Richard Martin’s Wakeup Call
Episodes
Wednesday Nov 29, 2017
Healthcare: U.S. Vs. The World – 11.27.2017
Wednesday Nov 29, 2017
Wednesday Nov 29, 2017
An ugly (odious?) comparison between health care systems in the U.S. and Europe/Japan. Utterly shocking. The inverted yield curve. How Saudi Arabia is coping with falling oil prices and demand. The last word(?) on the Russia/Trump collusion story. Christmas shoppers still paying off debts from last Christmas. Jobs vanishing in the automotive sector. Tax systems which work well. Increasing number of consumer debt defaults.
Saturday Nov 25, 2017
Tax Cuts Never Improve The General Standard Of Living – 11.24.2017
Saturday Nov 25, 2017
Saturday Nov 25, 2017
Note: Friday’s Show will be be delayed until Monday, Thanks Happy Holidays
Sexual harassment in the context of the federal government: an unthinkable scandal. Manhattan retail real estate. Tax cuts do not improve ordinary people’s standard of living. Micro drones will now be used for assassinations. Comment on Amazon. 100th anniversary of the Russian communist revolution. Clinton’s current critique of Trump’s supposed “Russian collusion” despite her own campaign’s proven collusion!
Monday Nov 20, 2017
Pension Plans Are All Ponzi Schemes – 11.20.2017
Monday Nov 20, 2017
Monday Nov 20, 2017
The Deep State controls everything from Trump on down. Venezuela in default. Autonomous, long-haul trucking now in effect. The run-up to Brexit. Repeat of the NINJA loan scandal. Personal consequences for the perpetrators of the 2008 crisis are nonexistent. A porn star wishes to become President of the U.S. in 2020. An investigation shows that H. Clinton democrats were responsible for false accusations of Russian involvement in the election. The low savings rate. Pension plans are just Ponzi schemes. Why Trump distrusts the intelligence community.
Friday Nov 17, 2017
The Story Of Saudi Arabia – 11.17.2017
Friday Nov 17, 2017
Friday Nov 17, 2017
Selling legally-acquired bitcoin independently is a crime in the U.S. The history of Saudi Arabia and its relationship with the U.S. Millennials expatriating. Post-9/11 war debts per American taxpayer. The art of debate. Why doesn’t H. Clinton have any legal problems? The origin of the Ponzi Scheme. The U.S balance-of-payments. Luck in life.
Monday Nov 13, 2017
The Tradition Of U.S. Warmongering – 11.13.2017
Monday Nov 13, 2017
Monday Nov 13, 2017
Gross inconsistencies in government-published figures. They’re basically out-and-out lies. The debt ceiling. What will bring down the E.U. Another screed from Jim Kunstler, this time re the new Fed chief. Despite the lies, there has been no financial deleveraging since 2009. The background to America’s continued passion for war-making. The ‘wonderful, resurgent economy’ versus the horrendous homelessness and the retail collapse.
Saturday Nov 11, 2017
Leaving The United States – 11.10.2017
Saturday Nov 11, 2017
Saturday Nov 11, 2017
Why you need to get out. Horror stories about student debt. The fraudulent nature of GDP “growth” since 2009. Hillary Clinton really did steal the Democratic nomination from Sanders. The evidence is now in, courtesy of Donna Brazile. The new Fed chief. The savings rate. The indictments handed down by Mueller: a total political hatchet job. A word on the recent unemployment figures.
Monday Nov 06, 2017
Reality Check – 11.06.2017
Monday Nov 06, 2017
Monday Nov 06, 2017
Things are getting worse. Statistics to prove. Americans renouncing citizenship. The essence of change. The U.K. and Christmas trees. Trump’s progress, a quarter of the way through his presidency. The humongous rise of the U.S. national debt in October. Mueller’s game. Why Bitcoin is a big deal. Competing reasons for the national social discord in America today.
Friday Nov 03, 2017
Ideas For A Useful Major – 11.03.2017
Friday Nov 03, 2017
Friday Nov 03, 2017
Doubling down on unworkable policies, led by Japan. Mnuchin refuses to countenance separation of commercial banking and high risk trading, a terrible slap-in-the-face by Trump. Update on the disintegrating economy. Stealth increase in U.S. military forces worldwide. Trump’s electioneering populism was a sham. Albert Einstein anecdote. Detailed info proving that the ‘recovery’ is (like Trump) a sham. The Uranium One scandal. Looking for a useful major? Some ideas. Saudi Arabia gives citizenship to a robot!