Everybody Needs to Decide Their Line in the Sand As the saying goes, it’s better to be a year too early than a day too late, which is especially relevant when it comes to leaving a place heading in an authoritarian direction. I’m motivated to write this after long discussions with my friends about relocating […]
Author: ontheball1
Disability in the US
“I’m so sore even my hair hurts” Hey there Ladies and Gents, so what’s the deal with Disability in the US? According to the U.S. Department of Labor, 1.5 million more people in the civilian non-institutional population had a disability in 2022 than the year before. In fact, when combined with the increase from the prior year, there are 2.7 […]
28 Reasons Why Mexico is a good place to be
Mexico as a Hideout this Decade Citizens of the world have always loved Mexico for its sunny weather, fresher food, unique culture, friendly people and lower cost of living A lot of people (myself included, initially) have moved from Europe or North America to Mexico on a more permanent basis to escape the strict government […]
The Rising Fastball Effect
The Rising Fastball Effect Breaking News!The Dollar is Crashing AND The Dollar is Stronger than Ever! You may have seen these opposing headlines or have a friend uttering this over and over–and both of them are not exactly wrong because this discussion is nuanced. The dollar, all things considered, is the number one export by […]
You Need To Read This About Ghana Right Now
What’chu Ghana do about it? I’ve gotten off a call recently with a Namibian lawyer whereby we were talking about the company structures and tax details. We were talking about how lots of legal proceedings are out-of-date, simply unknown or resort to case law in court. Unfortunately, my plans were deemed not feasible and the […]
Theft in USA
Investors Aren’t Pricing in this Factor It’s election season coming up and one can expect a lot of turmoil in the streets, unusual shopping habits and lots of polarized activity on media sites. Expect riots, political marches and unfortunately, violence. However, there is one factor that’s become the norm in US cities regardless of an […]
Gringos and Mexico (10 things)
10 things gringos have WRONG about Mexico (Bad!) After a lot of travel, discussion and experience in Mexico–I wanted to write this. Like every place, it has its good points and bad points and today we’re going to touch on the bad points… let’s begin! I’d really appreciate it if you’d share this article on […]
A Unique Middle Eastern Economy
This is Headline News, but Not For These Reasons If I were to ask you, have things gotten better or worse over the last 20-25 years, my guess is that you may be inclined to say worse (since this is written in English). Trust among neighbours has declined, mental illness has shot up, more job […]
Russian Equities
Smooth Sailing but Unable to Dock the Stock Most of the world does not produce anything themselves and rely on imports; this is especially true when it comes to resources. Russia accounts for a meaningful percentage of the world’s commodity production as Europeans have found out the hard way over the last couple of years. […]
This Beautiful, Safe Country called
An Overlooked Hideout There are threads and threads on Twitter and various forums discussing this main question: Where does one go [for freedom, normalcy, to escape the madness]? You can imagine that this question has gotten considerably more attention over the last few years when governments decided to turn their countries into prison systems just […]
