Month: February 2019

via thefreethoughtproject: Despite massive gun restrictions rolling out across the country, for the past two years, the number of concealed carry permit holders has continued to soar. A study conducted at the end of last year showed that the number of Americans licensed to carry a concealed weapon is now over 17 million—a whopping 273 percent increase since 2007. … Read more

In a development I must admit I hadn’t seen coming, Sen. Ed Markey is objecting to the Senate Majority Leader’s plan for a vote on his Green New Steal bill: You see, the idea that elected legislators in the national legislature’s premier debating chamber should debate and vote on an introduced resolution is actually a plot to … Read more

by The-Truth-Fairy Phil Donahue: Phil Donahue on His 2003 Firing from MSNBC, When Liberal Network Couldn’t Tolerate Antiwar Voices In 2003, the legendary television host Phil Donahue was fired from his prime-time MSNBC talk show during the run-up to the U.S. invasion of Iraq. The problem was not Donahue’s ratings, but rather his views: An internal … Read more

Fail: WaPo & Vox Journos Get Northam Abortion Position Wrong, Accuse Trump of “Inciting Violence.” The problem with what both Rupar and Gibson asserted regarding Trump “lying” about Northam’s stance on late term abortion? They’re both wrong. Trump got it right. Here’s Northam’s actual quote from that WTOP interview, with bolded emphasis added: When we talk about third trimester … Read more

via illinoisfamily.org: Why, I kept asking myself last week, are so many Americans so livid about Governor Andrew Cuomo (D-NY) signing into law a bill passed jubilantly by the state legislature that makes it possible for women to abort full-term babies. Sure, the bill is morally repugnant and the jubilant applause by the legislature was grotesque, but 19 other … Read more

by Michael Snyder This just shows what can happen when you let crazy people run a state for several decades.  In the 1960s and 1970s, the possibility of moving to the west coast was “the California dream” for millions of young Americans, but now “the California dream” has turned into “the California nightmare”.  According to … Read more

by Charles Hugh-Smith The banquet of consequences is now being served, but the good seats have all been taken. As I discussed in We’re Overdue for a Sell-Everything/No-Fed-Rescue Recession, recessions have a proximate cause and a structural cause. The proximate cause is often a spike in energy costs (1973, 1990) or a financial crisis triggered by excesses … Read more

Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter But then there’s the “average transaction price.” A new 2019 Ford Taurus, with a sticker price “starting at” $27,800, is a better car in myriad ways than a new 1996 Taurus was at the time, with a sticker price “starting at” $17,995: quality, equipment, performance, comfort, safety, etc. In other words, … Read more

Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter The hope in early January has been unwound. A month ago, mortgages reappeared in the housing-hype circus, when it was widely reported that mortgage applications “soared” and “jumped.” Both types of mortgage applications did so: those used to purchase a home (purchase mortgages) and those used to refinance an existing mortgage … Read more

via visualcapitalist: Since the invention of banking, the global financial system has become increasingly centralized. In the modern system, central banks now control everything from interest rates to the issuance of currency, while government regulators, corporations, and intergovernmental organizations wield unparalleled influence at the top of this crucial food chain. There is no doubt that this … Read more

by americanspritecooker Great example of cognitive dissonance. Cognitive dissonance is the mental discomfort experienced by a person who simultaneously holds two or more contradictory beliefs, ideas, or values. The occurrence of cognitive dissonance is a consequence of a person performing an action that contradicts personal beliefs, ideals, and values; and also occurs when confronted with … Read more

by axolotl_peyotl The Mockingbird MSM is nothing more than a bought and paid for mouthpiece of the genocidal military industrial complex. MSNBC is one of the worst examples of these propaganda peddlers, as it literally is a network devoted to 24-7 red-baiting, pro-war filth.    

by jessefelder Jesse Livermore said, “History repeats itself all the time in Wall Street.” Well, it certainly looks like there is a decent chance we are now repeating the 1937 episode Ray Dalio recounted a while back. The similarities are simply stunning. Below are a few unedited excerpts from his piece. The only change I made was … Read more

by WARREN MOSLER Getting even more serious- year over year down 6%: Highlights The purchase index fell for a fourth straight week and down steeply, at a 6.0 percent rate which is not only the weekly change but also the yearly change as well. The report attributes the fall to “renewed uncertainty about the domestic … Read more

by Spencer P Morrison, NEE Steve Hanke recently set out to prove “why President Trump’s trade message and protectionist policies are rubbish” in a Forbes article. Instead, the Johns Hopkins University economist exposed himself as a word-mincing, logic-twisting sophist—just like every other intellectual mercenary associated with the faux-libertarian propaganda mill that is the Cato Institute. Hanke’s argument: trade deficits … Read more

They will smear her and dismiss her because they know what she stands for threatens the corrupt political establishment. I love that she’s not backing down from her policy positions or kowtowing in order to get on the good side of the MSM. Any show/netwkr willing to smear her, she’s willing to go on and … Read more

by Dr. Eowyn Someone please notify Al Gore and his mini me, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Last weekend, it snowed in tropical Hawaii! Snow falls in Maui, 191 mph wind recorded in Hawaii https://t.co/m42FsSNZyd pic.twitter.com/8qv9CxAUrb — 25NewsKXXV (@25NewsKXXV) February 12, 2019 H/t Clash Daily  

via schiffgold: The national debt has pushed above the $22 trillion mark, but it’s not just Uncle Sam borrowing himself into oblivion. US household debt climbed to a record $13.54 trillion in the fourth quarter of 2018, according to a report released by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Total household debt (including mortgages) now stands $869 billion higher … Read more

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