Friday, December 29, 2017

The Davis-Bacon Act of 1931 and the Breakdown of the Black Family

The Davis-Bacon Act of 1931 and the Breakdown of the Black Family
"Conservatives tend to regard the growing trend of single-parent families as an issue of personal responsibility, but what if the liberals who blame society are partly right? 
Image result for Davis-Bacon Act of 1931What if they can point their finger to a bill sponsored by two Republicans and signed into law by a Republican president?
Prior to the 1930s, the labor force participation rate for black Americans was roughly equal to that of whites. 
Following passage of the first federal minimum wage in 1931, these rates started to diverge, and from the 1950s to the present, national black unemployment has remained at double the rate for whites. This is not surprising: Minimum wage restrictions discourage businesses from hiring workers who are regarded as “less marketable” due to either their lack of experience or societal prejudice.
The impact of minimum wage on worker participation depends on how much it exceeds market-based wages. 
...To detect the effect of the regulatory environment on black Americans I limited the data to states with significant black populations because these states are more likely to provide a representative sample for this group. 
Based on this sub-sample the line representing blacks is noticeably steeper than the line representing whites (Fig. 1). 
This means that the “employment gap” between blacks and whites widens as state regulations become less conducive to business.
Fig. 1: Based on data from Forbes (2016), the  U.S. Census Bureau (2015), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics (2015) as cited by Thomas C. Frohlich in 24/7 Wall Street. 24/7 Wall Street.
Read it all!

Lunch video-----Where Does the Federal Government Get All That Money?

Noon-toon


LA County: Only 197 Concealed Carry Permits for 10.2 Million Residents - Breitbart

Image result for Flicker commons images Concealed CarryLA County: Only 197 Concealed Carry Permits for 10.2 Million Residents - Breitbart:

"An audit by the California State Auditor shows Los Angeles County has only issued concealed carry permits to 197 of its 10.2 million residents."



How they "think"-----Time To Make Life Hard For The Rich

Time To Make Life Hard For The Rich
Image result for Winston Churchill Socialism Statement"It is time for polite, respectable, rational people to start saying what has become painfully obvious:
It is time to stop respecting the rich, and start stealing from them. 
In earnest.
Inequality is eating America alive.
It has been growing for decades.
To say that “the American dream is dead” is no longer a poetic exaggeration—it is an accurate description of 40 years of wage stagnation and declining economic mobility that has produced a generation that cannot expect to live better than their parents did.
How long are people supposed to tolerate being smacked in the face? 
By the rich? 
Who already have more than enough?...
Read on!

News - Colorado Attorney General Fights Against Personhood Claim for River | Heartland Institute

News - Colorado Attorney General Fights Against Personhood Claim for River | Heartland Institute
"Colorado’s Attorney General has asked a Federal District Court to dismiss a “first-of-its-kind” claim filed by a radical environmental group, requesting the court recognize the Colorado River ecosystem as a legal person with constitutional rights.
Colorado’s Attorney General’s office has asked a federal court to dismiss a “first-of-its-kind” claim filed by members of Deep Green Resistance (DGR), a self-described radical environmental group, requesting the court recognize the Colorado River ecosystem as a legal person with constitutional rights..."

#1 This day 1975-----Bay City Rollers - Saturday Night • TopPop

Confirmed: John Brennan Colluded With Foreign Spies to Defeat Trump | The American Spectator

Confirmed: John Brennan Colluded With Foreign Spies to Defeat Trump | The American Spectator: "This is the open scandal that Congress should investigate.
An article in the Guardian last week provides more confirmation that John Brennan was the American progenitor of political espionage aimed at defeating Donald Trump.
One side did collude with foreign powers to tip the election — Hillary’s.
Seeking to retain his position as CIA director under Hillary, Brennan teamed up with British spies and Estonian spies to cripple Trump’s candidacy.
Image result for John Brennan Colluded With Foreign Spies to Defeat TrumpHe used their phony intelligence as a pretext for a multi-agency investigation into Trump, which led the FBI to probe a computer server connected to Trump Tower and gave cover to Susan Rice, among other Hillary supporters, to spy on Trump and his people.
John Brennan’s CIA operated like a branch office of the Hillary campaign, leaking out mentions of this bogus investigation to the press in the hopes of inflicting maximum political damage on Trump.
An official in the intelligence community tells TAS that Brennan’s retinue of political radicals didn’t even bother to hide their activism, decorating offices with “Hillary for president cups” and other campaign paraphernalia.
A supporter of the American Communist Party at the height of the Cold War, Brennan brought into the CIA a raft of subversives and gave them plum positions from which to gather and leak political espionage on Trump.
He bastardized standards so that these left-wing activists could burrow in and take career positions. Under the patina of that phony professionalism, they could then present their politicized judgments as “non-partisan.”..."
Read on!

