Friday, February 26, 2016

SHAREHOLDERS GET SCREWED: Criminal behavior of government rewarded.

WHAT IS GOING ON IN POLAND?: Sounds like the commies are back in control.
WATCH OUT TESLA: But only if this article is true.

AN ARGUMENT FOR TRUMP: This is the nice guys finish last approach of Leo Durocher. It's about the only argument to be made for a Trump presidency, that's for sure.  This argument hinges upon how seriously you take the threat of the jihadists, hard left/communist alliance.  That's a tough argument to make when you consider one member of the alliance is a fundamentalist religion driven philosophy and the other is godless, materialistic driven philosophy.  Somehow it's difficult to marry those two the way the author has here.

CONSIDER ME SOLD: Why not this approach. We simply cannot have a loose canon rattling around in the White House, especially after having another loose canon rattling around there for the past 7+ years.  I suppose one could make the argument Obama is such a wimp he didn't/doesn't represent the order of magnitude risk having an alpha male egomaniac in there does.  And that's probably right.

CRIME IN NYC:As usual Heathr MacDonald sees it as it is.

THE CRA: ITS ROOTS IN CLINTON POLITICS OF TH 90'S:Government intervention under democrats always ends badly. ADD THIE PIECE AND VIDEO TO THE STORY:What a story of corruption, graft and the like.

ROTHBARD'S SOLUTION TO THE GD: Exactly the opposite of what was done in 1929-'41. The spinmeisters have been hard at work.

SOMETHING'S ROTTEN IN THE STATE OF WALL STREET: Too big to fail means taking obscene risks with OPM.

A HISTORIANS PERSPECTIVE ON CAPITALISM: Without having read the book, it sounds superficial.

TIP OF THE DEBT ICEBERG: No one takes it seriously anymore, but they should.

A TRIP THROUGH US ECONOMICS HISTORY: Meddling, meddling, meddling is mostly what you see. So can we ever get to free markets where the government plays no role other than protection and the courts?  From FEE organization is Rothbard on Mercantilism and its deleterious effects Mercantilism via Rothbard

TELL ME THIS IS A JOKE: The joke's on the poor slobs who pay $60k to "educate" their child.

SESSIONS AND TRUMP: Comments demonstrate difficulty of Sessions stand on immigration, although he's right on aspects of it.

DISGUSTING EXAMPLE OF CRONY CAPITALISM: And naturally The Clintons are at the heart of this scam as friends of Osorio, a donor to their corrupt foundation, and a big league crook on top of that. But notice other names associated with this scam: Soros, Jeb Bush for two.  So who created this government lending b.s. entity with somebody named Tabernecki as a loan officer?  Like who appointed her and where did she come from.  Besides putting the crook Osorio in jail, how about the Clintons, Jeb Bush, and George Soros in jail.  Maybe that'd send a message.

 A JUMBLE OF STATS FROM THE LATIMES IN 2002:  These numbers are probably much worse now than then.  Trump is right on this one.  Things are out of control.  Spanish speaking media and politicians try hard to debunk this information since they both have huge stakes on keeping this disaster in place and growing.  Democrats want all this because immigrants vote dem.  Agribusiness wants it because they get cheap labor. Affluents want it because immigrants, legal and illegal, take care of their golf courses, restaurants and lawns.  Jerry Brown wants it because he's crazy. Who's left to oppose it other than national (and state) taxpayers who have to fund the court system, welfare state,
with all its many programs?  Somebody needs to figure out how much this business costs individual taxpayers in California and the country.  Heather MacDonald is the go to authority on all this mess. She's extremely knowledgable and credible.  This time bomb could go off at any moment.  You think Europe has problems???

