UPDATE: I originally posted this on May 29, 2019, but it deserves a second look if you haven’t seen it already. Pay close attention to my friend Johnny Burtka, former executive director of The American Conservative, who has a plan for an America that puts its citizens first. America has a problem. As my wife […]
Archives for December 2022
Your government at Work: Zero Accountability by Design
Omnibus – a 4,000+ page bill voted on in 2 days? The bill, reportedly, totals $1.7 trillion, $773 billion of which is domestic spending specifically. A Pork Laden Christmas Miracle: Bringing the Swamp Together Democrats and Republicans reach across the aisle to waste tax-payer money. Why Republicans Are the Minority Kimberley Strassel in the WSJ […]
Nine Things Everyone Gets Wrong about History
Originally posted on November 28, 2022. In his letter, Tom Woods explains that off the top of his head, there are at least nine things that everyone gets wrong about history. The unfortunate part is just how consequential some of these mistaken beliefs are in everyday life. He writes: I thought of these in about […]
Your Survival Guy’s Investment Cave for the Winter
Much of your investment success comes from avoiding disasters like crypto exchange FTX. The Fear of Missing Out or FOMO is a huge pull, like gravity, on investors. Look, I’m Your Survival Guy, not Superman, but FOMO’s like kryptonite. It saps the power of self-control and “knowing better” right out of investors, and it comes […]
New Mission for the A-10 Warthog
The U.S. Airforce is dusting off it’s 50-year-old A-10 Warthog for another mission. In a November exercise in the Pacific, A-10’s were loaded up with ADM-160 Miniature Air Launched Decoy’s (MALD). The MALD has a range of 500 miles and weighs less than 300 pounds. Michael Peck of the Business Insider writes (abridged): The A-10 […]
Republicans Can’t Control Their Impulses
Originally posted July 29, 2022. With Friends Like These, Who Needs Enemies? On Wednesday, 17 Republicans, looking for home-state handouts, helped Democrats pass a $280 billion subsidy blowout for the semiconductor industry. Kimberley Strassel in the WSJ calls it an “embarrassing stew of accountability – free corporate welfare and government spending.” This is the priority […]
A Stealth Jet Like No Other – Upgrades to F-22 Raptor Give it a Deadly Advantage
The Air-Force is going all out in upgrading the F-22 Raptor. These Upgrades will give adversaries nightmares. Alex Hollings of Sandboxx News fills us in on some of these upgrades. He writes (abridged): Despite the Air Force’s intention to retire the Raptor within the coming decade, the aircraft is expected to remain in service until […]
Do Americans Still Care about Their Freedom?
Originally posted on November 11, 2022. After the failure of Americans to convincingly eject Democrats from office across the country, it begs the question, do Americans still care about their freedom? Jordan Schachtel of The Dossier suggests that the answer to that question is no. He writes: This is going to be a hard pill […]
An Assault on America’s Central Core
Originally posted June 6, 2022. The Tipping Point Where is the tipping point, asks Victor Davis Hanson in American Greatness, for the attack on American values? At some point, will a resilient America notice? VDH’s Premises for “Tipping Points.” 120 days in 2020 of mass rioting, $2 billion in damage, some 35 killed, and 1,500 […]
Your Survival Guy’s Take on IRS Potentially Changing RMD Rules
As you may know, Your Survival Guy has a history of spec ops and RMDs at Fidelity Investments. And this time of year was always a scramble to meet the end-of-year deadline for distributions. Falling on the wrong side of December 31 meant getting to know the IRS through letters. Not much fun. You may […]
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