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Uncle Sam just used its financial nuclear weapon again

In August of 1945, the United States became the only country to drop nuclear bombs on an enemy. Hiroshima and Nagasaki were largely destroyed in the blink of an eye. And the Japanese had no choice but to surrender to the Allies, finally ending World War II. Ever since, world superpowers have been

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Do you have a backup generator?

The news headlines read, “Deadly 6.4 Magnitude Earthquake Plunges Puerto Rico into Darkness”; and “Powerful Puerto Rico Earthquake Knocks Out Entire Island’s Power.” It was enough to prompt my mother to call, four times, to make sure I was OK. There’s been a string of fairly strong earthquakes lately in Puerto Rico… which

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Tech giant doesn’t want anyone to be offended… ever

Are you ready for this week’s absurdity? Here’s our Friday roll-up of the most ridiculous stories from around the world that are threats to your liberty, your finances, and your prosperity. Town charges woman $60,000 as a fee to renovate her own home For 40 years Linda and Gary Cameron always dreamed of

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Own a home? You’re responsible for California’s wild-fires

Are you ready for this week’s absurdity? Here’s our Friday roll-up of the most ridiculous stories from around the world that are threats to your liberty, your finances, and your prosperity. Professor Blames Private Property for California Wildfires A public takeover of utility companies is not enough, according to Kian Goh, Professor of

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There’s a major banking crisis unfolding in China

[Editor’s note: This letter was written by Tim Staermose, Sovereign Man’s Chief Investment Strategist] The Chinese government isn’t exactly famous for its honesty and transparency. So when the Chinese regulators are starting to openly report trouble in their banking system, it’s time to take notice. According to the People’s Bank of China (PBOC)’s

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It only costs about 20 grand to get away with murder

Are you ready for this week’s absurdity? Here’s our Friday roll-up of the most ridiculous stories from around the world that are threats to your liberty, your finances, and your prosperity. Kentucky Governor Pardons Murderer after family’s fundraiser Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin lost reelection in November. But the governor still had some campaign

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It depends on the meaning of the word ‘is’…

By February 1868, President Andrew Johnson had been at odds with Congress for years. Johnson had been Vice President for barely a month when Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in 1864, and his battles with Congress started from practically Day 1. Johnson shared Lincoln’s view that the Confederacy should be swiftly and gently reintegrated

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He helped expand the surveillance state. Now he’s its victim.

[Editor’s note: This article was written by Sovereign Man staff member Joe Jarvis, who recently moved to Puerto Rico. Joe is also editor at the DailyBell.com] Frankly, I couldn’t care less about the whole impeachment thing. I’m a resident of Puerto Rico, so I couldn’t vote in the Presidential election if I wanted

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San Francisco spends almost $30 per flush for public toilets

Are you ready for this week’s absurdity? Here’s our Friday roll-up of the most ridiculous stories from around the world that are threats to your liberty, your finances, and your prosperity. British school controls where children eat and shop after school Imagine a man in a high visibility jacket comes into your take-out

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Comedian fined $35k for offensive joke

Are you ready for this week’s absurdity? Here’s our Friday roll-up of the most ridiculous stories from around the world that are threats to your liberty, your finances, and your prosperity. Canadian Comedian fined $35,000 for joke A Canadian comedian must pay $35,000 to a disabled man he made fun of in some

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Gold has outperformed the stock market over the last year

For more than a year, I’ve been strongly encouraging readers to consider buying gold. In fact, almost exactly one year ago to the day, I wrote that gold was cheap relative to just about every other asset class in the world. Since then, gold has been one of the best performing investments in

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British government to decide how children can decorate their bedrooms

Are you ready for this week’s absurdity? Here’s our Friday roll-up of the most ridiculous stories from around the world that are threats to your liberty, your finances, and your prosperity. Crackdown on homeschooling coming across Great Britain A few weeks ago we talked about how the Labour Party in Great Britain wants

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Why Elizabeth Warren wants you to be poor

Late last week, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos gave away nearly $100 million to more than a dozen charities across the United States. It would take the average person more than 1,000 centuries to accumulate that much money. Yet Bezos gave it away in a single day. And it’s not like that was the

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Newspaper will stop reporting any news “traumatic” to snowflakes

Are you ready for this week’s absurdity? Here’s our Friday roll-up of the most ridiculous stories from around the world that are threats to your liberty, your finances, and your prosperity. College newspaper will no longer report “triggering” news Northwestern is one of the finest universities in the world and is particularly renowned

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Who knew 2 cents could go so far?

About a week and a half ago I had a terrible sinus infection… I’m talking -really- bad. My sneezes were so ferocious that I half-expected the US Geological Survey to register them on the Richter Scale. In the midst of all that misery, I became acutely interested in the health care plans of

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