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  • What’s Wrong with These People? Amazon Is Selling “8647” Trump Assassination T-Shirts, Hats, and Stickers

    05/20/2025 9:35:21 AM PDT · by Kazan · 105 replies
    Gateway Pundit ^ | May. 20, 2025 | by Jim Hoft
    Last week former Trump-hating FBI Director Jim Comey posted a threatening photo on his Instagram account with the message “8647” which means “kill Trump.”Comey later lied and said the shells were already lined up on the beach as he walked by. Comey is currently under investigation for calling for Trump to be assassinated in a cryptic Instagram post. Comey continues to walk free after threatening the President of the United States.But the fad he created is going viral.Amazon is now selling “8647” T-shirts, hats and stickers!In fact Amazon has 7 pages of 8647 merchandize on their website.Examples at link.The unhinged...
  • Klobuchar: ‘If You Believe in Capitalism,’ We Should Be ‘Increasing Some of the Corporate Taxes’

    04/11/2025 5:13:23 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 56 replies
    Breitbart ^ | April 10th 2025 | Ian hatchett
    On Thursday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) said that “If you believe in capitalism, like I do, if you believe that the market has given us this incredible country,” you should address healthcare costs, housing, child care, and reducing the amount of debt the U.S. has and Congress “should be reducing some of the burden on people who make less, but actually increasing some of the corporate taxes so we can bring more funds in to do something about the debt.” Klobuchar said, “If you believe in capitalism, like I do, if you believe that the...
  • HARD TO STARBOARD: Jeff Bezos Orders Free Market Shift to WashPost Opinion Section

    02/26/2025 10:12:23 AM PST · by JV3MRC · 12 replies
    NewsBusters ^ | 2/26/2025 | Joseph Vazquez
    Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos announced a dramatic ideological shift for his newspaper’s opinion section toward free markets, and staff are predictably having a nervous breakdown over it. Bezos stated on X that he notified Post staff of significant changes being made to the opinion section: “We are going to be writing every day in support and defense of two pillars: personal liberties and free markets.” In addition, said Bezos, “We’ll cover other topics too of course, but viewpoints opposing those pillars will be left to be published by others.” Bezos emphatically stated his confidence that “free markets and personal...
  • Burnout: The Dirty Truth About How Employers Benefit From It

    02/06/2025 8:24:19 PM PST · by anthropocene_x · 7 replies
    Forbes ^ | Feb 5, 2025 | Jason Walker
    Today’s workplace thrives on a dangerous myth: burnout is a personal failing. Are you exhausted? Meditate. Overwhelmed? Try a standing desk. Drowning in emails? Manage your time better. Feeling overworked? You take on too much. Don’t believe these master gaslighters—the message from the employer is clear—it’s you, not us—fix it on your own. But the truth is, burnout is an organizational issue stemming from a culture steeped in unrealistic, toxic high performer expectations and the 'do more with less’ mantra—and employers are more than happy to keep it that way. Profitability often means squeezing every ounce of productivity out of...
  • Sovereign Wealth Fund: My Initial Opinion

    02/04/2025 7:50:07 AM PST · by Recovering_Democrat · 57 replies
    FREEPe | 2/4/2025 | Me
    I see there is an idea being floated by President Trump regarding a "sovereign wealth fund" wherein taxpayer monies, controlled by a federal government entity, would be used to buy interests in private business. Trump says maybe the SWF would invest in Tik Tok, and other companies. Someone help me make sense of this: what is this if not socialism, or direct government control of what ought to be a private sector interest. I don't like this idea.
  • Kunstler: Glug Glug. . . .

    01/28/2025 5:06:08 AM PST · by MtnClimber · 19 replies
    Kunstler.com ^ | 27 Jan, 2025 | James Howard Kunstler
    “. . .once Trump runs out of easy ways to unf--- the federal government, his administration will hit a crossroads moment, probably sooner rather than later.” — Matt Taibbi. That’s the sound of a swamp being drained. And much fetid water is still backed up over the 68.3 square miles that comprise the District of Columbia. You might be just realizing that the “Joe Biden” regime was not a government at all, but rather, a colossal racketeering operation. And let’s be clear and precise: racketeering is making money dishonestly. Thus: the grubby Biden Family itself at the top of that...
  • Capitalism versus Socialism

    09/08/2024 10:08:00 AM PDT · by econjack · 46 replies
    Econjack
    There's a lot of discussion these days about Capitalism versus Socialism as an economic system. Most Democrats, including Harris and other left-leaning people, favor Socialism. The key tool for them to bring this about is to tax the rich and give it to the poor to even out the distribution of income. That is a flawed solution to the problem. First, it assumes that an equal distribution of income is a desirable goal. It is not. It's the human condition to want to improve one's lot in life. If the gov't makes everyone's income the same, it removes the desire...
  • Why Does Big Pharma Keep You Sick?

