What’s Happening to Canada?
Trudeau resigns: I cannot believe I am being forced to care about Canada right now. They call their cops Mounties you know. Absurd people facing an absurd political crisis. Let’s dig in. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has, over his nine-year reign, become terribly unpopular. He resigned yesterday. This was semiexpected because all relevant opposition parties had vowed to mount challenges to his leadership come late January/early February, and because Trudeau’s finance minister quit last month after the two clashed. […]
The origin of taxation is theft
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Getting the Effects of Protective Tariffs Straight
Tweet Here’s a letter to Yahoo!Finance. Editor: Your SmartAsset Team writes that “protective tariffs can help emerging industries and preserve jobs within a country” (“What Do Governments Typically Place Tariffs On?” January 5). This description of tariffs’ effects could be more exact. First, tariffs do not preserve employment within a country. Because the resources that protection directs to favored industries are drawn away from other industries, for every particular domestic job preserved by tariffs there is another domestic […]
Bourbon Street and America’s Silent Chernobyl
The first day of 2025 witnessed two terrorist attacks on American soil, leaving 16 dead and 35 injured. Beyond the tragic loss of life, the most significant casualty of the attacks was the American public’s trust in the authorities responsible for their safety—or at the very least, their right to be informed—undermined by Chernobyl-like recklessness in planning and gaslighting in the cover-up. In 1986, the explosion at Chernobyl’s nuclear reactor in the then-Soviet Union instantly killed two workers. […]
The Best of Reason: The Improbable Rise of MAGA-Musk
This week’s featured article is “The Improbable Rise of MAGA-Musk” by Brian Doherty. This audio was generated using AI trained on the voice of Katherine Mangu-Ward. Music credits: “Deep in Thought” by CTRL S and “Sunsettling” by Man With Roses The post <I>The Best of Reason</I>: The Improbable Rise of MAGA-Musk appeared first on Reason.com.
A Cancer of the Soul
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One World Trumpenstein vs. the Lesbian Firefighters
Donald Trump’s most recent comments have perplexed everyone. Sure, he always says provocative things, and trolling is an essential characteristic of the Trumpenstein Project. But he has inexplicably introduced ideas and proposals which he has never touched on before. And they contradict everything about the MAGA movement. Trump has suddenly shifted focus from mass deportations and fake news to annexing Greenland. Making Canada the 51th state. And renaming the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America. He and […]
Revolt in the Bond Market: Jim Bianco on Why the Fed’s Rate Cuts Are Backfiring
With James J. Puplava, CFP®, CTS™, CES™, AIF®, CIS™, CFS™, CAS™, CSS™, FPWM™ Dec 20, 2024 – The stock market sold off this week after the Fed cut rates by another 25 basis points. Why? Financial Sense Newshour speaks with Jim Bianco about the important events happening in the bond market, particularly with long-term bond yields…