An Uncensored View of Finance, the Economy, the Incompetence of Bureaucrats, and the Stupidity of Politicians.
It certainly seems like it, based on the statistics for Coronavirus. As of writing, the US has had a case fatality rate of 1.7% (338k deaths/19,151k cases) compared to Qatar’s …
Is Qatar’s health system 10 times better than the US? Read More
When I read George Orwell’s book 1984 — in the year 1984 — it seemed absurd to me that a government or government-controlled newspaper would ever consider deleting the past …
Forbes brings 1984 to life by deleting history Read More
Yes, it’s true. The study that showed a “95% efficacy in reducing COVID-19” didn’t actually measure how many subjects contracted COVID-19.
Instead of measuring COVID infections, they made up a definition of a COVID-19…
Pfizer Vaccine shows no evidence of reducing COVID-19 Read More
The target could be rephrased more honestly as, “… keep global warming to within 0.5 degrees of where it is now.” According to NASA, the latest annual temperature anomaly (2019) …
Remember the target of 1.5 degrees above pre-industrial levels? LOL Read More
Brazil’s currency has always been “undervalued” and so has Brazil. It’s generally seen as the country with the most economic potential, and always will have.
The place is a basket case economy.
Why is Brazil’s currency so bad? Read More
Have wages kept up with inflation? Yes and no. Wages have kept up with official CPI, and even exceeded it in recent years. But then again, official CPI doesn’t really …
Why Americans are getting poorer Read More
There’s talk (i.e. by the Fed, BLS, and mainstream media) that there’s no inflation. Inflation is the rise in prices. In a time as chaotic as this, 8% may not …
How is this not inflation? Read More
…and threats to the Consensus that Climate Change is real and that carbon dioxide is creating global warming Because without Consensus, scientific conclusions could be subject to public scrutiny. While …
A quick look at Climate Change, global warming, actual science Read More
Deflation is usually defined as either a contraction in the money supply or a fall in prices. They usually go hand in hand. But lots of senior bankers tend to lose their jobs
Is deflation that bad? Here’s some recent history Read More
Last week, Burbank school district banned five American classics — Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men, Theodore Taylor’s The Cay and Mildred …
Time to get serious with censorship Read More