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China’s Suspiciously American Arsenal: A Closer Look

Have you seen the PLA Navy's latest whizzbang terror toy? Described as a "tactical laser system," it was recently featured in a PR puff piece on China's state-owned mouthpiece channel, CCTV. According to reports, it will be deployed on the PLA Navy's Type 055...

No, Albert Pike Did Not Predict World War III

Stop me if you've heard this one before. It's 1871. August 15th, to be precise. The eminent American Freemason, Scottish Rite Sovereign Grand Commander Albert Pike, sits down at his desk and, by the flickering light of a candle, composes a letter to his friend and...

Episode 355 – The Dark History of the Minimum Wage

Episode 355 – The Dark History of the Minimum Wage

There's something strange about the idea of a minimum wage. It's one of those subjects that everyone has a strong opinion about, even if they have no idea what makes actual economic sense. But perhaps the most surprising thing of all is that the minimum wage has a...

Japan’s Emperor is Abdicating. Here’s What It Means.

Sometime this weekend, the cabinet members of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party will be locked in a room without communication devices of any kind. Not so much as a smartwatch will remain as they engage in deliberations, and they will stay locked in that room...

Do Humans Have Free Will? Not If Big Tech Wins!

Do humans have free will? That question has puzzled philosophers for millennia and has generated fierce debates. Perhaps the only thing more contentious than the question are the implications of its answer. If man has no free will, then how can there be moral...