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  • The US Economy Actually Contracted 9.4% in the 2nd Quarter 2020 – Not the 32.9% Reported by the Liberal MSM

    07/30/2020 7:41:52 PM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 9 replies
    Gateway Pundit ^ | 07/30/2020 | Joe Hoft
    The MSM can no longer be trusted. Their fact checkers are worse. We learned this before the bogus Russia collusion Mueller fraud was shared nightly for three years on every MSM channel. Today we have another example of how the MSM will do all they can to denigrate and slander the Trump Administration and the American people. The US Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) released their initial results for the GDP in the 2nd Quarter of 2020 on Wednesday. In the initial summary the BEA reported that Real gross domestic product (GDP) decreased at an annual rate of 32.9 percent...
  • It’s Not 1968 the Dems Want, It’s 1932

    06/03/2020 10:20:54 AM PDT · by Kaslin · 28 replies
    Townhall.com ^ | June 3, 2020 | Paul Curry
    American cities are burning. Civil unrest is beyond a boiling point. Racial tensions are flaring up from coast to coast. Riots are everywhere. A familiar and often repeated narrative from the media is a likening of today’s America to another tumultuous time in our shared history, that of 1968. In ’68, a pivotal presidential campaign was underway against the backdrop of a divided America. The assassinations of Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy, coupled with a growing opposition to the war in Vietnam, had America appearing to tear itself apart at the seams. In this election year, there does indeed...
  • US weekly jobless claims total 3.169 million, bringing seven-week tally to 33.5 million

    05/08/2020 3:49:36 AM PDT · by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin · 7 replies
    CNBC ^ | 7 may 2020 | Jeff Cox
    KEY POINTS Jobless claims last week totaled 3.17 million, the Labor Department reported Thursday. Though the numbers remain elevated, it’s the lowest total since shortly after the coronavirus was declared a pandemic. The seven-week running total is now 33.5 million. Unemployment rolls continued to swell in the U.S. last week, though jobless claims hit their lowest level since the economy went into lockdown made to battle the coronavirus pandemic. First-time filings for unemployment insurance hit 3.17 million last week, bringing the total to 33.5 million over the past seven weeks, the Labor Department reported Thursday. The total was slightly higher...
  • Why the Current Unemployment Is Worse Than the Great Depression

    05/05/2020 7:08:06 PM PDT · by Pining_4_TX · 49 replies
    Independent Institute ^ | 04/27/20 | Robert P. Murphy
    The latest report on new unemployment claims was abysmal, coming in at 4.4 million last week, some 100,000 more than surveyed economists had expected. The continuous claims came in at just under 16 million, an all-time record. Mainstream labor economists estimate that, all things considered, the actual unemployment rate now (which is only officially reported with a lag) is above 20 percent—a rate not seen since the darkest days of the Great Depression. Indeed, all of the job gains since the Great Recession have been wiped out in just a matter of weeks. What’s worse, even though the official unemployment...
  • Why Depressed Moms Often Depress Their Kids, And How To Stop The Cycle

    05/04/2020 6:22:17 AM PDT · by Kaslin · 20 replies
    The Federalist ^ | May 4, 2020 | A.D.P. Efferson
    Carrying the weight of a parent’s unhappiness is a heavy burden for a child. It makes sense that children prone to self-blame would develop anxiety from their mother's depression. We’ve all heard the saying, “If mom’s unhappy, everyone’s unhappy.” I think it’s a little unfair to moms, but it’s meant as a playful way of saying what most of us have experienced at some point: Moms set the mood for the family. If mom is unhappy, the whole family feels it. Mothers wield tremendous influence in the home, and for most families this isn’t a problem.Moms can have ups and...
  • Abercrombie is up to 50% off, plus an extra 35% off your entire purchase

    05/03/2020 5:36:09 AM PDT · by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin · 36 replies
    The Houston Chronicle ^ | 1 May 2020 | Joshua Sargent
    The last time I took a math class, I was a junior in high school. Yes, I somehow made it through my undergrad education and my entire twenties without writing down any numbers that weren’t on a bar tab. For a long time I viewed this as a success, but now I’m trying to figure out how much money we’re saving on this Abercrombie Sale, and I’m super not sure. I think it’s a lot? The way it works is every item is sold at a reduced price (this super slim poplin shirt is normally $59, but now it’s $23.60)....
  • Eating meat IMPROVES mental health and one in three vegetarians are depressed, study claims

