The Guardian reports: Suicide bombers killed four Saudi security forces on Monday in an attack outside the Prophet’s Mosque in Medina, one of the two holiest sites in Islam, in an escalation not seen for decades. The bombings, which hit a car park near the sprawling mosque complex, were the latest in a run of […]
Archives for July 2016
Happy Independence Day America!
Happy Independence Day!
Trans-Pacific Partnership—Yea or Nay?
Nay! The governing document of the United States of America, the Constitution is only 4,000 words long. Thanks in large measure to Chief Justice John Marshall (1801/1835), the Constitution has, all too often, been twisted and shaped like wax (see Jefferson) into any form the supreme court wished. The TPP agreement comprises 30 full sized page chapters. The […]
Independence Day Greetings!
Independence Day greetings from Taj Boston our favorite hotel in Boston, our favorite big city in America. –Dick & Debbie
Trump Winning the Free Trade Argument
Pat Buchanan correctly explains the folly of free trade and explains clearly why Donald Trump is on the right track. In denouncing NAFTA, the WTO, MFN for China and the Trans-Pacific Partnership, all backed by Bush I and II, Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan, Trump is all but calling his own party leaders dunderheads and […]
Give Clintons Money/Get Special Favors
Who is Rajiv K. Fernando, you might ask. Mr. Fernando, explains Kimberely A. Strassel in the WSJ, is a “one-time Chicago securities trader who in July of 2011 somehow found himself sitting on the International Security Advisory Board, with the ability to access the nation’s most sensitive intelligence.” Mr. Fernando had no background that would […]
Help Isn’t Coming!
“Help Isn’t Coming!” heads the introduction to The Ultimate Situational Survival Guide. “It may sound harsh, but the reality of most crisis situations is that you’re going to have to be your own first responder.” And that in a nutshell is how I want you to think about your money and your investments. As your […]
Gary Johnson Must be in Debates
Cato Institute’s director of polling, Emily Ekins, explains to Americans exactly what must happen to get the Libertarian party’s Gary Johnson into the debates. I have been writing in support of a multi-party system for America much the same as exists in France and Austria as good examples. America has outlived the two-party system where […]
Austrian Supreme Court Gives Freedom Party Another Chance
Norbert Hofer, nominee of the Austrian Freedom Party for president, will get a second chance after being beaten by the Green Party backed independent candidate, Alexander Van der Bellen in a 50.3% to 49.7% election result in May. The Supreme Court found irregularities in 77,926 of the votes cast. Van der Bellen won the race […]