Over the past year we’ve seen lockdowns and loss of business usher in era of big government spending that may ultimately result in hyperinflation and economic collapse. With the money supply growing and companies being overvalued, we haven’t seen inflation yet, but the data show we’re due for a massive correction. Our freedom currently hangs in the balance as our nation toys with the idea of vaccine passports, while big Pharma rakes in the cash. As usual, we offer up no answers but invite you to ask yourself important questions as an independent thinker.

So much discussion in the news about Bitcoin makes one ask, is it a solid investment, or is it speculation? In this episode we discuss how blockchain technology works, what is typically required for something to be considered “currency”, Bitcoin’s potential value, and remaining unanswered questions you might want to consider before taking the plunge.

If we don’t understand where we came from, how can we see where we’re headed? In Episode 2 of our Dirty U.S. History series, we talk about how the US dollar became the world’s currency, how inflation robs us all, and what the founding fathers intended when they wrote the constitution…. and how are we failing at following it today.

Once in a while I see advertising that is very manipulative and that makes me angry. As in, the anger caused by watching one person taking advantage of another person’s ignorance for their own gain. Today this happened when I opened the mail to find a “Certificate” from Gerber Life to offer me the opportunity to pay for life insurance for a child or grandchild.

I've been thinking about the root causes of many of the systemic problems we have in this country and what needs to change to fix the problems, instead of addressing the symptoms - police brutality being the biggest symptom - it is not the problem. Changing strangle laws won't fix the problem, it can only fix a symptom.

Unemployment insurance is our backstop for when people lose their jobs through no fault of their own. As the Covid-19 crisis has shown us, you don’t have to be a bad employee or not show up to work to no longer have a job, many of our friends and family members have been affected by workplace closures before, but none of us have ever seen anything like the number of industries that have been immediately affected this month.