    08/24/2024 11:02:16 AM PDT · by Racketeer · 27 replies
    The Tucker Carlson Show ^ | August 16, 2024 | Tucker Carlson
    Casey Means was a Stanford-educated surgeon. Her brother Calley was a lobbyist for pharma and the food industry. Both quit their jobs in horror when they realized how many people were being killed by the systems they participated in. This is an amazing story. Chapters: 0:00 Intro 0:54 Who Are Casey and Calley Means? 10:32 Seed Oils and the Lies of the Food Pyramid 22:20 Vaccines for Newborns 34:41 Why Is the Medical Industry Ignoring This? 44:38 The Spiritual Crisis 52:23 Chemicals Linked to Cancer and Early Puberty 1:00:13 Ozempic 1:15:35 The Birth Control Pill 1:30:12 The Rise of Dementia...
  • Beshear says Harris’s economic plan to to ensure ‘capitalism stays within the guardrails’

    08/18/2024 11:19:35 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 65 replies
    The Hill ^ | 08/18/2024 | Lauren Sforza
    Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear (D) defended Vice President Harris’s newly unveiled economic agenda, saying it will help ensure the economy is working properly. “I do because I’ve been an attorney general, just like the Vice President, I pursued price gouging statutes and their violations when it comes to the price of gas in Kentucky, and we won and ultimately returned millions of dollars to our people. This isn’t about trying to price fix. It’s just making sure that the economy is operating the way it should, that this is really supply and demand, which we all respect,” he said on...
  • Mark Cuban's big warning for employers

    08/02/2024 7:57:27 AM PDT · by Jim Noble · 37 replies
    Becker's Payer Issues ^ | August 1, 2024 | Jakob Emerson
    Mark Cuban is issuing a big warning to self-insured employers: If your company receives pharmacy rebates through employee benefits, prepare for an eventual lawsuit. "It’s not a question of if, it’s a question of when," he wrote on X on July 22. "The inevitable class action suit will dwarf the tobacco settlements." Mr. Cuban's comments come as large employers are beginning to face lawsuits from their workers over claims of mismanaging health and pharmaceutical benefits and violating their fiduciary duties under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act. ERISA requires self-funded employers acting as health plan fiduciaries to make an effort...
  • IDIOTA! NYT Blames ‘Brutal Capitalism’ for Venezuela’s Demise

    07/31/2024 12:11:48 PM PDT · by JV3MRC · 19 replies
    NewsBusters ^ | 7/31/2024 | Joseph Vazquez
    The New York Times had the temerity to actually blame free markets for Venezuela’s descent down the economic cesspool under socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro. Who in their right mind would actually consider Venezuela a beacon of capitalism in South America? Apparently The Times. The newspaper claimed in a July 28 news item that “in recent years, the socialist model has given way to brutal capitalism, economists say, with a small state-connected minority controlling much of the nation’s wealth.” The newspaper, whose report was addressing the dubious presidential election results in the socialist country, cited no specific cohort of "economists" who...
  • The Myth of Scandinavian Socialism: The Nordic economic model is far from socialist.

    06/23/2024 6:24:49 PM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 17 replies
    Bernie Sanders has single-handedly brought the term “democratic socialism” into the contemporary American political lexicon and shaken millions of Millennials out of their apathy towards politics. Even if he does not win the Democratic nomination, his impact on American politics will be evident for years to come.Sanders has convinced a great number of people that things have been going very badly for the great majority of people in the United States, for a very long time. His solution? America must embrace “democratic socialism,” a socioeconomic system that seemingly works very well in the Scandinavian countries, like Sweden, which are, by...
  • GWU Anti-Israel Protesters Call to ‘Liberate’ World from ‘Colonialism, White Supremacy’ as U.S. Flag Replaced with Palestinian One

    05/06/2024 7:31:36 AM PDT · by Mr. Mojo · 13 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 6 May 2024 | JOSHUA KLEIN
    After replacing the elite school’s American flag with a Palestinian one, anti-Israel activists at George Washington University called to “liberate” the world from “colonialism, imperialism, white supremacy, capitalism, and Zionism,” as pro-Palestinian activists on college campuses continue to reveal the true agenda behind the spreading demonstrations. In a clip from Sunday, an anti-Israel protester at George Washington University’s “Gaza Solidarity Encampment” is seen advocating for a world free from various policies and ideologies, including “colonialism” and “capitalism,” while envisioning an imminent collapse of the current system. “Each and every one of you believes in a world liberated from colonialism, imperialism,...
  • White House OK with Slow GDP Growth [semi-satire]

