Parenting for Freedom article series: This is the second in a series of articles that analyzes how freedom-loving people can align their parenting with their political philosophy, and how doing so will allow ideas about personal liberty to carry on to the next generation.In my previous article, I talked about how parenting is a sentence. It is served by parents to their children for the "crime"...Read More
Parenting for Freedom article series: This is the second in a series of articles that analyzes how freedom-loving people can align their parenting with their political philosophy, and how doing so will allow ideas about personal liberty to carry on to the next generation.In my previous article, I talked about how parenting is a sentence. It is served by parents to their children for the "crime"...Read More
In its November report, mortgage security firm Freddie Mac called 2017 the "best year in a decade" for the housing market by a variety of measures. These include low inflation, strong job growth and historically-low mortgage rates. This assessment is very encouraging, not just for homebuyers and builders and the U.S. economy in general, but also for commodities, resources and raw materials as we...Read More
Published on: Dec 21, 2017 | by finfeedWith the year almost at an end, assay results are still trickling through for workaholic juniors like Pursuit Minerals (ASX:PUR).PUR is actively developing the Paperbark Project and the adjacent Bluebush Project in north-west Queensland with a view of building a zinc mining operation over the coming years. PUR was able to obtain last-minute exploration result...Read More
Every year I put out a list of predictions for the next year. The goal here is to find solid and profitable trends that you can make money on, rather than predict fantastical black swan events that may or may not happen.For your comedic pleasure, here are last year's predictions with comments. Let's see if I was a champ or a chump.Last year I wrote:1. Rates: range bound between 1.60% and 3%.The 1...Read More
Governments hate anything that empowers individuals. This is because it makes governing harder. And this holds true regardless of whether you view government as overall good, or generally evil.Say the U.S. government has the best intentions for making the drinking age 21. Surely some 18-year-olds could handle drinking, and surely many 25-year-olds cannot. But the government would have to expend ma...Read More
Governments hate anything that empowers individuals. This is because it makes governing harder. And this holds true regardless of whether you view government as overall good, or generally evil.Say the U.S. government has the best intentions for making the drinking age 21. Surely some 18-year-olds could handle drinking, and surely many 25-year-olds cannot. But the government would have to expend ma...Read More
I was first introduced to the concept of "peak oil" 15 years ago. It was a simple theory: Oil is a finite resource. At some point in time, the world's ability to increase oil production would ultimately "peak." And this peak would be followed by a terminal decline in global output.The theory has been around for almost a century. But the man who popularized the idea was an American geophysicist na...Read More
It was 2004 when we had our first holiday party.It was me, the owner of Angel Publishing, his wife, and a former coworker.We dined on a huge plate of sushi and talked about all the great things that were in store for the coming year.Fast-forward to 2017, when last Friday I gathered with 50 coworkers as we celebrated the holidays in a private suite at Camden Yards.The company that's been bringing y...Read More
From politically correct lies to government enforced silencing, and even insane public opinion, free speech is under attack.But sometimes, there is some good news coming out of the courts. Taking a case to the American court system is a bit like flipping a coin. Still, it is encouraging to see pro-free-speech rulings being handed down.The Right to Free TweetsDo Trump’s tweets make you feel s...Read More
From politically correct lies to government enforced silencing, and even insane public opinion, free speech is under attack.But sometimes, there is some good news coming out of the courts. Taking a case to the American court system is a bit like flipping a coin. Still, it is encouraging to see pro-free-speech rulings being handed down.The Right to Free TweetsDo Trump’s tweets make you feel s...Read More
That's the top.That's the most outrageous claim you can make about Bitcoin without getting a lot of resistance. Everything up to that point is fine.But that's quite a top, if you ask me.Over the weekend, I decided to do a little experiment on Twitter. The plan was to make the most outrageously insane Bitcoin predictions and see the reactions. Tweets included:Tweets like "Bitcoin is going to bring...Read More
I’m not allowed to say what I am about to say, according to the mainstream media.They claim the only reason I would make this argument is that I am full of hate.The truth is, I don’t want to see the media dupe people with a mental health condition into making destructive decisions.I came across a news story about an entire family in transition. First, the son began a transition to fema...Read More
I’m not allowed to say what I am about to say, according to the mainstream media.They claim the only reason I would make this argument is that I am full of hate.The truth is, I don’t want to see the media dupe people with a mental health condition into making destructive decisions.I came across a news story about an entire family in transition. First, the son began a transition to fema...Read More
It’s been over 2 years since I got off the beaten path and ventured over to the “dark side”… As it pertains to early FI, there’s not a single soul that I’ve ever met who didn’t want to achieve that… With that said, early FI isn’t easy and for many people the journey from beginning to end doesn’t happen in a linear fashion…Just speak...Read More
Here’s an update on my latest trades for the week ending on December 15, 2017.SOLD 10,000 shares of Almaden Minerals (AMM.TO) @ C$1.12/share Bought 65,000 shares of Nzuri Copper (NZC.AX) @ A$0.35/share Almaden MineralsSo, last week I decided to add shares of Almaden Minerals (AAU/AMM.TO), and just one week later I decided to trim back my position some. This last batch of AMM.TO shares I...Read More
December 14th marked the end of the internet. At least, that is what the media, social networks… and lobbyists would have you believe.Net neutrality has dominated the media cycle lately. But why? Why would the repeal of a rather freshly formed regulation garner all this attention, and anger?Taking a step towards a freer marketplace should be celebrated. Right?But to hear internet activists a...Read More
December 14th marked the end of the internet. At least, that is what the media, social networks… and lobbyists would have you believe.Net neutrality has dominated the media cycle lately. But why? Why would the repeal of a rather freshly formed regulation garner all this attention, and anger?Taking a step towards a freer marketplace should be celebrated. Right?But to hear internet activists a...Read More
Well, it's been a heck of a year. The S&P 500 is up about 18% as I write this. It has a P/E of 26.5 and is bouncing off all-time highs around 2,660. Was it only eight and a half years ago that it was bouncing off the bottom at 666?Remember those wistful days of Lehman Brothers and liar loans? There was much pulling of hair and rending of shirts as seemingly half the population lost their house, wi...Read More
Parenting for Freedom article series: This is the first in a series of articles that analyzes how freedom-loving people can align their parenting with their political philosophy, and how doing so will allow ideas about personal liberty to carry on to the next generation.For most of my adult life, I have believed that respecting an individual's freedom should be the first goal of society. It seems...Read More