What Should We Do to Get Government Spending Under Control?
That’s the question I was asked today. 12 Ideas. A Spending Conversation on X What Do I Propose? The short answer is fiscal discipline by Republicans and better tax code and trade policy. Currently, the inevitable Congressional result is more of this for more of that. Democrats and Republicans are both in on it. Mish […]
Economy
What Should We Do to Get Government Spending Under Control?
That’s the question I was asked today. 12 Ideas. A Spending Conversation on X What Do I Propose? The short answer is fiscal discipline by Republicans and better tax code and trade policy. Currently, the inevitable Congressional result is more of this for more of that. Democrats and Republicans are both in on it. Mish […]
Empire
In Defense of Whataboutism, The Scientific Method of Justice
Try this sometime: say that NATO bombed civilians in Serbia, and Russia did the same in Ukraine. Don’t take a side, don’t justify it – just note the symmetry and watch the room explode. You’ll be accused of whataboutism, as though you’d just farted in church during a eulogy. Push further, and the full litany of elite […]
Activism
Divergence over Convergence in a New World Order – reflecting on dystopian perspectives and programming for the youth of today by Neil Hague
The following article/review was written 10 years ago: The programming continues with another recent movie ‘Divergent’ directed by Neil Norman Burger who gave us the pseudo-documentary Interview with the Assassin (2002), the period drama The Illusionist, and the 2011 thriller Limitless. The movie is an adaptation of the novel of the same name by the American author Veronica Roth. I […]
Health
The WHO Keeps Failing Upward
The phenomenon of failing upward is only too familiar among the ranks of Australian politicians. People from other countries also come readily to mind as examples, including former US President Joe Biden, British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, and European Union President Ursula von der Leyen. Lately we’ve also witnessed this with an international organisation. […]
Tech
Is AI Going To Kill All Of Us? One Of The Pioneers In The Field Has Warned That “Everyone Will Die” If AI Is Not Shut Down
AI technology has been developing at an exponential rate, and it appears to be just a matter of time before we create entities that can think millions of times faster than we do and that can do almost everything better than we can. So what is going to happen when we lose control of such […]
Crypto
Chart of the Week: Bitcoin Soars, But ‘Wen Lambo’ Crowd Is Missing From the Rally
Bitcoin hit new highs, but retail investors remain on the sidelines while institutional money fuels the steady rally. What to know: What happens when retail logs off from crypto and Wall Street tunes in? Looking at bitcoin’s BTC$109,671.85 recent all-time-high, one would say it feels bullish and the industry is maturing. That might as well be the […]
Solutions
Trump’s Attacks on Law Firms Correctly Smacked Again by the Courts
Even if you adore [Trump/Biden], for whatever reason, you are a big problem if you refuse to criticize clear violations of the constitution no matter who is in the White House. Trump suffers another defeat in court, as expected and deserved. Shocking Abuse of Power On April 16, NBC News reported Federal judge calls Trump’s order […]