In a nearly unanimous vote on Tuesday, the House passed a bill that imposes new sanctions on Moscow and forces Trump to seek congressional approval before easing any restrictions on Russia. The bill, part of a larger sanctions regimen that would also impose new...
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Bracing for “Cyber 9/11”
by Corbett | Jul 23, 2017 | Newsletter
As Al-CIA-da become the "good guys" (again), and I-CIA-SIS starts to crumble, and the latest boogeymen fail to strike a chord of panic in a boogeyman-weary public (remember the fearsome Khorasan Group, anyone?), it is safe to say that the old Global War on Terror...
It Begins: Canadian Gov Rolls Out Points To Reward Good Citizens
by Corbett | Jul 16, 2017 | Newsletter
I warned you in 2010, when I published Episode 145 of my podcast, "You Are Being Gamed." I warned you in 2015, when I released my video on "Sesame Credit: China’s Creepy New Social Engineering Experiment." I warned you last year in these very pages, when I penned my...
The Ugly Truth About the Minimum Wage
by Corbett | Jul 10, 2017 | Newsletter
The economic ignorace of the "Let's Raise the Minimum Wage" gang is matched only by their smugness. In their confused, economically-illiterate universe, you either advocate for an increase in the minimum wage or you hate poor people. As anyone with an understanding of...
Yellen: No Financial Crisis In Our Lifetime
by Corbett | Jul 2, 2017 | Newsletter
It's official, folks: You don't have to worry about a financial crisis ever again! Well, your children might, but you are in the clear! How do I know this? Why, the Empress of the Economy herself, the venerable Janet Yellen, chair of the High and Mighty Federal...
How To Disappear Online
by Corbett | Jun 25, 2017 | Newsletter
Like many other people in the online era, Mario Costeja González found himself in an uncomfortable situation: When people Googled his name the top result was a piece of potentially embarrassing information from his now-distant past. But unlike many others caught in a...
Strange Bedfellows: The India/Pakistan/China Triangle
by Corbett | Jun 18, 2017 | Newsletter
They say politics makes for strange bedfellows, and if that's the case then perhaps we don't have to look any further than the images coming out of Astana last week for proof of that dictum. Astana, of course, is the capital of Kazakhstan, and last weekend it played...
Bombshell in the Gulf: The GCC/Qatar Crisis
by Corbett | Jun 11, 2017 | Newsletter
So what does a geopolitical bombshell look like, exactly? Well, something like what took place this past week in the Gulf. Namely: Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain, Egypt, Mauritania, Yemen, and the Bayda-based so-called "eastern" government in...