Why Would We Sell one of our Stock Exchanges to China?

February 11, 2016

Share this…EmailFacebookTwitterLinkedinGoogleReddit A frightening article in today’s UK Telegraph suggests that another financial crisis could destroy capitalism as we know it. Let that sink in. Our system is at risk, as it was in 2008. As a reminder, consider this C-SPAN  interview with Representative Paul Kanjorski, wherein he described how our entire system almost collapsed. He […]

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….And Why It Could Happen Again (Part 2)

February 4, 2016

Share this…EmailFacebookTwitterLinkedinGoogleReddit In early January 2009, a group within the Pentagon, tasked with understanding asymmetric warfare contracted me to research and explain the role that Economic Warfare may have played in the stock market crash underway at the time. We had already witnessed how the market crash played a decisive role in the Presidential election. […]

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Current Cyber Threats and the Impact on Global Stock Markets

January 23, 2016

Share this…EmailFacebookTwitterLinkedinGoogleReddit Last Sunday I had the privilege of addressing the South Carolina Tea Party Coalition Convention. Thank you Joe Dugan! This was THE political event of the weekend and featured appearances by Governor Mike Huckabee, Senator Ted Cruz, Donald Trump, Senator Rick Santorum, Governor Jim Gilmore, and Dr. Ben Carson. The other speakers were […]

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Unintended Consequences? How Oil May Determine Our Future

January 23, 2016

Share this…EmailFacebookTwitterLinkedinGoogleReddit Embed from Getty Images   The consensus thinking had been that lower oil prices would be beneficial for global consumers. Yet, ever since oil prices started falling rapidly, it seems as if things worsened rather than improved. And, when oil prices rebound (as they did yesterday), the stock market rallies. Clearly, there is […]

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Forgetting National Security, Ignoring Truth

January 6, 2016

Share this…EmailFacebookTwitterLinkedinGoogleRedditThe 1992 presidential election turned on one key phrase: “It’s the economy, stupid.” The Cold War had been won. America was the sole superpower of the world. We had just won the Gulf War. And, Americans were tired. We wanted to enjoy our prosperity. It was at that moment that we officially began to […]

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Game Changer in the Oil Wars?

January 2, 2016

Share this…EmailFacebookTwitterLinkedinGoogleReddit As the New Year’s Bowls wrap up, something is at play with little notice. Half a world away, Saudi Arabia executed a Shiite cleric (among many others in a mass execution), leading to riots and threats from Iran. This is extraordinarily serious as the Saudi regime is already struggling with the impact of […]

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Are We Now Buying the Rope On Which We Will Hang?

December 28, 2015

Share this…EmailFacebookTwitterLinkedinGoogleReddit There’s an infamous quote attributed to Vladimir Lenin (and also to Joseph Stalin): “The Capitalists will sell us the rope with which we will hang them.” The idea was that America was so corrupted and so greedy that we would eventually disregard our own national security in pursuit of a short-term profit. Ironically, […]

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The Resistance Lives–Why I Love the New Star Wars Movie

December 21, 2015

Share this…EmailFacebookTwitterLinkedinGoogleReddit There is something very emotionally familiar about the new ‪Star Wars‬ movie. And no, it is not simply because the plot lines are so similar to the 1977 release. It runs deeper. Yes, there’s the nostalgia for me, remembering fondly the introduction to movie magic and special effects first encountered as a teenager. […]

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It’s Official But Don’t Assume It’s Benign

December 1, 2015

Share this…EmailFacebookTwitterLinkedinGoogleRedditChinese Yuan Enters Reserve Currency Status with the IMF If World War 3 is cyber-economic (and it is), the yesterday we just saw one of our most important weapons given away. Yesterday was a huge day for China. Christine Largade, managing Director of the International Monetary Fund announced that the Yuan has just taken its place alongside […]

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What Happens in Paris DOESN’T Stay in Paris (Part 2)

November 18, 2015

Share this…EmailFacebookTwitterLinkedinGoogleReddit In our last post, we made a few key points that are already bearing out. This is a quick update. First, we know that terrorists have previously crossed as refugees into America. Don’t say it can’t or won’t happen. It already has. Al Qaeda operatives posed as refugees and entered the United States. […]

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