Category: Capitalism

The Fed’s $600 Billion Dollar Plan For Economic Suicide

Posted on by Jeff Dunetz

Its called quantitative easing, which is just banker talk for devaluing the a currency. Today the Fed is about to work some “black magic.” They are going to create $600 billion dollars out of nothing. It absolutely no different than a corporation vowing to improve its fiscal performance simply by printing a lot of new […]

 

Net Neutrality: Free Press Loses a Schtick Contest

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Recently Comm Daily (subscription required) reported that an FCC decision on net neutrality was unlikely before its January meeting. While uninteresting in itself the one remarkable line in the story had to be this quote from a senior FCC official: “While they are busy handing out waffles and making posters, we are focused on creating […]

 

Reid’s former Press Secretary Situation Screams Another Threat To Our Nation

Posted on by Heather Bachman

Political offices have their own personalities, usually reflecting either the leadership or the party involved.:  However, there is an unspoken rule and understanding that whatever you do or have done can and will affect your political boss.:  In turn, the political leader has a consistent requirement to know pretty much everything about you and the […]

 

Net Neutrality Supporters Admit, They Want Property Rights Eliminated

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Oh, Net Neutrality sure sounds like a great idea. Why, Net Neutrality supporters only want what’s best for “the people,” right? They only want the Internet to be a playground for all, free of the influence of evil corporations, and they want fees to be reasonable for the lowly masses, right? Turns out, not so […]

 

For Democrats, Math Is Hard. So Is The Truth.

Posted on by Lori Ziganto

Originally posted at David Horowitz’s NewsReal: The two latest examples of Democrat ineptitude, incompetence and total math fail come to us from none other than Nancy Pelosi (the best speaker of the house EVAH):  and Joe “doll hair” Biden. First up is Nancy Pelosi with both bad math and shameless lies. As Ben Domenech points […]

 

Will The Treasury Dept. Turn the U.S. Into A New Weinmar Republic?

Posted on by Jeff Dunetz

Germany in the 1920’s did not “invent” Hyperinflation, they just made it famous. Hyperinflation was first systematically:  documented in Germany. The currency on the left is a relic:  from the Weinmar Republic. It was originally:  a 1,000 Mark currency note, but:  because of inflation, it was re-stamped to make it 1,000,000 Marks. You see:  inflation […]

 

Restrained No More’s — Big $pender-Like a Kid in a Candy Store

Posted on by Sharise Parviz

We all know who the Big $$pender is … Here’s a little tune to sing on the way to the polls. Just make sure you take your billy clubs (oops! Sorry, wrong audience.) I mean your boas ;) For other episodes of the show, a “backstage pass” and to download songs go to – http://www.restrainednomore.com/

 

Finding meaning in the dustpan — or how Little Women, housekeeping, socialism and capitalism are all related

Posted on by Bookworm

Believe it or not, in an act of near heroic intellectual prestidigitation, I’m going to explain to you how Little Women, housekeeping, socialism and capitalism are all related. Or at least I’m going to try. Here goes: One of my all time least favorite movies is the 1994 version of Little Women. It is a […]