WITH DNC IN MIND, CITY BANS CARRYING URINE, FECES

Poop is beginning to be a big problem at Burning Man, authorities say. In a recent report, the Bureau of Land Management described the proliferation of attendees who have apparently forgotten — or cannot make it to — the festival’s restrooms. This is especially a problem in the deep playa, an area far away from … Read more

MONEY ISN’T EVERYTHING, BUT: RNC raises $213 million ‘fastest ever,’ 99% small donors, to spend $250 million in 2018.

Money isn’t everything, but the best case scenario of 99% small donations would be huge, because of the willpower that would represent, and because of the shift in the balance of power toward the base and away from big donors who are socially liberal and opposed to the vital interests of the Trump Republican base. … Read more

MODERN STASI: What To Learn From The Social Justice Warrior Who Was Eaten By His Own Mob.

“Mob compliance is a vicious and deadly cycle. The only way to stop the cycle is to stop complying with the mob’s demands.” Wilson also describes the social justice industry, which thrives on political correctness, as “a surveillance culture, a snitch culture.” This description is very apt, especially if you recall last summer’s Twitter crusade … Read more

10 MOST POPULOUS CITIES SPLIT BETWEEN RED, BLUE. CAN YOU GUESS WHICH COST MOST?

Here are the 10, as calculated by Truth in Accounting: Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, San Jose, San Diego, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio and Phoenix. If you live in deep-blue Chicago, your overall tax burden (including public entities like mass transit authorities and pubic schools that big cities typically don’t include in their balance sheets but which taxpayers … Read more

Washington doesn’t have a revenue problem; it has a spending problem.

GOOD TIMES: What’s behind the government’s record income tax collection. According to the Treasury Department’s monthly statement, our government collected a record $1.305 trillion in individual income taxes through the first nine months of fiscal 2018. The figure, which goes up to June, is rising because more people are working and paying taxes. It may also … Read more

FILIBUSTER-PROOF: Liberals Send Female Senate Democrats ‘Pee-Proof’ Underwear to Oppose Trump’s SCOTUS Pick.

via freebeacon:   THINX and Icon, the companies behind the “period sex blanket” and absorbent underwear for bladder leaks, sent “endurance packages” to senators Elizabeth Warren (D., Mass.) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D., N.Y.). “THINX and Icon create underwear that champion and support bodies throughout different stages of life,” according to a press release sent by Unbendable … Read more

RYAN BOUNDS WITHDREW HIS NOMINATION TO THE 9TH CIRCUIT THIS AFTERNOON OVER SOME COLLEGE WRITINGS:

via thehill: In one writing, Bounds questioned the strategies used by “more strident racial factions of the student body.” “I am mystified because these tactics seem always to contribute more to restricting consciousness, aggrivating intolerance and pigeonholing cultural identities than many a Nazi bookburning,” he wrote. In another article he compared diversity training to a ” … Read more

Tucker: The main reason Trump’s Russia critics hate him

Tucker Carlson: Think about what they’re saying, if you don’t automatically accept the imprecise, non-specific, never fully-explained findings of shadowy intelligence agencies with long documented track records of making serious mistakes, you’ve somehow betrayed your country. Tucker: Trump’s critics hate the idea of rethinking or correcting any of the countless blunders they’ve made over the … Read more

AMAZON CLOSES IN ON APPLE’S TOP SPOT… Antitrust Push Slowly Gains Ground

Amazon Closes in on Apple’s Top Spot Amazon.com Inc. is making another run at the title of world’s most valuable company. The e-commerce giant ended Wednesday’s trading session with a market value of $894 billion, according to the WSJ Market Data Group. That puts the Seattle-based company just $42 billion shy of Apple Inc.’s world-topping … Read more

TESLA Cancellations Outpace Purchases

Cancellations for Model 3 orders have picked up in recent weeks. Refunds now outpace deposits for Tesla’s new mass-market electric car, according to Needham & Co. analyst Rajvindra Gill. Tesla disputes that. In an analyst note delivered to clients Thursday, Gill cited extended wait times for the car, the expiration of a $7,500 tax credit, and … Read more

How to Achieve 10x Returns On Your Investment

by Jeff Clark, Senior Precious Metals Analyst, GoldSilver   The Coming Super-Bubble in Gold & Silver There are numerous catalysts both inside and outside the market for precious metals that could push the prices of gold and silver much, much higher. The greater the economic upheaval, the greater the potential for gold and silver to explode, … Read more

Revenge of the Corporate Zombies: 15% of Largest US Companies Are Walking Dead

by goldsilver The S&P 1,500 is a very broad index. In fact, its constituent companies represent over 90% of the entire market cap of all US stocks. And, a frighteningly increasing number of them are the walking dead. By design, the companies that index does not include are the smallest, riskiest, most-likely-to-fail public companies. So you’d think the … Read more

Americans Age 18-37, on Average, Aim to Retire at 61; Most in Debt and Have $0 Saved

Hope springs eternal for Millennials, who despite having an average of $22,000+ in student debt and no savings, plan to retire early. Here are signs that you are on track for early retirement from CNBC. via cnbc: Millennials may have only a little saved for retirement, but they still want to retire early. A recent Bankrate.com survey asked … Read more