Agenda-driven reporting: Vox reports that firearms killed more 15 to 19 year olds than cancer, heart disease and diabetes combined in 2016

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by DCG Another example of Vox serious “reporting.” Hey, I want a grenade launcher, too!!! Because those diseases typically kill so many more young adults. Another fine example of a Vox “Explainers.” From the experts at Vox: The message from high school studentsfollowing last week’s Parkland, Florida, school shooting is clear: We are suffering and dying because Congress has failed to enact stricter … Read more

Is Fed Pumping Stocks To Keep Pensions Solvent? With pensions now 50% or more invested in stocks, it seems pretty obvious that one way to inflate away the looming pension catastrophe is for the Fed to inflate the stock market.

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via investmentresearchdynamics: The pension crisis is inching closer by the day. @CalPERS just voted to increase the amount cities must pay to the agency. Cities point to possible insolvency if payments keep rising but CalPERS is near insolvency itself. It may be reform or bailout soon. – Steve Westly, former California controller and CalPERS board member. … Read more

There’s a Cannibal Club in Los Angeles

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by Dr. Eowyn Somewhere in Los Angeles is a dinner club for cannibals, begun in 2007, where those who pride themselves on being “enlightened,” dine on “cuisine” of human meat prepared by their in-house chef. On Cannibal Club‘s homepage is this Henry Miller quote and a drawing of a woman (Eve?) about to bite into the forbidden … Read more

Real Estate Set To CRASH Globally – U.S., Canadian, UK, and Australian Housing Market Bursting

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Australian housing market bursting? pic.twitter.com/HIDbL1IVOs — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) March 1, 2018 National property report: Housing prices slip for fifth straight month Australian house prices have posted their slowest annual growth rate since 2016, as Sydney prices dropped for the first time in six years. Prices in Sydney were down 0.5 per cent in the year to … Read more

Major Scott A. Huesing – War is Worse Than Hell

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from Financial Survival Network Major Scott A. Huesing came on to share his harrowing experiences in the Middle East as described in his book, Echo in Ramadi: The Firsthand Story of U.S. Marines in Iraq’s Deadliest City. His gripping and deeply personal account of modern urban combat of leading 250 men through Ramadi, Iraq, from 2006-2007. He and … Read more

Armed robbers breaking into homes, restraining & hitting victims yet Seattle Police doesn’t believe “public is at risk”

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by DCG No need for self-defense mechanisms such as firearms, folks! Nothing to see here, move along. The police will keep you safe! By Jason Rantz at MyNorthwest.com: A violent series of armed robberies have hit the Seattle’s Beacon Hill where three, armed men kicked in doors and held residents hostage while they ransacked the victims’ homes. There have … Read more

YouTube Secretly Using SPLC To Police Videos

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The Southern Poverty Law Center is assisting YouTube in policing content on their platform, The Daily Caller has learned. The left-wing nonprofit — which has more recently come under fire for labeling legitimate conservative organizations as “hate groups” — is one of the more than 100 nongovernment organizations (NGOs) and government agencies in YouTube’s “Trusted … Read more

Creating Danger in the Golden State

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by Mark Angelides Libby Schaaf, the mayor of Oakland California, is set to be in hot water over her possibly criminal actions to protect illegal immigrants from being picked up in raids by ICE. Last week, she sent out a memo (that she also promoted through social media) to warn people that there was a … Read more

President Trump Asks Dianne Feinstein to Add ‘Assault Weapons’ Ban to School Safety Bill Yet Knocks Scalise Down on Concealed Carry Reciprocity

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President Trump asked Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) to add her “assault weapons” ban to the overarching school safety bill during a bipartisan meeting with lawmakers on Wednesday. Feinstein’s bill, which is an enhanced reintroduction of a bill she has put forward again and again, bans over 200 different firearms. http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/02/28/president-trump-asks-dianne-feinstein-add-assault-weapons-ban-school-safety-bill/ Watch Dianne Feinstein Erupt With … Read more

SUPREME COURT RULING is a Huge Defeat for Immigration Advocates

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It’s ironic that a legal immigrant brought the case against being held by U.S. immigration officials indefinitely without a bond hearing. The plaintiff was convicted of possession of a controlled substance and “joyriding”. The government detained him but the ACLU got involved and won his release and stopped his deportation. The government appealed the decision… … Read more

Why U.S. GDP Hasn’t Really Increased Since 2000

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BY SRSROCCO  While official sources forecast U.S. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to surpass $20 trillion this year, the real figure is probably much less.  So how much less is real U.S. GDP?  Well, that depends on how it is measured.  If we factor in energy consumption and the increase in total public debt, U.S. GDP is … Read more