This Thanksgiving season, the Manhattan Contrarian gives thanks for a number of blessings in his life, including one of life’s greatest joys, a new grandchild. Another particular blessing that “makes an enormous contribution to my well-being, productiveness, and enjoyment of life – and to everyone else’s well-being, productiveness, and enjoyment of life,” Francis Menton notes, […]
Archives for November 2018
French Suburbs “Increasingly Dominated by Islamist Muslims”
Founding editor of The American Conservative, Scott Mcconnell, explains to readers that the white working class citizens who France’s globalist leaders have forgotten, have increasingly been replaced in their traditional suburbs by Islamist Muslims with little connection to Gaul. He writes (abridged): The mass protests of the “gilets jaunes” (yellow vests), named for the high […]
Jefferson “Believed in Such a Thing as ”Federalist Judges.”
Daniel J. Flynn, writing at The American Spectator, takes to task Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts for his assertion that there is no bias in the way judges rule from the bench. He explains (abridged): “We do not have Obama judges or Trump judges, Bush judges or Clinton judges,” U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice […]
Camp Fire Mountain Boys
Brad Weldon wasn’t about to leave his blind, 90-year old mother behind when the Camp Fire hit, reports the Sacramento Bee. Weldon is one of a small group of self-proclaimed “mountain boys,” who have “defied evacuation orders and are surviving on meat stored in their generator-powered freezers, bagged lunches dropped off by PG&E crews and […]
House Socialists Already Backtracking on 2018 Promises
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and the other wide-eyed young socialists elected this month have already begun backtracking on their grand promises as reality sets in. Though their constituents were desperate for “change,” they are getting more of the same as the Nancy-Pelosi-led Democratic machine eats up the dreams of anyone daring to get in its way. Brandon […]
President Trump to Remake 9th Circuit of Appeals
With a large number of vacancies to fill, President Trump has the opportunity to temper the ability of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, one of his biggest antagonists, to hamper his policy making. Slate’s Elliot Hannon writes: Trump has railed against his opponents’ preference for filing lawsuits against his policies in the liberal-leaning 9th Circuit […]
165,000 Convicted Criminal Aliens Released
Originally posted July 2, 2015. Wayne LaPierre, executive vice president of NRA, writing in America’s 1st Freedom, tells readers that documents obtained from the U.S Department of Homeland Security show that as of April 2014 the Obama administration had released this group, including many convicted of violent crimes such as homicide, sexual assault and kidnapping. […]
Do Not Eat Red Meat, Says Harvard School Of Public Health Study!
Originally posted April 23, 2012. Like so much else that comes out of Harvard, I find this study hard to swallow. The study warns that there is a “linear, step-wise increase in risk of dying prematurely with higher red meat consumption.” (See: Five Questions: Dr. Walter Willett on red meat) The study was conducted looking […]
Are You a Shepherd or a Gunfighter?
Before you answer, remember that at least 50% of gunfighters end up dead. Are you the type of person who will dutifully grow your investment portfolio over the years by shepherding it in the right direction? Or will you risk it all in one high risk gunfight after another until your number is called? Consider […]
Maximize Your Retirement by Leaving Income Taxes Behind
If you have a solid retirement portfolio, chances are you are paying federal taxes on the income it generates. If you’re unlucky enough to live in a state with its own income taxes, you could be paying even more. There is one foolproof way to get more from your retirement revenue streams, and that is […]
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