The Washington Standard

The Dollar’s Status as the Global Reserve Currency Continues to Lose Credibility
It’s hard to deny that ever since the overnight futures recovered on November 9th, the day after Donald Trump’s historic victory over Hillary Clinton, that a certain mindset has really taken hold over the American people. After eight…

German Politician Stopped Police from sharing Berlin Jihadi’s Photo because He was scared of Facebook Comments
The Berlin jihadi was armed, violent, and dangerous, but a German politician prevented police from sharing images of the most wanted man in the world because he was worried about negative Facebook comments. These are the actions of…

SC Bill Recognizes Right of Teachers to Pray with Their Students
For more than thirty years, Americans have been told that the government cannot express favor for one religion over another. This has been taken to mean that there is no place for those in governmental positions to express…

Charlie Chaplin Reminds Us to Fight for Liberty
Video of Charlie Chaplin’s classic speech from his first “talkie,” the Great Dictator, recently came across my social media feed and it was just too good not to pass on to you. I don’t agree with every jot…

Syrian Peace Talks Take Place – US Left Out
For over half a century the U.S. has been the major peace broker in the world. We were always stepping in to bring two warring factions to the peace table. This was because the U.S. had both the…

Snopes: Facebook’s New “Fact Checkers” Include A Former Hooker & Porn Star, Plus A Dominatrix
Since Facebook has hired Snopes.com as one of their new “fact checkers” to put an end to the spread of “fake news” across Facebook, wouldn’t this be a great time to meet the folks behind Snopes? Fasten your seatbelts…

Cities You Absolutely Do Not Want to be in “When it turns Ugly”
OK, this is actually pretty obvious – but it is worth pointing out that the “archipelago” of islands across the vast expanse of the United States that carried the vote for Hillary Clinton during the election – also…








