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Good friend of this blog Danny de Garcia II sends word that he’s scored a terrific interview with the ever-illustrious Nigel Farage, who has been representing South East England in the European Union since 1999. Ironically, Farage has also emerged as one of the EU’s biggest and most conspicuous critics! For those who have been watching the economic and political situation over the past decade or so in Europe, Danny’s interview with Farage is quite an eye-opener.

Here’s an excerpt…

DDG: Many Americans are closely watching Europe and the ongoing debt crisis. Do you believe the situation is under control or are there more surprises to come?

Farage: The European Union – not Europe, actually – is collapsing under the weight of its own over-regulation, enormous subsidies (to its supporters) and attempts to rule the world through “soft power” (i.e. money) as well as the implications of its

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Take a look at the necktie that Ron Paul is wearing in this photograph…

The Honorable Representative Dr. Paul has been spotted wearing this tie quite often lately. And my good friend Danny de Garcia II has become obsessed with finding that particular necktie! As Danny puts it…

“There it is again. Notice how sharp his tie looks with the light blue, silver blue, blue pinstripe and white. I’m looking for that tie.”

So let’s help Danny find Ron Paul’s necktie, boys and girls!! If you know where to find this thing, e-mail me at theknightshift@gmail.com and I’ll pass the info along to Danny A.S.A.P.!...

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If all lessons about economics were this entertaining, I might not have slept through most of those classes years ago…

From creative director John Papola and creative economist Russ Roberts comes “Fear the Boom and Bust”, a rap song in which legendary economists John Maynard Keynes and F. A. Hayek come back to life and attend a modern-day conference on the economic crisis, but first have a night of wild party.

Here ’tis! And I was laughing pretty hard at this…

Incidentally, that video was passed along this way by good friend and fellow blogger Danny de Garcia II from the Big Island of Hawaii. And he asked me to reprint an e-mail that he sent to all of his state’s legislators…

Greetings Hawaii State Legislators,

As one of the major issues facing the Legislature this session is the question of economic recovery and how to connect the dots

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In his latest essay “A Warning To The Tea Party Nation”, Chuck Baldwin signals both profound encouragement about the Tea Party movement… and a caution about how it is being quietly taken over by the very sort that the Tea Party began in opposition to.

Here’s a clip, beginning with a comparison to the “Republican Revolution” of 1994…

Spurred mostly by the election of Bill Clinton in 1992, a host of young, energetic freshman Republicans marched into Washington, D.C., determined to return a burgeoning and out-of-control federal leviathan to the constitutional precepts of limited government. I’m talking about then-freshman House members such as Helen Chenoweth, Steve Largent, Bob Barr, Joe Scarborough, Sonny Bono, John Shadegg, J.C. Watts, etc. These young conservatives went to Washington, D.C., determined to reduce the growth and size of the federal government.

The vehicle used to transport these young conservatives from grassroots activism to US

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