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  • The Great Gold Robbery

    By Dan Schneider The greatest gold robbery in the United States – and even the world – was not committed by Jesse James, Bonnie and Clyde, or by any other citizen of the United States. It was pulled off by the United States itself in partnership with the Federal Reserve Bank. On April 5, 1933,…

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  • Blog Update

    Just a brief note to my readers to apologize for missing the weekly post last week. It’s a horribly busy time of year for me as school gets out and my youngest is graduating high school. No more children in the public school system! I can’t tell you how excited I am. I feel like…

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  • Soviet Backwash

    backwash, n. 1) a condition, usually undesirable, that continues long after the event which caused it. Unified Theory of WTF, Part 1 First, apologies for missing a week of posts. I offer the usual excuses revolving around “life happens”. The other reason is probably relevant to you too: so much news, coming so quickly, that…

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  • “Honor the work, and respect the worker!”

    May 1. May Day. It conjures up different images and meanings for different people: Some of us remember it being the day when the Soviet Union tried to demonstrate its strength with tanks and mobile-missiles parading past the Kremlin. Others think of home-grown communists demonstrating in the streets demanding the end to capitalism. And for…

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