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Corruption, Chaos, Conflict – Fourth Turning Erupts in 2024

“Americans today are increasingly polarized, as if they constitute two separate nations.”  – Strauss & Howe – The Fourth Turning

“THESE are the times that try men’s souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.”...

10 Supplements Exploding in Popularity for 2024

While I do not recommend relying on supplements for your daily nutrition, depending on your state of health, there may be instances where you need one or more supplements to address a nutritional deficiency or ailment.

Some nutritional deficiencies are so widespread, thanks to soil depletion and reliance on processed foods, that just about everyone can benefit from supplementation. In this article, I will review 10 of the most popular nutritional supplements that may be helpful for many.

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2023: The Fed Declares Victory; 2024: The Year of Hubris and Nemesis

Are the crowds ready for the curtain of Fed omnipotence to be pulled aside? What will push markets ever higher if the Fed’s alchemy fails?

For 15 long years, the Federal Reserve has conjured an economy and financial system without crisis or lengthy recession (setting aside that spot of bother triggered by the pandemic shutdown as a “bolt from the blue”), all with god-like mastery of the financial dials of bond yields, interest rates, vast purchases of mortgages, the subsidizing of the banking se...

US Admonishes Israeli Officials for Saying the Quiet Part Out Loud About Ethnic Cleansing

The US State Department has issued a statement indignantly finger-wagging at two Israeli officials who recently drew headlines for openly endorsing the ethnic cleansing of the Gaza Strip.

The statement reads as follows:

“The United States rejects recent statements from Israeli Ministers Bezalel Smotrich and Itamar Ben Gvir advocating for the resettlement of Palestinians outside of Gaza. This rhetoric is inflammatory and irresponsible. We have been told repeatedly and consistently by the Governme...

For Our Good, Always

With January upon us, we all cast about for resolutions; we are resolved that we will forgo, forgive, improve, or conquer, aided by a clean calendar and the fresh airs of a new year. At the same time, we look back with some regret at the cruel rapidity of time and our slipshod performances of last New Year’s resolutions. Somehow, we ran out of calendar before attaining those lofty goals.

Each new year, we’re forced to admit some degree of failure. We see the besetting sins, the broken relationsh...

Bold Predictions for a Turbulent 2024

International Man: How would you summarize what you see coming in 2024?

Doug Casey: I hate to sound a pessimistic note, but you have to call them as you see them. News flash: There are storm clouds on the horizon. I’m tempted to say the presage “The Perfect Storm,” but the phrase has become hackneyed… and it understates the case. Instead, let me say I think it will be worse than even I think it could be.

The trend that’s brought us here has been building for the last hundred years. It’s been com...

The Wrong Way and the Right Way To Fix the Fed

Monetary Policy as Inflationism

Today all governments and central banks operate under the ideology of inflationism. The underlying principle of inflationism is that the quantity and purchasing power of money determined by the free market leads to deflation, recession, and unemployment in the economy. The inflationist ideology is therefore embedded in the very concept of monetary policy, which can be defined as an increase in the supply of money aimed at lowering the purchasing power below the le...

My Advice? Step Down

Suppose you’d been asked by Cardinal Manuel Fernandez, Prefect for the Dicastery for the Doctrine of Faith, to assist him in putting together an official statement on the possibility of blessing same-sex couples. He’s all in, of course, but would like it if you climbed on board as well. And never mind why he’s asked you in the first place; the point is, he did, so what do you tell him? To go stuff it? No, that clearly will not do. Ok, so you try and say it less rudely, as in, “Thank you for aski...

The Brink of Extradition

Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks, hero to some, traitor to others, is set to fight what may be his last battle against being extradited from Britain to the United States. A hearing has been scheduled to take place at the High Courts in London on February 20-21. It will be presided over by a two-judge panel to reexamine the decision made by a judge last June that denied Assange’s appeal request to block extradition.

The 52-year-old Australian is facing multiple charges from U.S. officials inc...

The Women of the View Are Going There!

THIS is the new and improved culture of America.

The sisters of The View are starting to whine about the overload of illegal aliens in New York.

One of sisters, herself a Cuban migrant, cites the stress and strain the Cuban boat people piled on Miami in the 1980s. Joy Behar tries to pawn off the whole “problem” on climate change. Sure, Joy, there was never a drought in Africa until last year.

It’s beautiful.

They love open borders until they see the sullen eyes staring at them where they live.

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