Tag: #StayOnTheBall

Inflation is Out Of Control!

Why Inflation is never going away Sick and tired of paying for expensive groceries, fuel, tuition and rent? Aren’t we all. But. It won’t get better. It’s actually going to get worse. Why? Because of debt. Many countries around the world, particularly advanced societies have never carried this much debt before, especially relative to their […]

The Tradeoff of the Decade

Your Ancestors Made A Choice, Now You Have To Do The Same:The Trade-off of the Decade One of our Canadian writers felt the need to write this after we had this discussion. Enjoy! I left Canada when Trudeau felt the need to coerce citizens into taking experimental drugs (ones that he directly profited I should […]

A Shortage of Fertilizer in the EU–Food Crisis

Starting Shit with Everyone–Literally There’s a major problem with fertilizer companies in continental Europe. Due to the economic sanctions on Russia, misallocation of investments and a endless regulation to investment markets in the energy space, gas prices have made it uneconomical to continue to produce fertilizers. Many companies have completed shut down or are only […]

Costa Rica

OnTheBall Travels Experience with Pura Vida Anything humans made, looked awful–Anything nature made, was beautiful Arrival If you’re already in Latin America, you’ll find that San Jose (capital) is relatively well connected. Mostly nobody stays here though given the level of crime, infrastructure and general unpleasantries. Costa Rica does have domestic airlines to fly to […]

The Best Deal the USA Ever Received

The Smartest Real Estate Purchase, Ever in History Back all the way to 1867, 156 years ago, U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward and Russian envoy Baron Edouard de Stoeckl signed the Treaty of Cession. In this, Tsar Alexander II ceded the territory of Alaska to the United States for $7.2 million dollars. In […]

A Hidden Secret of Politics in Science

Bureaucracies in Science Short article. Won’t take much of your time. I wanted to share this little inside information I heard from a scientist. Sign up for the Newsletter on topics nobody wants to talk about “How many manuscripts have you published?” is the scientist equivalent of “How much can you bench, bro?”. So much […]

Voices of the World (Nunavut)

The Arctic Adventurer This is an interview I’ve conducted with a friend who is a plumber working in the Canadian territory of Nunavut. Most people never go to the Territories let alone work there. I sat down with Jeff to give you some perspective of life in the Arctic that I’m sure is quite foreign […]

A Country that really appreciates Gold

…But where can I use Gold? All of us at some point were looking for some liquidity to make payments–which may be especially if difficult if you’re happy with your portfolio and are reluctant to change it. But, I’m no different and I needed some cash recently. I had some gold bars that I am […]