    04/29/2020 5:44:44 PM PDT · by Olog-hai · 48 replies
    Daily Mail (UK) ^ | 12:45 EDT, 29 April 2020 | Joe Pinkstone
    A vegetarian or vegan diet may be increasing the likelihood of depression, a US-based study has found. People with a plant-based diet were twice as likely to take prescription drugs for mental illness and nearly three times as likely to contemplate suicide. The report, which looked at more than 160,000 people, also found that a shocking one in three vegetarians suffer from depression or anxiety. Researchers reviewed 18 studies examining the relationship between mental health and eating meat, involving a total of 160,257 participants. They concluded that vegetarians and vegans had “significantly” higher rates or risk of depression, anxiety and...
  • Reopen the Economy While Protecting Those Truly at Risk or Face Another Great Depression

    04/24/2020 7:02:08 PM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 27 replies
    Wirepoints ^ | 04/24/2020 | By: Mark Glennon
    Please, please, wake up. A calamity far worse than coronavirus itself is at hand.Frightening as the death toll from the virus is, a more terrifying consequence looms: a depression, and a major one.If you think that’s exaggeration, it’s because expert opinion and news on the economy is drowned out by “frightening, click-bait headlines” that are “not useful” on meaningless numbers.The assessments from sources of all political stripes are everywhere, though you won’t see them mentioned by politicians or most of the media the general public reads. Here are a few:“We are experiencing an economic contraction that is faster and deeper...
  • 'Welcome to the house of horror': The awful economic data for April is here

    04/23/2020 4:59:27 AM PDT · by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin · 20 replies
    CNN ^ | 23 April 2020 | Julia Horowitz
    London (CNN Business)Economists and investors had been bracing for dismal economic data for this month. But the latest readings of the closely-watched Purchasing Managers' Index, which surveys senior executives at private sector companies, are gut-wrenchingly awful. The numbers: The eurozone composite PMI, which tracks activity in the manufacturing and services sectors, hit 13.5 in April, down from 29.7 in March — easily the worst reading since the survey started in 1998. It's a sign of the extent to which Europe's economy has imploded as shutdowns to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus hit citizens from Berlin to Paris and...
  • The Democrats Totally Want A Depression

    04/23/2020 3:36:27 AM PDT · by Bruiser 10 · 32 replies
    Townhall ^ | 23 April 20 | Kurt Schlichter
    If the Malevolent Donkey Party was actively seeking to plunge the country into an economic tailspin, while still maintaining some level of deniability to the credulous suckers out there, exactly what would it be doing differently? It would be pretty much doing exactly what it is doing right now – shilling for the bat-gobbling ChiComs, delaying needed assistance to keep America working, and generally trying to keep us all locked in the dark in perpetuity. It’s fair to assume that you intend the expected consequences of the actions you take, and the consequence of the actions the Democrats are taking...
  • Oil drops to 11 dollars per barrel!!

    04/20/2020 6:43:17 AM PDT · by hapnHal · 139 replies
    Fox TV news | 20 April 20 | hapnHal
    Fox morning news is reporting that Oil Prices have dropped to 11 dollars per barrel. What does this mean? Eliminate and/or reduce gas taxes and we may have .33 cents per gallon gas again.
  • The next 45 days are the ‘most critical period in U.S. financial history,’ says stock expert (trunc)

    04/19/2020 5:15:17 PM PDT · by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin · 30 replies
    Market Watch ^ | 19 April 2020 | Mark DeCambre
    After recovering a chunk of the losses racked up during the worst of the coronavirus-induced selloff last month, the stock market finds itself at a crucial inflection point, writes Alan B Lancz. “The next 45 days may just become the most critical period in U.S. financial history,” he wrote in a newsletter published Wednesday. “While on average we may face a bear market every 10 years, this one is like no other,” he said. The contrarian money manager, who is a disciple of famed investor Sir John Templeton, said that the timing and execution of the reawakening of the U.S....
  • Rush Limbaugh: ‘We Are Headed to Great Depression’ with ‘Democrats Fully on Board’

    04/17/2020 5:25:57 AM PDT · by tatown · 84 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 4/16/20 | Dr. Susan Berry
    Three years to revive an economy, create roaring circumstances. It took less than two months to wipe it all out. Twenty-two million people filing for unemployment compensation — 22 million — and the idea that there is not an angry outcry from all over the world that this must stop? That outcry had better happen, because this… We’re beyond now saying this is unsustainable. This is untenable! This is cataclysmic! We’re in the midst of a self-created disaster that we could fix (snap, snap, snap) at the snap of our fingers.
  • The Economy Won’t Recover Until Americans’ Coronavirus Fears Fade

    04/14/2020 7:59:14 AM PDT · by Kaslin · 55 replies
    The Federalist ^ | April 14, 2020 | Christopher Jacobs
    If the American public stays home en masse even after public officials lift stay-at-home orders, the ‘re-opened’ economy will look nearly as morose as the current one. If we reopen it, will they come? That paraphrase of the signature line from “Field of Dreams” illustrates a dilemma facing the Trump administration, along with state and local leaders, as they contemplate when and how to reopen elements of the economy shut down by the coronavirus pandemic.Just because the Trump administration gives word that individuals and businesses can reopen doesn’t mean that most, or even any, of them will do so.A dozen...
  • Trump and Washington & Others & Their Use Of The Veto – Revisiting Restraint? An exercise in evaluating the balance needed between discipline and freedom.

