Is Elon Musk’s wealth mostly a market bubble that could burst literally overnight? Francis Menton (aka the Manhattan Contrarian) emphasizes how Elon Musk’s wealth comes from the speculative values of two companies: Tesla and SpaceX: According to Barron’s here on April 21, Musk owns about 17% of Tesla. Even after recent market declines, Tesla has […]
Archives for May 2022
Are Neocons/Neoliberalcons Risking Nuclear War for Their New World Order?
At Strategic Culture, Pepe Escobar considers the capacity of the neocon/neoliberalcon deep state in America to risk nuclear war to protect their world order. He writes: The U.S. Deep State is milking to Kingdom Come its planned Ukraine gambit to cloak a strategic attack on Russia. The “secret” was to force Moscow into an intra-Slav […]
The “Weirdest” Coaching Staff in Baseball
I like this article on the “weirdest” coaching staff in baseball and how it has made the San Francisco Giants a powerhouse. Jared Diamond writes in The Wall Street Journal: Fernando Perez studied creative writing at Columbia University and is the author of essays that have been published in prominent literary magazines. Mark Hallberg spent […]
The Invisible Manipulation of Big Tech
You surely have felt it, even if you couldn’t place your finger on it at the time. When you’re online, things sway a certain direction when it comes to politics and culture. According to Robert Epstein, that’s not a mistake. Big tech companies can put their weighty fingers on public discourse in ways that are […]
It Is Time to Heed to Constitution
In response to the leaked decision by the Supreme Court on overturning Roe v. Wade, Pat Buchanan explains at The American Conservative that it is time to “heed the Constitution.” He writes (abridged): “Roe was egregiously wrong from the start. Its reasoning was exceptionally weak, and the decision has had damaging consequences. And far from […]
Is the China Narrative Backwards?
The mainstream China narrative relentlessly portrays the Middle Kingdom as becoming more aggressive in geopolitics, but on his blog, LewRockwell.com, Lewellyn Rockwell suggests the narrative is backward. He writes: In the Shanghai Communique signed by Nixon, Taiwan was conceded to be a ‘part of China.’ Are we now going to fight a war to prevent […]
How Democrats’ Heyday Imploded
The Democrats’ heyday took place from 2006 through 2009. During those few years, the Party “worked hard to attune itself to the national mood,” offers Kimberley A. Strassel in the WSJ. Nancy Pelosi in 2006 proposed a modest agenda, with proposals like college tuition, clean energy, and stem-cell research. She recruited centrist candidates, and their victories […]
Here’s What the Fed SHOULD Do, and Why It Probably Won’t
Your Survival Guy’s take on the Fed’s wavering on future rate increase amounts? Business as usual. The Fed’s a political beast and always fails at doing its one real job—protecting the value of your dollar. The Fed’s been in the business of ruining dollars forever. This is nothing new. So why the uproar? Well, tech […]
Intelligence Report: How $10,000 Grows to $28 Million
Your Survival Guy wants your grandchildren to be as rich as Croesus. How can you help them do that? Get them on the path to riches by putting time on their side. It’s time that’s the key ingredient to compound interest. As Dick Young wrote to you back in July 2016: How $10,000 Grows to […]
Is Joining NATO a Mistake for Finland and Sweden?
Should Finland and Sweden join NATO, or is joining an avoidable mistake that will only make things worse? Paul Craig Roberts explains his view that joining would be a mistake, and could make relations in the Baltic Sea even worse. He writes at the Institute for Political Economy: Clearly, it is irresponsible for Finland and […]
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