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Leftists Want To Control Your Money So They Can Control You
/in Economy, Environment, Featured, Gun Rights, Healthcare, Liberty, National Security, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Kyle Sammin Editors’ Note: We ourselves have suggested that governments would not permit the full operation of cryptocurrencies because it challenges their entrenched power to manipulate money. This manipulation in the past was limited to inflation of the currency, redistribution of wealth, and supposed countercyclical measures to modulate the business cycle. Then that power […]
VIDEO: The West’s Energy Policy Is the Greatest National Security Threat We Face
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Energy, Environment, National Security, Politics, Science /by DrRichSwier.comBy Marc Morano Watch my interview with Tucker Carlson on Ukraine, Russia and how Biden’s policies aided Russia: ‘The West’s Energy Policy Is the Greatest National Security Threat We Face’ EXCERPT: Tucker Carlson: “So we wanted to walk you some of the likely consequences of what they are now doing in Eastern Europe and Marc […]
How a Mindless Climate War on Energy Surrendered Ukraine
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Energy, Environment, National Security, Politics /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Geller Report The Biden Administration gutted America’s energy sector to appease it’s radical climate czar John Kerry. They actually gifted America’s energy industry to Russia, because of John Kerry’s hatred of fossil fuels. This disastrous decision has financed Russia’s aggression against Ukraine. John Kerry is a total wrecking ball. The Geller Report predicted […]
Company Contrast: Texas Roadhouse
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Politics /by DrRichSwier.comBy 2ndvote .com Each week 2ndVote takes a look at popular companies that either score well or score poorly and then try to provide alternatives that either better align with the 2ndVote values or should be avoided to the best of your ability. This series is called The Company Contrast, and the company we will […]
Oil Soars Beyond $100 Per Barrel For The First Time Since 2014
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Energy, Environment, Politics /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Daily Caller The worldwide price of crude oil skyrocketed to more than $100 per barrel for the first time since 2014 as Russia launched a full-scale offensive against Ukraine. The Brent crude index, the global oil benchmark, hit $101.66 per barrel Thursday morning, surging more than 4% overnight. The U.S. WTI index skyrocketed nearly 7% to […]
What An Economist Knows About Crony Vaccines
/in Economy, Featured, Liberty, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Barry Brownstein As an economist, my job is not to help you make health decisions about Covid vaccines. Your health history, age, subjective evaluation of risk, and many other factors make recommendations from me meaningless. I can, however, increase your awareness of distortions that lead to poor decision-making. I’m not talking about the most […]
Is 4% the “Magic Number” for Mortgage Rates to Prick the Housing Market (and Stocks)?
/in Economy, Featured, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Wolf Richter The Magic Number in 2018 was around 4.8%. In 2006, it was around 6%. But with today’s super-inflated home prices? Here are the signs. The average weekly contract interest rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages with conforming loan balances rose to 4.06 percent for the week ended February 18, the second week in […]
Biden Administration Adds Climate Roadblocks to Future Pipelines, Energy Projects
/in Economy, Environment, Featured, National Security, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Thomas Catenacci The Biden administration altered the official federal policy on approving new interstate natural gas facilities and pipelines, requiring a climate consideration. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission announced that it will begin to “undertake a robust consideration” of the environmental justice impacts of such fossil fuel projects before granting approval, according to a […]
Trump’s Truth Social Goes Live, SOARS to Number ONE on App Charts
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Politics /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Geller Report Fantastico! Make free speech great again. TAKING BACK THE TRUTH: Trump’s Truth Social Goes Live, Already Number 1 on the App Store By Hannity.com, February 21, 2022 Led by former Rep. Devin Nunes, Trump Media & Technology Group has high hopes for the launch, anticipating some big numbers within the first […]
Key Indicator Hints America Is Headed For Its Worst Real Estate Crash In History
/in Economy, Featured, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Justin Hakins A shockingly large price bubble appears to have formed in the real estate market. Although it’s impossible to predict economic crashes with certainty, a key economic indicator suggests the U.S. housing market is on the verge of an unprecedented crash, one that could end up being the biggest in America’s history. Following […]
Emissions Increased In States That Closed Nuclear Plant
/in Economy, Environment, Featured, National Security, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Thomas Catenacci Greenhouse gas emissions have surged in multiple Northeast states that shuttered nuclear power plants since 2019, Politico reported. The states — Massachusetts, New York and Pennsylvania — closed down the zero-emissions nuclear reactors in recent years, even as they announced ambitious pledges to transition away from fossil fuels, according to Politico. Since […]
From Corrupted to Trusted: Shifting Perceptions of the FDA
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Healthcare, Politics, Science /by DrRichSwier.comBy MERCOLA Take Control of Your Health This article was written by John Roulac and originally published here. Until recently, most Americans had little trust in the FDA. But when COVID arrived in early 2020, a scared nation deepened in tribal identity and then turned its faith and trust over to FDA and CDC. Interestingly, during COVID, medical professionals’ […]
You’re already paying more for groceries and gas. Here’s where consumers will feel the next round of ‘sticker shock.’
