Ever heard of a federal law 42 USC § 18115: Freedom Not to Participate in Federal Health Insurance Programs? I haven’t either. But thanks to FOTM reader Joseph, now we all do! This is how Cornell University Law School’s website describes 42 USC § 18115: No individual, company, business, nonprofit entity, or health insurance issuer offering group or individual health insurance coverage shall be required to participate in any Federal health insurance program created under this Act(or any amendments made by this Act), or in any Federal health insurance program expanded by this Act (or any such amendments), and there shall be no penalty Read more [...]

Hold On To Your Butts! While the mainstream media focus on ISIS extremists, a threat that has gone virtually unreported is that your life savings could be wiped out in a massive derivatives collapse. Bank bail-ins have begun in Europe, and the infrastructure is in place in the US.  Poverty also kills. At the end of November, an Italian pensioner hanged himself after his entire €100,000 savings were confiscated in a bank “rescue” scheme. He left a suicide note blaming the bank, where he had been a customer for 50 years and had invested in bank-issued bonds. But he might better have blamed the EU and the G20’s Financial Stability Board, which have imposed an “Orderly Resolution” Read more [...]

Most watch in disbelief as hordes of Middle Eastern migrants enter Europe with little to no resistance from border control. Whereas refugees are normally women and children, these migrants are for the most part young males of fighting age leaving a war zone. That prompts concerns on their true motives. Europe is divided regarding its course of action against this flood of migrant resulting in inaction; meanwhile the flow intensifies: at the beginning of October 2015 the flow has increased to over 10,000 new migrants daily in Germany. Today we will explain how an armed conflict over a gas pipeline triggered this mass migration and considering the geopolitical consequences, forecast where oil prices will go from here. The Heir Read more [...]

When Trump’s many statements were fact-checked, it was discovered that only 7% of what the presidential candidate spouts is true. This recent news shouldn’t be surprising to most readers. When Politifact rated a number of Trump’s tweets and so-called ‘facts’, it was discovered that of all 70 statements only five were “mostly true.” That’s a measly 7%!  Nearly 13, or almost one out of every five, were rated “Half True.” Another nine, or 13%, were rated “Mostly False.” In addition, 14 – or one out of every five checked – were so egregiously false, they earned a “Pants on Fire” Read more [...]