    04/30/2024 11:03:59 AM PDT · by John Semmens · 2 replies
    Semi-News/Semi-Satire ^ | 28 April 2024 | John Semmens
    White House Council of Economic Advisers Chair Jared Bernstein dismissed concerns that the economy is under-performing, saying "I can't get myself worked up over mere statistics in the GDP or CPI. Folks don't eat the GDP. The CPI includes volatile components like food, energy, and housing. If we exclude the price spikes in these areas inflation doesn't look so bad." "A key strength that our Republican critics overlook is that government spending remains robust," Bernstein added. "Under Bidenomics we're not at the mercy of private sector investments for economic growth. Their anti-social quest for increased profits is supplanted by a...
  • Sweden’s “Socialism,” the Loneliness "Epidemic,” Degrowth and other Myths

    04/25/2024 3:15:58 PM PDT · by Eleutheria5 · 6 replies
    John Stossel ^ | Johan Norberg
    Exposes BS about Sweden. Not socialist, walked away from socialism, they have school choice, no minimum wage, etc...
  • Elon Musk And Javier Milei Meet In Texas, Speak About Boost Of Free Markets

    04/13/2024 11:02:09 AM PDT · by Navy Patriot · 9 replies
    One America News ^ | April 13, 2024 | Abril Elfi
    Space X CEO Elon Musk and Argentinian President Javier Milei have met in Texas and spoke about working together to promote free markets and potential lithium projects. President Javier Milei’s chief spokesperson said that during their visit to Tesla’s Austin headquarters, the two talked about a range of issues, including the need to boost declining birth rates globally and the pursuit of technological advancement while upholding “liberty.” Musk has previously expressed his admiration for Milei’s unabashed support of private enterprise as well as his distaste for what he considers to be socialist excesses.
  • How Capitalism Beat Communism in Vietnam

    03/31/2024 9:10:57 AM PDT · by Twotone · 23 replies
    Reason ^ | May 2024 | Rainer Zitelmann
    Eight-year-old Phung Xuan Vu and his 10-year-old brother were responsible for fetching food for their family, which was in the constant grip of hunger. They were living in Vietnam in the 1980, so this required ration cards. One of the family's most important possessions was a booklet of vouchers for food. As the older child, Vu's brother took care of the booklet, knowing that if he lost it, the family would have nothing to eat. The vouchers inside were printed on waxy yellow tissue paper. They meant the difference between going hungry and having something to eat, although it was...
  • Capital One to Acquire Discover as Debt Continues to Strangle Americans

    02/20/2024 5:59:27 AM PST · by Red Badger · 68 replies
    Liberty Daily ^ | • Feb. 20, 2024 | By Harold Hutchison, Daily Caller News Foundation
    Capital One announced on Monday it was acquiring a rival financial services company in a massive stock deal as Americans continue to be plagued with credit card debt, according to The New York Times. The McLean, Virginia-based bank announced it would acquire Discover Financial Services in a $35.3 billion all-stock transaction, The New York Times reported. The acquisition of Discover would give Capital One more market power due to Discover having a payments network of its own at the same time as credit card debt continues to mount for consumers, according to The Wall Street Journal. The acquisition could face...
  • Hawley calls on Biden to keep Missouri aluminum plant open

    01/30/2024 8:22:57 AM PST · by Miami Rebel · 12 replies
    The Hill ^ | January 25, 2024 | Filip Timotija
    en. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) called on President Biden to keep a Missouri aluminum plant open, after it was reported that its operation would be curtailed by Jan. 28. Hawley issued a statement on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, on Thursday after reports that Magnitude 7 Metals, the second-largest U.S. aluminum smelter, is going to lay off most of its staff. “This cannot be allowed to happen,” Hawley wrote Thursday. “The plant accounts for nearly 30% of the nation’s aluminum. It’s vital to national security. President Biden must invoke the Defense Production Act and keep it open.” Hawley referenced...
  • As a Catholic, I have some questions for the Pope ...

    01/15/2024 9:41:49 AM PST · by SeekAndFind · 15 replies
    American Thinker ^ | 01/14/24 | Jack Hellner
    Pope Francis says many things that, in my opinion, just regurgitate leftist talking points, so I have many questions for this supposedly religious man who is supposed to look out for the best interest of the people, especially the poor. The pope frequently denounces capitalism as some kind of enemy of the poor, but capitalism is the best system to lift poor people up through opportunity instead of making them dependent on the government, so I would ask him: Isn't it better to give people economic opportunities than to have them depend on a master, a powerful government, for their...