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The Federal Reserve is a "two-headed" beast—a public federal agency in D.C. The Board of Governors, overseeing 12 private-ish regional banks owned by commercial member banks. The Board is a federal government department with a twist. They don’t get paid from the treasury, they make their own money from the U.S. bonds they hold. The 12 regional banks are privately held by large U.S. commercial banks which had to buy-in.

While the Fed doesn't decide to spend money (only Congress can do that), it does make it much easier for the government to borrow.

In todays America, States want the federal benefits but not the fed oversight. They seem not to acknowledge federal; jurisdiction. Also states are not closely bound in a common cause anymore, they are polarized by politics or by socialists views or any number of things. The citizens no longer share a common ideology or purpose. We used to be united in a national identity and a common purpose or an ideology. I see that all falling apart.

We used to call ourselves Americans, now it seems more like 350-400 million people who Just live in America. I...

In the 2024 election cycle, total spending hit a record $15.9 billion. To put that in perspective, if a candidate spent $1 every second, it would take them over 500 years to spend what was spent in just one election cycle. When that much money is in the air, the individual voter's voice is no longer a whisper—it’s effectively silent.

Data from OpenSecrets and RepresentUs reveals a nearly unbreakable trend in federal races over the last several cycles:

We have been told for a long time that China had all the rare earth elements tied up. We had to buy from china or all the Chips and EV batteries had to be made in china. The was definitely not true. I think it was a con job by liberals and environmentalists who just didn’t want us to find it and mine it here in the U.S..

If it wasn’t so destructive this might be a funny moment. Truth is it’s not funny at all. You see all it took was someone like p...

New Discoveries are challenging the idea that "the science is settled" by highlighting that we are still finding massive, primary drivers of Earth's metabolism.

New research shows a 2.4-million-year gravitational cycle between Earth and Mars that affects deep-ocean currents and global warmth. Current Science Suggests that it could have had an impact on our ice ages, when they formed and when they receded. It causes "deep-sea eddies"—massive underwater whirlpools—that keep the deep ocean from becoming stagnant

During the Cambrian period, CO2 was nearly 10 times higher than today. The Earth didn't "die"; it was a "G...

We talk a lot about "Modern Medicine"—the robots, the lasers, the miracle drugs. But today, I want to talk about the "Low-Tech" hole in the system that is actually putting lives at risk. It’s the gap between the specialist and your PCP doctor. We call it "Care Fragmentation," but you probably know it as: "The right hand doesn't know what the left hand is doing.”

Research into the American healthcare system highlights a few startling statistics regarding these gaps:

In today’s podcast I want to talk about an issue that has been around for quite some time, but has recently because of new science and medical advancements, has become a much bigger issue. I am talking about the fast track in ads In As little as one day to get the kind of body you always imaged . You know, the GLP-1 craze, the laser fat removal thing, the bariatric thing and last but not least Breast augmentation. I know at this point this will affect women more, however men are quickly turning to these same things for we...

"For 60,000 years, from the caves of Shanidar to the mounds of the Ohio Valley, humans agreed on one thing: the body is sacred. We built 'Houses of Eternity' and held festivals to feed the memory of our fathers. But in the last decade, we’ve entered 'The Great Forgetting.' We’ve been told that a flower on a grave is 'waste' and that a grandmother in a bed is a 'statistic.' We are the first generation in human history to look at our ancestors and see a 'carbon problem' instead of a foundation.”

How we moved...

When I was 7 or 8 years old we lived on a small farm in south willard, not far from the weber county line in Utah. We had 2 or 3 milk cows, one we miked for our use and dad would buy baby calves at auction to put with the other cows after they calved. We had Holstein cows and they produced enough milk to feed 3 or 4 calves. One of those cows just had her calf and dad went to the auction get some baby calves to put with her. But when he got home there was no baby calves, but there...

I have been watching all of the press coverage of the Artemis ll moon mission. I have to say I haven't been all that excited. I was the for the moon landing stuff in 1969. I mean I wasn't actually there but I watched it all. Looking back though It occurs to me that, to use an analogy, it was like going to space in a Model T ford. And now 57 years later It was like going to space in a Model A ford. Very little difference in the mode of travel. Fancier computers. So my thought is if we...

Imagine you move to a beautiful island nation. You’re there for a year. You don't know the history of the founders, you haven't studied the customs, and frankly, you might move again in two years. But after just 12 months, you’re handed a ballot to choose the Prime Minister.

