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Most people know that it’s dangerous to poke a bear because once aroused, the beast can be fearsome. Democrats are only beginning to realize that the same principle is starting to hold true for elephants of the GOP variety. After decades of passively adhering to gentlemanly standards (“our sacred norms”) ignored in practice by the donkeys, a critical mass of Republicans is move toward eye-for-an-eye style retribution and even beyond. Republican members of the Tennessee House on Monday the process of disciplining 3 Democrat state legislators for misbehavior during a storming of the State Capitol by trans and anti-gun activists...

After the banking crisis, could the next domino be all those empty office buildings in your downtown? Investors and economists are sounding the alarm about the commercial real estate market, seeing trouble ahead with refinancing. This sector has been hit hard for years now with the shift to remote work bringing about rising vacancy rates and falling property values. For her part, Lisa Shalett, the chief investment officer for Morgan Stanley Wealth Management, and strategists, sees a “huge hurdle” ahead. Alarmingly, Shalett notes that regional banks accounted for 70% to 80% of all new loan originations in the past cycle,...

We are truly addicted to gov! Or at least cheap money from The Federal Reserve. March’s ADP job report shows the US economy only added 145k jobs as The Fed removes its punch bowl. For the moment. Its simply irresistable for the government to turn back on the printing press. The US economy is slowing.

In the news, our deeply flawed judicial system now threatens to make a jailbird out of Donald Trump.... In a totally rational world the job of District Attorney as it is known in America would not exist. NOBODY should ever have any sort of a career or money incentive for sending people to prison, much less for executing people. The job of District Attorney in America seems to involve almost limitless power and very little resembling accountability and granted there are good people who hold the job, the attraction which the job has for psychopaths is simply too great.DA is...

Who Knew — John Bolton the lawyer was involved in 1974 with a Constitutional case that led to the creation of the original federal election statue, still in place today, governing Trump’s case. I have never heard him talk so long without mentioning war. This is a fantastic clip.

Republicans need a Tech Manhattan Project. It needs to be in place, with clear deliverables, in a few months. Republicans have no shortage of national voter integrity organizations. The Fractal team had calls with over a dozen. In every case, they were completely cool with current technology -- ancient SQL-based databases -- to fight voter fraud even though it failed in the last two major elections. They are about donors and Zoom calls -- not winning elections. We showed them tech innovation and they did not want to see it! Here are some innovations: Snapshot analysis: The ability to take...

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Death of the Dollar The death of the dollar is coming and it’s going to hit the American public like a ton of bricks. Once it is no longer the world’s reserve currency, all bets are off concerning the fiat currency, and we should brace ourselves for what comes next. Obviously, the central banks will need this epic crash to usher in the CBDC (central bank digital currency) which will be a technological slave system of control. But before that, we could see things that could only come out of the movies. The dollar has not been backed by gold...

It took a Trump indictment for Mayor Eric Adams to start doing his job -- or talk about doing it. He mentioned Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor-Greene. This is the story: Greene is slated to lead a rally protesting Trump’s indictment at noon on Tuesday with the New York Young Republicans, a group with ties to white nationalists. Her office did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Adams, standing with New York Police Department Commissioner Keechant Sewell, said he expects some disruption, but is not worried about violence. There have been no “specific credible threats” made at this point, he...

NEW YORK (AP) — For the country and for Donald Trump, the indictment of a former president represented an unprecedented day. For TV news organizations, it felt like a throwback. Hour after hour on Tuesday, the story occupied the full attention of broadcast and cable news networks. They waited for glimpses of Trump’s face to interpret his expression, followed his motorcade’s movements from the air, speculated on how it must feel to be arrested. The coverage recalled better days for now-struggling cable news outlets, through two presidential campaigns and two impeachment trials, when Trump occupied hours of air time. Consumers...

Former first lady Melania Trump was noticeably absent from Mar-a-Lago’s ballroom Tuesday night as her husband, former President Donald Trump, made his first public comments hours after becoming the first commander-in-chief in US history to be arraigned on criminal charges. “I have a great family and they’ve done a fantastic job and we appreciate it very much. They’ve gone through a lot,” the 76-year-old told around 400 supporters at his Palm Beach, Fla., residence and club. “I have a son here [Don Jr.] who has done a great job, another son here [Eric] who has done a great job, and...

