Sunday, March 05, 2023

They're victims...right?-----Americans in Their 30s Are Piling On Debt - WSJ

Americans in Their 30s Are Piling On Debt - WSJ
  • Danielle Smith and her family thought they had finally escaped the paycheck-to-paycheck cycle they had fallen into. They saved money during the pandemic while they were stuck at home. They used stimulus checks to chip away at $20,000 in credit-card debt and enjoyed a reprieve from monthly payments on their $160,000 in student loans.
  • Lately, they have been hit with one unexpected expense after another, from an out-of-pocket MRI to a broken water heater. They also took trips with their four children that they had put off because of Covid, including to Walt Disney World, local museums and the zoo. By 2022, their credit-card debt had doubled to nearly $40,000.

    ...American millennials in their 30s have racked up debt at a historic clip since the pandemic.
    Their total balances hit more than $3.8 trillion in the fourth quarter, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, a 27% jump from late 2019.
    “For millennials, it’s felt like being hit from every side,” said Charlotte Principato, a financial-services analyst at the research company Morning Consult who covers younger consumers.
    “They’re not feeling in control of their financial lives.”...

AM Fruitcake

 

History for March 5

History for March 5 - On-This-Day.com
Penn Jillett 1955 - Magician (Penn and Teller)
  • 1624 - In the American colony of Virginia, the upper class was exempted from whipping by legislation.
  • 1770 - "The Boston Massacre" took place when British troops fired on a crowd in Boston killing five people. Two British troops were later convicted of manslaughter.
  • 1933 - U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt ordered a four-day bank holiday in order to stop large amounts of money from being withdrawn from banks.
  • 1933 - The Nazi Party won 44 percent of the vote in German parliamentary elections.
  • 1943 - Germany called fifteen- and sixteen-year-olds for military service due to war losses.
  • 1946 - Winston Churchill delivered his "Iron Curtain Speech".
  • 1993 - Cuban President Fidel Castro said that Hillary Clinton was "a beautiful woman."

Saturday, March 04, 2023

Toronto Raptors issue apology for 'Women's History Month' video that suggested only women can have babies - TheBlaze

Toronto Raptors issue apology for 'Women's History Month' video that suggested only women can have babies - TheBlaze

The Toronto Raptors have taken steps this week to atone for the grievous error of suggesting that only women can have babies.

The way we were-----Kemosabe: Tonto (Jay Silverheels) - Tonight Show 1969

I Finally Got a Ford and It’s Already Falling Apart

Tucker: Here's who you should be afraid of

We've failed these mal-educated children!-----CLEMENS & GLOBERMAN: Turns Out Young Socialists Really Have No Idea What They’re Talking About

CLEMENS & GLOBERMAN: Turns Out Young Socialists Really Have No Idea What They’re Talking About
"It’s undeniable that in Western countries including the United States, young people are expressing a preference for profound economic and social change including socialism. 
But of course, young Americans have never lived in a world with widespread socialism and the misery it creates. 
In fact, their version of “socialism” has never existed and is unworkable.
  • According to a 2017 poll, a majority of American millennials preferred to live in a “socialist, communist, or fascist nation than in a capitalist one.”...

Biden admin admits key talking point of gas price crisis it used to shift blame onto oil industry was wrong - TheBlaze

Biden admin admits key talking point of gas price crisis it used to shift blame onto oil industry was wrong - TheBlaze

The Biden administration quietly admitted this week that a key talking point it used to deflect responsibility for the gas price crisis last year was not true. What was the claim?

The conspiracy theorists were right.

"Save" the earth, kill the people?-----Farmers Blockade EU Capital to Fight Fertiliser Restrictions | Watts Up With That?

Farmers Blockade EU Capital to Fight Fertiliser Restrictions | Watts Up With That? - Essay by Eric Worrall
...But the plan, the first of its kind in the world, faces a huge backlash from farmers who have staged big street protests in recent years over the prospect of tough regulation and farmer buyouts
They fear permanent damage to food production in the country if too many farmers are forced to quit.
...Inflation in Europe is falling but food prices are rising. 
Who is paying the most and what for?

Lunch video------Introducing SUN PRINCESS! Princess Cruises BRAND NEW and LARGEST Cruise ...

Noon-toon

 

MacIntyre: Media acceptance of lab-leak theory is the turning of the COVID ratchet - TheBlaze

MacIntyre: Media acceptance of lab-leak theory is the turning of the COVID ratchet - TheBlaze

The mainstream media is attempting to reconstitute its COVID narrative after multiple government agencies confirmed that a Chinese laboratory in Wuhan was the likely origin of the virus. On Sunday, the Wall Street Journal dropped a report based on classified evidence from the Department of Energy revealing that the agency believed the lab-leak hypothesis was the most likely explanation for COVID-19.

Forcing their corporate mental illness on all of us!

 

"And you know how you can tell he’s a Democrat?"