You ought to know!


Swedish Women Told to ‘Stay Indoors’ to Avoid Being Raped…

Swedish Women Told to ‘Stay Indoors’ to Avoid Being Raped…:

Image result for wikicommons images Peaking through blinds"Sweden is famous for many things. Mainly craptastic mass-produced home furnishings, a 1970s chart-topping pop group, and rape. Lots and lots of rape. In fact, they’ve earned the title of “Rape Capital of the West,” and there’s no sign of them relinquishing that title anytime soon.

In fact, the rapery is at such a critical mass, their government is taking action to put a stop to it. They’ve instructed Swedish women to avoid rape by remaining indoors and not traveling alone. Yes, really."


Three Huge, Totally Unexpected Surprises to Look for in 2018

Image result for child surprised

Three Huge, Totally Unexpected Surprises to Look for in 2018

Check Washington's conventional political wisdom — then look the other way to see where U.S. is headed in next 12 months

Here are three leading examples of the conventional wisdom among Washington’s political experts about what will happen in 2018:
  • Democrats will ride a “blue wave” of congressional campaign victories to retake control of Congress, gaining majorities in the Senate and the House of Representatives.
  • Only the richest Americans will benefit economically from passage of President Donald Trump’s tax cuts, as the stall in middle-class prosperity continues.
  • Special counsel Robert Mueller will indict a host of former Trump campaign and administration figures — then the chief executive himself will be impeached and convicted by the blue wave Democratic majority in Congress.
Now here’s what will actually happen next year..."
Read on!

AM Fruitcake


History for December 29

Image result for William Gladstone Quotes
History for December 29 - On-This-Day.com
Charles Goodyear 1800, Andrew Johnson 1808, William Gladstone 1809
Image result for Charles GoodyearImage result for andrew johnson quotesImage result for William Gladstone Quotes

Pablo Casals 1876, Mary Tyler Moore 1936 - Actress, Jon Voight 1938 - Actor
Image result for Pablo CasalsImage result for Mary Tyler Moore youngImage result for Jon Voight Young

1170 - St. Thomas à Becket, the 40th archbishop of Canterbury, was murdered in his own cathedral by four knights acting on Henry II's orders.
Image result for Murder of St. Thomas a Becket

1812 - The USS Constitution won a battle with the British ship HMS Java about 30 miles off the coast of Brazil. Before Commodore William Bainbridge ordered the sinking of the Java he had her wheel removed to replace the one the Constitution had lost during the battle.
Image result for Commodore William Bainbridge Constitution

1813 - The British burned Buffalo, NY, during the War of 1812.
Image result for 1813 - The British burned Buffalo, NY,

1848 - U.S. President James Polk turned on the first gas light at the White House.


1851 - The first American Young Men's Christian Association was organized, in Boston, MA.
Image result for 1851 - The first American Young Men's Christian Association

1911 - Sun Yat-sen became the first president of a republican China.
Image result for 1911 - Sun Yat-sen

1949 - KC2XAK of Bridgeport, Connecticut became the first ultrahigh frequency (UHF) television station to begin operating on a regular daily schedule.
Image result for 1949 - KC2XAK of Bridgeport,

1952 - The first transistorized hearing aid was offered for sale by Sonotone Corporation.
Image result for first transistorized hearing aid was offered for sale by Sonotone Corporation.

Thursday, December 28, 2017

MORE BIAS: Prosecutor Assisting Mueller Openly Brags About 'Legal Resistance' To Trump | Daily Wire

MORE BIAS: Prosecutor Assisting Mueller Openly Brags About 'Legal Resistance' To Trump | Daily Wire:
Image result for wikicommons images Attorney General Eric Schneiderman
"Openly anti-Trump New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman bragged in a Medium post on Tuesday about his "legal resistance" to Trump. He just so happens to reportedly be assisting special counsel Robert Mueller with the probe into Russian interference during the 2016 election, aka alleged Trump/Kremlin collusion."

