I've been saying for a while now that Eric Holder has to know where the bodies are buried. Obama will throw anyone under the bus. His own grandmother, his pastor. But Holder has been the focal point of scandal after scandal, and he's still there. Now even the mainstream press is starting to notice how odd this is.

Brokaw: 'It’s Tough to See How' ( Read more... )

One of the signs of hyperinflation is when people start discarding their slips of paper for solid goods they don't immediately need. It's still in the half-humor stage, but NPR (!) just had an piece on that very subject. How A Trip To Costco Can Work As An Investment Strategy. Spurred by none other than billionaire Mark Cuban.

Meanwhile, a similar ( Read more... )

Immigrants? We sent out search parties to get them to come... and made it hard for Britons to get work, says Mandelson

The goal of the liberal elite is to "elect a new people", to turn their first-world nations into a facsimile of the neo-feudalist nations they envy. It's so much more fun to be at the top when those below are scrabbling for ( Read more... )

Are We On The Verge Of Witnessing The Death Of The Paper Gold Scam?

Billionaires and nations are taking physical delivery of 'their' gold. Or trying to.

Regarding the Bundesbank/Fed situation, recall that the Bundesbank asked to have some portion of its gold sitting - supposedly - in the NY Fed vault in NYC sent back Germany. The total amount is ( Read more... )

Sex 'superbug' feared to be 'more infectious than AIDS' discovered in Hawaii

Tsarnaev family received $100G in benefits

Of course, that's a minor cost compared to the lost production and medical costs of dozens of dead & wounded. Not to mention shutting a whole city down for a few days.

But it gets even worse. One of my first jobs was as a grocery bag boy. During orientation, our boss pointed out an economic reality that ( Read more... )

Wyoming Governor Welcomes Firearm Accessory Manufacturer

We're going to end up with two Americas. The one where food is grown and things are made, and the one where people spend their time proving that they are the "right" kind of people.

A thrive/survive theory of the political spectrum.

Let’s imagine a future utopia of infinite technology. ( Read more... )

64 percent of Muslims in Egypt and Pakistan support the death penalty for leaving Islam

It's even higher in Afghanistan, and over 50% in Jordan, the Palestinian territories, and Malaysia. (You know, the "good" Muslim country.) In truth, any positive result is too high. 1 in 20 would be seriously problematic. For every person who believes that, ( Read more... )

The Spot Price of Precious Metals Is Becoming Irrelevant

That's very relevant to people who hold paper....

Why I wish my daughter had been vaccinated

Every time I read a headline about the measles epidemic in Wales I flinch with shame. This is because I used to be one of those people who refused to have their child vaccinated - for anything. My daughter was born in a London hospital in September 2011, and every time the doctors, the health visitors and ( Read more... )