This isn't a "what-if." It’s the law in New Zealand. Today, we’re looking at what happens to a country when "residency" replaces "loyalty," and why the world is currently hitting a breaking point on the idea of "World Citizenship."

Let’s look at New Zealan...

In California this month, investigators uncovered a massive "ghost fleet"—hundreds of businesses registered with the state using "Golden IDs." These aren't just stolen Social Security numbers; they belong to people who have left the country, meaning the "owner" of the company doesn't even know it exists, and they aren't around to check the mail when the debt collectors Come Calling.

We're looking at the numbers from the GAO—which estimate that fraud is now effectively the sixth-largest "agency" in the federal government. We're talking hundreds of billions of dollars. We’re also going to look at why yo...

A recent Forbes article from April 5, 2026 challenges some the facts in my Energy Hostage Podcasts 1 & 2. According to the Writer I am misinformed. Well let's find out, Here is his words.

A widespread myth in energy circles is that U.S. refineries are “unable” to process the light, sweet crude produced by the shale boom. The claim tends to surface whenever gasoline prices rise or energy independence becomes a talking point. The argument is usually that the U.S. is producing record volumes of oil, yet still imports crude because its refineries were built for heavier foreign barrels.

"Welcome back. In Part 1, we looked at the ships. We looked at the missiles in the Strait of Hormuz. But today, we’re looking at the ledger. Because while the physical blockade is 7,000 miles away, the financial blockade is happening right at your local gas station. Today, we follow the money.” Those who give it and those who receive it.

"You might think your state capital is a safe distance from the $450 million circus in D.C. It isn't. In fact, it’s often cheaper—and more effective—for Big Oil to buy a state senator than a U.S. Sen...

The Smell Test

Historically, most of the world follows one of two legal principles:

What’s changing in 2026: The "unrestricted" versions of these are disappearing.

I believe that every egg that is fertilized and implants properly in the uterus, has the potential for greatness. I mean we never know which one of them might be the next Albert Einstein, or Mozart, or someone great from all walks of life

If we take the worldwide abortion statistics from the last 40 years and apply the statistical distribution of "greatness"—measured by careers in science, medicine, the arts, and peak intellectual achievement—we can create a quantitative "loss of human capital" projection.

1. Establishing the Raw Numbers

According to the World Health Orga...

The idea of a "stable Republic." The Founders (especially in Federalist No. 57) argued that the "Great Security" for a republic isn't just the parchment of the law, but the Civic Virtue of the people.

The Founders didn't just worry about a King; they worried about a "Demagogue"—a leader who gains power by appealing to the passions and prejudices of the people rather than their reason.

Abraham Lincoln famously warned that a republic like ours cannot be destroyed from the outside; it can only collapse from within.

"If destruction be our lot, we mu...

Michael Savage definitely has a way of coining phrases that stick in the mind. His book Liberalism Is a Mental Disorder was a massive bestseller because it tapped into exactly what we’re feeling—the sense that certain policies aren't just "different opinions," but seem to fly in the face of basic logic or national self-interest.

GOP bill seeks to block illegal immigrants from being armed law enforcement

Ted Budd introduced the Stop Illegal Alien Cops Act in the Senate, and Mary Miller did the same in the House. Fox News

"Sanctuary policies in s...

am approaching this Podcast from a “liberalism is Destructive Mentality. Here are a few modern examples (circa 2024–2026) that critics often point to as "common sense" breaking down in favor of ideology:

1. "Sanctuary" Logic vs. Local Impact

One of the biggest "head-scratchers" for many is the conflict between declaring a city a "Sanctuary" and then declaring a "State of Emergency" when people actually arrive.

The collision at LaGuardia last night (March 22, 2026) is a devastating reminder of how thin the "margin for error" is in our national infrastructure. Reports indicate that an Air Canada Express jet collided with a Port Authority fire truck that had been cleared to cross the runway while responding to a separate emergency. Tragically, both pilots were killed.

TSA is short about 3,000 traffic controllers. We have lost aprox. 300 in the last 30 days because of the shut down. The agency responsible for finding new candidates and training them is shut down as well. So, we are loosing more people...

Objective: To investigate the technical and economic mechanisms that prevent price transparency and consumer choice in the modern medical system. Specifically prescription drugs.

The Reality (The "System" Problem)

The reason you feel the system is "dishonest" is that the PBM's incentives have shifted.

