Starvin Larry

The rule of law is based on a strict adherence to a set of known laws, the purpose of which is usually explained by those who created the law.  A central tenant of the rule of law is that the law applies equally to all people, and that no one is to be above the law.  In short: people are to be governed by the law, not the other way around.  However, in America today, the rule of law is dead.  Today, we live under the rule of men, and that means that ;the law’ is whatever they say it is on any given day, or worse, according to who you are and to what group(s) you belong at any given time.  If you doubt this, I would draw your attention to this story:

Chelsea Clinton: With Scalia Gone, Gun Control an Opportunity on Supreme Court

OK, let’s apply a…

“The way things are supposed to work is that we’re supposed to know virtually everything about what [government officials] do: that’s why they’re called public servants. They’re supposed to know virtually nothing about what we do: that’s why we’re called private individuals. This dynamic – the hallmark of a healthy and free society – has been radically reversed. Now, they know everything about what we do, and are constantly building systems to know more. Meanwhile, we know less and less about what they do, as they build walls of secrecy behind which they function. That’s the imbalance that needs to come to an end. No democracy can be healthy and functional if the most consequential acts of those who wield political power are completely unknown to those to whom they are supposed to be accountable.” ― Glenn Greenwald

Government eyes are watching you.

They see your every move: what…

James Grant is what every blogger, including SLL, aspires to. His analyses are so apt and his writing so stylish, easy to read, and often downright fun that he’s able to charge more than $1000 a year for a subscription to his biweekly Grant’s Interest Rate Observer. He reportedly has over 10,000 subscribers. You can do the math. SLL recommends his books, which come a lot cheaper. It’s rare that his writings enter the public domain, but this article appeared on davidstockmanscontracorner.com:

$13,903,107,629,266. Can the nation afford this much debt?

This much I have learned about debt after 40 years of writing and study: It is better not to incur it. Once it is incurred, it is better to pay it off. America, we have a problem.

We owe more than we can easily repay. We spend too much and borrow too much. Worse, we promise too much. We conjure dollar…

The American Empire will be America’s downfall. From Patrick Buchanan at buchanan.org:

This week, SU-24 fighter-bombers buzzed a U.S. destroyer in the Baltic Sea. The Russian planes carried no missiles or bombs.

Message: What are you Americans doing here?

In the South China Sea, U.S. planes overfly, and U.S. warships sail inside, the territorial limits of islets claimed by Beijing.

In South Korea, U.S. forces conduct annual military exercises as warnings to a North Korea that is testing nuclear warheads and long-range missiles that can reach the United States.

U.S. warships based in Bahrain confront Iranian subs and missile boats in the Gulf. In January, a U.S. Navy skiff ran aground on an Iranian island. Iran let the 10 U.S. sailors go within 24 hours.

But bellicose demands for U.S. retaliation had already begun.

Yet, in each of these regions, it is not U.S. vital interests that are threatened, but…