Our doctor, Mark, draws an interesting parallel. ‘You know, it’s the same thing with your health and longevity. The secret is to avoid the Big Loss.’ There are many things we don’t know…and many ways to die. And finally, in life, we all will take the Big Loss, no matter what we do. We were […]
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Inflation Forever
War. Inflation. Bubbles and boondoggles. All require a little madness…suspending good taste and sound judgement…delaying the reckoning…going along with the flow — to Hell. The Mirror: ‘Iran’s missile attack on Israel is ‘first step toward WW3’ as just one factor is preventing all-out war ‘Iran launched over 180 ballistic missiles toward targets in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem […]
Peace in our Time
Our story so far… George W. Bush set up the East-West Forever War by announcing that we were at war with ‘terrorism’, which will never go away entirely…and then telling the world that ‘you are either with us or against us’. Back in 2003, most nations were neither. The attack on Iraq was a warning […]
When Hell Breaks Loose
‘What’s the point of having this superb military that you’re always talking about if we can’t use it?’ Madeleine Albright, former US Secretary of State The Daily Mail quotes UN General Secretary Antonio Guterres: ‘“Hell is breaking loose” as Israel rejects calls for ceasefire.’ Today we look at where Hell goes from here. We have no original […]
World War Forever
In as much as we may be on the edge of WWForever… and maybe at the beginning of a mass extinction event… perhaps it is worth spending a few minutes to consider what is going on. Wednesday brought this news from Dave DeCamp: ‘Israeli Military Chief ‘Preparing’ for Ground Offensive in Lebanon ‘Lt. Gen. Herzi […]
Gold Is Not an Investment
‘All the evidence supports the disappointing fact that regular investors as a whole underperform the market. As long as they try to ‘beat the market’ they actually underperform.’ Todd R. Tresidder, founder of FinancialMentor.com, in 2010 The way to get where you are going is not to go somewhere else. And the way to make the big gains […]