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General Strike Remembered



Suppose for a moment that your employer came to you with the news that you would henceforward be required to work longer hours for a lower wage. Indeed, everyone in your industry would have to make the same sacrifice. And unless you would accept these new working conditions you would be "locked out" of your job and prevented from working—your job would cease to exist.

Towering Arrogance?



Forty years ago, on June 26, 1976, the CN Tower in Toronto was opened to the public. For 31 years it held the title of the world's tallest free-standing structure in the Guinness Book of World Records, until September 2007 when Dubai's Burj Khalifa surpassed its height of 553.33 meters (1,815.4 feet).

The Great Unraveling



With the world seemingly coming apart all around us, is there anything you can do to protect yourself and your loved ones?

Increase of Powerful Earthquakes



Earthquakes are causing increasing concern year after year.

Will Treasury “Dump” Impact the U.S.?



“China was a net seller of U.S. Treasuries for the first time in history last year. [China]… liquidated $292 billion in Treasury debt, along with $92 billion in U.S. stocks” (Wall Street Daily, April 18, 2016). Economists are concerned that “Without China’s ongoing commitment to Treasuries, the U.S. federal government” will not be able to service its growing debt (ibid.).

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