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Trump Is Still Head of the Republican Party
A new poll shows that 47% of likely GOP voters would vote Trump if the election were held today. Only 28% would vote DeSantis. Nellie Bowles, writing in Common Sense, had this to say about it: “For anyone…
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Do the Rich Pay Their “Fair” Share of Taxes?
AOC doesn’t think so. Neither does Bernie Sanders. Neither does Elizabeth Warren. And it’s not just left-leaning politicians. Ask ten Americans if the top 1% pay their “fair share” and nine of them will say…
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Are You in Favor of Reparations?
Then Prove It. Start Reparating Now. As for Me… No, I Don’t Think So. I’m Irish! Libby, my affluent, NYT-reading neighbor, is a huge fan of Ibram X. Kendi, whose bestseller, How to Be Anti-Racist, opened her…
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More Crime Ridden Than the US? You Wouldn’t Guess!
I’ve done a lot of writing about the surge of violent crime in the US in recent years. It’s bad. But there is a country in Europe where things are actually worse. Before I saw the report that TS sent me, I…
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Hybrid, Not Remote, Working Is the Future
In the executive boardrooms of the companies I work with, the debate about remote vs. in-office working rages on. Well, rages is not fair. It continues, but with less vehemence and certainty, as employees and…
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Was This Excessive Force? You Decide
There’s no question in my mind: Body cameras on law enforcement officers are a good thing. As are smartphones used by citizens documenting police/people interactions. The body cam video clip below was released…
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Regal Cinemas Eyes Bankruptcy
On June 29, 2021, after the COVID shutdown began, I posted an essay on how various businesses would be affected by it. One of the major casualties, I said, would be the movie theater industry. Young people…
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Back to the Future With COVID
The CDC released new guidelines for COVID-19 on Aug. 11. And although we heard virtually nothing about it from the Biden administration or the mainstream press, what it did was astounding. After two years of…
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China Lockdown: A Conspiracy Theory?
China has ordered an indefinite lockdown of the city of Yiwu, the world’s largest wholesale shipping hub. The reason: an “outbreak” of COVID-19. Between Aug. 2 and 9, 135 cases were reported. The government…
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Will Office Work Ever Be the Same?
The government-mandated COVID lockdowns created, almost instantly, a nationwide experiment in remote working. Since the lockdowns ended, supermarkets, big box stores, sports arenas, and airplanes are full…
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California to Become America’s First “Trans Refuge State”?
California Senate Bill 107 passed the Assembly Appropriations Committee on Aug. 3 with an 11 to 4 vote along party lines. It’s objective: to “make California a ‘sanctuary state’ for children seeking…
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Immigrant Shuffle
In April, a year after the monthly total of illegal immigrants crossing into the US had reached 200,000 per month, Texas governor Greg Abbott launched his border bus mission, sending hundreds (maybe thousands)…
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War and Inflation: The Deadly Duo
Ernest Hemingway, not a geopolitical analyst, was nevertheless a geopolitical thinker. He had it right when he said that there are two sure ways to ruin a country. War and inflation. We’ve got both now. War On…
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Media Confidence Ratings at a Record Low
American’s confidence in two facets of the news media – newspapers and television – has fallen to an all-time low. Click here. Amazon Is Rolling Out the Delivery Drones Amazon has been talking about moving…
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The Problem With Wind and Solar
I’ve written about this general subject before – how little most people understand about the economics of greening the economy. On July 5, I showed you how expensive electric cars are. Not just in dollars, but…
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The Private Jet Business Is Booming
Corporate spending on private jets for CEOs and board members in the US hit a 10-year high in 2021, per Financial Times. Meta led the pack, and was the only tech company in the top five. As a group, S&P…
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California’s Nutty Scheme to Reduce Inflation… Huh??
Governor Newsom has a new plan to help Californians deal with inflation. He’s going to do more of what caused inflation. Working with Democrats in the state legislature, Newsom announced a plan to send out $11…
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The Unnerving Idea of “Total War” With Russia and China
I’ve been doing business in Russia and China for more than 40 years. During that time, I’ve had nothing but good to very good business experiences. I’ve also had nothing but good experiences with the Russians…
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The Urban Exodus Continues
For the last several years, there has been a steady outflow of wealth from major US cities. Businesses and wealthy individuals are abandoning their urban homes and relocating to smaller and more…
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The Numbers Are Pretty Clear
We are in a bear market. The questions, for investors and retirees on a fixed income: How bad is it? And how long will it last? Three facts from Bonner Private Research: * The average bear market on the S&P…
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Common Sense Prevails…
In Sports: After smashing national records and winning the NCAA championship, transgender swimmer Lia Thomas announced that she was hoping to compete in the Olympics. Maybe not, said FINA. On Sunday, the…
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The Rising “Misery Index
Last week, in an attempt to slow the economy without sending it into a recession, the Fed announced the biggest interest rate hike in 28 years. A recession is still likely. But even if we don’t fully enter…
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US Housing Market Surges To Record Growth Levels
The rise in local rental prices (see above) reflects a larger trend: two years of growth in the US housing market. That includes house prices, rental prices, remodeling expenditures, brokerage fees, etc. From…
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Is a Crypto Winter Coming?