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Politics, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy Dr. Rich Swier FAIRtax’s Market Watch reports: Consumers may already be reeling from higher prices for things like groceries and energy, but S&P Global Ratings says inflation has more surprises in store. “Packaged food and household products companies have yet to pass through all of their price hikes, and so consumers will likely face more sticker […]
The Supreme Court Confronts the Administrative State
/in Economy, Environment, Featured, Liberty, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Peter Wallison It could be a coincidence—or it could foretell a historic Supreme Court term. The Court has now accepted two cases for this term that could threaten the essential legal underpinnings of the federal administrative state. The first is American Hospital Association v. Becerra, in which the plaintiff questions the Chevron doctrine—a rule fashioned by the Supreme […]
VIDEO: FDA Exec Exposes Close Ties Between Agency and Big Pharma
/in Courts & Law, DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Healthcare, Politics, Science /by DrRichSwier.comBy Project Veritas *CLICK HERE TO TWEET OUT THE VIDEO* Project Veritas released Part Two of its video series on the FDA today, which features FDA Executive Officer, Christopher Cole, speaking about the inner workings of the agency — including the FDA’s conflicts of interest, overspending, and why it’s hard for those within the agency to […]
When Will the Brutal Spike in Rents Drive Up CPI Inflation? How Much Will it Add to CPI?
/in Economy, Featured, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Wolf Richter February 21, 2022/in Economy, Featured, Politics /by Wolf Richter Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes The numbers are already baked in and will show up over the next 24 months. Two rent factors account for 32% of the Consumer Price Index. Despite the massive spike in “asking rents” across the US, those two […]
VIDEO: Can Bitcoin Circumvent Economic Tyranny?
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Politics /by DrRichSwier.comBy MERCOLA Take Control of Your Health Today, I’m pleased to bring you two guests — finance guru Catherine Austin Fitts, whom I’ve interviewed before, and Aleks Svetski, editor of The Bitcoin Times magazine and host of “The Wake Up Podcast.” During dinner at an event in Miami, Florida, Svetski helped me understand why Bitcoin […]
Company Contrast: Compassion Tea
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Politics /by DrRichSwier.comBy 2ndvote .com Each week 2ndVote takes a look at popular companies that either score well or score poorly and then try to provide alternatives that either better align with the 2ndVote values or should be avoided to the best of your ability. This series is called The Company Contrast, and the company we will […]
The Last Free-Thinker in Corporate America
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Politics /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Daily Skirmish – Liberato.US This week brought the story of a courageous woman who sailed against the prevailing winds blowing through corporate America. Jennifer Sey was ousted from her position as president of Levi’s for her outspokenness against school closures and mask mandates. The company offered to make her CEO if she would just shut […]
Climate Tyrants’ New Tactics
/in Economy, Environment, Featured, Liberty, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Richard Morrison Chief Justice John Marshall’s observation, “[t]hat the power to tax involves the power to destroy,” has become part of American political lore. Marshall understood that the state’s revenue-extracting power can be weaponized—even against those who have committed no crime. We are now seeing a corollary to that notion in finance, with fossil […]
Is marrying later always better? New report says No
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Politics /by DrRichSwier.comBy MercatorNet – Navigating Modern Complexities ‘State of Our Unions 2022’ shows little evidence that those marrying over the age of 25 have stronger marriages than those in their early 20s. Marriage works best if the guy and girl both have a degree, a job, financial security, and plenty of life experience, right? Early marriage […]
Woke Capitalism Is a Monopoly Game
