Category Archives: The Mine or the Shaft

You figure it out. Which will it be? Only time will tell!

October 31, 2026 – The Daily Headlines: …and the Battle is Tougher by Each Day!!!

Alaska’s Staggering Prices May Cost Trump as Gas Spikes at $26 Per Gallon and Basic Paper Plates at $54 Alaska’s cost of living is surging beyond reason and might prove yet another challenge for Trump-backed senator Dan Sullivan’s re-election bid. … Continue reading →

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44% Of Americans Have Trouble Paying For Basic Necessities and The Lifetime Cost Of The American Dream Has Risen To $5.3 Million

How did we get to a point where nearly half of the entire population is struggling to even pay for the most basic necessities? A lot of people talk about “economic collapse” as something that will occur someday in the … Continue reading →

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Hickman: The FY 2026 Deficit Was $2 Trillion… and No One Cares!

On Friday afternoon the Treasury Department released its final numbers for fiscal year 2026, which just ended on September 30, and the results are pretty much what you’d expect: horrible, appalling, inexcusable! Treasury reported a total budget deficit of $2 … Continue reading →

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How AI Will Wipe Out Social Security

Artificial Intelligence Is About To Eliminate 50%-75% Of All White-Collar Jobs Good news, if you’re retired: Social Security just locked in its biggest raise in 40 years. On Wednesday, the Social Security Administration announced that nearly 72 million Americans will … Continue reading →

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The Trumpian Plan to Replace the Dollar

The dollar as we know it about to be burned away. Trump has given a particularly salient warning without being the least bit astute. He said that we are heading into another Depression. But only if we elect Democrats to … Continue reading →

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Bank Notorious for ‘Debanking‘ Fined for Also Working With Worst of Bad Guys

Bank of America this week was blasted with the third-largest fine ever levied by the U.S. Department of Treasury. BOA’s alleged wrongdoing included failing to report $5 billion in suspicious transactions including $1 billion linked to national security risks like … Continue reading →

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Garrison ~ The Art of the Diesel

Diesel is the quiet bill. It does not show up on the campaign poster. It shows up in the grocery aisle, the lumber yard, and the price of getting a truck from the field to the shelf.

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Hickman: America Got Rich on Competition… Then Legislated It Away!

In 1938 the airline business was brand new – only 35 years had passed since the Wright brothers’ first flight at Kitty Hawk. Hardly anyone had even seen an airplane. A coast-to-coast round trip cost about $260, half the price … Continue reading →

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Crooks Will Be Crooks!

Ex-CIA Officer Found With Over $40M in Gold Bars Pleads Guilty to $194M Fraud A former high-ranking CIA official who embezzled nearly $200 million from the federal government lied about his military background and education to climb the ranks at … Continue reading →

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Smith ~ America’s Economic Clock Is Ticking Louder: …and We’re Feeling the Squeeze!

Well now, let’s sit a spell and talk straight about this here American economy, the way a man might lean on a fence rail and tell it to his neighbor without any fancy talk or Washington double-speak. Right now, in … Continue reading →

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