Wednesday, August 19, 2026
An "end of society" problem!-----Pandemic lockdowns never ended for some people
For too many young people, disrupted social ties have never fully recovered - John Burn-Murdoch
- Only occasionally in my work do I come across a statistic so astonishing that it stops me in my tracks. Earlier this week was one of those times.
- on an average day in 2023, one in 10 young Americans aged between 23 and 29 did not spend a single minute interacting face to face with another person...
Mamdani's New York: Man Charged with Hate Crime After Randomly Attacking Jewish Woman, 63, at Synagogue
Mamdani's New York: Man Charged with Hate Crime After Randomly Attacking Jewish Woman, 63, at Synagogue:
A 46-year-old man has been charged with a hate crime after chaos erupted at Central Synagogue in Manhattan Friday night.
Larry Montes, 46, of the Bronx was arrested, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch posted on X.
“Montes has now been charged with two counts of assault as a hate crime and one count of criminal mischief as a hate crime, among other charges,” she wrote.
We know why Whitmer opposes this!-----Show your work: Bill would force Michigan to open its SNAP books
A new bill introduced to the Michigan Legislature would force the state to share its data from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program with the federal government...“This bill will help reel in fraud within public assistance programs,” Runestad, R-White Lake, said in a news release.
“It is an easy and simple ask for the state to give information to the federal government, yet Gov. Gretchen Whitmer refuses to do so.”...
Instapundit - WHERE DID ALL THE MEN GO?
It’s true, a growing legion of men are dropping out of the workforce. - Mark Tapscott
Writing for The Washington Stand, Zachary Patton, a talented young journo, offers this prescient analysis of the problem:
- They just stop looking for work.
Writing for The Washington Stand, Zachary Patton, a talented young journo, offers this prescient analysis of the problem:
“A major driver of this contraction in the workforce is the direct consequences of social safety net expansion. What was once designed with the intention of being temporary cushions during economic recession has morphed into a permanent way of living for millions of able-bodied Americans.
“Divided amongst state-funded disability benefits, nutritional assistance, and low-income housing subsidies, the economic estuary that exists between a demanding career and remaining jobless has dried up to almost a point of non-existence. When safety nets mitigate non-work without demanding an exchange, the motivator to persevere through demanding labor dissolves.”
Konstantin Kisin used an apple analogy to explain concerns around illegal immigration and border control in simple terms.
The argument focuses on how governments handle unlawful entry, public consent, national borders and immigration enforcement. - Bruce Hamill Daily Update
- The debate links to wider questions about asylum policy, migration pressure and state authority in the UK and Europe.
Fauci was apparently warned to save '$$' to tackle vaccine fallout: 'Will come back to bite you' | Blaze Media
Fauci was apparently warned to save '$$' to tackle vaccine fallout: 'Will come back to bite you' | Blaze Media:
Anthony Fauci and other health officials who told Americans the COVID-19 vaccines were "safe and effective" had suspicions to the contrary, a new document drop from Republican Sens. Ron Johnson (Wis.) and Rand Paul (Ky.) appears to show.
A newly released email from May 2021 seemingly reveals that the head of the Food and Drug Administration was so concerned about the novel mRNA vaccines that she advised Fauci and then-National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins to create a contingency fund to deal with the fallout from them.
Must read!-----What If Communism Really Does Work?
In fact, the Democratic Socialists of America – essentially the borderless movement of global communism – have been making inroads in the Democratic Party for generations, but only recently have they felt comfortable dropping the mask, and saying, point blank, that they are indeed proud marxists. - John F. Di Leo
- Yes. Of course, communism works.
People wouldn’t keep pushing for its implementation if it didn’t work.
- People wouldn’t keep it going – for decade after decade of utter misery, in Cuba and Venezuela and China and North Korea and more – if it didn’t work for somebody.
History for August 19
History for August 19 - On-This-Day.com 
Malcolm Forbes 1919
- 1909 - The first car race to be run on brick occurred at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
- 1919 - Afghanistan gained independence from Britain.
- 1929 - "Amos and Andy," the radio comedy program, made its debut on NBC starring Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll.
- 1934 - Adolf Hitler was approved for sole executive power in Germany as Fuehrer.
- 2004 - Google Inc. stock began selling on the Nasdaq Stock Market. The initial price was set at $85 and ended the day at $100.34 with more than 22 million shares traded.
Tuesday, August 18, 2026
And Canada's COMMUNISTS love Communist China!-----Beijing’s Voyage Through Frozen Waters Could Change Shipping Forever
China is preparing to establish a regular commercial shipping route through the Arctic, potentially giving Beijing a dramatically shorter path to Europe while reducing its dependence on some of the world’s most volatile maritime chokepoints. - Francis Kapper
- The company’s China-Europe Arctic Express plans to use seven ships across eight sailings, according to a Sea Legend schedule published by China-based maritime outlet Xinde Marine News in July...
- The route would send Chinese cargo north through the Bering Strait and across waters along Russia’s vast Arctic coast before vessels enter European waters, bypassing the traditional journey through Southeast Asia, the Indian Ocean, the Red Sea and the Suez Canal...
Here’s a point that many Canadians don’t want to admit.
For decades, Canada has benefited from privileged access to the United States. Economically, militarily, and through trade, we’ve depended on our closest ally while often pretending the relationship was an entitlement. - real.CTZN
- Now the rules are changing. President Trump is saying America will put America first, and Canada’s response has often been outrage instead of self reflection.
- Maybe it’s time to stop acting like we’re owed special treatment and start building a stronger, more self sufficient Canada.
Mark Cuban warns California billionaire tax could hurt investment | Fox News
Mark Cuban warns California billionaire tax could hurt investment | Fox News:
California voters are set to decide whether to slap a new tax on the state's billionaires as IRS data show thousands of taxpayers, and billions of dollars in income, are already flowing out of the Golden State.
The outflow is adding fuel to the debate over California's proposed billionaire tax, with Mark Cuban warning Saturday the measure could drive not only wealthy residents but investment and startups out of the state.
Cuban's warning came amid a heated back-and-forth with Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna, who has defended the proposed tax. The billionaire investor threatened to steer future investments away from California if the measure moves forward.
"Tom Homan on anti-ICE Democrats: "So you want to abolish an agency that found 151,000 children.
"...You want to abolish an agency that seized enough fentanyl to kill every American three times over again. - Open Source Intel@Osint613
You want to abolish an agency that is attacking sex trafficking"
You want to abolish an agency that is attacking sex trafficking"
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