With Donald Trump now serving as President of the United States, there are several movements happening around the country to make an exit from the union. A new poll suggests that a record number of California residents support secession, a movement dubbed as “Calexit.” According to a new Reuters/Ipsos Reid poll, 33 percent of Californians […]
Archives for January 2017
Video: A primer on the failure of the media
The approval rating and overall trustworthiness of the mainstream media are at historic lows. We generally do not trust Fox News, MSNBC, CNN, the New York Times and pretty much any other media outlet. The reason for this can be seen during the last election, and with the rise of the New Media, other alternative […]
Real free trade versus government’s idea of free trade
By: Peter G. Klein NPR featured an unintentionally funny piece this morning on Donald Trump’s views toward the EU and free trade. The guest, former US ambassador to the EU Anthony Gardner, rightfully criticized the president’s view that “protection will lead to great prosperity and strength,” and called for continued global engagement by US companies […]
Typical: French Socialist candidate wants tax on robots, universal basic income
French President Francois Hollande is not running for re-election. Knowing that he doesn’t have the numbers to garner a second victory, he confirmed that he won’t be running a second time (but who is going to pay for his expensive haircuts?). But that doesn’t mean socialism is coming to an end in France. According to […]
Literally Hitler! Pope Francis warns that populism may elect a new Adolf Hitler
For the last 18 months, you have likely been told that Donald Trump is “literally Hitler,” either by the mainstream media or people on Twitter. Or, if you’re overseas, you’ve been told that Nigel Farage and all of the Brexit supporters were “literally Hitler.” Any of the populist sentiment may have been slapped with the […]