Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr.'s Blog, page 300

On Putin and Trump

Putin hasn’t known when or how to deliver an ultimatum.  He ignored a few of his own ultimatums already, and also Medvedev’s.  Biden has now decided that long range U.S. artillery will be allowed to strike deep inside Russia.  The news says he is considering it, but this means he already decided it; Blinken and the UK foreign minister are said to be evaluating it (today is 9/11).

We know Russia delivered a written ultimatum to Great Britain not too long ago, through its ambassador in London, and...

‘Perceived Criticism’: CEO Katherine Mayer Defends NPR’s Coverage and Culture

National Public Radio has had a rough go in the last few years with declining audiences, financial shortfalls, and the recent exposure of its political bias by longtime editor Uri Berliner. However, if you tuned into the comments of NPR CEO Katherine Maher this week at the Texas Tribune Festival,  you would think that the only challenging decision for NPR is picking the design of the next pledge drive tote bag.

Despite comments that were repeatedly evasive and misleading, a room full of journali...

Signs of Resistance – A Distinct Minority

“A distinct minority of Americans, supported by a distinct minority of elected officials, are keeping us from turning the corner..This is not about freedom or personal choice..” ― Joe Biden (9/9/2021), announcing tyrannical plans to coerce millions of Americans into getting an experimental and undertested gene therapy.

“The only tyrant I accept in this world is the ‘still small voice’ within me. And even though I have to face the prospect of being a minority of one, I humbly believe I have the c...

When Domestic Enemies Sound the Alarm, They Reliably Offer Banal Distractions From America’s Greatest Threats

Writing for The New York Post on September 4, 2024, US Secretary of State (2018-2021) Mike Pompeo, authored an opinion piece entitled, “White House put blinders on as China infiltrated our government.”

In light of the many intrusions of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) into American affairs — including Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-California) having a CCP spy as a close personal aide for two decades, Governor Mario Cuomo (D-New York) having a CCP spy as a high ranking staffer, Governor Kathy Hoc...

The Biggest Migration Since the Barbarian Invasions of Rome

International Man: Former Libyan leader Muammar Ghaddafi once warned that “Europe runs the risk of turning black from illegal immigration… it could turn into Africa.”

Since the United States and NATO helped overthrow Ghaddafi in 2011, millions of migrants from Africa and the Middle East have poured into Europe. Many transited from Libya.

This is all well known, and all signs point to this trend accelerating. What’s your take on where this is going?

Doug Casey: It’s a pity Ghaddafi was taken out....

Handmaid of Leviathan, Whore of Wall Street

Part 1

Here is a head-scratcher. During the long 46-year stretch from February 1974 to February 2024 “required reserves” in the US banking system climbed steadily from $35 billion to $208 billion.

And then, bang! By orders of the Federal Reserve that number cliff-dived to zero in one fell swoop.

Required Bank Reserves, 1974 to 2020

It’s not that the detention of nearly a quarter trillion dollars of commercial bank assets in Fed-mandated reserve accounts had been all that onerous. By that point ...

The Media Hate Middle Class White People So Much, They Work To Replace Us

An excerpt from Against the Corporate Media, coming Sept. 10 from Bombardier Books. “The Media vs. the Nation’s Borders,” by Mark Krikorian. 

One area in which the media narrative of the noble immigrant who is never wrong but can only be wronged is most evident is the coverage of the so-called Dreamers. Even using that advocacy label skews the perception and coverage of the issue of illegal aliens who came here at a young age.

The original DREAM (Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Mino...

What Do They Know? Russia Increases Daily Gold Purchases by 700%

In a significant move, Russia’s Finance Ministry has announced plans to allocate 8.2 billion rubles ($92 million) each day for gold and foreign currency purchases until October 4, the nation’s Finance Minister announced.

“The amount of funds allocated for purchases of foreign currency and gold totals 172.9 billion rubles,” the ministry said in a statement. “Transactions will be carried out from September 6 to October 4, 2024, respectively, daily volume of purchase of foreign currency and gold wi...

FDA Blew Off Scheduled Meetings With Covid Vaccine Injury Victims, Emails Show

Despite public statements by government officials affirming the safety and efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines in early 2022, documents obtained by Children’s Health Defense (CHD) reveal that, at that time, public health officials were increasingly concerned about vaccine-related adverse events.

The 300 pages of documents released on Aug. 22 contain private correspondence from 2021 and early 2022 between U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and National Institutes of Health (NIH) officials, and ema...

A New Era for Silver?

It’s been a fantastic year for physical precious metals owners and by many accounts, the best is yet to come. All the issues we’ve been warning against for years, including inflation, currency debasement and government suppression of individual financial liberty have started boiling over in a way that is so obvious, that even the most naive citizen can clearly comprehend.

Despite the efforts by politicians and institutional leaders to convince the taxpayers not to trust the evidence of their own...