40 years ago today the last of the personnel left Vietnam from the rooftop of the embassy, climbing a rope ladder to the hovering Huey chopper. The last two combat troops on the ground were Air Force Combat Controllers, of which our beloved Jeff Emanuel and I are alumni of. It seems like yesterday (I left in November of 1968 after the Tet Offensive in | Read More »
NY Post ALBANY – Rep. Bob Turner is considering a challenge to U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand. In a confidential letter today obtained by The Post, Brooklyn Republican Chairman Craig Eaton asked his counterparts from across the state to draft Turner as the party’s candidate. “The county chairmen are working him over pretty hard, and he has not ruled a Senate run out,” a GOP source | Read More »
Well, just when it looked like things might be smoothing out a little bit we find out that two of the large “Bank-sters” are in big-g-g-g trouble again. From Reuters: Goldman Sachs Chief Executive Lloyd Blankfein has hired Reid Weingarten, a high-profile Washington defense attorney whose past clients include a former Enron accounting officer, according to a government source familiar with the matter. Blankfein, 56, | Read More »
From Reuters: (Reuters) – Pakistan gave <a title="Full coverage of China access to the previously unknown U.S. "stealth" helicopter that crashed during the commando raid that killed Osama bin Laden in May despite explicit requests from the CIA not to, the Financial Times reported on Sunday. The disclosure, if confirmed, is likely to further shake the U.S.- relationship, which has been improving slightly after hitting | Read More »
The biggest holder of US Debt if the Federal Reserve. Ron Paul has it right when he says, “Have the Federal Reserve simply cancel or forgive the 1.6 Trillion in Treasury Bonds it holds.” The Fed holds the bonds, the Treasury pays the Fed interest and the Fed refunds the interest back to the Treasury anyway! The Fed is a privately owned bank and it’s | Read More »
The Peoples Bank of China has announced their 12th five year plan, and it doesn’t include the dollar. Look at this just released article in Spiegel. The Chinese central bank surprised with a spectacular announcement: The would-be superpower wants to handle their entire future foreign trade in yuan, not in dollars. Beijing shakes America’s claim to represent the key currency – with serious consequences for | Read More »
Back in January of 2009 I wrote a short blog on a rising star in New Jersey that can still be read here. As I said then he was the right man and many here at RS soon took up the call to arms and supported his position. The 46-year-old Republican with a reputation as a corruption-busting prosecutor has been flirting with a gubernatorial bid | Read More »
Eric Sprott is one of the most listened to PM experts in the world and the head of a large Canadian securities firm. His video gives you 8 reasons why Silver is the investment of this Decade. His eight reasons in summary: 1. Demand is not only up, but still rising. The US Mint in the months of January and February sold as many dollars | Read More »
It’s never been more clear that China has begun to make it’s move as the reserve currency for the world. For some time now many have speculated that they intend to make the yuan or renminbi the worlds reserve currency, even while denying it just recently when President Hu visited the White House. However, as your momma used to say to you, actions speak louder | Read More »
Silver prices are due for a correction some time soon, within a month I predict. We keep hearing stories about tight supply when the fact is that in the retail market of bars of 100 ounces or less there seems to be no problem. The real tightness comes from the commercial side of the market where 1,000 ounce bars are virtually non-existent. When you dig | Read More »
With the crisis in the Middle East growing on a daily basis, Saudi Arabia recently announced that they would pick up the slack. But, they can’t. They are at max output now and all they can do is speed up the pumping rate for a short time. They can’t sustain a faster pumping rate as they will run the well dry and suck sand. They | Read More »
When I first began to research the possibility that the rumors I was hearing were true I was astounded to learn that there is a ton of evidence to substantiate those rumors. Actually you could say I was astounded, thunderstruck, astonished … I won’t go on any more, that what I was reading from an impeccable source was actually a scenario that has been discussed | Read More »
The End of America as we know it to be is imminent. That is a bold statement and I do not make it lightly, but it is the truth. My reasons are varied and many and there is ample evidence that have led me to make that statement. I’ll try to keep this blog post short, but include as much fact as I can to | Read More »
It’s hard to believe that I have been a member here for more then 5 years. RedState has inspired me in ways you can not imagine and it has lead me to many new places in life. It’s still the best place for conservatives to be and I look forward to another great 5 years here at RS. As always Eric and the gang do | Read More »
It is nearly a year since the frenzy of the November 2008 election. The results did not turn out the way conservatives and Republicans had hoped. With that said it means that the Democrats won the election, or did they? America has made mistakes in choosing a leader in the past and we most certainly will in the future. I had stated repeatedly during the | Read More »
Our friend Rus recently discussed the Conyers mess and our dysfunctional government here in New York. Great stuff…….
Our friend Rus Thompson was on the Glenn Beck show recently talking about the lawsuit he filed here in New York to stop the pay of our dysfunctional government here. Glenn also discussed the Conyers mess with Rus. Great stuff….
Moe has posted the video link on the front page, thank you Moe Lane. And now my 2 cents While this may have been the most expensive inauguration in history, it was attended by a large group of “low class, no count” thugs. I mean that in every sense of the word. Even the ultra Obama smoozer of all time, Chris Mathews, could be heard | Read More »
This is a damning video, and shows how deeply Obama and Rahm Emmanuel were entrenched in this affair with the now impeached Gov. Rod Blagojevich. Good video from the RNC.
We need a call-up for New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware. From WCBS News: In an e-mail to supporters, Christie says a formal announcement will come in the first week in February. The filing allows Christie to start raising money for the 2009 race. The 46-year-old Republican with a reputation as a corruption-busting prosecutor has been flirting with a gubernatorial bid since resigning as | Read More »
Many had great hopes for this man, that he was going to be a leader; make intelligent informed decisions and lead this country as it should be led. I am not one of those, although there a millions who still think that way. A statement made today by this leader of the most powerful nation in the world has only confirmed my suspicions about is | Read More »
AE posted a RedHot today, that leads to this link Back to the Front, an excellent reminder just how wrong the worlds view of this is. An excerpt from the article: My job will be to remind journalists that Hamas, not Israel, conquered Gaza and cut it off from the West Bank; I had completely forgotten this little tid-bit of fact, or rather is was | Read More »
The formula that has been used by the housing industry to compute mortgage rates was finally revealed, no wonder we are in such a mess. This video explains it all…
This make the most sense to me and it really explains what happened. Remember, math doesn’t lie and here is exactly the math Barney and the group were using. <object width=”425″ height=”344″><param name=”movie” value=”http://www.youtube.com/v/cvNag5KKrhU&hl=en&fs=1″></param><param name=”allowFullScreen” value=”true”></param><param name=”allowscriptaccess” value=”always”></param><embed src=”http://www.youtube.com/v/cvNag5KKrhU&hl=en&fs=1” type=”application/x-shockwave-flash” allowscriptaccess=”always” allowfullscreen=”true” width=”425″ height=”344″></embed></object>
In a report published exclusively by Drudge a Russian professor makes some claims, quoted below: Professor Igor Panarin said in an interview with the respected daily IZVESTIA published on Monday: “The dollar is not secured by anything. The country’s foreign debt has grown like an avalanche, even though in the early 1980s there was no debt. By 1998, when I first made my prediction, it | Read More »
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