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Hillary wants the military-industrial complex support
12
Jul
“Some close to Mrs. Clinton say she was always likely to have someone with military experience on her vice-presidential shortlist.”
Blame it on the Progressives
12
Jul
“To understand both what’s wrong with law enforcement today and how to fix it, we need to examine the history and evolution of police forces in the US.”
Source: The Progressive-Era Origins of Authoritarian Policing in the US | Foundation for Economic Education
Why Trump has been successful so far
12
Jul
Donald is the anti-PC candidate
“The late Molly Ivins and I didn’t agree on much, but we did agree on opposition to political correctness; But this year the p.c. mentality has infected media coverage of Donald Trump”
Source: The perils of political correctness: Donald Trump can’t say that, can he? | Mulshine
Be scared of Hillary
12
Jul
Private security…responding to consumer demand
11
Jul
How a free, decentralized society would keep people and neighborhoods safe.
“Abolition of the public sector means, of course, that all pieces of land, all land areas, including streets and roads, would be owned privately, by individuals, corporations, cooperatives, or any other voluntary groupings of individuals and capital.”
Source: Privatize the Police | Mises Wire
Central bankers never learn
11
Jul
“The reason why anyone would buy negative-yielding debt is actually pretty simple: Because they have to.”
Source: Negative rates leading to ‘day of reckoning’ fear on Wall Street
The key to a peaceful world
11
Jul
“National and individual choice in a post-Brexit world: secession is a human right.”
Source: All People Have the Right of Self Determination | Foundation for Economic Education
The new oath of “allegiance”
11
Jul
Here we go. Entrenching a political paradigm.
“University of Cincinnati requires ‘diversity and inclusion’ statement.”
Thinking the unthinkable. November election postponed or cancelled?
10
Jul
“The white trucks, equipped with large off-road tyres, were seen being transported on Interstate 81 on Friday. One online community wondered if the U.N. was preparing for an economic collapse.”
Source: Virginia motorists spot white UN ‘combat vehicles’ on the interstate | Daily Mail Online
Hillary in big trouble?
10
Jul
“Most voters disagree with FBI Director James Comey’s decision not to seek a criminal indictment of Hillary Clinton.”
Source: Most Disagree with Decision Not to Indict Clinton
The Clinton Foundation, a crony, phony, baloney enterprise?
10
Jul
“FBI Director James Comey declined to recommend charges against Hillary Clinton for her e-mail mess last week, and the Justice Department closed the matter. But Comey hasn’t said boo about…”
Source: Hillary’s e-mail server isn’t the only thing the FBI should be
The economy is barely hanging on
09
Jul
David Stockman shows the economy is not as robust as the data suggest.
“The boys and girls on Wall Street are now riding their bikes with no hands and eyes wide shut. That’s the only way to explain Friday’s lunatic buying spree in response to another jobs report that proves exactly nothing about an allegedly resurgent economy.”
Source: Real Jobs Report: Tax Collections Data Suggest US Economy Barely Above Water
The financial hole of state and local governments
09
Jul
And people still have faith in government–and Republicans and Democrats??? This is just the tip of the iceberg. The federal government’s unfunded liability is more than $200 trillion.
“If the Actuarial Standards Board enacts recommendations from its Pension Task Force, actuarial valuations for state and local government pensions will report unfunded liabilities of over $5 trillion a…”
Source: Are State and Local Government Pensions Underfunded by $5 Trillion? – AEI