by Michael Snyder This is the worst natural disaster that the Bahamas have ever seen. For hour after hour, Hurricane Dorian has remained almost stationary over the islands, and the devastation is immense. Power poles are being snapped like twigs, vehicles are being tossed about like toys, and thousands upon thousands of homes have already … Read more
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via taxprof: Wall Street Journal, Collapse of the Inequality Argument?: Leftist politicians have been saying for years that a dramatic rise in wealth and income inequality is the central economic problem of our time. It remains the go-to explanation among Democratic presidential candidates for their myriad schemes to increase federal taxation. But the claim of an inequality … Read more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kubXVHhCmWc Hurricane Dorian AKA Big Bad Wolf – Bahamas Marsh Harbor interior is completely destroyed after Hurricane Dorian destructive 220 MPH plus winds turns everyday objects into projectiles and sustained tornado like winds strips buildings and vegetation from islands . The vast majority of media is now claiming its a category 4 storm and not … Read more
via lidblog: CNN has benched one of its own TV commentators Steve Cortes, because he is a Hispanic man who supports President Donald Trump and who also said that CNN is pushing a fake “racist narrative.” Now, just stop and think for a second what CNN has done here. They have kept their own guy off … Read more
Gov. Andrew Cuomo doubled down last week on his blame-the-messenger approach to New York’s growing shortage of natural-gas supplies by ordering the Department of Public Service to “broaden its investigation” of National Grid and threatening to “find another franchisee.” Anything, rather than admit that his own policies are at fault. The utility has stopped taking new … Read more
By Tsvetana Paraskova For the first time ever, ExxonMobil wasn’t among the top ten companies in the S&P 500 by index weight at the end of the month this August as energy stocks give way to technology as the biggest firms with the largest weight in the index. According to the month-end company weightings published by S&P Dow Jones … Read more
ELECTION PROGNOSTICATIONS: “Of course, we’re deprived of any painfully honest discussion of how much the Democrats need black voters in big cities to control the electoral votes of the swing states and why they’re having trouble getting these votes in the post-Obama era.” “The four are Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin and Florida. Many analysts point to Wisconsin … Read more
The Texas Legislature passed a slew of laws this year that will ease restrictions on guns, including allowing firearms in public places like schools and churches, on rented and leased property and during disasters. The laws take effect hours after at least 7 people were killed in a mass shooting in Midland/Odessa in West Texas and weeks after nearly … Read more
HSBC Argentina ousts CEO after Macri’s downfall in the primaries A close adviser to the President, Gabriel Martino was a minister in everything but the title. His old disputes with the Kirchner administration might also be behind his exit. The unexpected results of Argentina’s presidential primaries might take its first victim of the corporate world. … Read more