QUESTION: Do you think the world is overpopulated and that is the problem? ANSWER: Anyone who has flown around the world and looked out the window knows that there are vast areas where humankind does not exist. We actually only occupy about 3% of the landmass, and 29% to 40% of that is just wilderness. If you took […]

Throughout history, there has NEVER been a market manipulated TO ALTER its long-term trend – PERIOD. If this were remotely true, then communism would not have collapsed since that was the attempt to eliminate the business cycle. The Swiss peg would not have collapsed, nor would Bretton Woods have collapsed, or anything else in history […]

A mixed session out of Asia with not one market providing a clear sense of direction! The Nikkei and Shanghai spent the day flip-flopping between red and black whilst the Hang Seng saw selling throughout the day. All core European Indices returned negative performances today with declines between -0.2% and 0.6%. The U.S. opened weaker after yesterday […]

According to Nigel, Portugal’s refusal to allow a democratically elected party to take office because of their anti-euro views is the “final straw” for the failed European project. Brussels has turned the EU into a dictatorship because they reject any process that disagrees with them. Like all dictators, they argue that they know better and […]

Greenhouse gas emissions that are coming out of the peat fires in Borneo and Sumatra have now exceeded all the emissions from the entire U.S. economy. This is the latest report from the University of Amsterdam. The greenhouse issue is not as simple as cars. They also say that those arising from livestock are 14% and […]

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has been subpoenaed to turn over its documentation to prove global warming, and they are REFUSING to show the data. They are claiming confidentiality when taxpayer money is funding them. How can this be confidential?

The Terrorism Act in Britain has been used to seize the laptop of a BBC journalist who  produced a series of reports on British-born jihadis. As always, police never have any restraint in what they do. They are brain-dead and do not grasp that if they go down this road of grabbing journalists’ computers to see […]

The Nikkei did see a solid performance today closing up +0.67%, but the guess is that large players will remain on the sidelines until after the BOJ at the end of the week. Shanghai and HS were heavy and even dragged the ASX (Australian Index) lower in late trading as talk returned to a slowing global […]

Barcelona plans to release its own currency in the coming spring. The money will initially exist only in digital form and will support the regional economy, according to the incumbent mayor. The value of the currency will be pegged to the euro and will begin to reflect the desired independence aspirations of Catalonia, which our […]

Here is the design for this year’s conference cup for those who have a collection. Everyone always seems to be surprised that I drink coffee all day — four Starbucks venti cups is a normal day, and sometimes I go up to six. Everyone has been shocked at how much coffee I drink. But that […]