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Happy Friday everyone. I’m en route to Las Vegas today where we begin a wonderful weekend gathering with our Total Access members. But I wanted to send you this quick roll-up of the most outrageous (and comical) stories we’re following which affect your liberty and finances. Let the absurdity begin! Swedish man fined
Get ready for your Friday absurdity! Here are this week’s stories: Professor advocates for cannibalism to fight climate change If you’re concerned about the human impact on Earth’s climate, you could plant a tree, install solar panels, ride a bike, or eat your dead relatives. Don’t let that sack of meat decompose. Put
A few hours ago, the European Central Bank announced a bonanza stimulus package: interest rate cuts, money printing, quantitative easing, the whole nine yards. Europe’s economic growth has ground to a halt. The German economy actually shrank last quarter, according to official statistics. So the European Central Bank is throwing everything including the
Happy Friday everyone. Let’s bring on the weekly absurdity! School cop handcuffs and screams at autistic 8-year-old An eight year old autistic boy in Southlake, Texas became agitated in his guidance counselor’s office. At one point the child became fidgety and took out a jump rope (that had been provided to him by
On January 20, 1841, after delivering a series of military defeats to Imperial China in the First Opium War, British forces landed in Hong Kong and took control of the island. Hong Kong was hugely important for the British economy because it ensured access to the Chinese market. And they went to war
Welcome to our Friday roll up, where we highlight the most interesting, absurd, and concerning stories we are following this week. Local tax collector ruins children’s entrepreneurship event Every summer, a Utah non-profit agency called the Libertas Institute holds an entrepreneurship event for children. It’s a wonderful idea– children as young as 5
Last week at a Bernie Sanders campaign stop, someone ask him a question that began with, “Yesterday, oligarch David Koch passed away…” The Bolshevik crowd interrupted immediately with ebullient cheers, joyfully celebrating the death of a man they had never met and knew nothing about. If you hadn’t heard, multi-billionaire David Koch died
In 1962 in a picturesque setting in Santa Barbara, California, two local entrepreneurs opened a low-cost, roadside inn where the nightly room rate was just $6. They called it Motel 6. And today the chain has grown to over 1,400 locations. If you want the most straightforward explanation for why you should own
Welcome to our Friday roll up, where we highlight the most interesting, absurd, and concerning stories we are following this week. Can’t sue cop for breaking domestic violence victim’s bones It all started when a boyfriend playfully tried to push his girlfriend into the pool. Most people would see that as harmless horsing
Earlier this year the US government reported that Social Security’s long-term, unfunded liability now exceeds $50 TRILLION. Moreover, they forecast that the Social Security and Medicare trust funds will run out of money in 2034. This is the government’s own calculation. (And the government’s math is based on rosy assumptions that there will
The year was 1967. Ronald Reagan had just become governor of California. Aretha Franklin was belting out R-E-S-P-E-C-T on the radio. Marxist revolutionary leader Che Guevara was captured and executed in Bolivia. And a restaurant chain called The White Spot opened its newest location in Denver, Colorado. It was a popular diner; the
In the latest sign that absolutely nothing makes sense anymore, WeWork filed formal regulatory paperwork with the Securities and Exchange Commission last week, officially notifying the world that it will soon be going public. If you haven’t heard of WeWork (or it’s parent– ‘The We Company’), it’s a real estate company that owns
Welcome to our Friday roll up, where we highlight the most interesting, absurd, and concerning stories we are following this week. New Zealand officially legalizes paying employees with crypto-currency New Zealand issued a tax bulletin this month officially recognizing that it is legal for employers to pay employees with crypto-currencies like Bitcoin. The
In the early 1760s, Mayer Rothschild began building a banking dynasty that would last for centuries. The elder Rothschild sent his five sons across Europe to establish banks in cities like Paris and London. One son, Nathan Rothschild, took the lead and expanded the family’s banking dynasty. With siblings in different countries, the
Welcome to our Friday roll up, where we highlight the most absurd and concerning stories we are following this week. Dad sued for slander because he criticized the education system Careful what you say about your kid’s public school curriculum. The company behind a controversial common core math program in North Carolina is
