VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: Is Trump The Only Adult In The Room?

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via realclearpolitics: Donald Trump certainly is mercurial at times. He can be uncouth. But then again, no president in modern memory has been on the receiving end of such overwhelmingly negative media coverage and a three-year effort to abort his presidency, beginning the day after his election. Do we remember the effort to subvert the Electoral … Read more

CHANGE: Boris Johnson is cheered back into Downing Street after Tory landslide sweeps Britain. All the Brexit Defectors lost their seats.

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Boris Johnson is cheered back into Downing Street after Tory landslide sweeps Britain. Boris Johnson was cheered back into Downing Street by his staff this afternoon after visiting the Queen at Buckingham Palace to confirm his re-election as prime minister. The Conservatives won a landslide… All the Brexit Defectors lost their seats. Research by the BBC’s Laurence … Read more

CALIFORNICATION: 5 Unsettling California Tax Rules.

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via forbes: Just Dealing With Californians Can Mean Taxes. This one is a shocker, even by California standards. California is sending tax bills to plenty of nonresidents who just do business with Californians. Consider gig economy workers who work remote, and many other people out there. Take the case of Blair S. Bindley, OTA Case No. … Read more

Trump Calls Out WSJ For Tariff “Fake News”, China Confirms Trade Deal Is “Major Achievement”

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  via silverdoctors: UPDATE: 10:09 a.m. EST: Since the press conference is not in English, nor are there subtitles or live real-time English translation, we can only rely on reporting from the mainstream media (this from ZH): And from Bloomberg: ***** (Silver Doctors Editors) After a week of trade deal uncertainty, it seems we’re on the brink of … Read more

The global slow motion train wreck continues

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by WARREN MOSLER The global slow motion train wreck continues: Japan: Core machinery orders in Japan, which exclude those of ships and electrical equipment, declined 6.0 percent from a month earlier in October 2019, following a 2.9 percent fall in September and compared with market expectations of a 0.9 percent increase. It marked the longest period of … Read more

Space Force gets funding…

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https://www.sentinelsource.com/news/nati…ed7f7.html House passes bill to establish Space Force, parental leave for federal workers WASHINGTON — The House passed a $738 billion defense policy bill Wednesday, a step toward establishing the Space Force and introducing parental leave for federal workers, as dozens of liberals signaled their dissatisfaction with compromises Democratic lawmakers reached by voting against the … Read more

Bill Clinton BREAKS His SILENCE His Reaction to Trump Impeachment is Just Plain BIZARRE!

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vO1div1jsSA Cristina LAila from The Gateway Pundit reports, Former President Bill Clinton on Tuesday looked very frail as he weighed in on the Democrats’ impeachment coup against Trump. Clinton, who is the only living president to have also gone through the impeachment process, told Fox News reporters that ‘Congress is doing their job.’ Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: … Read more

He’s Hungry Again! Joe Biden LOSES It During Speech – Starts Muttering About SPAGHETTI Sauce!

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l74Wa88FlrU Jim Hoft from The Gateway Pundit reports, Leading Democratic Party presidential candidate took the stage in Cedar Rapids on Saturday and started muttering something about spaghetti sauce during his speech to the Teamsters. Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019…

Insurance Companies Ask Supreme Court For $12 Billion In Obamacare Losses

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via dailycaller A coalition of insurance companies told the Supreme Court on Tuesday that the government must pay out $12 billion to help defray losses incurred on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) exchanges. The ACA included a risk-sharing mechanism, which provides the government “shall pay” insurers to help cover any losses. Congress has not appropriated … Read more

Jerry Nalder Goes on CNN – His CONFIDENCE Level of Impeaching Trump is Out of This World

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7X_QBsOkU0 Cristina Laila from The Gateway Pundit reports, House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) appeared on CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday and told host Dana Bash that the Democrats have a “solid case” for impeachment and a jury would convict Trump in ‘three minutes flat.’ Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019…

The Beijing officials briefing on trade @ 9:30am ET:

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NEW: The Beijing officials briefing on trade @ 9:30am ET: Ning Jizhe, Vice chair of Nat'l Development & Reform Commission Liao Min, Vice Min of Finance Zheng Zeguang, Vice Min of Foreign AffairsHan Jun, Vice Min of Ag and Rural AffairsWang Shouwen, Vice Min of Commerce — Kayla Tausche (@kaylatausche) December 13, 2019

This is How the Biggest Sector of the US Economy Is Doing

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Financialization of everything, Insurance Rules, Tech & Software Red-Hot, Health Care Eats into Everything. We can just sue each other to boost GDP. By Wolf Richter for WOLF STREET. Services-producing industries – not including government services – dominate the US economy, amounting to the equivalent of 70% of overall GDP by value added, and to 80% of the … Read more

The Youtube Purge Has Begun

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by axolotl_peyotl #youtubeisoverparty trends after Youtube begins retroactively removing videos. IdubbbzTV’s “Content Cop” is among the first to fall, as many creators watch stunned as the platform is eviscerated. Youtube Party Is Over! IdubbbzTV & More HIT Hard! YouTube’s Latest Arbitrary and Unpopular Decision Bloody December: The YouTube Purge Youtube is over Party 2: Electric … Read more