TYR 14 January 2013 reads: The Neoliberal Financial Skim

The Neoliberal Financial Skim @ Of Two Minds describes in 5 simple graphs how "the perfection of the Neoliberal order is a parasitic financial sector protected by the Central Bank and State". And how "the Central Bank and State protect the financial sector's vast skim of the national income with a combination of toothless regulations and … Continue reading TYR 14 January 2013 reads: The Neoliberal Financial Skim

Ron Paul bids farewell to the USA Congress & America loses a true hero

Perhaps the most outstanding USA political figure of the last  2 generations, certainly the most underappreciated & misunderstood, two days ago Ron Paul bid his farewell speech to the USA Congress after 23 years of service. Notice the reluctant applause at the end of the speech, a reliable sign that some truths were uttered. Best of … Continue reading Ron Paul bids farewell to the USA Congress & America loses a true hero

TYR 15 November 2012 reads

The Bernanke-Obama-Keynes Toxic Triangle Dead End @ Zerohedge In this article originally published in Forbes Mark Spitznagel explores Frédéric Bastiat's observation: “The bad economist pursues a small present good, which will be followed by a great evil to come, while the true economist pursues a great good to come, at the risk of a small present evil.” … Continue reading TYR 15 November 2012 reads

“They were too big to fail in 2008, they were too big to jail in 2009”

Bill Moyers interviews Neal Barofsky former Special Inspector General in charge of policing TARP (SIGTARP). Mr. Barofsky speaks with clarity about the roots of the present financial crisis, on why nobody has been prosecuted in Wall Street, on why another crash is inevitable, on why “playing ball with Wall Street” is the way to go if … Continue reading “They were too big to fail in 2008, they were too big to jail in 2009”

TYR 26 October 2012 reads

The SAME Unaccountable Government Agency Which Spies on ALL Americans Also Decides Who Gets ASSASSINATED by Drones @ Washington's Blog The world that is coming...or perhaps is already here. David Einhorn Explains How Ben Bernanke Is Destroying America @ Zerohedge explaining how the Fed's policies are not only not helping the economy, they are now actively destroying this … Continue reading TYR 26 October 2012 reads

TYR reads “The Real Reason Behind War”

by James E. Miller of the Ludwig von Mises Institute of Canada First some excerpts, then a comment, and finally the article. The excerpts: "As economist Joseph Salerno notes: We thus arrive at a universal, praxeological truth about war. War is the outcome of class conflict inherent in the political relationship – the relationship between ruler and ruled, … Continue reading TYR reads “The Real Reason Behind War”

Will America be “engineered” into a war against Iran?

Alt-Market reports that a globalist think-tank suggests using an engineered event as excuse for war with Iran: "what is interesting about this discussion by the Washington Institute For Near East Policy, a Neocon (Globalist) think-tank, is that its primary purpose is not necessarily to debate the current political elements of the Iranian question.  They aren't … Continue reading Will America be “engineered” into a war against Iran?

NYT: “All the News That’s Fit to…Serve the Powerful”

Daniel Simpson, former NYT journalist was recently interviewed by Russia Today. In the interview he explains the way the NYT really works: "All the News That's Fit to...serve the powerful". He has just published a book, "A Rough Guide to the Darkside", where he explains how he "threw away a  career as a foreign correspondent, aghast at … Continue reading NYT: “All the News That’s Fit to…Serve the Powerful”