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Kish Me Once, Kish Me Twice

*As published on the Mises Wire w/Audio Mises Wire. Kish, since you are wondering, is an Iranian island in the Persian Gulf famed for its tourist and shopping attractions. It is becoming a serious rival to other nearby vacation hubs in Doha and Dubai. Along with pristine beaches and extensive malls, Kish is–or more so…
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The Iscariots

This is all so Biblical. The question is not whether the reign of evil, the Reich of the liars, cheats, murderers, thieves and scoundrels has arrived, but rather; how long is it going to last? Is this the pinnacle? Will there be enough Maccabees to fight back? Those questions can really only be answered by…
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The “I-Word”

During Lent, we Catholics are instructed not to say the “A-word”, i.e. “alleluia”. It’s use is suspended until Easter. In the worlds of politics, economics, and finance, agents this season are leery of using the “I-word” namely “inflation” unless it is a referent to a phenomenon immediately dismissed as unworthy of concern. After all, the…
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The Good Sons Versus GameStop

It has been a while since I saw the movie The Good Son (1993) so please do pardon my fuzzy yet necessary and ultimately beneficial recollection of the plot. Essentially, a boy played by Macaulay Culkin has everyone tricked into believing him to be a good boy. He has all the airs of a good…
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The Companies Who Cry Noose

They have no shame where shame is certainly needed. No, I’m not talking about actor Jussie Smollett and NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace. It’s altogether obvious that they have no shame nor integrity as they celebrate and–in Wallace’s case–profit directly from self-manufactured racial hoaxes. I am addressing the companies that are on-board with it all. Here’s…
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Bizarro World

If you feel out of place today, that is because you are normal. No, not in the derogatory “normie”, “blue-pilled” way, but in the well-adjusted, emotionally-stable, confident human being senses of the term. You have meaningful relationships. You enjoy physical, social interaction even conversation with other human beings. You, like me, detest “Eyes Wide Shut”…
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