"A rush into haven assets that began during the financial crisis is getting a new lease on life from an upsurge in populist politics and a quickening of inflation. Two firms say they’re planning to open vaults in Europe capable of holding more than 100 million euros ($112 million) in gold, offering customers lower costs than exchange-traded products and protection from rising prices." Continue reading →
401(k) deductions are under attack and tax advantages of inherited IRAs are being eliminated, while retirees move to Ecuador to escape outrageous expenses. Continue reading →
The tax-haven U.S. states of Montana and New Hampshire fired first this week ahead of an ominous House hearing. Continue reading →
In this episode of Thoughts from Maharrey Head, I talk about the preamble to the U.S. Constitution – what it tells us and what it doesn’t. If you’re an American, you’re probably familiar with the preamble to the Constitution. In fact, you may well have memorized it at some point in your school years. But…
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (Jun. 8, 2017) – In February, the San Francisco Police Department suspended its participation with the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF), a local/federal partnership that engages in broad-based surveillance in the name of national security. According to the FBI, JTTFs operate in more that 100 cities across the U.S. They “chase…
"The city council felled an entire stretch of this Urban Food Street, even preventing residents from collecting the fruit before the destruction." Continue reading →
"You need food, so you grow some vegetables. If you have extra you sell them on a street corner to your neighbors, and if you live in California you get arrested for it." Continue reading →
"A unanimous Court declared that police should not be held liable for recklessly firing 15 times into a shack where a homeless couple—Angel and Jennifer Mendez—was sleeping." Continue reading →
"The Prime Minister said introducing new rules for cyberspace would 'deprive the extremists of their safe spaces online' and that technology firms were not currently doing enough. The intervention comes after the introduction of the Investigatory Powers Act 2016 – dubbed the 'Snooper’s Charter' – which expands the powers of spying agencies and the Government over the internet." Continue reading →
"Theresa May is planning to introduce huge regulations on the way the internet works, allowing the government to decide what is said online. The government intends to introduce huge restrictions on what people can post, share and publish online. The plans will allow Britain to become 'the global leader in the regulation of the use of personal data and the internet', the manifesto claims. It comes just soon after the Investigatory Powers Act came into law. That legislation allowed the government to force internet companies to keep records on their customers' browsing histories, as well as giving ministers the power to break apps like WhatsApp so that messages can be read." Continue reading →