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The Lane Train (And the Rest of College Football Madness) Has Been Fueled by Easy Money12:12 The Lane Kiffin saga has dominated sports headlines this past week, highlighting the sea changes that have come over college sports—an especially college football—in the past decade. Much of this change is being driven by the easy money regime of the Federal Reserve. Federal Interest Payments Surge to New Highs as Trump Spending Rises Yet Again3:41 With the federal government’s partial shutdown over, the Treasury Department has issued its October report on tax receipts and outlays. Unfortunately, in spite Metals, Black Swans, and the Next Bust0:31 In a special midweek episode of the Minor Issues podcast, Mark Thornton appears on Palisades Gold Radio with Stijn Schmitz. Ron Paul: Hegseth In Hot Seat as ‘Murder-gate’ Picks Up Steam0:31 The White House and Pentagon can’t seem to get the story straight on the “double-tap” murder of survivors of a US extrajudicial killing off the coast of Venezuela. Stop the Drive to War with Venezuela21:20 Trump's posture reminds us of Madeleine Albright's famous complaint: "What's the point of having this superb military that you're always talking about if we can't use it?" Karl Popper: Critique, Science, and the Fragility of Freedom18:08 Liberty is not a luxury good. It is necessary for civilization to thrive and the end of liberty will also be the end of civilization. Karl Popper understood that as well as anyone who has lived. Hegseth, Boat Strikes, and the False Target of Establishment Hypocrisy3.prosince Many of the same Democratic lawmakers now condemning the shooting of survivors of the alleged drug boat strike had no problem when presidents they liked greenlit even worse strikes. But that doesn’t excuse Trump’s awful escalation in the Caribbean. Monetary Tyranny: How Legal Tender Laws Paved the Way and How Competition Sets Us Free2.prosince By making paper money legal tender, the government shut the door on sound money. Repealing legal tender laws is the first step back to liberty. Russia claims capture of key city of Pokrovsk. Kiev denies.2.prosince The city's capture would represent Kiev's greatest setback on the front line since the fall of Avdiivka in February 2024. The Importance of Using Words Honestly2.prosince Modern progressive political narratives depend heavily upon the misuse of words, changing their meaning in hopes that people will forget what they originally meant. Politics corrupts our very language itself. Is the CIA Targeting Mexico's President?2.prosince The recent "protests" against Scheinbaum were astroturfed. Why? It may be that Scheinbaum's efforts against the cartels are upsetting the CIA which has long allied itself with drug lords. Axios: Social Security's day of reckoning is nearly here2.prosince In the end, Fedgov will just print more money and raise taxes. Social security will be preserved by politicians to ensure that elected officials don't lose the votes of pensioners. |