by Mac Slavo | Jan 26, 2011 | Headline News
Granted, we’re nowhere near the levels of individual consumer spending1 we saw in the heyday of the real estate and stock bubbles, somehow, some way, Americans are still able to afford all of the gadgets, dinners out, and good times of yesteryear. The following...
by Mac Slavo | Jan 24, 2011 | Headline News
There has been quite a media storm surrounding rising food prices lately. It’s become so apparent that even mainstream media is now discussing the concerns shared by millions of Americans and citizens of other countries regarding what seems to be out of control...
by Mac Slavo | Jan 24, 2011 | Headline News
The Federal Reserve is no more a federal agency than Federal Express, though the government has granted them a (dot)gov domain to keep alive the perception that they act in the interests of the people of the United States. What many people may not understand is that...
by Mac Slavo | Jan 22, 2011 | Headline News
What we need in America are Statesmen (and women), not politicians. And, while we can’t give Mr. Nigel Farage, UK’s representative to the EU Parliament, automatic citizenship and then elect him to our Congress, perhaps his words and actions will one day...
by Contributing Author | Jan 21, 2011 | Headline News
The following article has been contributed by Tom of the North. Visit Tom’s web sites at Outside the Cardboard Box and the Looming Doom. Readers of my blogs probably know I write political/economic & apocalyptic satire strictly for my own entertainment....
by Mac Slavo | Jan 20, 2011 | Headline News
Reuters’ Emily Flitter asks in a recent column What is Plan B if China dumps its U.S. debt? It is worth asking about U.S. officials’ Plan B just in case one day relations take a surprise turn for the worse and Beijing dumps its holdings of U.S. treasuries....