ECONOMY
It is Not Always What it Seems
I have stated that the first WTC terrorists drew the Twin Towers with planes going into them in advance of 9/11. I have also said in conversations with Bill Kristol back in the ’90s that he argued to remove Saddam, Assad, and Qaddafi, and we would bring peace to the […]
California Loses Another Oil Refinery – Gas Prices to Rise 75% by 2026
Oil refinery Valero has opted to close its operations in California due to excessive regulations on energy. Located in the small city of Benicia, the town is expected to lose 400 jobs, which the mayor is calling the exit “a major hit on the city.” Everyone in California is feeling the impact […]
80 Percent Tariff on China ‘Seems Right’ Says Trump, But It’s Nearly as Stupid
Credit Trump for the irony of the year in a pair of comments on Truth Social. Comments of the Day Irony of the Year CLOSED MARKETS DON’T WORK ANYMORE!!! No one has tried harder than Trump to make the US an island. He wants production here, massive tariffs to stop […]
Hooray! A Tentative Deal with the UK, Only 199 Deals to Go
Trump worked out a deal with the UK, a US trade surplus country. One Down, 199 to Go We have the first deal (with details to be worked out later). Please note Trump Announces “Breakthrough Trade Agreement” with U.K. Speaking from the Oval Office, Mr. Trump said a “breakthrough” deal with […]
Tariffs Are Not Enough
The tariff sledgehammer has a role, but it’s a limited one. There’s an inherent tension in State-Corporate Capitalism. Proponents of the free market hold that any state Industrial Policy will fail because the State cannot pick the winners and losers as effectively as The Market. Yet Corporate Capitalism continually lobbies the State to lower interest […]
The Summer Of Empty Shelves Is Coming
Thousands of products that are made in China will soon start disappearing from store shelves in the United States. If a trade deal is not made with China very soon, the summer of 2025 will be “the summer of empty shelves”. According to the Trump administration, “U.S. goods imports from China […]
In 1910 Normal American’s Were Rich. How We Lost It and How We Get It Back
What a Junior Engineer Can Teach Us About a Time When America Really Was Great We’re told we’ve never had it better. America and Americans are rich, they say. That wages are up, quality of life is high, and progress marches on. We all know that isn’t quite true, but […]
The global war on farming gathers pace
British farmers are pushing back, but the government is preparing large-scale culling of livestock toward the end of 2025 [Originally published in I-System TrendCompass] Over the last few years I’m noticing that the grocery stores where I buy my food are less and less supplied with certain foods, particularly organic […]
Why California Matters
In order to understand the magnitude of the position in which we find ourselves, we must first understand the magnitude of the deception and the machinery. We must look back at all of the components and contributing factors that may have seemed unrelated, but which we can see today are […]
