The Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra faces impeachment within a matter of weeks. However, her supporters are reported planning to challenge any move to dismiss her by arming militias. This is right on schedule with the 41 year cycle in Revolution for Thailand. The democratic process seems to be declining. The last Thai Revolution was […]

The stupid argument that Crimea has no right to split from Ukraine to justify sanctions against Russia are really brain-dead. Putin has shown the West’s bombing in Yugoslavia in 1999 to demonstrate that nations split and by force when it serves the purpose of the US and Europe. On this score, he is absolutely correct. […]

Marxism fails because central planning fails. You need the people to respond out of their own self-interest rather than government trying to control everything. Cuba has now voted to open to foreign investment proving that communism collapses. But this raises an interesting question. Just why are we all still enemies? As China has articulated best […]

US Population Year Population Growth % Annual Change 1776 2,500,000 1777 2,582,059 3.28 82,059 1778 2,666,811 3.28 84,752 1779 2,754,345 3.28 87,534 1780 2,844,752 3.28 90,407 1781 2,938,127 3.28 93,375 1782 3,034,567 3.28 96,440 1783 3,134,172 3.28 99,605 1784 3,237,047 3.28 102,875 1785 3,343,298 3.28 106,251 1786 3,453,037 3.28 109,739 1787 3,566,378 3.28 113,341 1788 […]

The Global Market Watch has been posted for the close of March 28th, 2014. Global Market Watch

As of April 1st, Japan is raising a consumption tax from 5% to 8% on gold. Japan imposes a retail consumption tax on gold unlike most other countries. Indeed, the tax increased caused an early jump in gold sales in Japan during March. However, taxes are effecting gold in many ways. Because silver is taxes […]

The home of IMF chief Christine Lagarde was raided by anti-corruption police investigating her near $400 million pay-off of a prominent Nicolas Sarkozy supporter when she was French finance minister. Simply put, you cannot rise that high up in France without a corruption scandal.

President Vladimir Putin addressed his nation on Friday describing Russia’s takeover of Crimea as demonstrating Russia is back and the Russian flag is now flying over all military sites on the Black Sea peninsula. Putin addressed the nation saying … “The recent events in Crimea were a serious test…”  and that the Russian military “demonstrated both […]

Friday – March 21st – 1-5 PM EST We have recorded the full 4 hour Cycles of War Conference that is available for viewing on a video streaming. We covered the Cycles of War that will be coming out as a book given the demand for this subject has been so massive on a global […]

Putin’s swift annexation of Crimea has been extremely popular in Russia and is akin to restoring the national pride within Russia as was the case of Ronald Reagan following the heals of Jimmy Carter and the whole Iran Hostage debacle. Putin has lost Ukraine for now, but the economic conditions within the EU and the […]