 January 2017 | viewed 0 times

  In Part One of this article I explored Thomas Paine's critical role in the creation of our nation. His Common Sense pamphlets inspired the common…

• Common Sense - 2017

  Published 16 January 2017 | viewed 0 times

  "Without the pen of the author of Common Sense, the sword of Washington would have been raised in vain." - John Adams Thomas Paine was…

• A Biased 2017 Forecast: Part II

  Published 01 January 2017 | viewed 0 times

  In Part One of this article I discussed the failure of our brains to think rationally due to our biases and the relentless propaganda flogged…

• A Biased 2017 Forecast: Part I

  Published 31 December 2016 | viewed 0 times

  "The idea that the future is unpredictable is undermined every day by the ease with which the past is explained." - Daniel Kahneman, Thinking, Fast…

• Something Wicked This Way Comes

  Published 21 December 2016 | viewed 0 times

  I stopped trying to predict markets back in 2008 when the Federal Reserve, Treasury Department, Wall Street bankers, and their propaganda peddling media mouthpieces colluded…

• Getting in Bed with The Government

  Published 11 December 2016 | viewed 0 times

  The recent deal to keep Carrier jobs in the United States is not at all unusual. It only received so much press because Trump made…

• Carrier and The Slippery Slope

  Published 04 December 2016 | viewed 0 times

  "Companies are not going to leave the United States anymore without consequences." – Donald Trump The reaction to Trump's deal to keep 1,100 Carrier jobs…

• Blocks of 'Black' Friday

  Published 27 November 2016 | viewed 0 times

  It's now been almost three weeks since Donald Trump's shocking (to mainstream propaganda media outlets) victory over Hillary Clinton and her establishment cronies in the…

• Gray Champion Assumes Command: Part II

  Published 20 November 2016 | viewed 0 times

  In Part One of this article I discussed the arrival of Grey Champions in previous Fourth Turnings; their attributes, deficiencies, and leadership skills; and why…