According to the United Nations, with 3% of our yearly military budget, the United States could eradicate world hunger.

Statistic on Billboard Explained In 2008, the United Nations said that $30 billion per year could end hunger on earth, as reported in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and many other outlets. The Food and Agriculture Organization has not updated that figure since 2008, and has recently told us that such figures do not require much updating. … Read more

The Widening Gap Between Fantasy & Reality

by David Robertson As distasteful as the level of polarization has become in the political arena, it seems to be metastasizing to other areas of our lives as well. The dismal performance of stocks at the end of last year followed by equally spectacular performance in the latest quarter serves as a nice illustration of … Read more

Jobs Narrative Continues To Be Bullshit

by Jim Quinn “There are three types of lies — lies, damn lies, and statistics.” ― Benjamin Disraeli I used to write a post every time the BLS issued their bullshit jobs propaganda report once per month. I did it during the entire Obama administration, proving month after month the narrative of an improving jobs … Read more

HORRIFYING Medieval Diseases Are Making a Comeback: “It’s a Public Health Crisis”

By Dagny Taggart A recent report from Kaiser Health News raises serious concerns about the spread of “medieval diseases” that are resurging in some parts of the US. “Infectious diseases — some that ravaged populations in the Middle Ages — are resurging in California and around the country, and are hitting homeless populations especially hard,” the report explains. … Read more

Warning Mr. Trump

by Raúl Ilargi Meijer Pablo Picasso Crucifixion 1930    President Donald J. Trump The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC 20500.     Mr. President, I write to you because I’m seeing something unfold that concerns you, and I have no way of knowing if you’re aware of it, nor have I seen anyone else … Read more

The latest Social Justice absurdity…

by Simon Black Each Friday we highlight a number of important, and often bizarre stories from around the world that my team and I are closely following: What age do you identify as? It happens way too often here at Sovereign Man… we joke around about the next outlandish demands of Social Justice Warriors. And … Read more

Ted Butler: Outrage & Disgust That US Govt Failed To End JP Morgan’s Gold & Silver Manipulation

by Ted Butler via Silver Seek A recent interview with former CFTC Commissioner Bart Chilton nearly knocked me off my feet because it confirmed what I have alleged, starting more than 12 years ago. I’ll include the interview later, but first I will set the background of the subject and timeline in order put Chilton’s words into the … Read more

Saudi Arabia Threatens To Drop Dollar For Oil Trades

By Irina Slav Saudi Arabia has threatened the United States to stop using dollars for its oil trades in an attempt to discourage legislators from passing a bill dubbed NOPEC aimed at holding OPEC liable for cartel practices under U.S. law. Reuters reports, citing unnamed sources, that the switch from U.S. dollars to other currencies had … Read more

Ten Retirement Mistakes You Don’t Want to Make

by FS Planning for retirement can often be stressful and quite complicated. Jim Puplava of Financial Sense Wealth Management shared 10 of the most common retirement planning mistakes he’s seen on a recent edition of our Lifetime Income program. He identifies how you can avoid these common mishaps to create a more stable future for your retirement years. 1. … Read more

Chicago attorney calls for Jussie Smollett to be RE-CHARGED

Awesome! Chicago attorney calls for Jussie Smollett to be RE-CHARGED with staging attack and demands investigation into whether city’s top prosecutor interfered in decision to drop felony charges against him. BREAKING — a Chicago attorney has filed a petition asking for a special prosecutor to pursue the case against #JussieSmollett case and look into whether … Read more

Boeing is having a bad year

  HMM: Boeing’s 737 Max Defense Just Got More Difficult. “The 737 Max is as safe as any airplane that has ever flown the skies,” Boeing swiftly concluded. Lion Air was furious that the manufacturer appeared to be casting doubt on its safety culture, but for everyone else it sent a comforting message: Perhaps Boeing was … Read more

The mass hysteria that has consumed much of our political class since the 2016 election should serve as a very frightening warning about the kind of people we’ve been letting run our country.

HARSH, BUT FAIR: Related: The mass hysteria that has consumed much of our political class since the 2016 election should serve as a very frightening warning about the kind of people we’ve been letting run our country.   RICK MORAN: Forecasting Model that Predicted Trump Win in 2016 Shows the President in Good Shape for 2020.“It won’t … Read more

Why and How Social Media and Internet Platforms Have Destroyed Critical Thinking and News Awareness

The Mayo Clinic defines Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a chronic condition that affects millions of children and often continues into adulthood. ADHD includes a combination of persistent problems, such as difficulty sustaining attention, hyperactivity and impulsive behavior. I define a news and informational ADHD which is even worse because when adults know nothing via inattention … Read more

Poor countries’ debts at ‘crisis’ point

via publicfinanceinternational: Urgent action is being demanded to tackle a growing debt crisis among poor countries, whose foreign debt payments soared by 85% between 2010 and 2018. The Jubilee Debt Campaign says debts in the developing world are now at their highest level since 2004, fuelled by a lending boom driven by low global interest rates. … Read more