    04/05/2020 2:53:23 PM PDT · by Ozguy1945 · 3 replies
    I would like to know what Freeepers have to say about evaluating presidents through their use (or overuse/underuse?) of the veto. The first thing I noticed was POTUS 45’s low rate of use of the veto compared with other eras. How do Freeepers evaluate Trump’s use of the veto? Here are some facts: 298 years ago, on April 5, 1792, President Washington (should we now call him POTUS 01 or POTUS 1?) exercised the first presidential veto. If I am not mistaken, he blocked legislation that would have given Northern states more seats per head of population than Southern States....
  • A better way to handle the Coronavirus? (Without plunging the country into a great depression)

    04/04/2020 6:58:07 AM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 23 replies
    American Thinker ^ | 04/04/2020 | By Earick Ward
    As the COVID-19 pandemic has caused state, federal, and international governments to impose various degrees of "safer at home" orders to flatten the curve, at some point we will have to begin to discuss whether the cure (economic Armageddon) is as bad as, if not worse than the disease. While I won't question the medical rationale for making such recommendations, the question for Americans that must be addressed is, when and how will we exit the coronavirus turnpike? The economic impact of the national shutdown is estimated to displace upwards of 53 million American workers. What will be the impact...
  • We’re Following A One-Size-Fits-All Coronavirus Strategy Right Into A Great Depression

    04/01/2020 6:15:43 AM PDT · by Kaslin · 106 replies
    The Federalist ^ | April 1, 2020 | Ben Domenech
    While this shutdown has already done enormous damage, it is the uncertainty about when and how it will reopen that could prove far more destructive in the long run. Our leadership class responded to the outbreak of the coronavirus by shutting down the economy on a nationwide scale. While this will mitigate the loss of life the virus might otherwise have caused, it’s clear we’re also confronting a challenge no medical innovation can cure. We face an unprecedented situation — not a global pandemic, we’ve seen those before, but a modern capitalist economy that turned itself off for potentially more...
  • The Bizarre Handling of Coronavirus and the Obvious Destruction of the United States of America

    03/31/2020 7:04:47 PM PDT · by a little elbow grease · 241 replies
    freerepublic.com ^ | 3/31/20 | a little elbow grease
    The bizarre handling of Coronavirus and the obvious destruction of the United States of America...... I find myself seventy three years old here in Pittsburgh and deeply worried about the present and future of our country. As the days go by the problems ahead for the nation seem bleaker. My wife and I are Trump people yet this entire ugly event seems bigger and more evil than even he and his administration can solve. The quote below sums up the feeling I have about how the American people are being treated. I really cannot see a way out of this....
  • How Shutting Down The Economy Much Longer Could Kill Tens Of Thousands Of Americans

    03/30/2020 8:46:05 AM PDT · by Kaslin · 33 replies
    The Federalist ^ | March 30, 2020 | Thomas K. Duncan and Audrey Redford
    It is vitally important, literally life and death, that the proper costs and benefits are weighed with the decision on how much and how long to shut down economic activity through the pandemic. As the coronavirus pandemic continues across the world, leaders and policymakers have scrambled to respond to the growing health crisis. In the United States, multiple state governors have issued statements urging their citizens to follow social distancing guidelines.Other governors have taken more extreme measures, issuing orders to effectively lock down entire state economies. The current goal of these responses has been to slow the spread of the...
  • Trump Is Right: Suicides Do Increase During Economic Hardship

    03/30/2020 4:46:45 AM PDT · by Kaslin · 14 replies
    The Federalist ^ | March 30, 2020 | A.D.P. Everson
    The AP’s statement has no basis in reality. There is currently no body of research that demonstrates people are less likely to take their lives in time of economic hardship. The pace of information during the COVID-19 crisis has been extraordinary. Last week President Trump said thousands could die by suicide as a result of the economic crisis created by the coronavirus.The Associated Press (AP) immediately released a “fact check” on the president’s prediction, saying it was false. Over the weekend, The Federalist’s Tristan Justice reported more people died from suicides in east Tennessee than from the coronavirus. In the...