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  • The Perfect Video when the Markets go to Hell

    The Perfect Video when the Markets go to Hell0

    As of January 20, MarketWatch is reporting that the S&P 500 index is trading 10% below its 200-day moving average. Ouch. But not to worry, it could drop a lot further.  And since there’s a strong chance things will get worse, we decided to resurrect a classic E-Trade video from 2011. Enjoy!      And,

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  • The People of Venezuela Are Starving. Why Did Bernie Sanders and Jeremy Corbyn Support Their Oppressors?

    The People of Venezuela Are Starving. Why Did Bernie Sanders and Jeremy Corbyn Support Their Oppressors?1

    Would you use a doctor or dentist who didn’t believe in germ theory and used the same instruments all day without sterilizing them? What would you say if, when their patients developed infections, the doctor or dentist insisted he meant well and argued that capitalism, not germs, causes infections? Allowing such a practitioner to keep

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  • The Pentagon is Even More Bloated than You Thought

    The Pentagon is Even More Bloated than You Thought0

    An internal study at the Department of Defense identified $125 billion in wasteful spending, the Washington Post reports. But government officials buried the report out of fear lawmakers would make defense cuts in the ensuing budget. Via Bob Woodward and Craig Whitlock at the Post: Pentagon leaders had requested the study to help make their

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  • The Pentagon Hunts for UFOs. Can You Guess How Much It Costs?

    The Pentagon Hunts for UFOs. Can You Guess How Much It Costs?0

    Last December, The New York Times broke the story about a secret Pentagon program that searches for UFOs. The Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program was a pet project of Harry Reid, the Nevada Democrat and then-Senate majority leader. The program ran from 2007 to 2012 and cost $22 million. It was funded by “black money,”

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  • The PC Thought Police Zero in on Children’s Literature

    The PC Thought Police Zero in on Children’s Literature0

    • January 9, 2017

    It is of the nature of modern secular ideologies that they can’t ignore the least deviation from their lengthening list of what counts as culturally unacceptable. In America, new racial and gender ideologies are now affecting even children’s literature. In an article in a recent edition of the Wall Street Journal, Meghan Cox Gurdon, who writes

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  • The PC Police Go After Hand-Clapping

    The PC Police Go After Hand-Clapping0

    The student union at the University of Manchester (UK) has banned clapping at its meetings, “on the basis that the loud noise may be a problem for those with sensory issues”. Whooping is also under a ban, to be substituted by “jazz hands” – waving hands in the air, the British sign language expression for applause, is

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