President Trump’s detractors are quick to seize on anything they can to disparage him, twisting ordinary acts that any President might undertake into evidence of his diabolic nature. The latest Ukrainegate non-issue is yet another example of that. Trump’s opponents were quick to point out that the “transcript” President Trump published of his call with […]
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So much focus has been placed on China’s economic growth and its role as a major trade partner, but relatively little focus has been placed on how that has come about. China’s economic growth is in large part due to money creation, meaning that its enormous economic growth is ultimately unsustainable. Some of that monetary […]
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The millennial generation is far worse off than previous generations at their age. Not only are millennials more heavily in debt than previous generations, their wages aren’t any higher. That means that they’re finding it difficult to accumulate wealth. Yet despite all that they remain positive, with many millennials believing that they’ll beat the odds […]
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One of the the reasons so many people decided to use and invest in Bitcoin was the private nature of the cryptocurrency. With Bitcoin addresses consisting of a series of numbers and letters, people could transfer money to and fro without anyone knowing who was on the other end of a transaction. Governments hate having […]
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There’s a lot of retirement advice out there that is just plain dated. Much of it is focused on those who are already in their 40s and 50s and have sizable nest eggs already. And even more of it is written from the perspective of those who came of age during the stock market heyday […]
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By now most people in the US realize that stock markets are setting up for a crash. Economic growth is slowing and recession is on the horizon. But what most people don’t realize is that the US may not be the epicenter of the next financial crisis. Like many things in the world today, the […]
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Most circulating silver coinage throughout history was minted to relatively high standards, whether .800, .835, .900, or .925. Even when silver coins were debased they still were minted to a .625 fineness or, in Canada, eventually to .500. But there’s one type of silver coin that has even less silver than that: the war nickel. […]
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While the 8x57mm Mauser may not have been a Mauser development, the Mauser factory took the case that resulted and developed an entire line of incredibly popular military and sporting cartridges from it. Some fell into obscurity, such as 8x51mm Mauser and 6.5x54mm Mauser. Others became popular for a time but were eventually eclipsed, such […]
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After years of digging for anything they could find to pin to President Trump, Democrats have finally settled on Ukrainegate as the vehicle to start moving to impeach the President. House Speaker Pelosi has announced that House Democrats will begin an impeachment inquiry into the President’s actions. What will come of it is anyone’s guess. […]
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The People’s Bank of China is apparently plowing full steam ahead in developing its own digital currency and it sees Libra, not Bitcoin, as its primary competition. That’s indicative of the buzz that Libra has among government officials who are involved in the cryptocurrency arena. But just because Libra is the target doesn’t mean that […]
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