Why Is The “Cost of Living” In Cities So High?

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by Robert Murphy via Mises John Cochrane has an entertaining and informative blog called “The Grumpy Economist,” offering insights centered in the Chicago School approach that nonetheless will resonate with the Austrian reader. However, in a recent post Cochrane erroneously claimed that people living in high-rent areas of California were effectively using a different currency than other Americans. This type of loose … Read more

Republicans face must-win race in NCarolina… Test for president

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GOP faces must-win race in North Carolina CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Republicans are scrambling to avoid what would be a devastating loss in the special House election in North Carolina’s 9th District. Internal polls from both sides show Republican Dan Bishop and Democrat Dan McCready running neck and neck in a traditional GOP stronghold that was unexpectedly competitive in … Read more

STUDY: Financial Stress Making 2 In 5 Young Americans Sick

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via studyfinds: COLUMBUS, Ohio — The cost of health care in the United States is a controversial topic. For many, health costs are a serious source of stress, particularly with a slumping economy and the potential for a recession on the horizon. Now, a recently conducted survey reveals some troubling truths about the impact financial stress is … Read more

Bahamas Media are now reporting that more than 3,000 are feared dead on Abaco island ALONE

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  BP BREAKING| The bodies of Hurricane Dorian victims loaded off a plane from the Abacos. More than 3,000 are feared dead. pic.twitter.com/W4tHukE0QD — Bahamas Press (@Moca_Foundation) September 9, 2019 Hurricane Dorian victims could climb beyond 3,000 in Abaco alone… GB hundreds…Government has left the damages untouched and bodies littered in communities across the islands … Read more

Report: Vacant Homes Plague Canada

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There are more than one million empty or temporarily occupied homes across the country.  That’s according to the report “‘Ghost’ Homes Across Canada: A Decade of Change in 150 Cities,” which also shows that the majority of the abandoned residences are investment properties or short-term rentals, particularly in Toronto and Vancouver.  Overall, the number of … Read more

Temperatures In The Pacific Ocean Have Shot Up To Dangerous Levels, And Scientists Are Blaming A “Strange Anomaly”

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by Michael Snyder It is being called “the Pacific marine heatwave of 2019”, and officials are warning that it could have very frightening implications if it does not dissipate soon.  Right now, there is a vast expanse of water stretching from northern Alaska all the way to southern California where the water temperatures have rapidly … Read more

How Deep Is the Rot in America’s Institutions?

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by Charles Hugh-Smith Either we root out every last source of rot by investigating, indicting and jailing every wrong-doer and everyone who conspired to protect the guilty in the Epstein case, or America will have sealed its final fall. When you discover rot in an apparently sound structure, the first question is: how far has … Read more

The Dangers of a Trucking Industry In Free Fall

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QP1c6pVbbM Class 8 Heavy Duty Truck Orders Plunge 79% In August Marking 10th Straight Month Of Declines Every month, analysts are hopeful that Class 8 orders are on the verge of rebounding and every month so far in 2019, orders have continued to crash. Such was the case again in August, according to data supplied … Read more

The Next Recession Will Be Uneven, Some Metros Will Be Hit Harder Than Others

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via Zerohedge: JPM’s recession indicator has hit the highest levels not seen in a decade. The next downturn in the economy could come as soon as 2H20, which has Redfin warning that housing markets in some parts of the country are going to be more at-risk than others. Redfin says Riverside, Phoenix, and Miami have the highest risk of … Read more

The failure of liberal logic summed up in two Oregon headlines

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by DCG Headline One: E-cigarette deaths climb as officials confirm some illnesses caused by oil in lungs from vaping marijuana Headline Two: Oregon is one step closer to being the first state to legalize psychedelic mushrooms Details from Headline One: At least four people have died after using e-cigarettes and about 450 possible cases of severe lung diseases … Read more

Why Leftwing Messaging Owns Every Medium and Platform and How They’ve Played the Rightwing As Chumps

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpFzZexJmHM In #LionelNation there’s only truth. Verity. Bold, brash and naked. There are no political parties, no predetermined direction or cause. Just truth. We’re not conspiracy theorists; we’re conspiracy analysts, borrowing from Gore Vidal. The great record producer Jerry Wexler described Lionel thusly: “He wears the mantle of Lenny Bruce, with Lenny’s own tropisms: The … Read more

“The polarization of our society is actually part of the business model.” -Tristan Harris on the power of Social Media companies.

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June 25, 2019 – Tristan Harris @ The Senate Commerce Committee. How technology companies use algorithms and machine learning to influence the public. Insight into companies, such as Google, Youtube, and Facebook. Former Facebook exec: “I think we have created tools that are ripping apart the social fabric of how society works. The short-term, dopamine-driven … Read more