The Love of Power
South Australia’s Marshall government sought a permanent extension of their emergency powers earlier this year. It was only the pushback by some principled Liberal MPs that forced Marshall to abandon his own plans.
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The US’s Future Could Be Scarce and Expensive
Our view of the future is usually nothing more than a limp extrapolation of today. But let’s try to see what lies ahead in a different, more pernicious light.
Viruses Are Like Cryptos — They Replicate
‘A crypto thing called Omicron has soared more than 900% since Saturday because there is now also a Covid variant called omicron. That’s it. That’s the reason.
Some Important News Regarding Your Rum Rebellion Subscription
While the name ‘Rum Rebellion’ is generally well known to most semi-students of Australian history, the involvement of rum was only a peripheral issue.
‘Investors’ Get Bitten
Bonner’s law says that ‘when the money goes, everything goes’. The corollary tells us that things in the financial world especially get a little funky.
Should Equity Pain Be Offset by a Universal Pension? (Part Two)
‘…there is a middle way, where half the pension is paid to everyone and the balance is income tested. Denmark has such a system.
Should Equity Pain be Offset by Universal Pension? Part One
Tomorrow, we’ll look at the proposed alternatives and whether we, as a nation, can afford a universal pension OR do you take personal responsibility to safeguard your financial position from the perfect storm?
Omicron Be Damned
Yes…COVID be damned…there is always opportunity in the share market depending on your time frame.
El Salvador Wants to Build a Bitcoin City
El Salvador is planning to build a Bitcoin city, funded by Bitcoin [BTC] bonds. Nayib Bukele, El Salvador’s president, announced the ambitious plan during a Bitcoin event last Saturday promoting bitcoin in El Salvador.
Lobbyists or Looters?
That ground is owned by the lobbyists rather than the traditional custodians of our democratic land, the regular citizen.