The Guardian’s Spencer Ackerman reported on Twitter that on June 2 at 6:03 pm Obama said he would sign a law banning bulk collection. June 2, 9:50 pm: DOJ asks secret court for 180 more days of bulk collection. When the Founders drafted the Constitution, they feared that Congress would dominate the government – not the executive. The […]

The CIA loves to waste money, dreaming up schemes for fights that are just not real. They are listening to academics talk about global warming and are living in fear that perhaps Russia is manipulating the weather to create floods and droughts. There goes countless billions down the academic hole to create a top secret weather machine […]

New security devices intend to stop robots by making the user answer a simple math equation, such as the sum of 3 + 5. While this may be beneficial, it most likely prevents politicians from entering your site since they know how to BS, write laws, but cannot do math. Increasing tax rates reduces tax […]

Above is the front page of The New York Times on June 9, 2015. They are starting to talk about the problem in government. This is a total mess. Indeed, we are going to have to restructure everything from top to bottom. Meanwhile, those in Washington are too preoccupied with playing king of the mountain to […]

We have received a number of e-mails, asking if we cut a deal with Alibaba to dominate the Chinese financial marketplace. I do not know who starts these rumors, but it is not true. Yes, in 1999 we were going to provide economic forecasting for the Chinese government and over 1,000 of its agencies. Yes, […]

COMMENT: Martin, It has been a long time since ….. has sent out a blog post, but I got one today. When Mr. …. probably first started slamming you for calling the 2011 gold top, his …. was 7.82.  It is now 28 cents, and he is still touting gold as the only real asset and debt as […]

QUESTION: I attend Abundance 360 hosted by Peter Diamandis each year and he states that only the Pentagon, Homeland Security and NASA have Quantum computing abilities and that they can hack into any program on the planet with those abilities.  With that said will Socrates be based on a Quantum platform? ANSWER: Preventing attacks has been one […]

QUESTION: Dear Martin, Today I went by plane from Vienna to New York with Austrian Airlines. Also Austrian Airlines are showing “The Forecaster“. This is even more interesting because the Austrian cinemas (like in Switzerland) are not showing the film, therefore I suppose also the possibility of the VOD screening in Austria. I took the […]

QUESTION: Hi Marty, if they eliminate cash – how would that affect 3rd world countries? Wouldn’t that add a huge dose of salt on that part of the wounded world? Also would we be back to Silver as the payment that the Tax man does not get? Ala Hunt brothers who bought it when Gold […]

Christine Lagarde, head of the IMF, could be charged with money laundering as she transported more than $10,000 worth of goods without declaring them. Lagarde appeared in New York City wearing French designs in a Chanel dress worth €3000, €6000 for her Hermès handbag, and at least €500 for her Christian Louboutin shoes, bringing the total to about €9500, not counting […]