Billionaire financier Jeffrey Epstein was arrested recently and charged with sex trafficking of minors. Epstein is a registered sex offender who once served 13 months in jail on similar charges …
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With the creation of the German Empire in 1871, a new monetary system was introduced to the kingdoms, duchies, and principalities that made up the new empire. The old silver-based …
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It’s well known that the US dollar was originally modeled off the Spanish milled dollar, or “piece of eight.” And it’s also well known that the name “dollar” came from …
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In the aftermath of Iran’s downing of a US surveillance drone last week, the Trump administration placed new sanctions on Iran’s supreme leader and Foreign Minister. The sanctions, which most …
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The Soviet Union did a lot of copying of other countries’ military designs over the years. Whether it was outright copies of the B-29 Superfortress (Tupolev Tu-4) and the DC-3 …
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To many Americans, President Trump’s decision to abandon the nuclear deal with Iran meant the end of the agreement. But what those Americans (and possibly Trump too) don’t understand is …
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With the United States government finally revoking export waivers that allowed customers of Iranian oil to continue purchasing that oil from Iran, the US is hoping that it will choke …
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Since the breakup of the Soviet Union and the fall of the Iron Curtain, the United States has been flooded with a huge amount of military surplus hardware from Eastern …
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In case it wasn’t already certain that social media giants are engaged in censorship of unpopular ideas, Facebook’s latest actions made it abundantly clear that social media and free speech …
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Recent comments made by Iranian government officials have raised the possibility that OPEC might be on the verge of collapse. The cartel, founded in 1960 in Baghdad and headquartered in …