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• Grey Champion Assumes Command: Part I

  Published 19 November 2016 | viewed 0 times

  At each of these great gates of history, eighty to a hundred years apart, a similar generational drama unfolded. Four archetypes, aligned in the same…

• Civil War II - Fourth Turning Intensifying (Part II)

  Published 04 November 2016 | viewed 0 times

  In Part One of this article I laid out the case against the criminal establishment and how the regeneracy is being driven by the anti-establishment…

• Civil War II - Fourth Turning Intensifying (Part I)

  Published 04 November 2016 | viewed 0 times

  "History offers even more sobering warnings: Armed confrontation usually occurs around the climax of Crisis. If there is confrontation, it is likely to lead to…

• Inflation About to Explode Higher

  Published 22 October 2016 | viewed 0 times

  "Those who are capable of tyranny are capable of perjury to sustain it." - Lysander Spooner We all know the BLS artificially suppresses the CPI…

• Is Obama Juicing Government Spending to Get Hillary Elected?

  Published 16 October 2016 | viewed 0 times

  During the last year of his reign of error, our beloved Nobel Peace Prize winner, Obama ran out of government accounting gimmicks to falsely proclaim…

• Hillary: Deceit, Debt, Delusions Part II

  Published 13 October 2016 | viewed 0 times

  In Part One of this article I addressed the deceit of Hillary Clinton and politicians of all stripes as they promise goodies they can never…

• Hillary: Deceit, Debt, Delusions Part I

  Published 11 October 2016 | viewed 0 times

  "While every group has certain economic interests identical with those of all groups, every group has also, as we shall see, interests antagonistic to those…

• What Do We Do Now?

  Published 26 September 2016 | viewed 0 times

  As this vitriolic, unpredictable, outrageously entertaining presidential campaign enters its final stages I find myself pondering what happens next. I was reminded of the last…

• The Anti-Cinderella Man: Part II

  Published 05 September 2016 | viewed 0 times

  In Part One of this article I made a fact based case that most Americans are experiencing an economic depression on par with the Great…

• The Anti-Cinderella Man: Part I

  Published 05 September 2016 | viewed 0 times

  There are several movies I will watch every time they are aired on one of my generally useless 600 cable channels. They all have the…

• Worlds Made by Hand

  Published 26 July 2016 | viewed 0 times

  Having recently finished reading The Harrows of Spring, the fourth and final novel of Jim Kunstler's World Made By Hand series, I couldn't help but…

• All Time Highs

  Published 14 July 2016 | viewed 0 times

  The stock market has reached new all-time highs this week, just two weeks after plunging over the BREXIT result. The bulls are exuberant as they…

• It's Not The BREXIT Stupid

  Published 06 July 2016 | viewed 0 times

  Just over a week ago the world was coming unglued, as enough British citizens grew a pair and spit in the face of the EU…

• 30 Blocks of Dog Shit and Sugar Taxes

  Published 17 June 2016 | viewed 0 times

  Earlier this week I left for work on a cool crisp sunny morning at 6:30 am. Traffic seemed lighter than usual. Even the Schuylkill Expressway…

• You are Here

  Published 05 June 2016 | viewed 0 times

  The next Fourth Turning is due to begin shortly after the new millennium, midway through the Oh-Oh decade. Around the year 2005, a sudden spark…

• Funniest BLS Report Ever

  Published 03 June 2016 | viewed 0 times

  Only a captured government drone could put out a report showing only 38,000 new jobs created, with the working age population rising by 205,000, and…

• Hard Times and False Narratives

  Published 25 May 2016 | viewed 0 times

  The mainstream media mouthpieces for the establishment peddle false narratives, disingenuous story lines, and outright propaganda to keep the ignorant masses confused, oblivious to reality,…

• Lies, Lies And Omg, More Lies

  Published 30 April 2016 | viewed 0 times

  It's that time of year again. It's open enrollment for health plans at my employer. They are biggest employer in Philly and have the most…

• Dangerous Divergence

  Published 24 April 2016 | viewed 0 times

  The chart below would appear to be in conflict with the results of a recent Gallup poll regarding stock ownership by Americans. The ratio of…

• Why is The MSM Covering Up Recessionary Data?

  Published 14 April 2016 | viewed 0 times

  The Census Bureau put out their monthly retail sales report this morning. During good times, the MSM would be hailing the tremendous increases as proof…