The way we were-----California Dreamin' - The Mamas & The Papas

Boob-tube-----Ding Dong School with Miss Frances (1953) - Classic Episode

Everything you know about toxic shock syndrome is probably wrong | Popular Science

Everything you know about toxic shock syndrome is probably wrong | Popular Science
"For a while there in the ‘90s it felt like every teen-girl magazine was required to publish at least one (terrifying) it-happened-to-me toxic shock syndrome story per year. 
“I left a tampon in for eight hours and almost died.” 
Image result for toxic shock syndrome“My friend looked at a tampon once and died from TSS.” 
Maybe these tales were leftovers from the TSS epidemic in the late 1970s, or maybe editors tracked down new cases from actual teens. 
I can only assume that the intent was to make young girls aware of the dangers of toxic shock syndrome. 
Mission accomplished.
Now, TSS is back in the news because a model—who lost her leg to the disease in 2012—is on an awareness campaign to teach young girls about the dangers of tampons
...Every woman I know heard these tales as a kid and had one takeaway: we were all definitely going to get TSS if we left a tampon in for even a minute longer than the prescribed eight hours. 
In 9th grade I accidentally left one in for 12 hours and genuinely thought I’d narrowly escaped death. 
But it turns out almost everything that I and other girls my age believed about TSS is flat-out wrong. 
Let’s clear up a few misconceptions, starting with the basics..."
Read on!

Nearly 450,000 people fled these three deep blue states in 2017

Nearly 450,000 people fled these three deep blue states in 2017:
Image result for Three Democratic states crime, high taxes"Three Democratic-leaning states hemorrhaged hundreds of thousands of people in 2016 and 2017 as crime, high taxes and, in some cases, crummy weather had residents seeking greener pastures elsewhere.
The exodus of residents was most pronounced in New York, which saw about 190,000 people leave the state between July 1, 2016 and July 1, 2017, according to U.S. Census Bureau data released last week.
...Just under 115,000 Illinois residents decamped for other states between July 2016 and July 2017..."
Read on!!

Nolte: Media and Hollywood's 9 Most Hideous Feminist Sex Abuse-Enablers of 2017

Nolte: Media and Hollywood's 9 Most Hideous Feminist Sex Abuse-Enablers of 2017:

Image result for flickr commons images Hollywood"Just as they did during Bill Clinton’s presidency, in 2017, America’s leading leftwing feminists once again proved that nothing has changed in the era of #MeToo — that, if it means furthering The Cause or protecting their friends, they are in reality nothing less than partisan villains eager to enable credibly accused sex abusers."

Five things professors actually said in 2017

Five things professors actually said in 2017:
"...Every year, however, Campus Reform comes across professors who unashamedly make outrageous, preposterous, and downright absurd remarks in their classrooms and on social media, denigrating conservatives and their viewpoints.
...Here are five things that professors actually said in 2017:
See the source imageA University of Tampa professor was so upset about the outcome of the 2016 presidential election that he publicly suggested that Texans deserved Hurricane Harvey because the state voted Republican last year.
“I don’t believe in instant Karma but this kinda feels like it for Texas,” Professor Ken Storey tweeted in August. “Hopefully this will help them realize the GOP doesn’t care about them.”
Shortly after the controversial remarks, the university announced that it had fired the professor.
An Art Institute of Washington professor was so furious about the House GOP’s effort to repeal and replace Obamacare that he said GOP lawmakers “should be lined up and shot” for their actions.
“They should be lined up and shot,” Professor John Griffin wrote on his Facebook page. “That’s not hyperbole; blood is on their hands.”

Swarthmore College offers a course in 'queering God' | Fox News

Swarthmore College offers a course in 'queering God' | Fox News
Image result for Queering God: Feminist and Queer Theology"One of the nation’s most prestigious liberal arts colleges is advancing a “queer theology” agenda with hopes of destabilizing traditional beliefs about what the Bible says about gender and sexuality.
Swarthmore College, founded by Quakers, is offering courses in “queering the Bible” and “queering God.” 
...“Queering the Bible” is a one-credit class that surveys “queer and trans readings of biblical texts.”
“By reading the Bible with the methods of queer and trans theoretical approaches, this class destabilizes long held assumptions about what the Bible – and religion – says about gender and sexuality,” the course description reads.
The school’s religion department is also teaching a class that questions the sexuality of the Almighty called, “Queering God: Feminist and Queer Theology.”...
Read on!

