#648: Exit Stage Left
Nobody is interested in sticking around New York City to watch communism destroy what is left of the once-great metropolis. Wealth taxes have been implemented, and billionaires have predictably left for tax-free states that aren’t importing 391,000 people from the Dominican Republic. Washington thought that capital gains taxes were the […]
Economy
We Are 6 Months From Global Food Shortages Because Farmers Are Facing A Quadruple Whammy Crisis
We have never faced anything quite like this. Diesel fuel and fertilizer have become far more expensive as a result of the conflict in the Middle East, and extreme weather is playing havoc with crops all over the planet. Here in the United States, we just experienced the driest first three […]
Empire
Fake Wars & Higher Prices: What a “Multipolar World Order” REALLY Means
The world is changing. The once dominant imperial power of the United States is faltering, hollowed out by corruption, over-extended by hubris, eaten away by the cancers of hatred, nationalism and greed. Even according to its own propaganda outlets, America has “become the villain”, is “Officially an Empire in Decline”, and we […]
Activism
Rampant Kleptocracy Feeds Wealth Inequality In A Crumbling American Empire
Government spending is out of control, robbing the American people blind to fund the endless excess of a ruling class drunk on power. Kleptocracy: [klep-tok-ruh-see] / klɛpˈtɒk rə si / – noun – “A government or state in which those in power exploit national resources and steal; rule by a thief or thieves.” The […]
Health
The prescription cascade: How America’s mental health system keeps patients on more drugs, not fewer
The psychiatric medication machine is churning faster than ever, and a growing chorus of voices from former patients to federal health officials is asking whether the cure has become the disease. At 14, Laura Delano sat in a psychiatrist’s office and heard words that would shape the next decade and […]
Tech
#TBOT 23: KYC for Your Phone, New ReCAPTCHA, UK Digital ID, Decentralized Social Media – NOSTR
Your weekly tech update! Tonight, the FCC, Google, and the UK Government make big moves against private and free technology. The hits don’t stop — keep ’em coming, and we’ll keep the solutions coming on #TBOT. Watch on Substack Bye Bye Burner Phones?: A new FCC rule threatens to end phone anonyminity by […]
Crypto
Blockchain.com Confidentially Files for U.S. IPO, Joining Wave of Crypto Listings
Blockchain.com, one of the industry’s oldest firms, has confidentially filed a draft Form S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for a planned initial public offering. Blockchain.com Group Holdings Inc., one of the oldest companies in the crypto industry, has confidentially submitted a draft registration statement on Form S-1 with the […]
Podcasts
#648: Exit Stage Left
Nobody is interested in sticking around New York City to watch communism destroy what is left of the once-great metropolis. Wealth taxes have been implemented, and billionaires have predictably left for tax-free states that aren’t importing 391,000 people from the Dominican Republic. Washington thought that capital gains taxes were the […]
Solutions
Saudi Arabia Seeks Non-Aggression Pact with Iran Modeled After 1975 Helsinki Accords
It appears Saudi Arabia has had enough of Trump’s war. Non-Aggression Pact Details The Financial Times report on Saudi Arabia’s proposal for a regional “non-aggression pact” between Iran and neighboring states is not merely a temporary diplomatic initiative. Rather, it signals Riyadh’s attempt to redefine the Middle East’s security architecture […]