The dollar is crashing.  Yup imports will cost more but exports are more attractive. Gold seems to be going through a rough patch, too.  If that safe haven has become shaky then the 1% is definitely in trouble.  Not much yet but the trend is in the wrong direction.  Are we going to see more advertising for gold on late night TV? The yield on Federal securities has been on the upward...

While everyone’s angst focuses on Trump shifting economic policy toward a more protectionist neo-merchantilism, the true imminent danger to the global economy is being ignored.  Half of the Federal deficit is now spent on servicing the sovereign debt.  The United States is now spending more on the sovereign debt than on alleviating poverty.  The public cost of the sovereign debt is approaching...

March 5, 2025 -- Looks like the tariff scare is already over.  Trump's address must have calmed the markets.  

Here's a news story created by Mata AI as an example of what is possible now.  (The image is a Meta AI generation, too.) BREAKING: Mysterious Phenomenon Engulfs Sky in Flames Date: July 29, 2024 In a bizarre and alarming turn of events, the sky above major cities worldwide has erupted into a fiery spectacle, leaving scientists scrambling for answers. Eyewitnesses describe the scene as...

A chorus of voices, loud and clearDecrying injustice, year by yearBut scratch beneath the surface, and you'll findA hollow echo, a manufactured mind Their anger's a commodity, bought and soldA tool to manipulate, to control and moldThey feign indignation, a self-righteous guiseTo mask their own biases, and justify their lies With every new scandal, they take to the stageA performative...

Oh, cat ladies, dear and divine,Your love for felines, a heart so fine.You care for them with gentle might,And fill their lives with warmth and delight. Your homes, a sanctuary, a haven so sweet,Where whiskers twitch, and purrs greet.You know each name, each quirky way,And shower them with love, day by day. With every mew, your heart beats fast,You tend to their needs, and make them last.You...

Time for the holiday tradition of rehashing the history of the Christmas holiday.  We'll hear how Christmas is really about pagan celebration of the winter solstice, Yule celebrations, Egyptian and Roman gods, and how modern celebration of the Christmas holiday has nothing to do with theology. So, the underlying message is that secular society has appropriated the Christmas holiday.  And the...

The political witch hunt is an American tradition.  Sometimes the witch hunt really does blame the appropriate people for the appropriate thing.  Most often the political witch hunt is used to hide the sins of those engaged in the witch hunt. Is Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. a scion of the right wing?  Robert Kennedy has led opposition to vaccines, most notably measles vaccines, as a cause for...

Liberals are celebrating the FBI hunting down the Capitol protesters, rioters, white supremacists, insurrectionists, terrorists, Fascists, or whatever name is appropriate for the occasion.  And they're all Republicans!  Liberals get to use the police state against their opponents and no one is gonna complain.  Lock those Republicans in prison and throw away the key.  Can't get better than...

Democrats have turned the Capitol attack on January 6 into a meme of insurrection.  Democrats are demanding special committees, investigations, and commissions to understand and prevent the next insurrection.  But Democrat's minds are already made up; Democrats aren't going to change their opinions.  Democrats won't use their self-righteous outrage and investigative zeal to prevent another...