In 2007, the US taxpayers were told that they were responsible for the negligent actions of several large banking institutions. They were told that in order to prevent “complete and utter chaos” from a banking collapse they must give the banking cartels hundreds of billions of dollars to “bail them out.” Despite an overwhelming majority of Read More…
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Reshaping Geopolitics: Breaking Down The Current “Free Trade” Deals
For many people still unaware, there are a variety of “free trade” deals being negotiated and worked on between various swaths of countries all over the world. As we have reported on several times at The Last American Vagabond, TPP is one of those under the radar trade deals that is attempting to be passed Read More…
9 Uses For Hemp You Won’t Learn From Mainstream Media
Though the negative stigma associated with cannabis has lessened in recent years – especially since CBD-rich oils to be a powerful aid in fighting cancer, it still hasn’t garnered full support from the public. Such is unfortunate, as hemp is one of the most versatile (and longest cultivated) crops on the planet and can be Read More…
Made In America: How The US Dominates The World Arms Trade
Who says nothing is made in the USA anymore? Certainly not the well-heeled denizens of the State Department’s diplomatic corps. And they should know. That’s because they’re stationed on the front lines of the ongoing battle to preserve Uncle Sam’s dominant market share of the global weapons trade. Luckily for the Military-Industrial Complex, it turns Read More…
The New Financial Paradigm: Bitcoin, Cryptocurrencies, Precious Metals and Fiat
Podcast (altered-boy-podcast): Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Email | RSSFor the next addition of Altered Boy Podcast, Tim articulates the new paradigm in sociocultural finance through emerging crypto-currencies like Bitcoin. With Bitcoin as the conversation’s jumping-off point, the technological advances of crypto-currencies are discussed throughout the full spectrum of modern finance; and Read More…
Big Pharma Actively Working Against Efforts to Rein In Dangerous Opioids
Meanwhile, new study shows ‘a very ugly side to opioids that had not been recognized before.’ Even as a new study suggests opioid painkillers may in fact make chronic pain worse, Big Pharma continues to work against efforts to stem the national opioid crisis, according to reporting at The Intercept on Tuesday. The study published Read More…






