ECONOMY

Let’s talk about…California Wildfires
Editor, OffGuardian writing about the impact of California wildfires. Unprecedented wildfires have swept the Los Angeles area over the last few days, destroying neighbourhoods and threatening landmarks. The BBC is helpfully keeping a running tally of the number of celebrities whose homes have burned down. This is the first time in recorded history […]

It Literally Looks Like A Nuke Went Off – We Are Witnessing The Costliest Fire Disaster In U.S. History By A Very Wide Margin
By Michael Snyder, The Economic Collapse Blog Some of the images of the destruction that has taken place in the Los Angeles area are hard to believe. We are being told that approximately “75% of Pacific Palisades has been completely leveled by fires”, and the use of the phrase “completely leveled” is […]

How Many Times Have People Been Warned To Leave The State Of California?
Why do so many people insist on living in the state of California? Today, it has the highest population of any U.S. state by a very wide margin. Approximately 39 million people live in California, and Texas is number two on the list with a population of about 30 million. […]

Stop Believing
by Jeff Thomas International Man In 1776, Thomas Jefferson was asked to create a draft for a founding document for what was to become the United States. In his second paragraph, he said. “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by […]

Doug Casey Exposes the Real Issues Behind the H-1B Controversy
by Doug Casey International Man International Man: Vivek Ramaswamy recently faced backlash for supporting the H-1B visa program and criticizing American culture. Many saw his comments as endorsing replacement immigration for highly paid tech jobs (link). What’s your take? Doug Casey: Unfortunately, he’s mostly right about US workers. Their work ethic has been […]

Two weeks before leaving office, Joe Biden f*!ks America again
The year was 1901, and it was pretty much a who’s who of American business and finance at the time. Andrew Carnegie. JP Morgan. Charles M. Schwab. Elbert Gary (namesake of the city Gary, Indiana). It would be as if Elon Musk, Billy Gates, and Carl Icahn all got together […]

The Stale US Real Estate Market
Martin Armstrong, Armstrong Economics Home sales in the US rose to a four-year high after rising 12.1% YoY, according to a new Redfin report. As I stated, we are entered a buyer’s market in May of 2024 in line with the ECM. Gone are the days of bidding wars and skipped inspections. […]

Popular Seattle “Safe Space” Waffle Shop Forced To Close Due To Inflation And New $20 Minimum Wage
A waffle shop in Seattle is being forced to close down over the city’s new $20 per hour minimum wage law, according to a new report by the New York Post. The rise in inflation has also made it difficult for small businesses like this to survive. The owner of Bebop Waffle […]

Trump’s Plan to End Currency War 3.0
James Rickards, The Daily Reckoning, provides insights into the Trump currency plan. There has been a lot reported in recent days about the return of currency wars. With Trump 2.0 about to begin, let’s review his last term and what to expect in the second. Trump badly bungled his transition […]
Ability to Read, Write, or Do Math Is No Longer Required to Teach in New Jersey
Mike Shedlock, MishTalk, discusses the new Teacher Requirements. Teachers’ unions prevail in New Jersey. Kids will suffer. Literacy Not Requited to Teach CampusSafety reports New Jersey Teachers No Longer Required to Pass Basic Literacy Test New Jersey Democratic Governor Phil Murphy passed Act 1669 as part of the state’s 2025 budget […]