by Thinker I was a child on Guam, saw the men returning from the Vietnam war. To young to understand the meaning of war, and the process of those who would be allowed to return home, and those who were sent other places. A war was the beginning of American wars that have change the … Read more
via WSJ: While malls in wealthy neighborhoods continue to attract shoppers and tenants, growing government involvement with shopping centers in less affluent areas is another sign that private investors may be losing interest in the worst performing malls, even ones that can be had at cheap prices. “It’s a new issue,” said Thomas Dobrowski, executive … Read more
via CNBC: The best scenario is for Musk to stay at Tesla, but something has to change. It seems the core problem for Musk and Tesla is that he’s surrounded by people unwilling or unable to stand up to him, as can easily happen with powerful people. At worst, this appears to be true of … Read more
California Man Arrested After Trying to Stab GOP Candidate, Police Say: California man Farzad Fazeli was arrested Tuesday for allegedly trying to stab a congressional candidate at a fair on Sunday, police said. Local media identified the candidate as Republican Rudy Peters, who is challenging Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell in November. Peters survived serious injury thanks to a … Read more
When Professors Think They’re Rock Stars. “There is a whole dissertation to be written on intellectuals using the word neoliberal to mean ‘rules I shouldn’t have to follow.’” Plus: “Just as in the communist and socialist regimes that academics so admire, the universities all have an elite class at the top (permanently installed thanks to tenure), while the … Read more
WHY WAS DISCO EVER POPULAR? BLAME FAKE NEWS: As Mike Konrad writes at the American Thinker, the media cooked the books long before it amplified Hillary’s “fake news” meme to explain away her defeat: Three months before disco’s demise, a Newsweek April 2, 1979 cover confidently proclaimed that disco had won the culture wars.* Rock ‘n’ roll was dead. But a few months later, by … Read more
via amgreatness: After the latest hysteria dies down, this chapter in the ongoing psychodrama will be revealed for what it is: a fantasy of a wannabe coup that is not going to happen. The commentariat’s silly claim that the op-ed was “extraordinary” and “newsworthy” is laughable. There are hundreds of “senior officials” all throughout every presidency, … Read more
If you think you’re not at risk of identity theft, think again. via washingtonexaminer: Nearly 40 million Social Security numbers have been stolen and used by illegal immigrants and others to get work, according to agency records obtained by an immigration reform group. The Immigration Reform Law Institute said that from 2012 to 2016 there were “39 million … Read more
Former Trump chief strategist releases new film ‘Trump @ War.’ On ‘The Ingraham Angle,’ Bannon addresses the anonymous NYT op-ed and Trump’s relationships with members of his administration. h/t Jake
Official government forecasts for Hurricane Florence at the link below. https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/graphics_at1.shtml? https://www.tropicaltidbits.com/analysis/models/?model=gfs®ion=11L&pkg=mslp_wind&runtime=2017090412&fh=48&xpos=0&ypos=0 https://www.ventusky.com https://youtu.be/QFA6e8MFOOM h/t Victory of Samothrace
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsT3m7HIf8Q Racial Tensions Flare at a CA High School Football Game
via newgeography: Since the recovery began in 2010, California’s net domestic out-migration, according to the American community survey, has almost tripled to 140,000 annually. Over that time, the state has lost half a million net migrants with the bulk of that coming from the Los Angeles-Orange County area. In contrast, during the first years of the … Read more
By Justin Spittler, Editor, Casey Daily Dispatch: Bitcoin is dead. It’s hard to believe. I know. After all, bitcoin’s price has surged 2,572% over the last three years. That’s 47 times the S&P 500’s return over the same period. Still, many in the mainstream media believe bitcoin’s days are numbered. Just look at what Jim Cramer, … Read more
VIDEO: Woman Dies Live on TV: “Died During Live Telecast, video footage of Prof Rita Jitendra”
by Michael Snyder Hurricane Florence is about to make a “direct hit” on the east coast, and public officials are making one ominous declaration about this storm after another. Florence is being called “extremely dangerous”, “a monster”, “the worst in 60 years”and “the storm of a lifetime”. By the end of this week we shall see if this storm lives … Read more
https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2018-shrinking-hedge-fund/ If you look at US multiples (the S&P500) they are now actually around historical average. The rise has been driven by EPS growth. Other assets and global indices have not grown earnings or new industries. Most global innovation, meaning genuine new products, is in tech and healthcare (including meet medtech and bio), two industries … Read more
This is the mcm-smart-money study and its showing terrible participation since January with only an uptick since then on #SPX pic.twitter.com/BzEjOkD1jk — mcm-ct.com (@mcm_ct) September 11, 2018 37 Hindenburg Omens have now triggered on the NYSE and Nasdaq over the past 12 months, the most since November of 2007: pic.twitter.com/od1IzeDWNd — Jesse Felder (@jessefelder) September … Read more
BY SRSROCCO While the precious metals are totally off the radar by the majority of investors, silver is setting up for one major bull market. Yes, it’s hard to believe as the gold and silver prices have been trending lower while the broader markets grind up higher, but if we look at the fundamental and … Read more
With natural diamonds not so hot, De Beers is venturing into man-made diamonds with a price war. By Mining.com via Safehaven.com: Anglo American’s De Beers, the world’s No.1 diamond miner by value, has just had the lowest sales for its seventh cycle since it began releasing data in 2016, as it let customers delay acquiring smaller stones for … Read more
the rest of the world is unraveling pic.twitter.com/AvUAfxGy1j — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) September 10, 2018 all at once pic.twitter.com/E3etFT7sWe — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) September 10, 2018
by TFittonJW Judicial Watch continues the Herculean task of exposing the Swamp. New lawsuit on Clinton-Weiner scandal: https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/judicial-watch-sues-to-retrieve-emails-the-fbi-found-on-anthony-weiners-laptop/ More Weiner laptop cover-up docs just uncovered: https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/judicial-watch-new-fbi-records-reveal-strzok-authored-initial-draft-of-comey-letter-to-congress-notifying-them-of-clinton-emails-on-weiner-laptop/ Vid discussion: Fox News story: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/09/11/judicial-watch-sues-justice-dept-for-records-from-anthony-weiner-laptop.html
by DCG Mayor London Breed: Taking a $100 million risk with taxpayer dollars Like many west coast, progressive run cities, San Francisco has a homeless crisis. The city has doubled the amount of taxpayer money they spend on the crisis and as of 2017 there were almost 7,500 homeless citizens. The homeless are allowed to defecate … Read more
by DCG Am I to assume that the food truck owner will not call the police if she is robbed or raped in her truck? Wouldn’t want her to feel “unsafe.” The owner of the food truck identifies as a brown queer person. She pulled out two cards for this fight! From Fox News: A food truck owner in … Read more
by DCG The Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) serves as the Bay Area’s transportation planning, coordinating, and financing agency, and oversees the Bay Area Toll Authority. Riders use a “Clipper” card from MTC to avoid having to pay cash at each transit ride and when they change transit systems (over a dozen agencies accept Clipper cards). Clipper cards were … Read more
