Joanna-Maria Myers

The other side of “green policy”: forced labor (aka slavery)

Many of our cherished “alternative sources of energy” are actually based on international social dumping: let the poor and the REALLY oppressed “optimize the cost of production”! According to FoxNews, on Friday, September 29th, a bipartisan group of five lawmakers,…

More spending for them, more regulation for you: Democrats push for public recording of all “off-chain” cryptoassets transactions

Mistrust them as much as they mistrust you. In the Senate, the Democrats are trying to spend more of our money in overseas proxy wars. In the House of Representatives however, Virginia’s 8th District Representative Don Beyer (D), is advocating…

China uses its digital currency in its extensive, second-hand-gold market

Imagine an authoritarian regime combining the most robust asset in the history of humankind with the most intangible one. Washington and Brussels are taking notes. In the past few month, the Chinese economy has been characterized by efforts of its…

A civil war already lost: Second Republican debate was an indirect Trump success

Apart from DeSantis maybe, no GOP candidate has what it takes to challenge Trump’s supremacy. On Wednesday, September 27th, the second Republican primary debate took place. Seven presidential hopefuls (Ron DeSantis, Chris Christie, Mike Pence, Nikki Haley, Vivek Ramaswamy, Tim…

It is inevitable: Government shuts down on Sunday, October 1st

Will the Democrats learn this time that they can’t just ignore fiscal responsibility? Everything points to “hahaha no” It’s almost official: House Speaker Kevin McCarthy doesn’t have enough support to pass his proposal for a temporary spending bill, making an…

How did the Vikings reach America?

The Viking exploration of the Americas, particularly by figures like Leif Erikson around the year 1000 AD, is a historically significant event that predates Christopher Columbus’s voyages by nearly 500 years. This exploration is known from historical sagas and archaeological…

Accept more immigrants or suffer the… higher wages?

The economy is slowing down, southern border is being overrun with immigrants, inflation is kicking down the door but we still hear the same old song: unrestricted immigration and lower wages are the key to economic success but for whom?…

Collective defence pacts without direct American involvement?

Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso, all former French colonies, all military dictatorships, all against islamic terrorism (read our previous stories about these countries here and here), have officially pooled their military resources since Saturday, September 23rd. The new Alliance of…

Fog of war and Schrödinger’s admiral: Is Victor Sokolov alive?

“No”, claim the Ukrainians after their recent attack on the HQ of the Russian Black Sea fleet. “Yes”, answer the Russians with a (probably) live video of (probably) alive admiral Sokolov. In every war, the first victim is truth. Until…

A history of government shutdowns

Do you think the video is old? Think again and prepare accordingly. A government shutdown due to disagreements over bills that include spending is the ultimate expression of the REAL separation of powers (legislative, executive, judicial) and a still functioning…