We Just Got Some Good Economic News

by Michael Snyder When some good economic news comes along, we should be thankful for it, because such moments are becoming increasingly rare.  On Friday, the Labor Department announced that the U.S. economy added 128,000 jobs last month, and that definitely exceeded expectations.  Of course the truth is that the U.S. economy didn’t actually add … Read more

The slow motion train wreck continues unabated and when employment goes bad, it all goes bad

by WARREN MOSLE Highlights On the low side of expectations but not at increasing rates of contraction are the results of ISM’s manufacturing report for October. At 48.3, the index missed Econoday’s consensus by 1 point but gained a 1/2 point from September. New orders improved nearly 2 points in October but, at 49.1, are … Read more

New York City Mayor says ‘something doesn’t quite fit’ with Jeffrey Epstein death

De Blasio first said he believed something was amiss with Jeffrey Epstein’s death days after he was found lifeless in his Manhattan federal jail cell on August 10 The mayor raised the specter of conspiracy once more Thursday, just one day after Dr. Michael Baden said Epstein’s body bore telltale signs of homicide ‘Something doesn’t … Read more

Judge reopens Covington student’s lawsuit against Washington Post: If there’s any justice in the world, the WaPo will be sued out of existence.

by axolotl_peyotl There is a concerted effort to bury this story, as it exposes the hypocrisy and insanity of a significant portion of the population. And trust me, they don’t like being exposed to their insanity, as the ensuing cognitive dissonance prevents any and all rational thought. The initial decision from the judge in this … Read more

Warren’s $52T ‘Medicare-for-all’ plan revealed: Campaign still claims no middle-class tax hikes needed

Someone want to double check all the math in her plan? Heard she is bad at math and economics.   Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren’s long-awaited “Medicare-for-all” funding plan projects the government-run health care system would cost a staggering sum of “just under $52 trillion” over the next decade, with the campaign proposing a host of new tax increases … Read more

TRUMP DECLARES RUPAUL PARTY!

Trump’s spelling errors stopped being funny (or newsworthy) after “covfefe”. But he made a mistake yesterday that had fans of RuPaul’s Drag Race hash-tagging up a storm. His 1000th tweet about the so-called “impeachment hoax” (this “hoax” is bringing a full vote in Nancy’s House today, btw) Trump tweeted to his GOP sychophant/ followers, “Rupublicans, go with Substance and … Read more

One-Party Democratic Domination Takes Its Toll: As Homelessness Surges in California, So Does a Backlash: Tent encampments across California are testing residents’ tolerance and compassion as street conditions deteriorate.

via NYT: Insults like “financial parasites” and “bums” have been directed at them, not to mention rocks and pepper spray. Fences, potted plants and other barriers have been erected to keep them off sidewalks. Citizen patrols have been organized, vigilante style, to walk the streets and push them out. California may pride itself on its … Read more

CYBERSECURITY: WhatsApp hacked to spy on top government officials at U.S. allies.

via reuters: Sources familiar with WhatsApp’s internal investigation into the breach said a “significant” portion of the known victims are high-profile government and military officials spread across at least 20 countries on five continents. The hacking of a wider group of top government officials’ smartphones than previously reported suggests the WhatsApp cyber intrusion could have broad … Read more

PAUL BEDARD: Report: Border crisis ‘is over,’ Trump ‘is due credit.’

via washingtonexaminer While border apprehensions of illegal immigrants have reached a decade high, they did not hit the projected 1 million in 2019, leading experts to believe that the Trump administration has finally made good on its promise to stop the surge. “The crisis is over,” said analyst Steven Kopits in a new report on the … Read more

Legislation Would Force Google and Rivals to Disclose Search Algorithms: Senate bill aims to give users of search engines more control over personal data.

via WSJ: Senate lawmakers proposed bipartisan legislation that would require search engines to disclose the algorithms they use in ranking internet searches and give consumers an option for unfiltered searches. Search engines such as Alphabet Inc. ’s Google unit use a variety of measures to filter results for individual searches, such as the user’s browsing … Read more