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via doctorhousingbubble: The housing market now sputters into the summer selling season with very little momentum. Home sales are at post-recession lows and the labor force participation rate is collapsing because you have an army of Taco Tuesday baby boomers roaming the streets of California enjoying inflated real estate values while enjoying Whole Foods delivered to their front … Read more
via CNBC: “Fed could cut as soon as July but it may not halt slowdown/recession,” Morgan Stanley’s equity strategist Michael Wilson said in a note to clients Monday. The economy is already facing some “very real macro risks” including weak jobs data, low inflation and escalating trade tensions, Wilson said. The Fed easing over the … Read more
via @chigrl: They were;: 1. Anglo-Iranian (started as Anglo-Persian) Oil Company..later became $BP 2. Gulf Oil (later part of Chevron) 3. Royal Dutch Shell 4. Standard Oil Company of California (SoCal, now Chevron) 5. Standard Oil Company of New York (Socony, later Mobil, also now part of ExxonMobil 6. Standard Oil company of New Jersey (ESSO … Read more
Global bond #yields have fallen sharply over the past monthChanges from a week ago (week ending 7 June) #US #UK #GERMANY #JAPAN pic.twitter.com/IDtVBuBsav — Tracy Shuchart (𝒞𝒽𝒾 ) (@chigrl) June 10, 2019
via pjmedia: Streaming services like Netflix, Hulu, and Disney Plus never waste an opportunity to tell the American public living in red states how much they hate them. From Netflix showing movies that could meet the legal definition of sexual assault of children to making cartoons about babies in drag (while ignoring customer concerns) to Disney’s CEO complaining about Alabama abortion … Read more
WARNING: link is a PDF https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/6145811/2019-6-10-DOJ-Review-of-Intelligence-Activities.pdf U.S. Department of Justice Office of Legislative Affairs Office of the Assistant Attorney General Washington, D. C. 20530 June 10, 2019 The Honorable Jerrold Nadler Chairman Committee on the Judiciary U.S. House of Representatives Washington, DC 20515 Re: DOJ Review of Intelligence Activities Dear Chairman Nadler: This letter responds … Read more
The brainwashing continues. Cabot Phillips went to the University of Maryland to ask students whether they trusted the Chinese government or Donald Trump and others who want to shut down Chinese funded “Confucius Institutes on campus. The centers, on dozens of campuses around the country, have recently come under fire for what the D.O.D. calls … Read more
This is classic…It needs to go megaviral! Four Cops OWNED & EDUCATED – Yard Sale Raid – East Hampton, NY Police – First Amendment Audit 57 h/t Levit
via reason: City Councilman Kenyatta Johnson has introduced an ordinance that would ban these protruding windows in the neighborhoods of Point Breeze and Grays Ferry. Balconies would be verboten too. His aim, he says, is to prevent undue clashing with the traditional brownstone homes that populate the area. “I call them pop-out windows,” he told local radio station WHYY last … Read more
View post on imgur.com TLDR: the extradition law which the protest is against enables the Chinese government to extradite anyone in Hong Kong who violates the Chinese law. The main problem is – according to the Chinese law, you don’t have to be within China to violate their law – say if you punch a … Read more
CBP agents recently reported an MS-13 gang member used a toddler with chickenpox in an attempt to make a fraudulent migrant family claim. One America’s Emily Finn explains how migrant families are using children as a “passport for migration.”
By Nick Cunningham Lower oil prices could drag down U.S. shale drillers at a time when their finances are already looking shaky. But the impact on oil production growth is still murky. WTI is in the low-$50s per barrel, which means that the average shale driller is likely burning through cash. In the first quarter, … Read more
by Playaguy The manipulation of the public depends on it not knowing it is being manipulated. Critical thinking is a skill. It is learned, not instinctive. And it has nothing to do with intelligence.
via thedailybeast: “On this one, Trump is right as rain—and so are Sanders and Warren. The federal government should have been taking apart these greedy tech monopolies years ago. Let’s get cracking.” Plus: We have been accustomed to think of technology entrepreneurs as bold, risk-taking individuals who thrive on competition but now we know that it … Read more
by Jeff Thomas Ancient Greece is credited as raising the societal structure to new heights. Whenever this period is referred to, philosophers and historians are quick to mention that the ancient Greeks gave the world Democracy. Yet, Socrates, who is regarded as having been a rather thoughtful fellow, eyed democracy with deep suspicion. He was right … Read more
by Ron Paul Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA) found himself in hot water recently over comments he made in defense of Navy SEAL Edward Gallagher, who faces war crimes charges over his alleged conduct while serving in combat overseas. Gallagher is charged with stabbing a 15 year old ISIS member while in custody, of taking photos posing … Read more
Via The Babylon Bee HARTFORD, CT—At a rally over the weekend, presidential candidate Bernie Sanders promised to fight for a nation where no one can earn over $15 an hour. “We live in a land where people can slave away and earn a lot of money,” he said, flapping his arms about, his fingers flopping … Read more
To Defeat Trump, New York Times Columnist Argues, We Must Abolish Judicial Review. New York Times columnist Jamelle Bouie faults Democratic presidential contender Pete Buttigieg for his insufficiently ambitious plan to remake the U.S. Supreme Court, arguing that progressives need to challenge the idea that the Court has the final say on what the Constitution means. The problem, Bouie says, is not … Read more
Half of Americans Are Effectively Poor Now. Article cites cnn money as the source of this study Cnn money cites “united for Alice” as the source And alice cites (i shit you not) the same cnn money article THAT CITED UNITED FOR ALICE as the source for the study/story Journalism is officially dead. Great catch by u/SamSlate on how … Read more
