Monroe Gordon Piland III (69) has lived an amazing life according to some estimates. In the late 1960’s early 70’s, Piland served as a naval officer, during the Vietnam war. Upon his return to the states, he earned a degree in nutrition from The University of California – Berkeley, and later a medical degree from Read More…
Politics
From Nuisance To Threat: The High Cost Of Truth
I am convinced that the US, and probably the entire Western world, that is, the American Empire, has entered an era in which respect for truth does not exist in public and private institutions. We have been watching this develop for some time. Think, for example, back to August 3, 2002, a recent time in Read More…
It’s Time To Get Painfully Honest: Banks Are Evil
I don’t talk to my classmates from business school anymore, many of whom went to work in the financial industry. Why? Because, through the lens we use here at PeakProsperity.com to look at the world, I’ve increasingly come to see the financial industry — with the big banks at its core — as the root Read More…
U.S. Willing to Take Preemptive Military Action Against North Korea
Tokyo — While in Tokyo on Thursday for his first visit to Asia as secretary of state, Rex Tillerson said a “new approach” to the North Korea situation is needed. At the same time, the North Koreans themselves were denouncing the United States’ use of heavy firepower in its ongoing drills with South Korea. “North Read More…
Trump’s Disastrous Pick For National Intelligence Director
Indiana Sen. Dan Coats will be confirmed by the Senate for the national intelligence director slot. On Wednesday, the Senate voted 88-11 to confirm Coats. NEW: U.S. Senate confirms former Senator Dan Coats as Director of National Intelligence by a vote of 85-12 pic.twitter.com/Ntn2TIy1g4 — CBS Evening News (@CBSEveningNews) March 15, 2017 Coats advocates violating Read More…
The Democrats’ Trump-Russia Conspiracy Campaign Collapses
Is sanity finally returning? After weeks of ranting and raving about Russian “interference” and Putin-Trump conspiracies, so-called ‘intelligence’ agencies and high-ranking Democrats are quietly walking back their rhetoric and managing their base’s expectations – simply put: there’s no ‘there’, there. ‘Moon of Alabama‘ reminds us that a while ago Matt Taibbi in Rolling Stone warned: “Why the Read More…






