Maybe some of these people will wind up voting for Trump after all. As Trump said to black voters last time, what have the Democrats done for you?

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VIRGINIA POSTREL: Homelessness Isn’t Just a Humanitarian Problem: California activists are undermining their cause by ignoring and stigmatizing legitimate concerns about social disorder. California has a homelessness crisis, but Californians don’t agree about what it is. To homeless advocates, social service providers, many politicians and most journalists, it’s a humanitarian problem — a social tragedy of … Read more

Liberal utopia of Seattle: Business owner gives up on reporting crime to Seattle Police

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by DCG If you’ve read any of my posts about the homeless crisis and repeat offenders in Seattle/King County, you know they have a serious problem. Last month I told you about the downtown family-owned drugstore Bartell Drugs that was closing due to crime. Their employees are routinely harassed or beaten by criminals. Other examples of rampant crime … Read more

The Recession Clock Is Ticking Faster, Deteriorating Economic Indicators Are Near An Inflection Point, CEO Confidence Declined to Lowest Level in a Decade

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The recession clock is ticking faster. 5-yr vs. 3-m spread now inverted for almost 8 months! Only happened 4 other times: At the peak of the housing bubble.In the midst of the tech & ‘73-4 inflationary bust.5 months prior to the ‘80 recession. This cycle looks done. pic.twitter.com/SvorKdGGGt — Otavio (Tavi) Costa (@TaviCosta) October 3, … Read more

For the delusional bull that is still hoping a Fed rate cut is bullish. The only bullish thing about this view is that it’s bullshit.

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https://twitter.com/ManOutnumbered/status/1179830545506697216 https://twitter.com/NorthmanTrader/status/1179816875968077826 NYC housing prices in near 'free fall,' conditions mirror recession era following tax hikes https://t.co/C2oQCKppXK — Jeff Lee 2020 (@JeffLee2020) October 3, 2019 Jobs growth is going to slow from both sectors of the economy. In line with leading employment indicators at cycle lows. pic.twitter.com/mCojrxbsIj — Eric Basmajian (@EPBResearch) October 3, 2019 Without … Read more

Top 20 governments requesting content removals from tech companies (Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Twitter, Wikimedia)

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by PhoenixHeartWC Sources: https://transparencyreport.google.com/government-removals/by-country?hl=en https://transparency.twitter.com/en/removal-requests.html https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/corporate-responsibility/crrr https://govtrequests.facebook.com/content-restrictions https://transparency.wikimedia.org/content.html Tool: Tableau (link to Tableau public here) A straightforward look at some of the data available through Facebook, Google, Twitter, Microsoft, and Wikimedia transparency reports. China is notably missing from the #1 spot because they tend not to go through official channels for content removal — they just … Read more

$2B Big Short of the late 2010s

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by MakeoverBelly Y’all may be wondering who will be the Michael Bury of our times. Truth is there already is one, and his own Big Short has already mostly played out, in front of everyone’s eyes. The final take home pay is to be determined, but it will be in the order of $1B – … Read more

Ebola fears hit Hong Kong as woman isolated with major symptoms

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Fears of an Ebola outbreak have hit Hong Kong after a woman was put in isolation after presenting to doctors with dizziness, fever, vomiting and diarrhoea. The 54-year-old female patient, who is usually in good health, presented with headaches, dizziness, fever, vomiting and diarrhoea yesterday sparking fears of a major outbreak. Doctors fears were realised … Read more

The Breakdown of Impeachment

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If you are a share blue NPC, this isn’t for you, so don’t waste your time watching a British Commentator lay out all the facts in a manner even you could understand. Just give me that one star and go find another thread to shit upon. However if you have an open mind and are … Read more

Talk Of A “Coup” By Democrats Seems Less Crazy

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Tlaib: Democrats Looking Into How to Arrest Trump Officials.It’s just Tlaib’s usual bullshit, but should anything like that happen in these inflamed times, it could be the opening of a civil war. Note that the precedent with regard to non-enforcement of Congressional subpoenas was set by Obama with Eric Holder. Related: Kevin McCarthy has questions for … Read more

Until President Trump Correctly Identifies The Enemy…

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by vVVv There is power in naming things This is a GLOBALIST INSURRECTION by Obama’s SHADOW GOVERNMENT These “WHISTLEBLOWERS” are SUBVERSIVE OPERATIVES These “WHISTLEBLOWERS” are now being lauded as HEROES Until this President’s CABINET makes an example out of these traitors by making good on his campaign pledge to LOCK HER UP, this perceived weakness will … Read more

Meet The Mad Scientists Performing Universe-Breaking Experiments

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By Haley Zaremba Big things are happening at CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research. The state-of-the-art intergovernmental research organization is home to the single biggest particle physics laboratory on the planet. CERN’s unparalleled infrastructure and funding from 23 member countries give the organization the unprecedented opportunity to scientifically study some of the biggest, most … Read more

Economists Estimate the Sized of Shadow Banking System at $67 Trillion in 2011

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A group of Italian Economists estimated in 2013 that the size of the international shadow banking system was around $67 Trillion USD. They used the widely observed economic relationship that total visible assests and and balance sheets of financial entities follow an exponential relationship, ie. the entities at each higher level of the ‘pyramid’ are … Read more