 LARGEST INSANE ASYLUM

> Interesting that the LA Times  did this.  Lou Dobbs reported this on CNN and
> it cost him his job.  The only network we would see this on would be FOX.
> All the others are staying
>
> away from it.  Whether you are a Democrat or Republican this should be of
> great interest to you!
>
> Just  One State - be sure and read the last part...try for 3 times.
>
> This  is only one State....If this doesn't open eyes, nothing will!
>
> From the L. A. Times.
>
> 1.       40% of all workers in L.  A.  County (L..  A. County has 10.2
> million people) are working for cash and not paying taxes.  This  is because
> they are predominantly illegal immigrants working without a green card.
>
> (Donald Trump was right)
>
>   2.     95% of warrants for murder in Los Angeles are for illegal aliens.
>
>
>   3.     75% of people on the most wanted list in Los Angeles are illegal
> aliens.
>
>
>   4.      Over 2/3 of all births in Los Angeles County are to illegal alien
> Mexicans  on Medi-Cal, whose births were paid for by taxpayers.
>
>   5.      Nearly 35% of all inmates in California detention centers are
> Mexican nationals here illegally.
>
>   6.      Over 300,000 illegal aliens in Los Angeles County are living in
> garages.
>
>   7.       The FBI reports half of all gang members in Los Angeles are most
> likely illegal aliens from south of the border.
>
>   8.       Nearly 60% of all occupants of HUD properties are illegal.
>
>   9.      21 radio stations in L. A. are Spanish speaking.
>
>   10.     In L.A  County 5.1  million people speak English, 3.9 million
> speak Spanish.  (There
>
> are 10.2 million people in L.  A. County.)
>
>
> (All 10 of the above facts were published in the Los Angeles Times) Less
> than 2% of illegal aliens are picking our crops, but 29% are on welfare.
> Over 70% of the United States 'annual population growth (and over 90% of
> California, Florida, and New York) results from immigration. 29% of inmates
> in federal prisons are illegal aliens.

THE TRUMP APPEAL IN A BUNCH OF QUOTES:  In them is his appeal across the board.

COMPLICATED AND CONFUSING LIBERTARIAN ANTI STATE ARGUMENTS:
 The anti state position still does not account for the motivation of the bad guys. And the bad guys have WMDs these days. But even when they didn't have WMDs, like Hitler times, the still wreaked havoc.  Who puts the guys in their place?

PERFECT EXAMPLE OF LIBERAL MEDIA BIAS:Where would to original story have appeared were Perry a democrat. Right.  If it appeared at all the publishing pages would be reversed.

Saturday, February 20, 2016

ANOTHER REASON WHY TRUMP AND CLINTON: This one pegs cultural change in the value of work.

THE MEDIA IS THE PROBLEM: Whether you like him or not, hate his vulgarity and ad hominem attacks and the like, Trump has fought the media to a standstill.

NAIL MEET HEAD: Much right in this column.  Insightful.

CAMILE PAGLIA IS DEFINITELY ONTO SOMETHING HERE:It is high time reforms begin in the educational system from beginning to end. This column, appearing in a far left periodical, nevertheless is as good a study of a major, major problem facing our society as I've found.  It is outrageous what's going on in higher ed, as she seems to have identified its origins quite well, and in secondary ed as well what with the dictatorship of unions and the like.  The problem has become massive.  Sanders doesn't begin to have the answer with free college education for everyone but, clearly the education train is off the tracks and needs change.  Puglia's euro solution has produced a somnolent welfare state mentality that inhibits innovation and promotes stagnation? The next generation has it's hands full coping with this issue.

HOW AND WHY ARE THE ELECTED TO OFFICE? Could be the thinking people are not involved enough? Or could be the thinking people are too involved in genuinely constructive community activities to wallow in the squalor of partisan politics.  And, could this fact be the achilles heal of democracy in present times?

TOUGH CHOICES REQUIRE HARD THOUGHT: Nice summary of difficult subject.

THE NEW FACE OF FASCISM: The thought police are everywhere, including the military. You can ruin a career by not going along.

