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1960 was supposed to have been a fantastic year. The world was largely at peace for the first time in decades and had fully recovered from the influenza pandemic that had broken out in the late 1950s. Exciting new technology was rapidly developing, from color TV to the invention of the microchip. In
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, risks to your prosperity… and on occasion, inspiring poetic justice. Twitter Censored Users at the Request of the State The National Association of State Election Directors, and
More than twenty years ago when I was a young Army intelligence officer fresh out of the academy, my commander summoned me to his office one afternoon because he had a ‘special mission’ for me. I was beyond excited. My assumption was that it would be a clandestine assignment to lead one of
By the 1960s, it was pretty obvious that sugar contributed to health problems. Several studies had already been published suggesting that excess sugar consumption was a major cause of coronary heart disease. This was a problem for the Sugar Research Foundation— an industry group dedicated to promoting the consumption of sugar. The organization
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, risks to your prosperity… and on occasion, inspiring poetic justice. An actual medical journal says whiteness is “a malignant, parasitic-like condition” “Whiteness is a condition one first
“There is nothing sinister,” wrote Judge Billings ‘Learned’ Hand, “in so arranging one’s affairs as to keep taxes as low as possible.” The year was 1947, and Hand was a high level federal judge for the US Second Circuit Court; he was writing an opinion in a complicated case in which the Internal
On December 10, 1948, in the aftermath of World War II, the newly formed United Nations wanted to make a bold statement to counter all the atrocities the world had just witnessed. The previous decade had been almost nonstop genocide and devastation brought on by a Nazi doctrine of intolerance. And so the
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, risks to your prosperity… and on occasion, inspiring poetic justice. White Spanish teacher cancels herself, because “White isn’t Right” Speaking online at the “Virtual Women’s and Gender
The past year has been an object lesson in why having a robust Plan B is non-negotiable. And having another place to call home forms a key part of creating one for yourself and your family. Today we highlight one such opportunity – the Montenegro Citizenship By Investment (CBI) Program. But as it
As far as second, “paper residencies” go, the Panama Friendly Nations Visa Program is one of the best and easiest options we have seen thus far. But, as we predicted, this deal was too good to last. As of August 19th, the program is changing — and becoming far less affordable. So if
Mikhail Tukhachevsky was only 42 years old when Joseph Stalin promoted him to the highest possible military rank in the Soviet Union. As “Marshall of the Soviet Union”, Tukhachevsky had near supreme authority over all Soviet military forces. And he had been personally tasked by Stalin to modernize the military and prepare for
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, risks to your prosperity… and on occasion, inspiring poetic justice. Actor John Cena apologizes for calling Taiwan a country While promoting the film Fast and Furious 9
Sovereign Confidential members benefit from our Monthly Letter series, covering a range of mission-critical topics to safeguard your future. Each Monthly Letter contains actionable strategies for gaining more freedom, more opportunity and more prosperity, and mitigating the risks that threaten your financial future. In today’s Knowledge Series mailer, we give you a taste
[Editor’s note: This letter was written by Viktorija, our Sovereign Woman] Last week after my little ‘incident’ when I was almost mugged in downtown Las Vegas, I felt the need to unwind and have a drink. Apparently everyone else had the same idea, because the hotel bar was packed as tightly as a
“No 90-year old ever complained about being too healthy,” my friend Dr. Michael Bilof joked to me over lunch on Saturday. Mike is a vascular and bariatric surgeon, as well as an anti-aging expert. And he’d just given us a really interesting presentation about how to prolong both quantity AND quality of life;