The Burning Platform

The Burning Platform

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• Debunking The Gutting of Military Storyline

  Published 30 March 2014 | viewed 0 times

  "War is a racket. It always has been. It is possibly the oldest, easily the most profitable, surely the most vicious. It is the only…

• The Fourteen Year Recession

  Published 24 March 2014 | viewed 0 times

  "When a government is dependent upon bankers for money, they and not the leaders of the government control the situation, since the hand that gives…

• Fourth Turning: The People vs Big Brother

  Published 13 March 2014 | viewed 0 times

  "The risk of catastrophe will be very high. The nation could erupt into insurrection or civil violence, crack up geographically, or succumb to authoritarian rule.…

• Google, China, The NSA and The Fourth Turning

  Published 12 March 2014 | viewed 0 times

  "Even if you're not doing anything wrong, you're being watched and recorded....it's getting to the point where you don't have to have done anything wrong,…

• Do No Evil Google - Censor and Snitch For The State

  Published 24 February 2014 | viewed 0 times

  "The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this…

• The Broken Limb and Burst Pipe Fallacies

  Published 11 February 2014 | viewed 0 times

  "Economics is haunted by more fallacies than any other study known to man. This is no accident. While certain public policies would in the long…

• Warped, Distorted, Manipulated, Flipped Housing Market

  Published 03 February 2014 | viewed 0 times

  The report from RealtyTrac last week proves beyond the shadow of a doubt the supposed housing market recovery is a complete and utter fraud. The…

• The Retail Death Rattle

  Published 19 January 2014 | viewed 0 times

  "I was part of that strange race of people aptly described as spending their lives doing things they detest, to make money they don’t want,…

• Keeping It Real

  Published 18 December 2013 | viewed 0 times

  "One only needs to reflect on the dramatic decline in the value of the dollar that has taken place since the Fed was established in…

• May The Odds Ever Be In Your Favor - Hope and Defiance

  Published 09 December 2013 | viewed 0 times

  In the 1st installment of this article - May the Odds Ever Be in Your Favor - The Reaping, I addressed how wealth inequality created…

• May The Odds Ever Be In Your Favor - The Reaping

  Published 09 December 2013 | viewed 0 times

  "Human history seems logical in afterthought but a mystery in forethought. In every prior Fourth Turning, the catalyst was foreseeable but the climax was not."…

• Take It To The Bank

  Published 17 November 2013 | viewed 0 times

  Reports like the recent one from SNL Financial - Branch Networks Continue to Shrink really get my goat. As I travel the increasingly vacant highways…

• The Subprime Final Solution

  Published 10 November 2013 | viewed 0 times

  The MSM did their usual spin job on the consumer credit data released earlier this week. They reported a 5.4% increase in consumer debt outstanding…

• Culture of Ignorance - Part I

  Published 28 October 2013 | viewed 0 times

  "Five percent of the people think; ten percent of the people think they think; and the other eighty-five percent would rather die than think." -…

• Trying To Stay Sane In An Insane World - At World's End

  Published 10 September 2013 | viewed 0 times

  In the first three parts (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3) of this disheartening look back at a century of central banking, income taxing, military…

• Trying To Stay Sane In An Insane World - Part 3

  Published 26 August 2013 | viewed 0 times

  In Part 1 of this article I documented the insane remedies prescribed by the mad banker scientists presiding over this preposterous fiat experiment since they…

• Trying To Stay Sane In An Insane World - Part 2

  Published 05 August 2013 | viewed 0 times

  In Part 1 of this article I detailed the insane solutions proposed and executed since 2008 by our owners as they attempt to retain and…

• Trying To Stay Sane In An Insane World - Part 1

  Published 23 July 2013 | viewed 0 times

  "I mean--hell, I been surprised how sane you guys all are. As near as I can tell you're not any crazier than the average asshole…

• Who Are the Real Traitors?

  Published 19 June 2013 | viewed 0 times

  "I'm neither traitor nor hero. I'm an American." - Edward Snowden "If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the…