Tag: Politics

Weekly Recap
Chris MacIntosh

Thank God For “Mail”

Mail thinks this is junk. Mail is smart. I propose we put “mail” onto Goldman, who it’s nice to see are squirming over the seemingly unimaginable fraud which they actively assisted in perpetrating robbing the 1MDB Malaysian sovereign wealth fund of some $5 billion. If you think Way Gilstrap (above)

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New Battle Lines Are Being Drawn. Take A Look!

Last week millions of people around the world sat up straight, got all self righteous, argued with one another, and picked a side. It was like Brexit, but global. You were either with or against. We could say that it was the battle lines of those hollering for socialism vs

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Why A Politically Correct West Ensures A Donald Trump Victory
Global Trends
Chris MacIntosh

Why A Politically Correct West Ensures A Trump Victory

Let me frame this first. I have no political affiliation in any country on this ball of dirt, don’t vote, never will, and I don’t care any more or any less for any minority or in fact majority group. My concern is in understanding the world and probability of outcomes

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3 Reasons Apple Should Run

It’s a massive waste of time. I told Mark so but he wouldn’t listen; he still sat down to watch the elections taking place in New Zealand, his new found homeland. No matter where you’re located in the world, if you watch TV – which I don’t – then you’re

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You Want to Know the Truth About the World? Ask a Child…

“Why is she so fat Daddy?” …looking at an obese woman struggling to get out of her car at the supermarket. “I like your funny hair.” …said to a surfer with dreadlocks. “How do you know that?” …asked of a religious, end-of-the-world crusader holding up a placard and yelling that

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Iraq: A View from the Inside Out

Today I bring you insights from Kevin Virgil, an ex army ranger, and the founder and managing director of Frontera news an emerging markets news portal. Once again, Iraq is in the news. The Western media has interrupted its 24-hour Kardashian coverage to bring stories of fearsome insurgents who appeared

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The Creeping Theft of Freedom

We’re quickly heading into the abyss. I’m serious. I offer the story you’ll read below as a mere anecdote in a sea of troubles. On return from a recent trip to Sri Lanka Mark and I traveled through Australia. Proceeding through the cattle stop that is “customs” we then met

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The Error of My Ways

“Now, this debt ceiling — I just want to remind people in case you haven’t been keeping up — raising the debt ceiling, which has been done over a hundred times, does not increase our debt; it does not somehow promote profligacy. All it does is it says you got

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