According to a Bank of America Merrill Lynch report in June, interest rates in developed countries, in particular America’s 0.5 percent, are now at the lowest level in 5,000 years. In their battle against deflation, countries such as Sweden, Switzerland or Japan have even turned to n[...]
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THE-Ave Challenge: What is an “American” Company
A. A company listed on the NY stock exchange B. A company with headquarters in one of the 50 states. C. A company with majority ownership in the US D. A company that pays taxes to the US. E. I have no idea, but maybe Trump does [...]
March 15th, 2018 - 1:28 am § in America, Donald Trump
Today is the birthday of an American Monster … Andrew Jackson.
If you want to better understand this president, you should read about a campaign almost 200 years old. Mr. Trump has dedicated his Presidency to Jackson’s Memory. In 1828, Andrew Jackson became the first president of the United States who wasn’t a founding father or son of a founding fath[...]
February 4th, 2018 - 12:29 am § in Uncategorized
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: The Treaty of Tripoli Celebrates America as a Jesus Free State
The late 18th century treaty reached by America with certain Muslim pirates of the African coast states: As the government of the United States of America is not in any sense founded on the Christian Religion,-as it has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religion or tranquility of Mu[...]
A gift to America’s richest people
This is how much America’s 15 richest people might save in estate taxes if the GOP tax bill passes. Enjoy, because you’re paying for it. 1. Bill Gates, $35.6 billion 2. Jeff Bezos, $32.6 billion 3. Warren Buffett, $31.2 billion 4. Mark Zuckerberg, $28.4 billion 5. Larry Ellison, $23.6 [...]
GOP tax bill remakes American life
And for most Americans, not for the better. The GOP tax bill has turned into something far larger and more sinister than a tax cut for corporations and wealthy people, although taxing the middle class to subsidize the GOP’s campaign donors remains one of its foremost objectives. But beyond th[...]
November 13th, 2017 - 12:26 am § in Donald Trump, Hypocrisy
The Trump family demonstrates why America shuns hereditary rule
The Founding Fathers had a horror of this sort of thing. They were right[...]
October 15th, 2017 - 12:34 am § in Misc.
The AVE Challenge: Who wrote this description of Americans?
“They eat one another, the victor [eats] the vanquished,” he wrote. “I know a man… who was reputed to have eaten more than 300 human bodies…” The women are intensely desirable: “none… among them who had a flabby breast,” but they are also monster[...]