Friday, June 15, 2018

The boom goes bust: "Investment activity is grinding to a full stop for the first time in China's modern history"

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Also, "weakest consumer spending since 2003". And, 46 consecutive months of industrial production at or below 8%, "unpr...
Thursday, June 14, 2018

Australian snowflakes in Afghanistan see a Nazi flag, fear PTSD or something

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"Additionally, steps were taken to reinforce education and training for all personnel who witnessed the flag."   Obviously...

Laugh of the Day: Einstein wondered how the Chinese ever reproduced given the indistinguishability of the sexes

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Talk about privilege. Story here .

Canadians cancel vacations to America!

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Fake news: Drudge contributes to the false boom narrative

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Drudge links to a Zero Hedge story , which doesn't use the word "boom". But Zero Hedge doesn't get it right, either. I...

Here's an extreme he hasn't thought of: Maybe try paying more than "above minimum wage"

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The minimum wage is $7.25 an hour, but low-skilled jobs in Michigan start at $10.00 an hour, and pay even higher than that for competent, ...
Wednesday, June 13, 2018

Republican Rep. Mark Sanford loses in primary: The guy who blamed Trump for leftist's shooting of Republicans

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GOP Rep. Mark Sanford: Trump 'partially to blame' for environment leading to baseball shooting

Finally Italy has a leader in Matteo Salvini: They have to go back! Italians First!

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47% of legal aliens in US receive at least one form of public welfare, compared with 32% of the native born

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Mostly in the form of Medicaid. The story is here .
Tuesday, June 12, 2018

Trump may have kept the issue of US troops in South Korea separate from the North Korea talks, but he still wants them out

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Removing US troops from the peninsula will only give China what it wants. A robust US presence in South Korea, Japan and Guam helps ensure...

Trump's determination eventually to remove US troops from South Korea isn't what the South wants or the North demands

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From the story here in early May: The South Korean government reiterated this week that the troops were still needed and would not be...

Italy for Italians, Africans out!

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Like they don't have enough room in Africa.

The Clapperism Laugh of the Day: FBI seizes reporter's records in order to protect her

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Unnamed sources say the records were suspected to be highly toxic weapons of mass destruction.
Monday, June 11, 2018

Just remember: The House Freedom Caucus is no friend of ours, so to stop amnesty all you can do is call 202 224 3121

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"The Club for Growth and Koch Industries — both pro-amnesty — are the biggest donors to Freedom Caucus members."

Slow wage growth remains a mystery to economist Noah Smith

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Here . And they call economics a science. It's not a mystery if you question your presuppositions, for example that the economy is...

Republican corporate tax cuts = record stock buybacks in May 2018 = corporate insiders selling to profit BIGLY

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From the story, "Corporate executives are using stock buybacks to pad their own compensation, according to the SEC", here : ...

Texas alone has 251,000 criminal aliens who aren't good people, committing 663,000 serious crimes since 2011

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From the story here : According to the DHS and the Texas Department of Public Safety, over 251,000 criminal aliens have been booked in...

The Answer: Because they are slaves

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The Question:   Why middle-aged women with kids make the best employees "... the group that is most discriminated against when it...

Reihan Salam: Permanent normal trade relations with China fostered its tyranny

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Well duh. We sell them the rope to hang us with, but first they hang their own. From the story in The Atlantic, here : What might ...
Sunday, June 10, 2018

Sheldon Richman, a progressive, Marxist libertarian

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 "Most of the old rules are rubbish ... divisions ... wither away with each generation".