Mike Norman Economics

Tucker Carlson argues with a libertarian on why should the tax payer subsidise his workers with food stamps when he is the richest man in the world and can easily afford to pay them more. Any Peikoff says it's not Jeff Bezos fault that the government subsidizes his workers and the benefit should be done away with.Libertarians believe in the meritocracy and so to them if a person is poor then it's their own fault. And so if a person suffers because he is poor, and if he gets exploited by the...

For what is afoot here is something America specializes in — regime change. Only the regime our establishment and media mean to change is the government of the United States. What is afoot is the overthrow of America’s democratically elected head of state.... Patrick J. Buchanan Official WebsiteRegime Change — American Style Patrick J. Buchanan

'Ex-GRU officer', Ivan Tarasov, claims that the Skripal event was too amateurish to have been the work of a professional.Ivan Tarasov told Russia's Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper that professionals would have done it 'quietly, without fuss, and brought him to Russia in a mail bag, and no one would have known where he had gone'. Photos of the novichok suspects, Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov,  but look at the photo-shopped images, see the blurry bits. But there is no sign of any snow...

The phone was fully charged, and yet … Opps! During a radio interview on Sept. 6, Ray’s cellphone went mysteriously dead after ten minutes, precisely at minute 16:44, a second after he questioned whether Robert Mueller deserves the sainthood bestowed on him in Establishment media. The radio studio could find no technical reason to account for why the line dropped abruptly immediately after Ray words that Mueller’s “reputation for honesty does not withstand close...

Peter Ford, Previous UK ambassador to Syria, is a very brave man. He says Trump just wants out of Syria but the the Permanent State says no. Peter Ford says the White Helmets are ISIS. [embedded content]

The justification for these destructive “regime change” campaigns is “democracy” and “human rights.” However, it’s no secret that plenty of human rights violating, oppressive regimes are on very good terms with Wall Street and London.... The not-so-hidden agenda.NEOKeeping The World Poor: The Monopolistic Agenda Behind “Regime Change” Chaos Caleb Maupin

While Pew's survey results don't mean users are fleeing Facebook entirely, the responses suggest a declining level of engagement. Coupled with recent changes to the news feed in Facebook, investors might see a clear decline in engagement levels.... Yahoo FinanceMillennials Are Deleting Facebook. Should Investors Worry? Adam Levy, The Motley Fool

President Donald Trump concedes that some Apple Inc. products may become more expensive if his administration imposes “massive” additional tariffs on Chinese-made goods, but he says the tech company can fix the problem by moving production to the U.S. “Start building new plants now. Exciting!” Trump said Saturday in a tweet aimed at the Cupertino, California-based company.... TimePresident Trump Says Apple Can Avoid Tariff Consequences by Opening U.S. Plants David Koenig | A P

Like most neo-con thinkers, Hook advocates crushing, crippling sanctions that supposedly will suffocate the population to the point that there will be an uprising that overthrows the regime. It's a form of collective punishment--a neo-con pipe dream that destroys nations and people. Hook's mission on Iran is described as coming from Pompeo at the State Dept, but well-placed sources say it's a National Security Council operation, and Bolton's brainchild.... Sic Semper Tyrannis Who's on the...

Some 600 people have enrolled in a private basic income experiment in Switzerland, less than a week after it was announced. The trial apparently aims to find out what the citizens are going to do if granted over $2,500 monthly. RTFree cheese for Swiss? Hundreds sign up to get $2,500 a month under basic income trial