My Crazy Theory - The data on the Factions

After reading the recent study done to identify the factions if you will of the democrat and republican parties. My theory is that the percentage of the factions on both sides that leaned more moderate was much higher than the extremes of each side. It turns out that my crazy theory wasn’t too far off and here is the numbers.

The idea is that if you peel away the 10–15% on the "Woke Fringe" and the roughly 17% of the GOP that the Manhattan Institute identifies as the...

What happened to the idea that our congressmen work for us.? The idea of "voting your conscience" is a cornerstone of how many people believe representative democracy should work, so seeing it replaced by threats and "party discipline" feels like a betrayal of that ideal. I mean blackmailing our representatives by their own party?

The Reality Check: When you see a "considerable number" of politicians leaving at once, it’s a sign that the systemic pressure has become higher than the personal reward of the job. They aren't just leaving a job; many are fleeing a system th...

A lot of things are happening to make green energy safer and Green. But there are some issues. It might seem like I am against green energy, but not true. I just want us to make sure it's green and I mean really green, Not just another environmental crisis of our own making.

After all, Green energy cannot be truly green if it creates another environmental crisis in it’s place.

. The Scale of the Problem

The "waste tsunami" is no longer a theoretical projection; the first generation of mass-market solar panels and ea...

It is a heavy realization when it feels like the "social contract"—the unwritten agreement where the people grant power in exchange for protection and service—has been frayed or broken. That frustration echoes a sentiment that has appeared throughout history whenever a "political class" becomes more insulated and focused on its own survival than on the citizenry.

By the late 1800s, the U.S. looked very much like what’re seeing now. Political "machines" (like Tammany Hall) controlled everything. Parties were so powerful that they chose candidates in "smoke-filled rooms," and the average voter felt like a spec...

A congressional examination is Bringing some scrutiny into the decades-long practice of leftist nonprofits obfuscating their funding sources.

The Federalist. Jeffery Reynolds Book - Behind the Curtain

I don’t care what side of the Isle you’re on, this can’t make any sense. However, if you just believe that your side has to win at all cost, well in some perverted way I guess it does. But, what is the cost? And it’s not just a monetary cost. Consider this, 1 out of every 5 dollars spent on U.S. elections came from just 100 billiona...

The "Real" Cost of Living vs. The 2.8% COLA

While the official COLA for 2026 is 2.8%, research from the Senior Citizens League and other advocacy groups suggests that the "senior-specific" inflation rate often sits significantly higher.

For many seniors, a nursing home is used as a de facto housing program. If you cannot afford rent and have even a minor health issue, the system often defaults to placing you in a facility because Medicaid will pay for the "bed" there, but often won't pay for "rent" in an apartment.

If your costs have increased by 95...

Our Founders warned us about the Political Party from the very beginning. George Washington Described it as A frightful Despotism. Parties were Factions Then

"The alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge, natural to party dissension... is itself a frightful despotism."

The Myth of the "Good Old Days"

we’re told today that we’ve never been more divided. We look at the shouting matches on cable news the hate and the vitriol and think, "It was never like this before." But history tells a different story. The 1800s were brutal. We’re talking about a century that started with a duel between Hamilton and Burr and peaked with a literal Civil War.

But tucked away in the corners of that violent history are stories that feel almost impossible today. Stories of men who spent their days t...

What we are seeing in Minnesota is just the Very Small tip of a very large iceberg. If we use their numbers and extrapolate for a national figure we are a over a halt a Trillion dollars and I think in the final analysis it will be much larger.. However we have other contributing factors that make it much worse than just the amount of the Fraud. I call this whole thing the 4 whammy's

1- the fraud itself

2- The interest. We are in deficit spending in the U.S. so in fact every dollar...

I am who I am because of my Parents. My dad in particular, had a way of teaching things about life, that many times I don't think he really knew he was teaching at the time. It was not what he said most of the time, it was what he did. The way he worked, the way he dealt with neighbors, friends and even strangers. This podcast is just one example the important life lessons he taught me, by doing it, not saying it. This experience has had a major impact on my life, I hope it can help...

Hello everybody, This is Craig Warren of "Rambling of an old fart Podcast" Todays Podcast is what I call "why the hell do we need a judge to decide everything?" We'll have a nice discussion about that.

The truth is we shouldn't, or at least not for Politics and Government, But somebody left the barn door open and now the animals are running wild. Yes, I did refer to them as animals, In my bio I mentioned I grew up on a farm in Utah, I learned at a young age that if you don't keep the...