The term in office of Lori Lightfoot, defeated with an ignominious third place finish in the primary in large part because of public disgust over crime, may soon be regarded as the good old days. Not quite one-third of registered voters (33.2%) bothered to vote in Tuesday’s election for the next mayor of Chicago, and the non-voting two thirds may soon regret their electoral passivity. Brandon Johnson, a far-left radical, has won the race with a 2.8% margin at the latest count, and thanks to his anti-police stance, the crime wave driving businesses and residents out of the city will...

SHARE Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via Email 31-year-old used her $1,200 stimulus check to start a successful business 100-year-old sisters share 4 tips for staying mentally sharp (not crosswords) ‘I work just 4 hours a day’: This 29-year-old’s side hustle brings in $2 million... HEALTH AND WELLNESS ‘I didn’t retire until 99’: 100-year-olds share their secrets to a long and happy life Published Wed, Apr 5 20237:30 AM EDT Renée Onque @IAMRENEEONQUE SHARE Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via Email Dr....

My friend Phill Hall asked me about the state of the US housing market yesterday. My answer? “Chaos.” Why chaos? Here is why: 23 consecutive months of NEGATIVE real wage growth, declining availability of homes for sale, still expensive home prices following the Covid spending surge, and rising mortgage rates as The Fed fights inflation. And now we have mortgage demand shrinking 4.1% from the previous week according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending March 31, 2023. The Market Composite Index, a measure of mortgage loan application volume, decreased 4.1 percent on...

PHILADELPHIA, Saturday, April 4. A special to the Bulletin from Cincinnati, dated to-day, says: Telegrams from Gen. HURLBUT, at Memphis, Gen. ASBOTH, at Columbus, and Gen. DODGE, at Corinth, represent that there is a heavy force of rebel cavalry on the Tennessee River, about Florence. The rebels are constructing bridges in that section, and building floats for crossing the Tennessee River -- indicating a movement of the rebel army from Vicksburgh to join BRAGG, or the intention of the latter to move that way. If true, this news is important. The bombardment of Vicksburgh by Gen. GRANT was to have...

Little crimes lead to bigger crimes, both in a big city and in our nation as a whole. In criminology, the "broken windows" theory posits that visible signs of crime and civil disorder encourage only more serious crimes and antisocial behaviors. A community that is perceived to permit vandalism, fare evasion, public intoxication, and petty theft will soon find that it must defend against rising rates of robbery, rape, and murder. Tackling smaller forms of criminal mischief nips violent crimes in the bud. Although Wyatt Earp and other Wild West lawmen put the theory into practice long before social scientists...

Normally, I make appearances on the Russ Clark Show, a local radio show with a national audience, once a week in the studio. One morning, after finishing the drive-time radio show, I walked out to my vehicle, ready to take on the rest of the day. As I approached my vehicle, I saw a Yuma City Police vehicle approaching in the parking lot of the radio station. I opened my vehicle door and reached inside for a camera, as I thought pictures of such a police car might be useful for future articles. As I was half inside the vehicle,...

Pray For The Peace of JerusalemMark 14 Jesus Before the Sanhedrin53 They took Jesus to the high priest, and all the chief priests, the elders and the teachers of the law came together. 54 Peter followed him at a distance, right into the courtyard of the high priest. There he sat with the guards and warmed himself at the fire.55 The chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were looking for evidence against Jesus so that they could put him to death, but they did not find any. 56 Many testified falsely against him, but their statements did not agree.57 Then...

The end of the Marxist-infiltrated Progressive Era isn’t happening with a whimper, but with bangs. The end of the Marxist-infiltrated Progressive Era isn’t happening with a whimper, but with bangs. In 2024, it’ll happen with convulsions, likely violent. What follows is up for grabs. The foreshadowing occurred again in Nashville last week. Will the leftist-stoked and Democrat/establishment sanctioned 2020 riots prove merely a preview to a calamitous and pivotal 2024 presidential election year? Six innocents -- three nine-year-olds, two teachers, and the school’s principal -- were gunned down in cold blood by a self-identified transgender, Audrey Hale. The act was...

5 April 2023Wednesday of Holy Week Church of St. Vincent Ferrer, New York City Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet. Year: A(I).First readingIsaiah 50:4-9 ©Who thinks he has a case against me? Let him approach meThe Lord has given mea disciple’s tongue.So that I may know how to reply to the weariedhe provides me with speech.Each morning he wakes me to hear,to listen like a disciple.The Lord has opened my ear.For my part, I made no resistance,neither did I turn away.I offered my back to those who struck me,my cheeks to those who tore at my beard;I did not cover my...