Judge Katherine B. Forrest of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York issued a permanent injunction barring the government from relying on the defense authorization law to hold people in indefinite military detention on suspicion that they “substantially supported” Al Qaeda or its allies — at least if they had […]

Here is a decent piece from BBC News on Obama and how he has handled more rising civil unrest than any other president. This is what our model is all about. There is a rising trend against government corruption on a global scale that is showing up everywhere. Part of this is the Generational Shift […]

QUESTION: Martin, I would be curious about your thoughts of the following resolution below. Note that the goal of this resolution is neither to sue the government nor to repeal ObamaCare.  It is simply for Texas to “not participate” with ObamaCare. Of course, the President would say Texas doesn’t have the right to “opt out”, but what […]

The confrontation between the USA and Russia over Ukraine is turning into a pissing match. Russia wants the IMF to do the reforms without the USA sources. While this is a political blow, it is a stupid move for the IMF is a total disaster. Yet then again, Russia may be banking on the fact […]

We are still awaiting panic cycles at the end of the month so this is not over until the fat lady sings as they say, albeit we do not expect military action between any major powers before the October/November time period. For Obama to claim that a public vote in Crimea would violate the Constitution […]

So many questions have come in regarding my comment that we will review the differences between World War I and II at the conference. I am not referring to weapons or the difference regarding the use of chemical warfare. The ECONOMIC difference was a free market and a controlled one for the latter.   Running […]

We seem to have achieved the February low and the S&P 500 is starting to take the lead from the Dow. This is reflecting the broadening of the markets as more capital is starting to move into the market for economic and geopolitical reasons. February saw an outside reversal to the upside and we may […]

My STRONGEST recommendation to Ukraine is to install a ONE-TERM Presidency for ONE-YEAR and out of government PERMANENTLY. Nobody who works in the bureaucracy previously can EVER hold political power. The government MUST be the people keeping check over the executive. The Judiciary must be private lawyers, not government, who are there for also short-terms and not for life. No judge can rule on anything to […]

The CIA inspector general has asked the Justice Department to investigate allegations that the CIA illegally monitored Congressional staff investigating the CIA’s secret detention and interrogation programs. The Senate Intelligence Committee spent four years and $40 million investigating the use of waterboarding and enhanced interrogation techniques in secret overseas prisons, producing a reportedly “searing” 6,300 […]

The Global Market Watch has been posted for the close of March 5th, 2014. Global Market Watch