WHY DID IT TAKE SO LONG??: Is there an answer to that question? Probably.  Maybe some misguided idea about using up the rest of the world's oil supply and then be safe in our own reserves, or some such.

CYNICISM BREEDER: Want to know why everyone's turned off to the ruling class? HRC is a walking, talking billboard for abject corruption.  It's hard to imagine how these people can live with themselves but in truth they probably don't see anything unusual or  immoral about lying, cheating and all the rest as long it's in the cause of their cause.  That would be becaunnuse their cause is really all about attaining power so they can control people's lives because they know best.  Remember, Hil was/is a devotee of the Marxist Saul Alinsky.  Were I running against her this fact would be the center piece of my attack on her candidacy.          

IMPRESSIVE BUT IS THAT ENOUGH?: Probably not. We're probably to far down the socialist road for a principled conservative to win a national election.  Too many people on food stamps, social security, medicare all the other welfare state goodies for a Constitutional die-heart like Cruz to win.  Rubio's a dullard but he's a populist who will shape his beliefs to the constituency he needs to win.  Just like any typical democrat pol.  Afraid Cruz is simply too doctrinaire, too principled, too much of a constitutionalist to have a broad appeal.  After all we've had now 100 years of aggressive anti constitutionalism from the progressives and that has had an effect.  My guess is the majority, maybe even the vast majority of Americans would poll in favor of a "living" constitution approach to politics.  For most it's just too hard to not go with the flow, take the easy way out, and enjoy the ride, as long as it lasts.

PRESCIENT?: We're going to see shortly. At this point he's looking inevitable.

MORE EXCUSESFOR WHAT PURPOSE?: Why do they deny the obvious? These people are duplicitous to say the least, but why?

A TAX ATTACK ON  LIBERAL  HYPOCRITES:All perfectly reasonable suggestions.

WHAT ONE BRAVE SOUL DID: In short, K.C. exposed academia for the fraud it is.

MORE ON AGW: So the beat goes on and Mann is used as an authority once again.

FLAWED SYSTEM: How does inspectee get to pick inspector? Sounds like a rigged game to me.  It is what politicians do best and is reason people are in revolt.

A CASE TO WATCH IN THE FUTURE:  This is a test of the rule of law.
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THIS GUY COULD BE A BIG MISTAKE: Is it possible the Republic could withstand two such big mistakes back to back? The hucksterism, brashness, bravado and crudity are a mix that foretells a lot of turmoil in the public square.  Trouble is the electorate simply will take anyone but a politician, anyone for a leader who is not in politics which it has come to understandably and viscerally distrust.  It's simple, anyone but a politician.   And this is rightfully understandable.  Problem: wheeler/dealer businessmen like Trump have a take no prisoners mindset.  If politics is the art of the possible, it involves a certain amount of compromise and understanding of where the other guy is coming from, right or wrong.  One gets the distinct impression Trump wants none of this, he wants to win at any cost, and this is the mindset of a dictator.  Should he be elected we will have our first full blown, home grown dictator which will come roughly 250 years after the founding of the republic.  If this comes to pass we will have outlasted the previous 200 year limit on the actual longevity of any previous democracy/republic, but will nevertheless prove the adage that no democracy has ever permanently stood the test of time.  Our democracy/republic has ceased to function as an institution capable of resolving civil differences.  Why?  Probably because we've reached the fork in the road where we have to take a path to more individual responsibility and freedom in our personal lives or the path to a collective responsibility for one and all which means an equalization of the fruits of the productive economy. In the minds of the  former group there is no more room for compromise regarding the collectivization of society and in the minds of the second we have just scratched the surface in terms of equalizing all aspects of human material existence.  In short, the first group believes the genius of the individual is responsible for  material progress, the second believes material progress is a function of the society in the larger sense.  There is no room left for compromise on this issue.

AGAIN, IT'S THE MEDIA, STUPID: We simply do not have an active, functioning media that challenges democrat politicians. This is no isolated example.

