Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr.'s Blog, page 352

‘I Thought I Was in a Hollywood Movie?’

For over 2 weeks, the “fake-news” cycle has been consumed by conjecture over Biden’s mental decline. The overwhelming emphasis in American politics is on the actors in the White House,… no longer on issues and definitely not on the military industrial and Neocon script writers behind the curtain. None of our recent presidents showed one whit of consideration for the public beyond suckering them to vote Republican or Democrat; party affiliations serving nicely as chew-toys for the people to fight...

Eucharistic Hyper-Devotionalism

Catholic Episcopal Campaigns focusing primarily on Eucharistic Renewal have neither an orthodox theological basis nor a divine mandate, but do impede the true reform of Catholicism and revival of the Holy Catholic Faith. Furthermore, Catholics only do a disservice to the Blessed Sacrament when they compartmentalize it as the end all, “the source and summit”, of Christian life rather than as the intended leaven of that life (see Crucial Christianity, 2022).

Since their 2020’s promotional campaign...

Thanks to State Control, Doctors Have Become Gods

My wife often poses the joke “Do you know the difference between doctors and God?” with the punchline being “God doesn’t think he’s a doctor.” The atrocious behavior of my neurosurgeon made me wonder: How does anyone get away with acting like this?

In part one of my deep brain stimulation to fix the tremors in my hands, two holes are drilled into my skull while my head was secured in place by a metal cage with a plexiglass box fitted over it. I was sedated to a level where I was awake but didn’t...

What Rome’s Currency Debasement Tells us About the Future of the US Dollar…

Well, here’s an interesting historical repeat. Apparently, it took the Roman Empire about 200 years to reduce the value of its currency, the silver Denarius, by 95%. As shown in the chart below, the silver content of the Roman currency had been nearly 100% at the peak of the Empire in 65 AD, but by 268 AD the coin had been clipped and debased so thoroughly that it was comprised of less than 5% silver.

Needless to say, inflation became rampant, causing the financial foundation of the Roman Empire...

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Transforming Lives: New Technology Gives Hope to the Blind and Paralyzed

For centuries, researchers have been trying to find a cure for blindness and failing sight. According to some historians, “the first inventor of wearable glasses is unknown. However, the Romans first discovered the ability to use to glass to enhance their ability to see small text, creating small magnifying glasses with spheres.

The first wearable glasses known to history appeared in Italy during the 13th century. Primitive glass-blown lenses were set into wooden or leather frames (or occasional...

Can the West Survive Democracy or Is Democracy the Last Recourse of the West?

As our Founding Fathers knew, Democracy has many problems. One of the larger problems is that one person one vote is a poor way to make governing decisions.

One reason is that intelligence is not equally distributed. Another is that interest in the affairs of state is not equally distributed. Some people want to know what is going on and others concentrate on sports and soap operas and scrolling their cell phones in search of entertainment. Yet another reason is that some have a financial or an ...

Starmer’s War Party Ascends to Power as Anti-War Candidates Secure Key Seats

July 4th, a day of freedom for Americans, has become a day of infamy for Britons opposed to Israel’s genocidal war in occupied Palestine. Keir Starmer, leader of the Labour Party and stalwart supporter of the Israel and its war crimes, has successfully led his party to a comfortable majority in the British House of Commons. His success is unsurprising as major polls correctly predicted how unpopular the Conservative Party has become after fourteen years of rule. Major factors contributing to thi...

Biden’s Neurodegenerative Syndrome Consistent With COVID-19 Vaccine Injury

Joe Biden’s appearance on film in 2019 and 2024 demonstrates a dramatic decline in cognitive function, memory, retrieval, enunciation, strength of voice, facial expression, gait, wayfinding, and motor skills such as walking up and down stairs.

Dr. McCullough appeared on the Breanna Morello show to provide analysis and commentary. While a diagnosis cannot be made without a physical exam, laboratory testing, and brain imaging, Biden’s apparent syndrome is not completely classic for Parkinson’s or ...

Why All Financial Markets Will Crash

It’s all about credit

All transactions and all valuations are in credit. The key aspect of credit is that it is always matched by an obligation, or debt. Credit is extinguished when that obligation is discharged or defaulted upon. But in today’s financial systems, the repayment of debt is always in another form of credit, usually the transfer of ownership of a bank deposit, which is also credit.

Clearly, government and corporate bonds are debts. Because they are freely transferable obligations, ...