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Are you ready for this week’s absurdity? Here’s our Friday roll-up of the most ridiculous stories from around the world that are threats to your liberty, your finances, and your prosperity. County government seizes home over $8.41 in unpaid tax When an 83-year old retiree paid his property taxes late, he miscalculated the
In early 1940s as World War II raged in Europe and the Pacific, the most powerful person in the world was NOT Adolf Hitler. Nor Franklin Roosevelt. Nor Winston Churchill. Nor Josef Stalin. Not even close. The most powerful person in the world was a Nobel Prize winning physicist named Arthur Compton. Compton
Over the past two decades, one of my hobbies has been chronicling my family history. It started back in the early 2000s right around my first military deployment. I wasn’t sure if I was going to make it home, so I had a strong desire to know more about my ancestors. I was
Are you ready for this week’s absurdity? Here’s our Friday roll-up of the most ridiculous stories from around the world that are threats to your liberty, your finances, and your prosperity. Apparently it’s not just women who can have babies… It all started when a British cancer charity decided to drop the word
George Reby was driving from New Jersey to Tennessee to pick up a car he had purchased on eBay when he was stopped for speeding. Like many Americans, George felt he had nothing to hide from the police. So when the officer asked him if he was carrying any large amounts of cash,
Are you ready for this week’s absurdity? Here’s our Friday roll-up of the most ridiculous stories from around the world that are threats to your liberty, your finances and your prosperity. Appeals court overturns child pornography conviction because criminal is transgender Right up front– to be absolutely clear, we have absolutely no issues
Milton Friedman, one of the most influential economists of the 20th century, once said that “nothing is more permanent than a temporary government program.” The same can be said about temporary taxes. Take 1861 for example, when the first-ever federal taxes were levied on American citizens to help pay for the Civil War.
[Editor’s Note: Today’s Note from the Field comes from Sovereign Man Team Member Joe Jarvis who recently climbed Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania.] For some people it starts with loss of appetite. Others get a headache and nausea. Pole, pole is the motto, climbing Mount Kilimanjaro– slowly, slowly. At an altitude of 5,895 meters
Are you ready for this week’s absurdity? Here’s our Friday roll-up of the most ridiculous stories from around the world that are threats to your liberty, your finances and your prosperity. Air Force Missile Command finally retires 1960s era Floppy Disks I suspect our younger readers might not know what a floppy disk
In 2010, New York-based entrepreneur Adam Neumann had an idea: to lease office space to companies all over the world on a short-term basis. Usually when a company leases office space, it has to sign a long-term contract; but Neumann wanted to lease space to businesses for terms as short as one month.
Are you ready for this week’s absurdity? Here’s our Friday roll-up of the most ridiculous stories from around the world that are threats to your liberty, your finances and your prosperity. Singapore officially bans ‘fake’ news Singapore is great for a lot of things– banking, business, trade, etc. But it ranks rather poorly
Are you ready for this week’s absurdity? You might want to grab a drink for this one… or take a moment to listen to some soothing meditation music. Here’s our Friday roll-up of the most ridiculous stories from around the world that are threats to your liberty, finances, and possibly your blood pressure.
What is your favorite coffee shop or restaurant? Which doctor’s office and dentist do you prefer to go to? I bet these are all within, say, 15 minutes of your home. That makes sense–who wants to drive three hours to get coffee, or take a plane to their dentist? But what about your
Warren Buffett, despite his extraordinary investment success, has a rather famous and long-standing love/hate relationship with precious metals. Maybe it started with his dad– Congressman Howard Buffett of Nebraska– who, as a staunch advocate for the gold standard, argued to his colleagues on Capitol Hill that “paper money systems have always wound up
Are you ready for this week’s absurdity? Here’s our Friday roll-up of the most ridiculous stories from around the world that are threats to your liberty and finances. New York City starts banning words You can now be fined $250,000 in New York City for using the term “Illegal alien” in a negative
