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Archives for October 2019

The 800-Pound Elephant – Historically High Job Creation and Rising Wages

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During the Democratic debates, it would have been hard not to notice how neither the presidential candidates nor the debate moderators cared to talk about the behemoth in the room– that is, the American economy “in the here and now,” Daniel Henninger points out in the WSJ. Unless the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics is […]

Your Survival Guy: Out of Gas in Newport (Report Issued)

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You may recall that Newport, RI had a natural gas disaster earlier this year leaving 7,455 customers without gas (read: no heat) on the coldest day of winter. Turns out it was another manmade disaster. Yesterday, the Rhode Island Division of Public Utilities and Carriers (DPUC) released its report and here are the reasons: First, […]

Is Gabbard Committed to Running Exclusively in the Democratic Primary

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Jonathan Chait of the New York Magazine writes (abridged): “Hillary Clinton emerged recently to claim, with no basis in fact, that I am being ‘groomed’ by the Russian government to undermine America,” claims Tulsi Gabbard in a Wall Street Journal op-ed today. In fact, as even the conservative Washington Examiner acknowledges, Clinton did not say that. She said Republicans were grooming Gabbard. […]

Democrats Engineering Unfair Impeachment Process

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The Conservative Headquarters writes how Adam Schiff’s impeachment process differs from the past impeachment processes of Nixon and Clinton. They write (abridged): House Democrats have released a resolution setting out the rules by which they plan to conduct the impeachment of President Trump.  After reviewing the resolution Senator Lindsey Graham said the process set forth in the […]

Remember Richard Nixon’s 49-state Landslide?

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Patrick J. Buchanan of The American Conservative writes (abridged): Sunday morning, President Trump announced that the world’s worst terrorist, the head of the ISIS caliphate who had raped an American woman, had received justice. About to be captured and carried off in a helicopter by U.S. special forces, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi blew himself up with […]

Sen. Lindsey Graham: Judge Me by My Enemies

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Former Obama National Security Advisor Susan Rice recently referred to Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) as a “piece of sh*t.” Graham Responding on Susan Rice: Everything she touched turned to a piece of crap, national security-wise. It does bother me that the person who lied about Benghazi is still relevant. Susan Rice’s Greatest Hits Iran Nuclear […]

Can Nancy Mace Win Mark Sanford’s Old Seat?

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Jack Hunter of The American Conservative writes that Nancy Mace has a unique opportunity to take Sanford’s old seat. He writes (abridged): South Carolina State Representative Nancy Mace is currently running against Cunningham. Mace is a former Sanford supporter who also worked for Trump’s presidential campaign. Before stumping for Trump, she backed Rand Paul for […]

Warren/Ocasio-Cortez: The Hook up to Insanity

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Welfare for illegal immigrants? Nationwide rent control? Benefits for convicts? These are just some of the ideas Elizabeth Warren has endorsed as part of Rep. Ocasio-Cortez’s plan known as a “Just Society.” Such proposals destroy the value of property ownership (plan 1 of Marx’s 10 Planks, not coincidentally), and the value of citizenship. Monica Showalter […]