Bitcoin: The Alternate Currency of Repressed Regimes?

    On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson is joined by Francis Cianfrocca to discuss Warren Buffet’s assessment of the bond market, Bitcoin’s shadow economy in Argentina and the online attacks that are rocking the currency.

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    Obama for America… taking out $15 million dollar loan… from BANK OF AMERICA?

    This is a situation where the traditional “…Wait. WHAT?” seems a bit… understated: “Obama For America took out a $15 million loan from Bank of America last month, according to the campaign’s October monthly FEC report. The loan was incurred on September 4 and is due November 14, eight days after the election. OFA received an interest rate of 2.5% plus the current Libor rate.” Now, | Read More »

    Let’s Party Like It’s 1917

    The DNC’s logo for the 2012 convention struck me, when it first came out, as “Soviet chic”, a trendy style that’s been making its way around leftist protests from Wisconsin to Washington. With Barack Obama’s class warfare speech yesterday, it seems the President’s 2012 campaign theme will be to party like its 1917. In a speech right out of a European socialist’s playbook, Barack Obama | Read More »

    Did Obama Ask Warren Buffett to Bailout Bank of America?

    Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Francis Cianfrocca to discuss Hurricane Irene, Warren Buffett’s mysteriously timed investment in Bank of America and the Fed meeting in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. We’re brought to you as always by BigGovernment and Stephen Clouse and Associates. If you’d like to email us, you | Read More »

    Warren Buffet Wants to Pay More Taxes

    Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Francis Cianfrocca to discuss the proposed “Department of Jobs,” and Warren Buffett’s plea to the government to make him pay more in taxes. We’re brought to you as always by BigGovernment and Stephen Clouse and Associates. If you’d like to email us, you | Read More »