Instapundit--And you know how you can tell he’s a Democrat?
JIM TREACHER: Democrat Mayor Arrested for Child Porn Is Pals with Mayor Pete: So he’s also a Pete-ophile.
“Yesterday Patrick Wojahn, the mayor of College Park, Maryland, was arrested on 56 counts of child pornography. 
And you know how you can tell he’s a Democrat? 
Because his political affiliation isn’t in any of the headlines. 
Hell, it isn’t even in most of the ‘news’ stories.
The journos all want this to go away very quickly. 
They’ll report that it happened, but they don’t want to tell you how it reflects on their team. 
And it certainly doesn’t reflect well.”
Plus: “Libs love guilt by association, right up until one of their own gets in trouble. A lot of people want Buttigieg to run for president, so they’ll make any excuse they can, no matter how ridiculous. What else are they supposed to do, tell the truth?”---Glenn Reynolds

Biden crime-family already planning to "partner" with commie-China on this?

 

Game-changer?-----Amazon Clinic

Amazon Clinic

#1 This day 1979-----Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive

Brace Yourself for Coming Electricity Shortages - IER

Brace Yourself for Coming Electricity Shortages - IER
Think the U.S. electric grid is immune to blackouts? Think again.
  • The PJM interconnection just reported insufficient supply of new renewable technology to meet demand as the region which consists of 13 eastern states and the District of Columbia expects to retire 21 percent of its existing generating capacity through 2030. 
  • That is, fossil-fuel power plants are retiring much faster than renewable sources are being developed, which could lead to energy “imbalances” –shortages and blackouts. 
  • Further, renewable sources—largely wind and solar power—are unreliable as the sun must shine and the wind must blow, which means they are operating at only a fraction of their capacity...
  • PJM typically generates a surplus of power because of its current large fossil-fuel generating fleet, which it exports to neighboring grids in the Midwest and Northeast that helped to keep lights on when wind power plunged in the Midwest and central states recently...

Firing offence?!!

 

New live-action 'Peter Pan' trailer shocks with major character changes: 'Diversity nonsense' | Fox News

New live-action 'Peter Pan' trailer shocks with major character changes: 'Diversity nonsense' | Fox News

Disney’s "Peter Pan and Wendy" was lambasted across social media after its first trailer Tuesday featured female Lost Boy characters.

The preview of the latest live-action remake appeared to follow similar story beats of the original J.M. Barrie story until the characters reached the fabled Neverland. Upon coming face-to-face with the Lost Boys, Wendy (played by Ever Anderson) commented that the kids are not just boys.

"But you're not all boys," Wendy remarked.

Biden's DHS Funnels $350M to Illegals Released into U.S. Communities

Biden's DHS Funnels $350M to Illegals Released into U.S. Communities
"President Joe Biden’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is funneling hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars to border crossers and illegal aliens directly released into American communities after arriving at the United States-Mexico border.
This week, DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas announced that the agency would be spending some $350 million on the Emergency Food and Shelter Program, specifically to fund support services for border crossers and illegal aliens arriving in various U.S. towns and cities.

AM Fruitcake

 

History for March 4

History for March 4 - On-This-Day.com
Catherine O’Hara 1954 - Actress
  • 1826 - The first railroad in the U.S. was chartered. It was the Granite Railway in Quincy, MA.
  • 1908 - The New York board of education banned the act of whipping students in school.
  • 1917 - Republican Jeanette Rankin of Montana took her seat as the first woman elected to the House of Representatives.
  • 1933 - U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt gave his inauguration speech in which he said "We have nothing to fear, but fear itself."
  • 1954 - In Boston, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital reported the first successful kidney transplant.
  • 1997 - U.S. President Clinton barred federal spending on human cloning.
  • 2002 - Canada banned human embryo cloning but permitted government-funded scientists to use embryos left over from fertility treatment or abortions.
  • 2012 - Vladimir Putin won re-election in Russia's presidential election.

Friday, March 03, 2023

Senate unanimously passes bill to declassify intelligence on COVID-19 origins | Fox News

Senate unanimously passes bill to declassify intelligence on COVID-19 origins | Fox News

The Senate passed legislation Wednesday evening that would require the Biden administration to declassify all intelligence related to the Wuhan Institute of Virology and possible links to the origins of the COVID-19 virus, in light of the weekend report that the Department of Energy (DOE) that concluded the coronavirus pandemic likely stemmed from a lab leak.

The way we were-----Saturday Morning Cartoons

The Northman; how a film about white Europeans has upset the left-wing ...

"It seems almost beyond belief that a film which shows medieval Europe populated exclusively by white people with traditional gender roles could upset progressive types, but The Northman is being slated as appealing to the alt-right and being a dog whistle to white supremacists.
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022...

Delusional!

 

Voters Suspect Federal Involvement in J6, Want Tapes Released

Voters Suspect Federal Involvement in J6, Want Tapes Released  - By Julie Kelly
  • More than three-quarters of U.S. voters—including a majority of Democrats—want secret footage withheld by the government related to the events of January 6 released to the public.
"According to the results of a Rasmussen poll released Thursday morning, 80 percent of likely voters believe it’s “very” or “somewhat” important for unseen portions of the massive trove to be viewed by the American people. 
That figure cuts across party lines: 78 percent of Democrats, 86 percent of Republicans, and 75 percent of independent voters concur with House Republicans’ arguments that the recordings should be made public...