Lunch video-----First Look At Trump's USA and Mexico Border Wall - Official

Noon-toon


Fusion GPS, Trump dossier producer, sued for defamation by 3 Russian oligarchs - Washington Times

Fusion GPS, Trump dossier producer, sued for defamation by 3 Russian oligarchs - Washington Times:

Image result for flickr commons images Putin"The three primary investors in Moscow’s Alfa Bank — Mikhail Fridman, Petr Aven and German Khan — filed a libel lawsuit against Fusion in October. Fusion’s dossier, written by former British spy Christopher Steele, says two of them engineered cash bribes to Mr. Putin. The dossier also implies that the bank colluded with Mr. Putin to interfere in the 2016 U.S. presidential election by hacking Democratic Party computers.

The lawsuit describes the three billionaires as international businessmen who became “collateral damage” in Fusion’s war to destroy the Donald Trump campaign."


Money laundering: Former ministers of Venezuela’s Hugo Chávez hid €2 billion in Andorra | In English | EL PAÍS

Money laundering: Former ministers of Venezuela’s Hugo Chávez hid €2 billion in Andorra | In English | EL PAÍS:
Image result for yugo chavez obama"Leading political figures, businessmen and front men took commissions of up to 15% for awarding state petroleum firm contracts
At least ten people including former vice-ministers, businessmen, their relatives and front men acting for politicians are suspected of earning more than €2 billion in illegal commissions for facilitating contracts with Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA during the rule of deceased Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez (1993–2013), according to reports compiled by police in Andorra...
...Closing in on Chávez’s strongman
Venezuelan prosecutors said on Tuesday that Ramírez, Chávez’s strong man, was being investigated for alleged petroleum dealings with his cousin..."
Read on!

The States' Unfunded Pension Nightmares | Stock News & Stock Market Analysis - IBD

The States' Unfunded Pension Nightmares | Stock News & Stock Market Analysis - IBD
"Pensions: The stock market boom has helped everyone, right? 
Nope. 
Image result for Unfunded Pension NightmaresStates' pension funds have nearly $4 trillion of stock investments, but somehow haven't benefited from soaring stock prices.
A new report by the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) shows why this is true.
It notes that the unfunded liabilities of state and local pension plans jumped $433 billion in the last year to more than $6 trillion.
Let that number sink in for a moment: It's one-third the size of the U.S. economy, equal to "a whopping $18,676 for every man, woman, and child, or nearly $50,000 for every household in America," as The Daily Signal notes.
It's a massive amount of money, in short.
All because state officials and politicians never had the gumption to tell public-employee unions "no" when they asked for even more..."

#1 This day 1965-----Simon And Garfunkel - The Sound Of Silence (with lyrics)

How they "think"-----How to crush Trump

How to crush Trump:
"...Republican hacks are already whipping themselves into a froth by smearing Mueller (who was appointed head of the FBI by George W. Bush) as some kind of deranged communist, and using that as a convenient excuse to carry out a partisan purge of the FBI.
Republican congressional leaders, glorying in their latest transfer of wealth to the ultra-wealthy, will either look the other way — perhaps their upcoming plan to gut Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid — or join in the fun.
...The only reliable way to stop Trump and the Republican Party that has stood firmly behind him for his entire presidency is through strategic political defeat.
In 2018, the GOP must be crushed at the ballot box, their congressional majorities taken, and Congress' investigative powers put back to good use — and not just on Russia, but also on the unprecedented money corruption that suffuses the Trump White House.
Never before in American history has it been possible to give a direct cash bribe to the president by simply joining or staying at one of his many golf resorts or hotels.
This will mean, of course, overcoming Republican cheating.
The GOP has rigged the House to give themselves a roughly 5- to 8-point handicap, and attempted to systematically disenfranchise liberals with voter ID requirements and other deliberately burdensome measures..."

You ought to know!


Ben Shapiro: Time to Defund the United Nations — The Patriot Post

Ben Shapiro: Time to Defund the United Nations — The Patriot Post:
See the source image"Herein lies the great irony of the United Nations: While it’s the Mos Eisley of international politics – a hive of scum and villainy – and it votes repeatedly to condemn the United States and Israel, the tyrannies that constitute the body continue to oppress their own peoples. 
Among those who voted last week to condemn the U.S. for recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and moving its embassy to Jerusalem were North Korea, Iran, Yemen and Venezuela.
...The United Nations spends the vast majority of its time condemning Israel: According to UN Watch, the U.N. Human Rights Council issued 135 resolutions from June 2006 to June 2016, 68 of which were against Israel;
the U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization only passes resolutions against Israel; and the U.N. General Assembly issued 97 resolutions from 2012 through 2015, 83 of which targeted Israel.
Meanwhile, the U.N. has done nearly nothing with regard to Syria..."
Read on!