The US is a Banana Republic
The indictment of former President Donald Trump by Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg is the kind of thing Americans thought only happened in other countries.
The indictment of former President Donald Trump by Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg is the kind of thing Americans thought only happened in other countries.
Al Gore is obviously impervious to irony and/or hypocrisy. Click here for this week’s PID Radio.Continue Reading
The World Economic Forum meeting this week brings together people who believe that they, and they alone, have the right to fundamentally restructure human civilization. They don’t realize that they’re dupes in a bigger game.
Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried was arrested just before he was to testify to Congress. Meanwhile, the DOJ may prosecute rival cryptocurrency exchange Binance for money laundering. All this as the New York Fed tests its own digital currency.Continue Reading
Cryptocurrency lender BlockFi has filed for bankruptcy, blaming the collapse of crypto exchange FTX. Bitcoin is now down more than 70% from one year ago.
Near-record inflation is combining with skyrocketing prices for energy and food for a perfect economic storm that’s lowering the standard of living for millions.Continue Reading
Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Egypt plan to join BRICS, the economic alliance of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. The timing is awkward for President Biden as he prepares to meet with the Saudis, but Turkey’s membership is potentially more significant.Continue Reading
An hour may have elapsed before law enforcement entered the school in Uvalde, Texas where a shooter killed 19 children and two teachers before he was shot dead. The timeline is uncertain, but the presence of supernatural evil is sure.Continue Reading
Monkeypox is in the news this week, but there’s no need to panic. It does not spread easily between humans; the confirmed cases appear linked to intimate contact between men who attended a pair of raves in Spain and Belgium.Continue Reading
President Biden’s performance over the past week was startlingly bad. His staff walked back Biden’s call for regime change in Russia and claims that US troops were training Ukrainians in Poland and would soon deploy to Ukraine.Continue Reading
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