Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr.'s Blog, page 2349

The Lying Secret Police

If you were a Martian visitor just disembarked from of one of Elon Musk’s rocket ships and were therefore uninfected by earth-based fake news, the culprits in Washington’s witch-hunt de jure would be damn obvious.

They include John Brennan, Jim Comey, Sally Yates, Peter Strzok and a passel of deep state operatives—-all of whom baldly abused their offices. After Brennan had concocted the whole Russian election meddling meme to sully the Donald’s shocking election win, the latter three holdover...

Independence for Catalonia, Bavaria, Veneto

Officials in Catalonia, Spain’s richest and most highly industrialized region, whose capital is Barcelona, recently held a referendum in which there was a 92 percent vote in favor of independence from Spain. The Spanish authorities opposed the referendum and claimed that independence is illegal. Catalans are not the only Europeans seeking independence. Some Bavarian people are demanding independence from Germany, while others demand greater autonomy. Germany’s Federal Constitutional Court rul...

Are You Smarter Than an 11-Year-Old?

We’re all taught the importance of correct grammar and spelling at school.

But a new test by Playbuzz has left many adults stumped – despite it being designed for children aged between 11 and 12.

The language test certainly puts you through your paces, consisting of a series of tricky questions relating to spelling and grammar. 

It also tests you on definitions, and in particular words that are commonly confused.

So, just how good is your spelling and grammar? Take the test below to find out....

Pentagram Death Lust

A US military agency is investing $100m in genetic extinction technologies that could wipe out malarial mosquitoes, invasive rodents or other species, emails released under freedom of information rules show.

The documents suggest that the US’s secretive Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Darpa) has become the world’s largest funder of “gene drive” research and will raise tensions ahead of a UN expert committee meeting in Montreal beginning on Tuesday.

The UN Convention on Biological D...

Heaven Forbid Peace Should Break Out

As long as the US Empire can be funded and maintained on the backs of its taxpaying public, the chance of de-escalation of tensions not only on the Korean peninsula, but throughout the world are practically nil.  And, as long as the nation’s current interventionist ideology holds sway, it will only be through a financial meltdown that the US’s role as global policeman will come to a much-needed end.

The most recent example of the world’s biggest bully escalating matters is its on-again, off-a...

Big Green Powerhouse

By Dr. Mercola

Many are doing whatever they can to optimize their health, especially their heart health, so a new study from the journal Clinical Nutrition is encouraging and helpful, as it emphasizes how powerful natural compounds such as those found in chlorella are for different aspects of your well-being.

This systematic review revealed that chlorella, a nutrient-dense green alga that’s especially popular in Asian countries and is used to make medicine as well as nutritional supplements,...

Mining Newsletter Writer

Mark Twain famously lived, and wrote for the newspaper in, Virginia City, at the time known as the “richest place on earth.” It is but a tiny tourist destination these days, an out of the way place to see on the way to or from Lake Tahoe.

In his new book “How Not To Get Rich: The Financial Misfortunes of Mark Twain” author Alan Pell Crawford quotes Virginia City historian Warren Hinckle, who wrote, “So fabulous were the fortunes produced and the manner of spending and squandering so superlati...

What Went Wrong in Charlottesville?

“In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem, government IS the problem.”—Ronald Reagan

Corruption. Graft. Intolerance. Greed. Incompetence. Ineptitude. Militarism. Lawlessness. Ignorance. Brutality. Deceit. Collusion. Corpulence. Bureaucracy. Immorality. Depravity. Censorship. Cruelty. Violence. Mediocrity. Tyranny.

These are the hallmarks of an institution that is rotten through and through.

What you smell is the stench of a dying republic. Our dying republic.

The...

The Torture of the VW CEO

Volkswagen AG executive Oliver Schmidt is due to be sentenced this week for “cheating” Uncle. He faces seven years in federal prison and up to $400,000 in fines. His professional life is, of course, kaput. He will never work again.

Starbucks, perhaps.

And his personal life is probably ruined, too. Not many wives stand by their convicted felon.

Schmidt is only 48 years old – and his life is over. All because he – along with other VW executives and engineers – “cheated” on federal emissions tes...

Flynn’s Defection

Why did Gen. Mike Flynn lie to the FBI about his December 2016 conversations with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak?

Why did he not tell the FBI the truth?

As national security adviser to the president-elect, Flynn had called the ambassador. Message: Tell President Putin not to overreact to President Obama’s expulsion of 35 Russian diplomats. Trump will be president in three weeks, and we are committed to a new relationship.

Not only was this initiative defensible, it proved successful.

Putin...