If only everyone were an actual economist, or at the very least understood the basics, perhaps we wouldn’t be in the insane financial crisis of this global magnitude we’re in now. Of course, that is a huge “IF” considering economics is viewed as one of the most boring sciences which most people confuse with financial witchcraft or some biased political agenda.
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That toke Michael Phelps took may turn out to be the world’s most expensive, as Kellogg’s has dropped its sponsorship deal with the Olympic champion. Radley Balko, as he is wont to do, masterfully exposes the cereal company’s sheer hypocrisy: This would be the same company that for decades has been encouraging children to start the day
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It takes one to know one who has lived under the oppressive rule of an actual communist regime, and all its freedom restricting mandates based on collectivist ideologies, to recognize an eerily similar movement when branded with the same “morally imperatives” and one world government agenda they’ve heard before.
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“JANUARY 23–Add heroin to the scores of products that have been branded with President Barack Obama’s name. Cops in upstate New York this week broke up a drug ring that allegedly sold heroin under several brand names, including “Obama.” As seen in Sullivan County Sheriff’s Office photos, the president’s surname was stamped in red ink
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Stories like this one pop up every few years with depressing frequency. If you’re reading this in another, freer part of the country, try to remember that you must be completely defenseless when you travel through New York. I am a Nevada resident, I traveled to Atlanta, GA for a school, (I am a US Government
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And we almost did. We were thisclose to getting stuck with the rich airhead Caroline Kennedy. Or the other birthright politician, Andrew Cuomo, could have gotten the nod. Or Maloney or Nadler could have been elevated to the “World’s Greatest Deliberative Body.” None of the talking heads, with their NYC myopia, ever seriously considered the
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Just in time for today’s Nuremberg rally inauguration, Councilmember Eric Goia is proposing Obama-style “voluntary” community service for New York City high school students. Under Goia’s proposal, students would be required to perform 20 hours of community service to receive their diplomas. Of course, the kids could always tell the city to keep their crummy diplomas,
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A group called Jews Against the Occupation/NYC unfurled a banner across the West Side Highway this morning in front of the U.S.S. Intrepid. The banner reads, “Jews Say: End Israel’s War on Gaza NOW!” From the press release: JATO/NYC placed the banner at the U.S.S. Intrepid to highlight the role of U.S. aid to Israel
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With its additional $20 billion bailout of Bank of America, the federal goverment becomes the bank’s biggest shareholder. Like everything else it does, the government is terrible at portfolio management. Whereas other investors look for strong companies with earnings growth, the government invests only in crappy companies. As of this writing, BOA is trading off 14% since the
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