START ON THE FINAL CHAPTER: That would be the final chapter of the story of America's worst President.

THE WHOLE TRUTH, ETC: Let the hypocrites read this column, but they won't.

THE TRUTH ABOUT HIGHER EDUCATION: Here's a plan to break up the corrupt monopoly of higher education.

THIS IS ASTUTE  ANALYSIS: Mark Steyn has real insights, and he puts his money where his mouth is, as per Canadian and climate change law suits. He's a very brave pundit without any connection to any sponsor or employer which is why his voice should be and is heard by many.

A PRINCIPLED POLITICIAN:  Th EU sounds like our federal government on steroids.

THIS BRUSH WITH THE TRUTH COST DERBYSHIRE HIS JOB AT NR AND A SPEAKING GIG AT WILLIAMS: Very sadly because his facts are presumably incontrovertible and his conclusions comport with those of most whites. The president of Williams is a fascist, left winger who has long sense forsaken reality for some idea of perfect harmony among the races as long as everyone gets on the same page.  What Acker fails to understand it his attitude and those who sympathize with his views, that has led many into the political correctness trap.  There is in their world no way to air ugly truths and therefore no way to address them other than by suppressing thoughts with which they disagree.  Shades of Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy in the 1930's to say nothing about the similarities between this thought process and the communist.  To be a leftist is to know what is right and best for others.  This is a sickness that always seems to lead to civil calamity, i.e. war.  Muslims are intolerant and look at the Middle East these days.  This is all unfortunate.

WHY WE'RE BROKE: It's not brain surgery. The federal bureaucracy is a jobs program for democrat party members who are risk averse.


WHERE DO THESE GUYS COME FROM: Hard to believe a "reputable" private school sponsors this kind of drivel.  Do any of these clowns who think like this one understand human nature?  This is really pathetic.

THE LEFT'S MOVING TARGET: You have to remember the left is always changing its argument to suit the times. It's called progressivism.

RUBIO PANDERS TO BLACKS: This sort of racial campaigning is unworthy of a serious republican candidate.

Friday, February 12, 2016

THIS IS WHAT'S SINKING US FISCALLY; We are in a crises stat and no-one is making the case to change very effectively. The thoroughness of this analysis is remarkable.  This kind of journalism is what's needed to begin to solve the toxic effects of the welfare state.

INNOVATION AND CAPITALISM: It's all about design as the crucible for the arts and science.

AGENCY SWAT TEAMS: Question is what agency does' have a SWAT team?

ASIAN INFLUX IN HIGHER EDUCATION: If not quotas, what? Otherwise they will be 100% of population and we are an eastern ethnically driven country.

ACCOUNTABILITY? We don't need no stinking' accountability, we be the gobmint.

WHERE WAS HE WHEN IT COUNTED?: He as getting mindlessly rich on Wall Street. Not to worry: he's now got religion.

CLEVER IDEA TO STOP TRUMP: Trump must be stopped otherwise we have another Obama with balls.

THE EVIDENCE IS ALL HERE: The politicians and the ruling class are in for a rude shock.  Some major changes are on the way.  The Industrial Revolution started without government intervention.  Ever since its beginning the state has been trying to fine tune free markets to ensure fairness, etc., we are reaching the limit of this meddling.  Interfere with markets enough, and they stop working properly.

IT'S THE REAGAN DEMOCRATS AGAIN: Makes sense although unfortunately Trump's no Reagan.

A REASONABLE PREDICTION?: Another discussion of the state of the economy that fails to mention government debt and intrusion in economies as a contributing factor to the malaise.

AN ARTICLE FOR ALL CONTEMPORARY PARENTS: This phenomenon may be a civilizational crackup.

REPULSIVE FOOL: ould that this obese charlatan would live permanently in one of the hell holes h so admires.

THE RULE OF LAW IS AT STAKE: This level of corruption cannot stand or we are doomed as a Republic.

