Tag Archives: banks

Banks, politicians, and lies

Once again, his puppet masters are having Uncle Joe lie and lie and lie. After all the bank drama in the last week, do you remember this? In his State of the Union speech grand lie, Uncle Joe told us, “Our economy … Continue reading

Posted in Nathan's Rants | Tagged , , , , , | 3 Comments

Biden and the great “un-bailout”

The last five days have been an earthquake – a financial earthquake destroying billions of dollars. And the FedGov, led by dear old Uncle Joe (and his puppetmasters), isn’t responding to repair the damage, rescue the real survivors, and protect … Continue reading

Posted in Commentary on the News, Nathan's Rants | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Fake money

Not the stuff in the picture (courtesy the folks at Consilience LLC and Addison Wiggins) – that’s play money. No, we are talking about the product of the world’s (and history’s) biggest counterfeiter: the FedGov itself. Well, technically, the Federal … Continue reading

Posted in Nathan's Rants | Tagged , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Economic news – is it real?

This last week, the American stock market seems to have taken a beating. Especially the Dow, as Market Watch reports: Up-down-up-down – a thousand points: It was an especially bad week for at least ONE billionaire: Jeff Bezos’ fortune dropped … Continue reading

Posted in Commentary on the News, Nathan's Rants | Tagged , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Bad schools, bad banks, and bad media

Libertarian Commentary #16-12E, by Nathan Barton We all think of “institutions” as being at least essential, if not always good. Churches, schools, banks, the press, and so much else were taken for granted as GOOD things for centuries, but today … Continue reading

Posted in Commentary on the News | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Libertarian Commentary on the News, 27 October 2015, #15-43B: Wars and Rumors of Wars

By Nathan Barton Everywhere we turn, there are wars or threats of war, or HOPES for war. Here are a few stories about war of various kinds, this week. Are we winning?  The war against guns?  Apparently, several liberal (“progressive”) … Continue reading

Posted in Commentary on the News | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

The War of 1812 and the Ravages of War – Lessons NOT Learned

By Nathan Barton This year we note the 200th Anniversary of the Battles of Baltimore and Fort McHenry, and of Washington, all part of the British invasion of the States in the War of 1812. Although there were legitimate reasons … Continue reading

Posted in Nathan's Rants | Tagged , , , , , , | 1 Comment