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Welcome to Shrinkflation: Government Edition

After a truly wonderful event over the weekend in Austin, Texas with about 130 of our Total Access members, I hopped a plane to San Diego, California for a flurry of meetings today. It would be hard to imagine a nicer place. California has extraordinary nature, from its breathtaking coast to inland treasures

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Google Owes $500,000 for NOT Censoring Videos Criticizing a Politician

Here’s our Friday roll-up of the most ridiculous stories from around the world that are threats to your liberty, risks to your prosperity… and on occasion, inspiring poetic justice. Australia Orders Google to Pay Over $500,000 for Not Removing Video Throughout 2020, YouTuber Jordan Shanks posted videos making fun of the Deputy Premier

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Getting UK Citizenship By Ancestry is about to get easier in 2023

Got UK parents or grandparents, but previously weren’t eligible for UK Citizenship By Ancestry? Thanks to a number of significant incoming changes to the country’s citizenship law, you may soon be able to get your British passport after all. Let’s get into the changes below. Tens of thousands of additional people could soon

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Obtaining Mexican Residency is Easy… in Theory

I’m part of the lucky bloodline club. Because I can trace my ancestors back to Italy, I am eligible for an Italian passport. About a year ago, I took the first step toward claiming that second citizenship by making an appointment at the Italian Embassy in Miami. But my appointment is still a

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In times like these, a second passport makes a lot of sense

My daughter was born with five passports when she came into the world last year. Well, technically we’re still applying for a couple of them, but she’s entitled to all five. It wasn’t an accident. It was the result of deliberate calculation and effort. I’ve written about this a few times– giving birth

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What happens when the “experts” are wrong?

I arrived back to Mexico a few days ago, because, the big news in my life is that my wife and I are expecting our second child. It’s a boy. And we had such an amazing experience with the birth of our daughter here in Mexico last year that it was a no-brainer

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COVID Lockdowns Caused an Additional 3,000 Diabetic Deaths in UK

COVID Lockdowns Caused an Additional 3,000 Diabetic Deaths in UK Here’s our Friday roll-up of the most ridiculous stories from around the world that are threats to your liberty, risks to your prosperity… and on occasion, inspiring poetic justice. 3,000 UK Diabetics Died From Lack of Care During COVID Lockdowns A study from

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Our overlords say inflation and energy shortages are “worth it”

Here’s our Friday roll-up of the most ridiculous stories from around the world that are threats to your liberty, risks to your prosperity… and on occasion, inspiring poetic justice. School Board Member Hosts Youth Event at Her Sex Shop Jenn Mason is a member of the Bellingham School Board in Washington state. She

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Nancy Pelosi Finally Loses Some Money

Here’s our Friday roll-up of the most ridiculous stories from around the world that are threats to your liberty, risks to your prosperity… and on occasion, inspiring poetic justice. Hunter Biden: The Greatest Businessman of All Time Forget Elon Musk. Hunter Biden must clearly be the greatest businessman of all time. Yesterday, NBC

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Why we don’t ever report on Vanuatu’s CBI program

In the market for a second passport via a Citizenship By Investment (CBI) program? While we report on CBI programs around the world routinely, there’s one program we hardly ever mention – the Vanuatu CBI. Here’s why… Situated in the South Pacific, northeast of Australia, Vanuatu is a tiny island nation. The country

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Fighting inflation… with price controls. It’s genius!

One of the most repeated lessons we see over and over again throughout human history is that bumbling politicians almost invariably try to ‘fix’ inflation with price controls. Emperor Diocletian famously imposed strict price controls across the Roman Empire in 301 AD to fight off inflation that had resulted from a massive debasement

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About that coming “food crisis”

On Wednesday July 3rd in the year 1315, King Louis X of France– also know as “Louis the Headstrong”– issued a groundbreaking edict. “Whereas, according to natural right, everyone should be born free. . .” he began. “Many persons amongst our common people have fallen into the bonds of slavery, which much displeaseth

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Oregon Schools To Provide Tampons in Boys’ Bathrooms

Here’s our Friday roll-up of the most ridiculous stories from around the world that are threats to your liberty, risks to your prosperity… and on occasion, inspiring poetic justice. Oregon Schools To Provide Tampons in Boys’ Bathrooms A new law taking effect this fall requires all schools in Oregon to provide free menstrual

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Even the smartest man in the world was a terrible central banker

By the early Spring of 1696, England was on the brink of a major currency crisis that had been building for decades. This was back in an era where English money was primarily silver; more than 1,000 years ago, in fact, Britain’s pound sterling was originally struck by Anglo-Saxon kings in the British

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