A HISTORIAN FOR ALL TIMES:THUCYDIDES wrote the book for historians.

THIS FROM A DOCTRINAIRE MINDLESS LIBERAL: If she's lost Margaret, she's in real trouble. Well, at least some of these feminist, lock-step libs are beginning to see through the b.s. of the Clinton machine as it grinds down to its natural level.

Friday, February 5, 2016

WAEDS OF THE STATE: Government largesse, even in private universities like Yale, are the root cause of the monocultures phenomenon.  Solution:  a line in the brochure describing the school's past, present and future which says:  "If you like to participate in ext-curricula activities from athletics, to political debate forums, to literary discussion groups to a cappella singing groups, this is a school that offers all of these opportunities in abundance. If you are not one who respects traditions and history, Please do not apply.  This is not the university for you."

SOCIALISM DOESN'T WORK: Why is this so difficult for some to understand. Actually they do understand.  However if the government wants to give you something for free, even if you don't need or deserve it, why shouldn't you take it? People aren't stupid.

THE HOUSING CONUNDRUM: This IS a real issue for the future and, for that matter, the present. But we hear nothing about it.

THE AUSTRIANS HAVE THE ANSWER: Well, at least an answer that has predicted the 1929 GD (see von Mises) and preaches the inherent problems with easy money'  And yet, for some reason, they seem to be dismissed out of hand as some band of out-of-date theorists from the 19th century. Why is that?

THIS, FOR THE NAIVE, IS THE PROOF EVEN THEY CAN'T DENY: Rumors about press bias are not rumors. There's a reason Democrats get elected. It's called corrupted media.

HIS IS ABOUT IT: It's really no more complicated than this analysis. Public is saying, "NO MOR BULLSHIT".

DEMOCRATS ARE WELL BEYOND REDEMPTION:Only cultists can stick with the corrupt and malfeasant Clinton machine. And the MSM that never reports the incriminating information relating to any of Hil's scandals.  How can a self governing people survive with a politicized media that only disseminates information it deems worthy of providing to the public?

WORTHY ORGANIZATION: May the Mises organization continue to grow and prosper for the benefit of the next generation.

ALL TOO TRUE:The chickens have come home to roost. There is little, if any time left to change course.  What's discouraging is the number of "successful" people who don't see this train wreck and who believe that we who do,are the problem.

WILSON AND DEMOCRATS ARE TE TRUE RETROGRADE FORCE IN AMERICA:  Not enough people know this sordid history/ It's a shame.

WANT SOMETHING TO WORRY ABOUT?  HERE IT IS:

  Joel Kotkin: see this train are heed the siren call of socialism.

The biggest story this election season is not Donald Trump or the fortunes of the two winners in Iowa, the unattractive tag team of Ted Cruz and Hillary Clinton. For all their attempts to seem current and contemporary, these candidates – and Trump as well – represent older, more established elements in American life, such as evangelicals, nativists and, in Hillary’s case, the ranks of middle-age women, seniors and public-sector unions.
The biggest and most important development has been the massive support among the new generation of voters for Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and his open embrace of socialism. In Iowa’s Democratic caucuses, which ended with Clinton and Sanders in a virtual tie, young people opted for Sanders at an almost inconceivable rate of 84-14. In 2008, Barack Obama won this segment, claiming only a 57 percent majority.
So we are seeing the embrace of an openly socialist septuagenarian by a generation that, within a decade, will dominate our electorate and outnumber baby boomers as soon as 2020. That should put more conventional politicians, and business, on notice. Whether you are a Republican, a free-marketer or, even a Democratic-leaning crony capitalist, be afraid – be very afraid.
For the first time since labor leader and presidential candidate Eugene Debs in the early 20th century, Americans are flocking in big numbers to a politician who rejects the efficacy of capitalism and seeks to create a new, notionally fairer, system. Now, as then, the reason to support socialist ideas – some of which were implemented during the New Deal – lies with the palpable failures of capitalism. Polls of millennials show consistently that economic issues, such as jobs and college debt, are their dominant concerns.

