When I discuss financial security with clients and investors, I always encourage them to be proactive. The only person who will ever make your security the absolute highest priority is you. As part of my never complete efforts to protect myself from financial fraud, I have signed up for LifeLock (I am not a paid […]
Archives for May 2019
Illinois Goes Back to the Trough
Illinois politicians, led now by Governor J.D. Pritzker, are aiming to end constitutional protections of taxpayers in Illinois, and to raise taxes on the wealthiest in the state. Naively, those politicians pushing for the increase in taxes presume that the move will prevent future deficits. Raising taxes hasn’t seemed to do that in the past, […]
One Solid EMP Zapping Short Circuits Digital Payments
Steven Melendez at The Wall Street Journal explains the ever increasing reliance of people around the world on electronic payments. The convenience is obvious, but one solid EMP zapping would short circuit digital payments in a snap. If you abandon cash, there’s no recourse in the event of an outage. Melendez writes: As more people […]
Mueller Investigation Categorically Exonerated President Trump. Case Closed!
At The American Conservative, Pat Buchanan explains that House Democrats, and Speaker Nancy Pelosi in particular, are caught in a bit of a trap concerning impeachment of the president. There is no evidence whatsoever to base an impeachment on, but the party’s base is so keen on an attempt that Pelosi must appease them or […]
How Socialism Works in Venezuela
Recently the NYT published two major articles on the crisis in Venezuela. Never once did the newspaper blame the crisis on socialism, but rather on “misguided policies.” Not mentioned as “misguided policies:” widespread nationalizations of industry, massive public housing schemes, heavily subsidized food and household products, “free” healthcare. Francis Menton in the Manhattan Contrarian explains […]
Your Survival Guy Goes to College (Sort of)
Your Survival Guy went to college this week. Actually, I went on a college tour. Our daughter is a Junior in high school and that’s what you do, right? Driving with her for a couple hours in the car was a real eye-opener, because we not only talked about college in general, but she actually […]
How the Rolling Stones Amassed a Fortune Where Others Have Failed
Last week Mick Jagger shared some video of his cardio workout routine. There he was dancing and moving to the music like only Mick can. Jagger was showing the world that, despite recent heart surgery, he is not slowing down. After years of hard touring and the excesses of the rock and roll lifestyle, Mick, […]
Have Obama’s Many Failures Simply Been Forgotten?
At The Federalist, Mollie Hemingway reminds readers of Barack Obama’s less than stellar foreign policy record. She wonders why everyone is so quiet about the former president’s many failures. She writes (abridged): President Barack Obama’s 2012 reelection campaign was built on the claim that he was not just tough on terrorists, but also he was […]
National Independence and National Borders Must be Recognized
Sumantra Maitra explains to readers of The Federalist that EU leaders, mostly Germans, are determined to further centralize the bloc in an effort to compete with what they call the empires of the United States, China, India and Russia. Meanwhile, within the bloc, ancient nation states such as the U.K., Poland, Hungary, and others, aren’t […]
Democrats Can’t Accept the Truth
On last night’s episode of Special Report with Bret Baier, Mollie Hemingway of The Federalist explained how the “frustrated” Democrats put all their cards on the Mueller probe and came up with nothing. Ian Schwartz noted Hemingway’s words at Real Clear Politics, writing: The Federalist’s Mollie Hemingway said on ‘Special Report’ Wednesday night that Democrats […]
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