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“I wanted to save a half million boys on our side.... I never lost any sleep over my decision.”—Harry Truman, (quoted in Alfred Steinberg, The Man From Missouri (New York, 1962), p. 259)It is estimated that there were 416,480 American military deaths in WWII. Thus, what we are invited to believe by Truman’s assertion that the atomic bombs saved 500,000 (or many more) American lives is that, had the US invaded Japan, more Americans would have died in such actions than...

There will never come a time when all human beings are in full ideological agreement, which is why free speech is of paramount importance to peaceful co-existence. Free speech is the only foundation on which men who disagree with each other can debate their opposing ideologies, or even hurl insults at each other if so inclined, but ultimately all the protagonists can do is try to persuade each other. All this changes when the state gets involved and decides to wield...

Unesco: Arc horloger association founded in La Chaux-de-Fonds Keystone-SDA Listen to the article Listening the article Toggle language selector...

The US dollar advanced against all the G10 currencies last week but the Swiss franc but turned in a most mixed performance against emerging market currencies. The US 10-year yield fell for the third consecutive week and near 4.16%, it is around a dozen basis points below where it settled the night before the US election. The two-year yield fell for the second consecutive week and settled near 4.10% is about half a dozen basis points below the pre-election day level....

What is the Mises Institute? The Mises Institute is a non-profit organization that exists to promote teaching and research in the Austrian School of economics, individual freedom, honest history, and international peace, in the tradition of Ludwig von Mises and Murray N. Rothbard. Non-political, non-partisan, and non-PC, we advocate a radical shift in the intellectual climate, away from statism and toward a private property order....

Inside This Week's Bull Bear Report 2025 - Do Economic Indicators Support Bullish Outlooks How We Are Trading It Research Report -The Kalecki Profit Equation And The Coming Reversion Youtube - Before The Bell Market Statistics Stock Screens Portfolio Trades This Week Everybody Is Very Bullish Last week, we discussed how speculation and leverage have returned in earnest to the market as investors rush to take on increasing levels of risk. With...

Old 5-franc coin sold for 30,000 francs in Wil (SG) Keystone-SDA Listen to the article Listening the article Toggle language selector...

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Die aktuelle Bitcoin-Rally scheint noch lange nicht am Ende zu sein. Immer mehr Optionsmarkt-Händler sehen weiteres Aufwärtspotenzial für die Kryptowährung. Das sind die Gründe. Optionshändler weiterhin bullish für Bitcoin Daten aus dem Optionsmarkt stützen Bitcoin-Trend Anzahl der Call-Optionen hoch Bitcoin hat in den letzten Wochen mehrfach neue Allzeithochs erreicht. Am Freitag, den 22. November 2024, erreichte Bitcoin gemäss MarketWatch-Daten ein Rekordhoch von...

On Saturday night, Donald Trump announced he intends to appoint Kash Patel as director of the FBI. The news sparked an immediate frenzy from establishment figures across media and politics. Legal and national security “experts” were deployed to the Sunday morning news shows to characterize the move as evidence that Trump intends to politicize the FBI and use it as a weapon against his many political opponents.The political establishment’s concerns about what a Trump...