It’s official. Canadians now spend more on taxes than they do on food, housing, and clothing. Well, politicians have to eat first. Their kids have to be educated to rule their generation. The Fraser Institute has calculated that the average Canadian family now pays $34,154 in taxes in total, which includes all the “hidden” business taxes […]
Germany is to reestablish conscription into the military, which had been suspended on July 1, 2011 after 55 years. The Merkel government now sees a major security risk and is shifting its policy by justifying conscription once again. The duty to serve may be arguably due to tension with Russia, but it is really domestic […]
With little help provided by the US Asia had yet another quiet summer trading session. The Nikkei opened lower but recouped losses ahead of the lunchtime break, only to edge lower again during afternoon trading. News remains light even after a slightly better mfg PMI data only managed a short-term bounce and by end of […]
There has been a lot of chatter and speculation behind the curtain about another Snowden who is getting things out of the NSA. Now, hacking tools seem to be up for sale. The NSA has been blaming Russia, but Russia would not be selling them. This appears to be another inside job that the NSA is […]
A number of emails have come in asking if we are advising the government since they are now enlisting firms to research a rise in civil unrest. The answer is no! Nevertheless, everyone knows of the accuracy of our computer systems and our cycle of war models. It was the CIA that, after all, came […]
Colin Powell has long kept quiet about Hillary. He has at last broken his silence about his alleged involvement in the Hillary Clinton email scandal. He has bluntly came out at said that Hillary’s team is falsely trying to blame him. When Hillary reportedly told investigators that former Secretary of State Powell had advised her […]
The Nikkei (cash market) had a lot to recover having just returned but recover it did. The early bounce was pulled back then the Friday afternoon recovery took over and we closed just off the days highs (+1.2%). China’s Industrial Output was expected at 6.1% but came in a little short at 6% which did […]
The EU has become the modern Byzantine government. To create 2600 works regulating just cabbage is excessive. The saying that God created the 10 Commandments and Man has created tens of billions of regulations trying to restate the same thing, is simply Byzantine. Forgot to put the link on that Cabbage Regulation Story
QUESTION: Hi Marty, I read your post on gold today. After crash and burn, all those that are holding paper money will take a haircut. So, irregardless of how high physical gold goes per ounce, at least it is a tangible asset, as opposed to what (toilet) paper money may be worth…am I seeing […]
The German government is now advising its people to stockpile food for 10 days. This advice should be heeded throughout Europe and even in the United States. Here are the storage tips from the Red Cross. This is now time to begin to do this. Those who have the basement space, may also want […]