Is a Crypto Winter Coming? In his recent quarterly earnings call, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong said, “Ironically… I’ve never been more bullish on where we are as a company.” He said that in the midst of a…
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A Growing Health Concern
Nearly 30% of adolescents in the US have prediabetes. Click here. Clinton DNC Scandal Hillary Clinton’s campaign and the DNC agreed to pay a combined $113,000 to the FEC, according to documents made public on…
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In late March, CNN tested an exciting idea
– a subscription-based streaming service that they called CNN+. It would compete with Fox Nation, which has more than 1 million subscribers and is growing fast. They hired 500 employees and invested $300…
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Meat Speech Is Now Hate Speech
I heard about the all-meat diet when Jordan Peterson claimed that he had used it to treat his depression. He decided to try it after his daughter had success with it treating a series of medical problems…
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Too Painful to Watch
I cringed watching this. It’s Biden’s new press secretary trying to answer a question anyone that has even the most rudimentary understanding of economics would be able to answer. You can see that her problem…
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US Economy by the Numbers
Some worrying numbers from Bill Bonner: * Disposable personal incomes are dropping – down 20% from March ’21 to March ’22. Most of that is due to the end of the COVID giveaways. But subtracting them, incomes…
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Is This Real?
JS sent this to me last week. It’s almost hard to believe. If it’s a hoax, it’s a funny one. But I think it’s real. Click here. Latest Count From the Southern Border The Department of Homeland Security…
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Frank James: The Name You Have Already Forgotten
Who was Frank James? No, I don’t mean the confederate soldier. Or the brother of Jesse James. I’m talking about the NYC subway “spree shooter” that tried to kill a bunch of people a few weeks ago. Do you…
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Yikes: Inflation Hikes
* The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 8.5%, year over year. That’s the biggest inflation jump since December 1981. * Airfare is up 20% compared to pre-pandemic prices. * The…
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Jerome Powell is in trouble
In a recent issue of Bonner Private Research, Bill Bonner wrote about the problems facing Jerome Powell and the Federal Reserve: “Inflation has already returned to levels not seen since the 1970s. The Fed…
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Toothless: The Real Effect of the Economic Sanctions on Russia
Earlier this month, the Central Bank of Russia raised its benchmark rate from 9.5% to 20% – the highest in almost 20 years. The purpose: defending the ruble against international sanctions, which have knocked…
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A Quick Look at the Current Real Estate Market US-Wide
Thanks to a perfect storm of Fed-directed low interest rates, rising crime, and escalating taxes in states like New York, New Jersey, and California, property values in Florida and Texas are surging. Along the…
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CIA Officers Defend Their Conspiracy Theory
John Sipher is not apologizing for his conduct. He’s proud of it. He was one of 50 former CIA officials that published a letter just before the 2020 election alleging that the New York Poststory about Hunter…
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COVID Update: DeSantis Did It Right
The most comprehensive comparative study of the effects of COVID regulations was published by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) earlier this month. One of the conclusions: Governor DeSantis did…
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Hillary Clinton Fined
Click here. Biden’s Billionaire Tax Proposal Warren Buffett has famously said that he pays, in percentage terms, less taxes than his secretary. And on Mar. 28, the Biden administration attempted to do…
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CDC Removes Thousands Of COVID Deaths From Official Count
Are COVID deaths coming down? Or were they always higher than they should have been? * A county in Northern California opted to revise its COVID-19 death totals in July 2021 after refining its data-reporting…
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Hunter Biden’s Missing Laptop: It Wasn’t a Hoax
After three years of the New York Post and Fox News reporting on it, and the NYT and CNN (et al.) debunking it, the truth is out. On Mar. 17, the Times quietly acknowledged that it has been wrong. The story of…
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UK Government Report: COVID Deaths Among the Vaccinated
This sounds wrong, but I have seen it published a few times without contradiction (so far). So, I’m giving it to you. The UK government released a report at the end of February that said that seven out of 10…
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Voter Fraud Charged in Michigan
A Michigan county elections official and former township clerk was charged with ballot tampering related to the Aug. 2020 primary election, according to State Attorney General Dana Nessel. Nessel alleged that…
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COVID Outbreak in China
Tens of millions of residents across China are under lockdown as the country grapples with its worst reported COVID-19 outbreak since the beginning of the pandemic. Officials recorded almost 3,400 new cases…
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About Race-Based College Admissions
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Harvard University are being sued for their race-based admissions policies, which hold Asian and White students to higher standards because of their skin…
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Problems With NFTs
NFTs are hot, especially in the art world. But it’s highly unlikely they will get to the next level, so long as there are reports of them being stolen. Such as this one. Click here. And this one. Click here.
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What’s Wrong With the Thinking Behind Intersectionality Theories?
One thing you can’t deny about Critical Race Theory and other intersectionality theories is that they share a seductively simple logic. You begin with a premise that sounds sort of correct. You are asked: Do…
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Amazon Drops BLM Non-Profit Funding Platform
If you are a NYT reader, you may not have heard all the stories out there in the conservative media about how the head of the BLM Global Network Foundation (BLMGNF) was buying multimillion-dollar mansions soon…
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Update on “Sh*thole” Cities
Homeless man says this liberal city practically pays him to be homeless. Click here. Update on Pandemic Mandates On Feb. 9, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals said it would not reinstate President Biden’s…
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Stocks Are Down: What to Do?
The stock market took a drop on Tuesday after the Ukraine story got scary. On Wednesday and Thursday, the financial media was full of advice on what to do. Sell? Hold? Buy? The answer depends. If you are a…
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China Races Ahead With Digital Yuan Launch
China and the Digital Yen Last June , I talked about why I believe the US is eventually going to have a digital dollar. And on Feb. 3, I noted that the Fed had taken the first step. But as I had said in the…
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