New Report: Majority of Companies Are Planning Hiring Freezes or Layoffs, Increasing Likelihood of Recession

Despite a July Commerce Department report showing a second consecutive quarter of negative GDP growth, the classic definition of a recession, Biden administration officials insisted that continued strength in employment data proves otherwise. The jobs numbers have most certainly been strong. Earlier this month, the Labor Department reported that 528,000 jobs were added to the economy …

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The Fall of the American Republic is Looming

In the early days of this Republic, the media were even willing to savage George Washington, a man who had sacrificed or risked as much or more than any other American to establish and preserve this nation. Despite Washington’s record of honorable, steadfast and selfless service to his country, the press of his day accused him of being a thief, a seditionist, and would be monarch.

Biden Gets 4 Pinocchios from WaPo Fact Checker; ‘No reason to get the number so wrong — twice’

Most politicians exaggerate. And some even tell outright lies. Throughout the course of his long political career, President Joe Biden has been extremely prone to both. But in remarks delivered during the White House signing ceremony for the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 earlier this month, he told such a whopper that he earned “four …

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How Can Anyone Expect Government Action on the Economy to Work When So Many Politicians Are Economically Ignorant?

As I have previously noted in Welfare for the well-to-do, the economics proposals of the Democrats in the so-called Inflation Reduction Act are those of people who understand virtually nothing about economics. Well, now even The New York Times is noticing what I said ten days ago. Electric Cars Too Costly for Many, Even With …

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The Biden Administration Easily Demonstrates How to Destroy an Economy

The easy answer on how to destroy the U.S. economy is to do what Biden and the Democrats are doing now. A longer answer is to flagrantly violate the laws of economics – even those taught at the most liberal universities. The most comprehensive way to destroy an economy is, simply, to act counter to commonsense and every historical precedent for all of recorded history.

Communist China’s 4-7 August 2022 Exercise Off Taiwan; Chinese Saber Rattling and Intimidation by Captain Carl O. Schuster, US Navy Retired

The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) just conducted a multi-day coordinated “exercise” in six locations that effectively surrounded Taiwan, which Beijing claimed was in response to US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi’s brief visit to Taipei on 2 August.

Hi! I Voted for Joe Biden and I Have BDS

Trump Derangement Syndrome (aka TDS) is real and pervasive. It incites it sufferers to fits of rage at the mention of the name Trump. In fact, it incites them to fits of rage if one just mentions the name of the people who opposed him in the last two Presidential elections. Mention Hillary Clinton to …

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Thomas Paine

“THESE are the times that try men’s souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, …

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When Joe Caved to Joe: The Real Manchin Con

Joe Manchin

Upset and disappointed, many felt betrayed when Senator Joe Manchin cut a deal with ultra-left-wing colleague Chuck Schumer and created the laughably named “Inflation Reduction Act.” Yet anyone thus aggrieved should consider a simple fact: As of June 2 of last year, Manchin had voted with Joe Biden 100 percent of the time.

Welfare for the Well-to-Do!

Joe Manchin

Joe Manchin’s deal will have his West Virginia constituents helping to pay for electric vehicle purchases by Rhode Islanders! Remember “Cash for clunkers”? From Investopedia: Cash for Clunkers By Julia Kagan | Reviewed by Lea D Uradu | Fact checked by Kirsten Rohrs Schmitt | September 30, 2021 Cash for Clunkers was a U.S. government …

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Anthropogenic Global Warming: Existential Threat or Phony Science?

The guy posing as president recently declared that “climate change” is now an existential threat (again) and he must take immediate action because the congress has had no success with passing more legislation to deal with this crisis. It’s a “clear and present danger” his teleprompter tells him, and he “won’t take no for an answer”.