The Cato Institute’s Marian L. Tupy offers unique and compelling perspective on the European Union: I started my career as a believer in the European integration process. Central Europe, where I was born, was impoverished by communism, and membership of the EU seemed like a solution to many economic and political problems in ex-communist countries. […]
Archives for June 2016
Mafia Impresario Meyer Lansky: The Riviera Story
My friend Jack Colhoun wrote the book on Cuba. It’s called Gangsterismo: The United States, Cuba and The Mafia, 1933 to 1966. In his Op-ed, recently published on the History News Network, he writes, “The heirs of Meyer Lansky, the impresario of the North American Mafia gambling colony in Cuba (1933-1958) are betting on a […]
The Poo-Bahs’ Campaign of Fear
The economic stagnation in Europe today is not entirely the fault of the EU bureaucracy, writes Francis Menton in Manhattan Contrarian. Each member state is responsible for its own overspending and overregulation. The EU bureaucracy, however, has been growing unchecked to the determent of future growth, dynamism and human freedom. What businesses and industries are […]
Read About Turmeric, Fibrin, Bromelain and Cancer
Originally posted June 25, 2015. Dr. Mercola posted this valuable information on the war against cancer a few years back and it is as timely as ever. Read with care his comments on fibrin and the important contribution raw vegetables can make to your health. This systemic use of enzymes is just now taking off […]
Powerful Repudiation Against U.K. Elites
The American Conservative’s Rod Dreher comments on the U.K.’s vote to exit the EU: The Leave campaign has won. The United Kingdom is leaving the European Union. Good. I had generally hoped that the Leave side would win. This, simply because a Leave victory would be a strong repudiation of the elites, and in particular […]
What’s Next for the U.K.?
The American Conservative’s Daniel Larison brings readers the shocking implications of the U.K.’s vote to exit the EU. The vote itself does not automatically trigger British exit from the EU, and it will be up to the government to carry out what the electorate has endorsed. Much will depend on how punitive or magnanimous EU […]
Hedge Funds on Wrong Side of Brexit
What will be the bigger loss for hedge funds, the money lost on their exclusive exit polls, or bets that are no longer in the money? The 2 and 20 crowd— they take a 2% fee per year on your portfolio and 20% of your gains—has got to be on the wrong side of this […]
The First RAGE Gauge Reading Signals High Risk
For June 2016, my RAGE Gauge signals: High Risk Tension is high on the social and economic fronts. FBI Background checks continue to trend higher, dissatisfaction with the direction of the country is trending high, and the underemployment rate (U6) isn’t real encouraging in this sluggish economy. But it’s a sluggish economy with inflation. You […]
12 Years in Darkness and Hell
Dr. Óscar Elías Biscet, regarded by many as Cuba’s foremost democracy activist, is a symbol of the general resistance to the Castro dictatorship. For this, Dr. Biscet was imprisoned essentially for 12 years for “dangerousness,” a common charge that means the individual in question will not submit meekly to dictatorial rule, writes Jay Nordlinger in […]
David Cameron Resigns
After an embarassing loss on the EU referendum, British Prime Minister David Cameron has announced his resignation.
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