/in Economy, Featured, Liberty, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Michael Rectenwald In 2018, Ross Douthat of the New York Times introduced the phrase “woke capital.” Essentially, Douthat suggested that woke capitalism works by substituting symbolic value for economic value. Under woke capitalism, corporations offer workers rhetorical placebos in lieu of costlier economic concessions, such as higher wages and better benefits. The same gestures of wokeness also […]
Inflation Is Costing Households $250/Month, Moody’s Analysis Finds
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Politics, Regulation /by DrRichSwier.comBy Foundation for Economic Education (FEE) As economist Ludwig von Mises colorfully put it, inflation is when ‘money, like chocolate on a hot oven, [is] melting in the pockets of the people.’ Inflation is making headlines again this week. The federal government’s latest data show that consumer price rose 7.5 percent from January 2021 to 2022. That’s […]
WHOOSH Goes the Dollar’s Purchasing Power in January as Inflation Now Infests Services
/in Economy, Featured, Liberty, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Wolf Richter Inflation burns out of control, but the Fed is still pouring fuel on it. You can no longer just blame supply chains. This is far bigger. OK, the Fed and American consumers and wage earners have, excuse the technical jargon here, a serious-ass problem on their hands that has just gotten worse. […]
Report Shows How Top U.S. Companies Endanger The World By Transferring Tech To China
/in Economy, Featured, National Security, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Helen Raleigh A new report reveals how U.S. companies’ Faustian bargain with the Chinese Communist Party has endangered all of us. Communist China kicked off the Beijing Winter Olympics on Friday, giving the Chinese Communist Party a center stage to broadcast its propaganda to a worldwide audience for two weeks. What will be hard […]
URGENT: New Research Turns Up Yet More mRNA Vaccine Dangers
/in Courts & Law, DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Healthcare, Politics, Science /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Geller Report A preprint in Cell finds vaccine-driven original antigenic sin is deeply powerful. Also: vaccine-generated spike protein circulates in the blood and vaccine mRNA persists for months in lymph nodes mRNA from the Pfizer and Moderna shots can be found in lymph nodes for at least 60 days after injection. By: Alex Berenson, February […]
The 3 Greatest Economic Threats Facing America in 2022 [and Beyond]
/in Budget and Finance, DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Politics, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy Foundation for Economic Education (FEE) An academic and an entrepreneur outline three of the most problematic issues of 2022. As 2022 unfolds, there’s much concern regarding the US economy and our geopolitical standing. According to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the United States was once again the world’s largest economy in 2021, producing an estimated $22.94 […]
Company Contrast: Valentine’s Shopping Guide
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Politics /by DrRichSwier.comBy 2ndvote .com February is upon us once again and that means shopping for that special someone in your life. Although it can feel overwhelming to find just the right gift, don’t let the moral weight on your conscience hinder you from making an educated choice on where to shop this year. Let us take […]
‘We Can’t Expect Them To Tell Us How To Live’: NYT Writer Questions ‘Follow The Science’ Guidance
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Healthcare, Politics, Science /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Daily Caller David Leonhardt, a writer for The New York Times (NYT), questioned some of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) guidance in a Friday article amid a rollback of several coronavirus restrictions across the country. Leonhardt opens his piece by noting how the CDC warns against medium-rare hamburgers because they were “undercooked” […]
INFLATION EXPLODES: Consumer Prices Skyrockets 7.5% Higher, Worst Inflation in 40 Years
/in Budget and Finance, DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Politics /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Geller Report After they stole the election, the Democrats declared asymmetric war on the American people. They are killing us. literally and figuratively. So 39 percent of Americans approve of this? As well as skyrocketing crime, and a chaotic Southern boarder, and mask mandates, and the stability of the world in a freefall. Bull S***! […]