Authored by Prince Mashele via Sowetan Live, We South Africans are so consumed by the mess of our politics that we rarely take time to make sense of what is going on around the world. In a nutshell, the world has gone through two historic periods: a period of crude empire, which lasted until the mid-20th… Read More
BULLION’S spot price is on a tear, hitting six-year highs on the prospect of lower US interest rates and rising tensions between Washington and Tehran, a winning combination for gold bulls. South African producers of the precious metal should see rising profits as a result, but there is no golden opportunity for an industry in… Read More
Last October, we were one of the first to report that China tested the world’s largest transport drone. Now it appears the drone has undergone several more tests, this time with a heavy cargo delivery exercise. The aerial delivery exercise was conducted by the National Defense University of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) and the… Read More
[Reuters] Asian shares creep higher on hopes of Sino-U.S. trade truce [Reuters] U.S., China agree tentative trade truce ahead of G20 summit: SCMP [Reuters] Trump-Xi trade meeting set for Saturday morning in Osaka: White House [Reuters] President Trump says India’s recent tariff hike unacceptable Source: creditbubblebulletin.blogspot.com
Authored by John Whitehead via The Rutherford Institute, “She was asked what she had learned from the Holocaust, and she said that 10 percent of any population is cruel, no matter what, and that 10 percent is merciful, no matter what, and that the remaining 80 percent could be moved in either direction.” – Kurt Vonnegut… Read More
Joint Base Andrews in Maryland recently issued a threat brief regarding “incels”: members of an online movement that “adopt an ideology of misogyny, mistrust of women, and violence in response to their failed attempts at romantic relationships,” according to Task and Purpose. The term “incel” is generally defined as: “…members of an online subculture who define… Read More
An awkward moment straight out of The Naked Gun unfolded at Wednesday night’s 2020 Democratic presidential primary debates, after the microphones belonging to the first hour’s moderators were left on while they were backstage. As second hour moderator Chuck Todd began to ask a gun control question, former moderators José Díaz-Balart and Savannah Guthrie could be heard having… Read More
On what has been an otherwise relatively slow news day as President Trump heads to Japan for this weekend’s G-20 summit, the Associated Press has joined Reuters in publishing an expose about a cyberespionage campaign that just might have its origins in Beijing. <!–[if IE 9]><![endif]–><!–[if IE 9]><![endif]–> According to the AP, which sourced its… Read More
Authored by Patrick Buchanan via Buchanan.org, Visualizing 150 Iranian dead from a missile strike that he had ordered, President Donald Trump recoiled and canceled the strike, a brave decision and defining moment for his presidency. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, John Bolton and Vice President Mike Pence had signed off on the strike on Iran… Read More
Right now the entire nation is buzzing about the very first debates for Democratic presidential contenders in 2019, and much of the focus of those debates will be on the economy. A total of 20 candidates will participate in those debates, and the vast majority of them don’t have a prayer of actually winning the… Read More
Over the past year, Western media organizations have published a non-stop stream of reports about “Operation Cloudhopper”: The Chinese government’s clandestine program to spy on and siphon economic secrets from some of the world’s largest tech companies. We have shared some details of the program before: China’s Ministry of State Security has worked with… Read More
Authored by Mac Slavo via SHTFplan.com, As if censorship isn’t enough, leftists have decided to ramp up their demands that those who have a different political view be financially blacklisted. A coalition of far-left political activist organizations known for peddling smears about conservatives held a protest at Mastercard’s annual general meeting (AGM) today, demanding that… Read More
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of the People’s Republic of China published new data Monday that shows agricultural imports from the US have fallen, as Chinese buyers shift supply chains out of the US to other countries because of the deepening trade war. In the first five months of 2019, imports of agricultural… Read More
Readers continue to complain to me that they have been dropped from the newsletter mailing. As I have said on a number of occasions, the likely cause is that you forward the newsletter with the URL of the latest posting. This may annoy some recipients who see the unsubscribe option at the bottom of the… Read More
Chatom Ford, a car dealership in Chatom, Alabama, has gone viral on Facebook for offering customers “a Bible, 12 gauge, and flag” with any purchase between now and July 31. The dealership published a Facebook video last Wednseday that had Koby Palmer, a general sales manager, talking about the promotion in a 30-second video. As… Read More
Trump just handed Israel and its American neoconservative agents the war they want so desperately Here is the US president in one of his mindless militarist rants: “Any attack by Iran on anything American will be met with great and overwhelming force. In some areas, overwhelming will mean obliteration.” Trump is so stupid that he… Read More
Authored by Brendan Brown via The Mises Institute, What can we learn from the three big collapses in the gold price since 1934? <!–[if IE 9]><![endif]–><!–[if IE 9]><![endif]–> The causes have always included some combination of economic miracle, respite from grave fiat money disorder most of all in the US hegemon, anti-gold regulations, and global… Read More
India has begun offering financial incentives to entice businesses that could move from China as a result of its trade war with the United States, RT reports. Preferential tax rates and tax holidays appear to be two of the financial incentives that are being considered in India. According to an Indian Trade Ministry document, the… Read More
Authored by John Stossel, op-ed via Townhall.com, So many people want to be president. Unfortunately, many have terrible ideas. <!–[if IE 9]><![endif]–><!–[if IE 9]><![endif]–> Sen. Kamala Harris wants companies to prove they pay men and women equally. “Penalties if they don’t!” she shouts. But there are lots of reasons, other than sexism, why companies pay… Read More
Earlier this week the internet went crazy over just how bold the communist People’s Republic of China government’s lies are becoming. A viral video showed a press briefing in which a foreign ministry spokesman coolly presented the still raging Hong Kong protests as the complete opposite of the reality: “As far as I know, over 800,000 Hong Kong… Read More