NYC says 1 million kids can skip school for ‘climate strike’!

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via axios: School districts are debating what position to take after New York City announced that 1.1 million public school students could skip classes without penalties to join the global youth climate strikes Friday, the New York Times reports. Why it matters: Per the Times, this a test of the movement’s impact — by causing disruptions and getting noticed … Read more

Land Of Fakes To Tax The Rich In “Gimme” Land

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by TraderStef via CrushTheStreet (connect with TraderStef via Twitter or at TraderStef’s website) “Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide.” – John Adams   The United States is not a democracy; it is a constitutional republic. The political and history illiterate are attempting to shove the mob … Read more

Study Finds That Facebook Is Bad For Your Mental And Physical Health.

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via lidblog: As someone who is regularly put in Facebook jail for BWC (blogging while conservative) a study wasn’t necessary to convince me that Facebook damaged my mental and physical health. A university study has discovered that regular use of Facebook may be detrimental to the user’s health. Researchers from UC San Diego and Yale cooperated … Read more

Kavanaugh Smears Have COMPLETELY Collapsed Amid New Evidence, Media And Democrats Still Push Lies

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Kavanaugh Smears Have COMPLETELY Collapsed Amid New Evidence, Media And Democrats Still Push Lies. Last night the New York Times issued a correction on their story as an editor’s note at the bottom. They state the alleged victim in the latest 30 year old story doesn’t recall it and doesn’t want to comment on it. … Read more

BREXIT: The power of surrender

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by John Ward It may be time for the Brexit debate to be dumped in favour of more important plans to stop the drift towards a technocratic European Reich. In this first of a Slog two-parter, we examine the real history of multidimensional Brexit sabotage, the slim chances of Sovereign Brexit being achieved, and how the … Read more

Trump Says That The Military Response To The Attack On Saudi Arabia Will Be “Proportionate”

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by Michael Snyder Trump administration officials are telling reporters and that there is no doubt that the attack on the oil production facilities in Saudi Arabia originated from Iranian soil, although Trump himself is being less dogmatic in his public statements.  It appears that Trump wants all of the evidence to come in before making … Read more

6 Of The Last 8 U.S. Recessions Were Preceded By Oil Price Spikes – Damage To Saudi Oil Industry Could Take “Months” To Repair

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by Michael Snyder When the price of oil rises dramatically, that tends to be really bad for the U.S. economy.  Because we are so spread out and goods are transported over such vast distances, our economy is particularly vulnerable to oil price shocks, and that is one reason why the events that we just witnessed … Read more

Drama in the Oil Markets, But This Isn’t 2007 Anymore

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Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter How the US shale boom changed the equation. If the attack on Saudi oil facilities had occurred in 2007, it would have caused chaos in the US economy. The attacks on Saudi Arabia’s largest oil-processing plant at Abqaiq and its second-largest oil field in Khurais on Saturday knocked out about 5.7 … Read more

Trump Celebrates ‘Historic Milestone’ of 150th Judge Confirmed

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by Natura Naturans President Trump celebrated the Senate confirmation of his 150th judicial nominee in a tweet Saturday, calling it “amazing!” The Republican-led Senate confirmed Trump’s 150th judicial nominee on Wednesday– a significant milestone that continues to fill one of the president’s key campaign promises of putting Constitutional conservative judges in the courts. According to the … Read more

New security fears jeopardize Saudi Aramco’s public stock offering

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Whether Aramco moves forward with its IPO is a key question following strikes on its oil facility. Shareholders want to see volumes regardless of price, analysts told CNBC. The strikes took out roughly 5.7 million barrels per day of Saudi oil production, equivalent to 5% of global daily crude output. https://www.cnbc.com/2019/09/16/new-security-fears-jeopardize-saudi-aramcos-public-stock-offering.html?__source=iosappshare%7Ccom.apple.UIKit.activity.CopyToPasteboard

Global Internet Access Since 1993

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by chartr Only half of the world has access to the internet… but the good news is it’s increasing quickly in Low Income Countries. While it may not be top of the development objectives, the benefits of internet access in developing countries can be substantial. It lets people more easily save, send or receive money. Farmers can … Read more

Do Restaurant Sales Lead The Economy?

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via UPFINA: After the amazing growth in the control group in the June and July retail sales reports, we were wondering if the strength would continue in August especially since the University of Michigan consumer sentiment report was negative due to the worries about tariffs. The latest round of tariffs that’s heavily weighted towards consumer goods … Read more