Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr.'s Blog, page 2397

Urgent Message to Spain

‘Every people has the god-given right to mismanage their own affairs’

Margolis Law #3

I’ve always been a rebel, revolutionary, iconoclast and all-around bad boy.  Naturally, I have sympathy for most revolutionary movements.

The problem is, many revolutions don’t make political or economic sense, but they do make one feel good – at least for a while.  Revolution is the natural habitat of the young.

So the growing revolutionary fervor in Spain’s Catalonia region finds much sympathy, even fascin...

Truth vs. the Feds and Their Media

I will just say it upfront: I am extremely cynical of any and all mass shootings—and the one in Las Vegas is no exception. Soon after the shootings, I posted this on my Facebook page:

Some preliminary thoughts:

*How does ONE guy take that many long guns and that much ammunition into a hotel room without being noticed or raising someone’s suspicion? Those Vegas casino hotels have cameras everywhere. This is Las Vegas, for heaven’s sake. Every staff person in these establishments is trained to...

Left Behind

“Forget Germany, Spain Is The Real Problem”, reads a headline. Eh… no. Germany is definitely the problem in Europe. Spain is a bit player. That doesn’t mean nothing major could happen in Spain in its fight with Catalonia, and soon, but Spain, like all EU nations, is a de facto province of Germany.

What matters in the end is how Brussels and Merkel deal with Spain. And while it’s tempting to say that perhaps Brussels, the EU, is the main European problem, the European Union is run exclusively...

The Giant Bali Volcano

More than 120,000 people have fled their homes on the Indonesian island of Bali, fearful that a rumbling volcano could erupt at any time, disaster officials said.

Mount Agung, located 75 kilometres (47 miles) from the resort hub of Kuta, has been shaking since August and threatening to erupt for the first time since 1963 – a potential blow to the country’s lucrative tourism industry.

The volcano’s alert status was raised to the highest level last week after it spewed white smoke and sent trem...

Easiest Way To Cede European Sovereignty to the Pentagon

If the EU implements the much-discussed “military Schengen” for US troops it would de facto cede European sovereignty to the Pentagon, RIA Novosti contributor Alexander Khrolenko noted, adding that in that case NATO forces would have no obstacles on their way to Russia’s borders.

The Pentagon continues to push ahead with the idea of a military Schengen zone, seeking to gain seamless access to Russia’s borders, RIA Novosti contributor Alexander Khrolenko writes, commenting on US Army’s command...

The Forgotten Man

Now that everyone realizes that Trumpism is not just a passing fad but a clear and present danger to the D.C. Criminal Cartel, it’s time to examine just who the rank and file Trumpsters are.  What’s the common bond that unites them?  Taxes?  Healthcare?  Financial regulation?

I thought about this question as I was rereading Amity Shlaes’ landmark book, The Forgotten Man.  In it, she quotes Yale philosopher William Graham Sumner, who, in his essay by the same name clear back in 1883, explained...

The End of Empire

The American empire is coming to an end. The U.S. economy is being drained by wars in the Middle East and vast military expansion around the globe. It is burdened by growing deficits, along with the devastating effects of deindustrialization and global trade agreements. Our democracy has been captured and destroyed by corporations that steadily demand more tax cuts, more deregulation and impunity from prosecution for massive acts of financial fraud, all the while looting trillions from the...

The Las Vegas Shooting

Dear Readers, I appreciate the confidence that you show in me with your emails asking my opinion about the Las Vegas shooting. Many of you suspect that it is another false flag affair, and you ask me about its purpose.

I don’t know if it was a false flag attack, and if so, by who or for what purpose. I don’t expect to ever know. A story is set in place by officials and media. The only way to ever know is to personally investigate. You would have to go to Las Vegas, examine the scene, ask ques...

Who’s Afraid of Barry Seal?

The poster for the movie “American Made,” to be released Friday, Sept. 29, shows a grinning, cocky Tom Cruise as the drug smuggler Barry Seal, hauling a duffle bag bursting with cash. “It’s not a felony if you’re doing it for the good guys,” the poster teases. The film’s trailer has Seal casually boasting about his simultaneous work for “the CIA, the DEA and Pablo Escobar.”

One critic was led to ask: “So, was Seal a triple agent?” Perhaps. The producers say this swaggering story, based mostly...

The South Is My Country

If you’ve read my work over the past several weeks, you’ve probably noticed an increased fascination with secession/independence movements around the world. I think we’re at the very early stages of this developing trend, which will see nation-states across the world fracture for a variety of reasons. The historical significance of the political changes we’re about to live through cannot be overstated. As I wrote in last month’s piece, The Future Will Be Decentralized:

To conclude, I recogni...