Posts by James G. Rickards
Next Meltdown Won’t Be in Home Mortgages. It’s Commercial Real Estate.
Most investors recall the 2007 – 2009 global financial crisis and recession as the result of subprime mortgages. These included “low doc” and “no doc” loans (meaning little or no documentation or verification of claims on the loan application), inflated appraisals, low or zero down payments and continual “flipping” of homes for more expensive ones…
Read MoreKamala’s VP Walz Is a Lot Like Biden. A Neo-Fascist and A Liar.
What are we getting with Kamala Harris’s choice of Tim Walz as her vice-presidential nominee? If you believe the corporate media, you’re getting a down-home, upper Midwestern, All-American candidate who wears trucker hats, flannel shirts and camo trousers with a big friendly grin on his face. The media have already dubbed him “America’s Dad.” He’s…
Read MoreGet Ready for Another Fake Election. Voting Machines Are Rigged.
Trump has been criticized by both opponents and supporters for dwelling too much on the election rigging that took place in 2020. His opponents accuse him of “election denial” and being a sore loser. His supporters want him to move on to issues more relevant today, such as illegal immigration, inflation, crime and the costs…
Read MoreNuclear War Just Got Closer
For over two years, I’ve been warning about the dangers of escalation between the U.S. and Russia over Ukraine. Well, the U.S. and Russia have now climbed another rung on the escalation ladder that could possibly lead to nuclear war. You probably know by now that Ukraine has invaded Russia in force. Up to six…
Read MoreFree Speech Is on the Ballot
Last night, the Democratic National Convention opened in Chicago, which will run through Thursday. Joe Biden was one of the speakers last night. Generally speaking, the more significant the speaker, the later in the week they speak. But they trotted Biden, the sitting president, out there on the first night like an opening band at…
Read MoreCare About Free Speech? A Brilliant Column on How Harris Would End It.
The Democrats’ definition of free speech is straightforward. If you agree with the Democrats, you are free to say whatever you like. If you disagree and speak out, you are guilty of misinformation, disinformation, hate speech, racism, transphobia or whatever other pejorative label the Dems can event. Once Democrats have decided you have crossed the…
Read MoreYes, Ukraine Invaded Russia. Now The Ukrainians Will All Be Killed.
Headlines are dominated by news that Ukraine has invaded Russia in force. Three Ukrainian brigades totaling about 6,000 troops with armored personnel carriers and tanks invaded a lightly defended part of the Russian border and began to move toward a Russian nuclear power plant near the city of Kursk. The object was to capture the nuclear power…
Read MoreThe Real Story Behind “Project 2025” And the Democrat Slime Machine
You’ve probably heard about “Project 2025.” If so, it has almost certainly been in a negative context thanks to Democratic propaganda. It’s time to set the record straight. The actual name of Project 2025 is: Mandate for Leadership, The Conservative Promise 2025. It’s a report published by the Heritage Foundation. They have had similar publications for…
Read MoreWhen Biden’s Fascists Attack Your Freedoms, They Start with Free Speech
There’s a reason the First Amendment comes first in the Bill of Rights. It guarantees free speech. Without free speech, most of the other rights don’t matter. Free speech is what you use to criticize politicians, express your own opinions, point out bad policies and argue in favor of good ones. Of course, free speech…
Read MoreThe Most Frightening Article I’ve Ever Read. No One Is Safe from Dems.
I don’t go in for hyperbole. There’s more than enough dramatic news happening every day. In just six weeks, we’ve lived through a funereal debate performance by Joe Biden, an attempted assassination of Donald Trump, an historic selection of JD Vance for VP, a coup d’état to get rid of Biden, a quickie coronation of…
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