Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr.'s Blog, page 452

Why the TikTok Ban Is so Dangerous

It’s funny how things work.

Last year at this time, Americans overwhelmingly supported a ban on TikTok. Polls showed a 50-22% overall margin in support of a ban and 70-14% among conservatives. But Congress couldn’t get the RESTRICT Act passed.

As the public learned more about provisions in the bill, and particularly since the outbreak of hostilities in Gaza, the legislative plan grew less popular. Polls dropped to 38-27% in favor by December, and they’re at 35-31% against now.

Yet the House just...

US Navy Medic Shut Down for Releasing unclassified DOD Data Showing a 937% Increase in Heart Failure Among Vaccinated US Military Personnel

Yesterday I provided examples of how the establishment, which can only lie, is trying to narrative manage the no longer deniable evidence that the Covid vax is deadly and harmful to health. See here.

One of the narrative management tricks is to admit the adverse effects of the “vaccine” but to sweep them under the rug as “rare.”

If the dangers of the “vaccine” were rare, Big Pharma would not have its shills at work trying to discredit or dismantle the vaccine adverse events reporting system.

Tha...

Bitcoin’s Meteoric Rise and What Happens Next

International Man: The Bitcoin price is soaring.

It recently exceeded its previous all-time high of around $69,000, which was set in November 2021.

What are your thoughts?

Doug Casey: Right now, the world runs on the dollar standard. Almost all international trade is done with the US dollar. Still, it’s increasingly apparent to everybody worldwide that the US dollar is the unbacked liability of a bankrupt government.

So, the dollar’s on its way out—but what will people go to—another fiat currenc...

Biden Ignores Fiscal Time Bomb

On Sunday, Peter recapped a stellar week for gold. He also provided an analysis of President Biden’s State of the Union Address and criticized Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s perspective on the economy. 

Both gold and bitcoin hit records last week, with gold nearly topping $2200/oz and bitcoin trading above $70,000. Gold’s surge is driven by central bank demand abroad, but Bitcoin’s spike is driven mainly by ETF hype in the retail sector, which is less likely to last:

“For my money that’s the contrari...

The US Economy Looks Good on Paper – Here’s Why It’s Actually a Disaster in Progress

This article was written by Brandon Smith and originally published at  Birch Gold Group

One of my favorite false narratives floating around corporate media platforms has been the argument that the American people “just don’t seem to understand how good the economy really is right now.” If only they would look at the stats, they would realize that we are in the middle of a financial renaissance, right? It must be that people have been brainwashed by negative press from conservative sources…

I have...

Research Links Mitochondrial Dysfunction to Immune Decline, Opening Paths for Cancer Treatment

Immune system weakening has long been attributed to aging and poor lifestyle choices, but according to an October 2023 study1 in Nature Communications, the key reason for this immune system decline is dysfunctional mitochondria, your cells’ powerhouses, particularly the mitochondria found in T cells (a type of immune cell).

When the mitochondria don’t work well, the T cells don’t have the energy required to perform their functions, which leads to a decline in immune system function. This in turn...

Niccolo Machivelli’s Open Letter

And the parable of the toad and the harrow

Our Country-Our Choice OCOC

To the Magnificent Colonel, of whom I honor and give glory:

Before you read this letter, I must first dispel the vicious collective hypnotic spell cast over my reputation for centuries, popularized by modern liberal movies, novels, academia, and even by American Catholic and Judeo-Christian biblical religion, meant to twist what I wrote in 1532, that my book The Prince teaches only how to be evil.  This is more than a reading...

The State of Division Address

The State of the Union Address, as it was intended by the founders, is simply the president’s duty to report to congress about the condition of the nation.  There have been a few winter solstice executive speeches that have honored the spirit of Article II, Section 3 (see Calvin Coolidge’s in 1924).  However, in recent memory, the SOTU has been one hour- feels like three hours with the wind-chill factor – of groundless optimism, bitter complaining, delusion – finally leading to the conclusion th...

Confident Dragon Lays Out Modernization Roadmap

This is the Year of the Wooden Dragon, according to China’s classic wuxing (“five elements”) culture. The dragon, one of the 12 signs of the Chinese zodiac, is a symbol of power, nobility and intelligence. Wood adds growth, development and prosperity.

Call it a summary of where China is heading in 2024.

The second session of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) was finalized on Sunday in Beijing.

The wider world should know that within the...

The Existential Crisis

It is not far-fetched to state that most people believe that there is an existential crisis facing humanity.  But there is fundamental disagreement on the nature of the existential crisis. The climate alarmists believe it is human activity causing climate change and that this change is an existential danger to humanity.

The climate is a very complex topic (see the note below) that is usually represented by a single value recorded once per year, the average surface temperature of the Earth. One s...