The Burning Platform

Guest Post by Paul Craig Roberts

25 Ways the US is Being Destroyed Explained in Under 2 Minutes

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I would add several more. For example, the independence of doctors requires private practice. Private practice is being destroyed systematically by medical insurance, malpractice insurance, Medicare, Big Pharma, and the US Congress which panders to Big Pharma for campaign contributions. Medical doctors are being forced into becoming employees for HMOs where they have to follow their employer’s protocols or be fired.

Continue reading “America: Goodbye my Country”

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ftc-noncompete-agreement-ban/

Federal regulators on Tuesday enacted a nationwide ban on new noncompete agreements, which keep millions of Americans — from minimum-wage earners to CEOs — from switching jobs within their industries.

The Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday afternoon voted 3-to-2 to approve the new rule, which will ban noncompetes for all workers when the regulations take effect in 120 days. For senior executives, existing noncompetes can remain in force. For all other employees, existing noncompetes are not enforceable.

Continue reading “Are you subject to a Non-Compete? NEWSFLASH”

Guest Post by Margaret Anna Alice

“Give me a story that just makes me unreasonably vigilant. Keep me up till five only because all your stars are out, and for no other reason.”

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“Do you know what you will be asked when you die? … I’m so sure you’ll get asked only two questions. Were most of your stars out? Were you busy writing your heart out? If only you knew how easy it would be for you to say yes to both questions. If only you’d remember before ever you sit down to write that you’ve been a reader long before you were ever a writer. You simply fix that fact in your mind, then sit very still and ask yourself, as a reader, what piece of writing in all the world Buddy Glass would most want to read if he had his heart’s choice. The next step is terrible, but so simple I can hardly believe it as I write it. You just sit down shamelessly and write the thing yourself. I won’t even underline that. It’s too important to be underlined.”

—Seymour, J.D. Salinger’s Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour, an Introduction (Kindle, hardcover, paperback, mass market paperback)

J.D. Salinger was my favorite author while I was in high school. I read everything ever published by him, including short stories only available in periodicals I tracked down and photocopied at the library.

Continue reading “All Our Stars Out: On Finding Cheng”

From Peter Reagan for Birch Gold Group

There’s no doubt, if your retirement savings aren’t built on a stable foundation, your retirement income could erode even during “normal times.”

In a recent article on retirement planning, Joe F. Schmitz took to Kiplinger to suggest a retirement strategy to address this concern. Schmitz advises:

When building a retirement plan, consider implementing a five-pillar approach that includes taxes, investments, income, health care and estate planning.

These read a lot like common sense pieces of advice that every person should consider to increase the chances their golden years are financially secure. It’s worth a read!

Here’s the problem: There are two persistent forces that corrode those pillars, constantly threatening to undermine your stable foundation.

Let’s take a look…

Continue reading “These 2 Persistent Trends Undermine Your Financial Stability”

Submitted by Paul S.

Guest Post by Ron Unz

The global Covid epidemic began more than four years ago, and although its visibility has largely faded over the last couple of years, displaced in the headlines by Russia’s Ukraine war and the more recent Israel-Gaza conflict, its lingering impact has been enormous.

Since 2020 The Economist has maintained the most authoritative account of the human toll and by its reckoning, the total number of “excess deaths” worldwide has nearly reached thirty million, while many billions more had their lives greatly disrupted by the lockdowns and economic dislocations. Our own country certainly suffered from these same factors, with well over a million American deaths, and the massive government spending used to avert an economic collapse raised our debt by more than $10 trillion, an increase of roughly 50% over just the last few years.

Continue reading “After Four Years and Thirty Million Deaths”

Don’t Let The Bastards Get You Down!

Guest Post by Dennis Miller at Miller On The Money

Baby Boomers remember Abbott & Costello’s, famous comedy skit, “Who’s on first?”

Grunge.com explains:

“Lou Costello,…appeared lively and fun in his comedy bits, but behind the laughter was a life marred by tragedy.

…. Despite this success,…(he) experienced a darker side of life.

In November 1943, Costello had just returned from a six-month absence from TV. He had been sidelined with rheumatic fever after touring…different army bases. He arrived at the NBC studios…and received the worst news imaginable for a father — his son had died.

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Via State of the Nation

THE LONG PLANNED & HIGHLY
ORGANIZED COMMUNIST PLOT
TO TAKE OVER THE AMERICAN
REPUBLIC PROCEEDS WITH ALL
DELIBERATE SPEED

JOE BIDEN:
A Zionist Puppet and Jesuit Agent
Criminally Installed as POTUS
to Destroy America

First, some essential history:

Who’s really in charge—the Jews or the Jesuits?

Or, is it the Jewsuits?

Submitted by Revisionist Historians for World Peace
The Millennium Report

This debate has been raging on the Internet for years … by purposeful design of course.

In nearly every single debate, the Jesuits seem to win the day … by quite purposeful design.

The truth is really very simple.

Continue reading “The Barbarians Are Inside The Gate”