Well, decades of long-marching through the institutions are bearing fruit for the left. Time for a counterassault.

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WALL TREET AND DEMOCRATS:  Since a goodly portion of WS is corrupt, why wouldn't they be in bed with Dems??

THE TRUTH IS HE'S AN OPPORTUNIST:Obama will not be treated kindly by history.  The truth is he's a fraud along the lines of Bernie Madoff and there are those who succumb to these kinds of people readily and willingly.  It come as a shock when they realize they have been duped.

THIS TOUCHES ON THE REAL DYSFUNCTION: He's got a very good point here.  What he's suggesting is a return to basics and/or fundamentals.  Meanwhile there's a lot of flailing around going on.

A PLAUSIBLE SCENARIO: Watch this money bags with the huge ego.

A TRUE COLD WAR WARRIOR: He stood up against the likes of the NYTimes and Walter Duranty, their number propagandist and apologist for the USSR

Sunday, January 31, 2016

EUROPE'S CHANGING BORDERS:

INTERESTING NYTIMES ECONOMICS DISCUSSION: No mention in this discussion of the importance of the role of money in the performance of the economy. The Austrians and the Monetarists would shred most of these POVs.

WHERE DOES HE GET HIS HISTORY? Defies imagination where he comes up with this stuff.  Conflating white murderers with Muslim terrorists. Last I knew Muslim region was a faith and not a race.  The man has some serious problems with history and logic.

THE HORRIFIC AMNESTY PLAN IN SLIDES:  This is the plan Rubio signed on to. Hard to imagine anyone other than a Democrat, one-worlders signing on to this.

MARK STEYN ON IOWA AND HIS CLIMATE WARMING CASE: For anyone who cares about freedom of speech, Steyn is a fighter extraordinaire.  His testimony HERE before a sub committee on space and science is a study in runaway government spending and abuse of citizens.

WELL REASONED TAKEDOWN OF THE DONALD: Another way of saying he's a dangerous loose canon.

EXPOSING THE FRAUD KRUGMAN ONCE MORE: The Nobel Prize isn't what it once might have been.  Once again mixing political bias with statistics foils a committed lefty like Krugman.  Thank heaven for the likes of the internet and legitimate reporters like Iowahawk who does valuable work on behalf of the truth.

THIS SORDID PLOT THICKENS: In a non political world of real justice, a lot of Obama Administration officials should end up doing time over this one.

IT'S NOT, AS THEY SAY, BRAIN SURGERY: The answer lies in returning to the basics of free market capitalism.

THIS GUY IS AN ASSET FOR CONSERVATISM: Besides his writing resume he has also been a professor of computer science at

HE WOULD BE A DISASTER: Some Rs are having a collective nervous breakdown.

SUCCINCT DESCRIPTION OF SHINING CITY ON A HILL: From a conservative historian, Sasse.

THE ESTIMABLE KOCH BROTHERS: It is disgraceful that more business leaders, CEOs, et al, do not defend capitalism/freemarkets more than they do.  The absence of their voices in the public square probably means they are afraid of offending the political class with whom they are in cahoots to protect their companies from competition or whatever.  To their credit, the Koch brothers hold forums and symposiums and in general defend capitalism aggressively.  Could be the fact they own and manage their company is the difference.  CEO/managers have a much shorter time perspective.

THE FASCINATING WORLD OF RUSSIAN WRITERS: Dostoevsky, Tolstoy , et al are captivating story tellers from a world that's alien to most westerners.

Monday, January 26, 2016

CHARITABLE FRAUD: A reform administration would do well to clean up this sort of morally corrupting fraud in the "charity"industry.

