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Obamacare ‘Explosion’ Could Come On May 22nd, Here’s Why

29 Mar

“The Democrats will make a deal with me on healthcare as soon as ObamaCare folds – not long. Do not worry, we are in very good shape!”

Source: Obamacare ‘Explosion’ Could Come On May 22nd, Here’s Why

 
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Loyalty Oaths Return with Faculty ‘Diversity Statements’ — The James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal

29 Mar

“One of the worst features of America in the 1940s and 50s was the persistent demand for national loyalty oaths. In those days, people were expected to declare their support for the U.S. and if they didn’t, they could be blackballed, expelled, or otherwise punished. The ideological fervor for conformity abated for decades, but has … Continue reading ‘Loyalty Oaths Return with Faculty “Diversity Statements”’

Source: Loyalty Oaths Return with Faculty ‘Diversity Statements’ — The James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal

 
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Mises on Nationalism, the Right of Self-Determination, and the Problem of Immigration

29 Mar

“In the current discussion about immigration, Ludwig von Mises is often invoked by libertarians as a staunch proponent of free trade in the broad sense that pertains to the free movement of goods, capital, and labor.”

Source: Mises on Nationalism, the Right of Self-Determination, and the Problem of Immigration

 
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The Overlapping Crises Are Coming, Regardless of Who’s in Power

29 Mar

Source: oftwominds-Charles Hugh Smith: The Overlapping Crises Are Coming, Regardless of Who’s in Power

 
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John Boehner’s “GobGop” Plan to Sell Out the Tea Party in 2013. It Will Begin in January 2011.

29 Mar

This plan will work. The Tea Party folks will not know what hit them. But it will take two years. This is a done deal.”

Source: John Boehner’s “GobGop” Plan to Sell Out the Tea Party in 2013. It Will Begin in January 2011.

 
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Intrigue in DC:  Will the Deep State Remove Trump?  

29 Mar

 

Source: INFOWARS Predicted COG Deep State Attack on Trump

 
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Sabbatical Day 70

28 Mar

Made two presentations focusing on US capital markets and financial institutions to a visiting group of Danish students.  I also showed the students when the next financial crisis will occur using three indicators that forecasted the last two bubbles.

Meet with my student research assistants who are gathering information for my next book project on social services, the welfare state and philanthropy.

 

 

 
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Why Socialism is Here to Stay

28 Mar

Source: Why Socialism is Here to Stay

 
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The Last Time Americans Felt This Good About Stocks, The Dot Com Bubble Burst 2 Months Later

28 Mar

“More than 47% of respondents said they expect equities to move higher in the next 12 months, a surge of nearly 50% compared to recent prints, and prompted entirely by the Trump “animal spirits”.

Source: The Last Time Americans Felt This Good About Stocks, The Dot Com Bubble Burst 2 Months Later

 
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Digital Spies in Your Home (Not Mine)

28 Mar

“Two-way digital devices are coming. Block them”

Source: Digital Spies in Your Home (Not Mine)

 
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Steve Bannon Dismisses Austrian Economics

28 Mar

“Writing in The New York Times Magazine about last week’s stillborn RyanCare bill, Robert Draper recalls a conversation he had with White House strategist Stephen Bannon earlier this year.”

Source: Steve Bannon Dismisses Austrian Economics

 
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Sabbatical Day 69

27 Mar

Finished all the readings and getting ready to organize all my notes so I can begin dictating the manuscript, probably early next week.

 
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US Airstrikes Killed Nearly 300 Civilians in Mosul — News from Antiwar.com

27 Mar

The evil called intervention.  

“US Airstrikes Killed Nearly 300 Civilians in Mosul | Pentagon confirms hitting site, says Iraq asked them to…”

Source: US Airstrikes Killed Nearly 300 Civilians in Mosul — News from Antiwar.com

 
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Where the Anti-Russian Moral Panic is Leading Us by — Antiwar.com

27 Mar

Source: Where the Anti-Russian Moral Panic is Leading Us by — Antiwar.com

 
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Fannie and Freddie’s New Bubble – LewRockwell

27 Mar

“Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac still have housing blood on their hands from the 2008 financial crash. However, the giant GSEs, placed in government conservatorship in September 2008, have now, virtually all by themselves, created another bubble, this time in the multifamily rental market. Fannie and Freddie made 53% of all apartment loans in 2016, that’s down from their combined 68% market share in 2012. So, their conservator, The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), recently eased the GSE’s lending caps so they can crank out, even more, loans. Mary Salmonsen writes for multifamilyexecutive.com, “Currently, Fannie and Freddie are particularly dominant … Continue reading →”

Source: Fannie and Freddie’s New Bubble – LewRockwell

 
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