WANT A SLEAZY TWO-BIT COUNTRY LAWYER FOR PREZ? 'Cause that's what you'd get with Hillary Clinton.   It's hard to imagine what respectful,  successful people are thinking, like a man I recently met at a social event, when they say they like Hillary because she's so "experienced" and "ready" for the job.

LEGACY?: Dubious one at best.

ABOUT RIGHT: Edmund Burke would have a lot to say about this analysis of the current state of the Western world.  It appears true we are being invaded, and are actually inviting the invasion, by unassimilable hordes whose foreign culture is changing our native culture. As we become more secularized and tolerant, we become more open to the values of other cultures.  Never mind we may not fully understand those cultures, who are we to impose our values on anyone else.   And since we are now in the grip of relativism, who are we to say those other cultures are not as valid. or even more so, than our own.  Europe is experiencing this relativism more than we in the US at this point in time, although we are catching up.  What this all reflects is a loss of confidence in Western values at the heart of which is Christianity. The West is truly in decline, at least for the time being.

EFFECTIVE SUMMARY OF 7 YEARS OF OBAMA RULE: A lot to reverse and reject, nothing to keep in place. Next administration has its hands full.

REASONABLE GOP ARGUMENT: Bears remembering, however, that the next Prez will appoint at least two SC justices.

WHY PEOPLE ARE VOTING FOR TRUMP AND BERNIE: This is the definition of corruption, period.

CHANNELING CRONKITE; Point being MSM has never been about "News". Only competition solves this problem and there was none back then.

LIBERTARIAN SPEAK: Interesting bibliography associated with this document.

PRETTY STRONG ENDORSEMENT OF A CONSERVATIVE FOR CRUZ: Marcus is a principled, black conservative. His brief life story here says why.

THE FLINT STORY IN A NUTSHELL:Unfortunately all the reasonably competent souls living in Flint, left when the unions destroyed the city. But some still live reasonably well off.

WISHFUL THINKING, OR IS SHE IN THE SOUP: The ticket witch from Arkansas deserves what she gets, which probably won't be much considering at least 1/2 the country thinks she's above the law.  Is there a better single word to describe the Clintons than "Grifters"?

FN HAS CREDIBILITY PROBLEM: If true, Fox could be in trouble with its conservative viewers. Sounds reasonable that Murdoch is a globalists since his business enterprise spans the globe in a sense.

Monday, January 18, 2016

CIVILIZATIONAL JUXTAPOSITIONING: Beautifully expressed description of what the West is facing now.  An here is a companion piece to complete the picture.

SAD DAY WHEN THIS VOICE IS GONE:: USUAL COMMON SENSE FROM SOWELL:

RICHARD BROADHEAD OF YALE/DUKE FAME: He blew it on the Duke Lacrosse case; now what's he do?

A VIEW OF THE MARKET'S VOLATILITY: More government meddling in markets, more volatility.

A DEFINITE READ: Intelllgent people who have lived socialism, understand best.

ONE SOLUTION TO EUROPEAN DILEMMA: Claire Berlinski has spent many years in Turkey and now Europe. Is independent voice.

GETS TO THE HEART OF THE OBAMA PRESIDENCY: VDH cuts to the chase of this failed and highly destructive period in American history. This administration could mark the end of the noble experiment of a people to govern themselves in a racially diverse, polyglot country.   It's never worked before in history so the Obama experiment just may have proved it cannot work even here. The recent outburst of black students on the campuses of many universities in America is another manifestation of the difficulty of different races to successfully interact on a social level at least.  Black students making demands for racially "safe spaces",  more classes on racially oriented studies, more black professors and administrators,  and so forth sounds like a desire for a segregated society on their part. Hard to see, especially after a black President for 8 years, how we can manage to keep a sense of unity going in this country, given all the discord and divisiveness now apparent.

THE END OF EUROPE IS NEAR: First hand report from refugee "camp" near Dachau tells a horrifying reality: Germany is self destructing over migrants/immigrants/refugees. Germans are atoning still for Hitler's Nazi regime.